Disclaimer: I do not own FMA
Chapter Rating: K+
Genre: Family, Comfort, ect.
Warnings: AU-ish.
Word Count: 1,618 (not including this)
Summary: Growing up with people that love you - care for you, and are there for you - is something William doesn't know if he could live with...He knows they're not his imidiet family, but they're all he has.
Thanks To: Arakawa-sama for creating such incredibly smexy guys!!
Pairings: This doesn't really have any pairings, so far, but at the moment, it's a Brotherly!EnvyXEdward.
Author's Notes: There's been a few of these going around lately, and I said to my self "Hell, why don't I do one?!" I've been meaning to for a while, I just didn't know how to start one. My other stories are half-way done, and I'll get to posting them...soon, hopefuly. -sweatdrop-. Anyway, this is short, I know, but I just want to see if anyone likes it, cause I do X3.

We Are Your Family

Chapter One

Ages:
William: 10-ish
Edward: 7-ish
Alphonse: 6-ish

Golden eyes stared angrily at the shadowed photo in his hands. It was a small picture; a size one would be able to carry around in a pocket or wallet, yet he hated it with a passion - or more like disliked anyone that was in it.

It wasn't fair...They all looked so happy. He was just the odd one out. The ugly duckling. With a sigh, he pinned the picture back onto the wall just as the door opened. He turned and frowned at the smiling woman.

"William, dinner's ready. Do you mind go fetching the boys?" she asked, wiping her wet hands on her apron as she looked down at him.

Trisha was a caring mother, even if she wasn't his own. She had accepted William all those years ago when he arrived with his father, even after he had thrown a fit. He was definitely surprised to see that his father had grown another family only three years after the split with his true mother.

Still, the green-eyed woman welcomed him with warm, opened arms as if he was one of her own. However, William continues to not accept her as his new mother; yet he doesn't think of his true mother as his mother, anymore. His blood mother, a woman named Dante, wanted nothing to do with him after she realized that his father would not take her back even if she had his child.

Thankfully, he was not left alone in the world. His father had agreed to take him with him, only because he wasn't going to leave his only son alone. Three years after that, his father met Trisha, and - nine months later - William had a little brother.

Things went even more downhill for the small golden boy as Alphonse was born a year and a few months after that. With his new sons, his father never paid any attention to him. Though he never asked, Trisha would always tell him that his father still cared about him, but with Edward and Alphonse being only babies, he needed more time with them.

"Your father hasn't forgotten about you...He still loves you, William - we both do. Edward and Alphonse just keep us busy, that's all. Now that you're a big boy, you don't need as much help with things as they do. Now, go run along and play outside until dinner is ready."

He never believed her. William knew his father forgot about him; even when he went to talk to the big man, Hoehienhim always seemed surprised to see he had another son, and would quickly shoo him off to work on his studies. And to further prove his point, their father walked off on them when Al was still a baby.

They haven't seen the man since. For all he knew, their dad could have another family out there.

Snapping out of it, the ten-year-old nodded and walked out the room; already knowing where his half-brothers were.

Trisha stood in her spot, watching the boy with a frown. With a sad sigh, she walked back off to the kitchen. 'I wish he would accept that he is a part of this family.'

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"Ew...Doesn't that feel gross, Nii-san?" Alphonse asked, eying the frog in Edward's hands. It had poured the other day, and the ground had puddles here and there. Like usual, the Elric brothers searched the mud and gook for any disgusting thing they could find.

"Nah, not really," Ed said, grinning lazily as the slimy animal tried to escape out of his hands. "It's hard to hold onto, though." He gasped as the frog finally managed to get out of his grip. Doing the first thing that came to his mind, the golden haired boy jumped after it, missing and landing in a giant pile of mud.

A yelp from his younger brother made Ed -who was covered in mud from head to toe- quickly got up. When he saw Al, he fell back onto the wet dirt laughing. "Ed, this isn't funny! You got me all muddy! Mother isn't going to be happy!"

"Yeah, you got that right, idiots," a voice mumbled from behind them.

Edward stopped laughing and rolled his eyes. 'He always ruins the fun..' Smirking, the middle-child scooped up a handful of the yucky mud and threw it behind Al, hitting William smack dab in the middle of his face.

Al gasped, and quickly ran to get their mother, already knowing what was going to happen.

As Edward went into another laughing fit, the oldest child slowly wiped the mud of his face. Not only was he angry for the smaller boy getting him dirty, but the oldest Elric boy was also laughing at him, which only got him angrier. Growling, William quickly jumped on the him, pushing his head into the mud. "I'll show you to laugh at me!" He growled out as Ed tried to get away from him.

The two broke out into a punching, kicking, biting and yelling fit that lasted for about ten minutes before Trisha came to broke it up. "Boys! What have I told you about fighting!? Break it up - now - please!" She pleaded, and - with some help from Al - she managed to pull them apart.

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An hour later, William sat in his room, his head on still muddy knees as he glared at the wall in front of him. Their little fight had thrown them both into "time-out". He mumbled death-threats about Edward as he felt his long, golden hair begin to harden with the slowly drying mud that was still in it.

After what seemed like hours, the door to his bedroom opened, pouring light into his dark room. He didn't even bother looking up to see who it was - it could only be one of two people. His guess was right as two small feet walked into his vision. Golden eyes looked up to meet an identical pair.

Edward glared down at him, and the older boy did the same. It was amazing that both of them were able to keep a straight face, since they were still covered in mud. After a few minutes, Ed's gaze softened and he looked away. "...'orry 'bout earlier.."

William held his glare even after Edward looked away. No matter how much the younger boy would apologize to him, he never seemed to forgive him completely - even when he didn't know why he was angry at the kid.

However, as Edward held out a hand to help him up, he sighed.

"Yeah, it's alright..." William mumbled, and pulled himself up with his brother's help. As much as he wanted to hate the three people he lived with, he found time and time that he couldn't whenever he wanted to.

Alphonse and Trisha were...okay in his eyes. They were friendly, caring, always there when you needed them, and over-all livable with.

Edward, on the other hand, was different. In ways, he was like a younger William; which explains why they fought and disliked each other so much. They hated their father almost equally, and they shared the same looks - William only looking slightly different because of the genes he gained from his mother.

However, in ways, William envied the elder Elric brother. He had everything he never had, even when their father walked out on them, Edward still had Trisha and Alphonse.

He was left with no one.

Alphonse would do anything for Edward; as much as a six-years-old could do, that is. They would always be playing together outside, and even studying together. When Al had nightmares during their naps, and Trisha went to the market, it wasn't the oldest brother he would go to, but Edward.

Al was afraid of William, and everyone knew that.

Edward was the perfect child. He would bring home good grades, and was able to do alchemy at such a young age. He was popular at school, and rarely got in trouble - only getting into a fight if someone was picking on Alphonse, but that's understandable.

William was slowly failing school. He wasn't liked at school either, and that was mostly because he had the tendency to pick on anyone weak enough. He wasn't a homework-do-er, either, and he couldn't read for his life. He didn't inherit his parent's love for alchemy, and couldn't even preform it, let alone knew anything about it.

He had every right to envy the younger boy. For now, though, he would just stick with tormenting the short boy. "Oi, Edo...Trisha told you to come and apologize, didn't she?" William asked with a smirk as they headed downstairs.

Edward frowned, and narrowed his eyes. "So what if she did?"

"You're such a momma's boy!"

"'Am not!"

"Are to!"

"'Am not!"

"Are to!"

"'Am not!"

"Are not!"

"'Am to!" Edward gasped, realizing what he just said.

"Glad you agree with me, Ed!" William stuck out a pink tongue at him before running down the rest of the stairs. He giggled as he heard his half-brother growl and chase after him. They quickly ran past their destination and straight out the door.

Worried of another fight breaking out, Trisha chased after them. She stopped on the porch and smiled as she watched the two boys chase each other around, laughing in pure joy. After letting out her own small giggle, she called them inside to wash up and eat.

End Of Chapter One

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