Yellow: dying love; platonic love
Alphonse and Winry
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He stared down at his brother's letter as jealousy and bottled up inside him. He read it over and over again, praying it wasn't true. He had known that his relationship with Winry wasn't that way. But he still felt so much resentment towards the two of them and their relationship. He felt bad, his brother was so happy, and here he was getting all envious and bitter.
Somewhere inside him he had known it was coming. Even Ling teased about it every once in a while. Not that he meant to cause Alphonse more anguish, but it still did. All his, "When's your brother and that pretty mechanic going to get married? Hopefully before the baby bump starts showing!" were driving Al nuts.
Winry wasn't really pregnant. Not before the two of them were married would they have a child. Ling just figured it would be sometime soon. But Alphonse tried to put all that aside him. Part of him still hoped he could get his shot with her, the other part knew she was Edward's.
In all reality he was the only one to blame. He had never made his move on her. Never tried to make himself sexually appealing. While he was in the armor he figured he'd wait till he got his body back. But once he did he still did nothing to confront Winry about his feelings. He just sat back and watched as the sparks between Edward and Winry got brighter and brighter.
"What did the letter from Edward say?" Ling asked Alphonse over a cup of tea.
"Brother and Winry are getting married." In his ears Alphonse could hardly hear the sorrow in his voice. He hoped Edward and Winry wouldn't hear it either when he congratulated them, like a good brother and friend should.
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A/N: Like I said I think of the relationship between Al and Winry of more like best friends and siblings, not lovers or one-sided love. But I really couldn't resist writing this. Sorry Alphonse, you'll be happy with Mei. You just have to notice her first.
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