His Queen

It was a quiet morning in Central. The early morning sun had just peeked, and the birds were beginning to warm up for their morning performance. A little tweet here and a little chirp there greeted Roy Mustang as he pulled back the curtains to his room. He brought his coffee mug up to his lips and took a sip of the rich, dark liquid and savored it. Normally, the Colonel never met his mornings with this much gusto, as he usually slept in until well into the morning when he could, but today was different. Today was their day, and Roy made it a point every year to do something special to commemorate that.

The Colonel downed the rest of his coffee and then went to his bathroom to ready himself for the day. He needed to get to work early so that he could get a jumpstart on his paperwork, as he didn't want anything or anyone holding him up from leaving his office early to prepare his surprise. As Roy stood beneath his shower head and let the warm water fall over him, he mused over his plans and smiled to himself. Today was the anniversary of when he and his Lieutenant, Riza Hawkeye met when they were young teenagers. Now normally, Roy wouldn't go to great lengths to commemorate this sort of thing with just anyone, but Riza was special. Not only was she his go to person whenever he needed anything done, she was also the love of his life, and he intended to make sure she still knew that even after all these years.

Roy turned the water off in his shower and stepped out. He grabbed his towel and dried himself quickly, as he didn't want to lose track of time. He then completed the rest of his morning ritual and dressed, promptly heading out of the door at half past seven, well before his shift was supposed to begin. Roy grinned jovially as he got in his car where part of his plans for this evening rested in a box in his backseat. Due to the ever-troublesome anti fraternization law within the military, Roy couldn't take Riza out on a "proper" date so to say, so he was bringing that date to her and he couldn't wait to see the look on her face when he did so. But for now, he mentally sorted through the compartmentalized files in his head and put work first as that was where his focus needed to be.

However, Roy hoped that soon that law would be a thing of the past. As General now Fuhrer Grumman was the acting head of state and king, he had promised the people of Amestris that change was coming and Roy could only hope that in his list of his yet unannounced revisions to the military would be the abolishment of that troublesome law. Soon, Roy was at work and sitting behind his desk. He was the first to arrive, so he had peace and quiet to work in until the other men showed up. Usually Riza was the first to arrive in the office so her surprise at seeing Roy already behind his desk when she entered the room was quite evident on her face.

"Good morning, Lieutenant." Roy stated as she closed the door behind her.

Riza straightened.

"Good morning, Colonel." She replied coolly.

Roy smiled. Ever the serious one, she was, never to betray to a soul what they did behind closed doors outside of work. Roy always admitted to himself that if either one of them was going to blow their cover in any situation, it would most certainly be him. He watched her as she moved to sit behind her desk and begin looking over the documents that were waiting for her there. Roy squared his shoulders and whispered softly,

"Happy anniversary, Riza."

She froze for a moment and her eyes darted around the room. When she realized that they were truly alone, knowing Roy wouldn't have dared to say anything of the sort if someone else was around, she relaxed considerably and smiled back.

"Happy anniversary, Roy." She replied.

Roy stood and moved over to stand in front of her desk. He handed her a piece of paper with detailed instructions on what she was supposed to do that afternoon so that he could prepare her surprise.

"Meet me at your apartment at eighteen hundred hours, I should have everything ready by then." He stated.

Riza blushed just ever so slightly.

"Of course, Sir." She stated, a coy smile tugging at her lips.

Their moment was broken by the sound of footsteps and voices coming down the hallway which announced the arrival of the rest of the crew. Roy quickly returned to his post behind his desk and returned to his paperwork. The door to his office swung open to reveal a freshly healed Jean Havoc who sauntered in slowly with a sly smile on his face, a hungry Heymans Breada as he delightfully snacked on what looked like a strawberry donut, and a blushing Caine Fuery who held his files against his chest tightly and went straight to his desk to get to work.

"What have you done to Fuery, Havoc?" Roy asked, already guessing Fuery's blushing face had something to do with the Second Lieutenant.

Jean propped his long legs up on his desk and leaned back in his chair, placing his hands comfortably behind his head.

"Heh, I didn't do a thing! He's all embarrassed because he went to go and see Sheska this morning and she's made him all hot and bothered!" Jean teased.

Fuery frowned.

"I am not embarrassed! We were having a perfectly fine and normal conversation until you interrupted us and implied to her that I wanted to ask her on a date! You flustered her and then she didn't want to speak to me anymore because she was so embarrassed! My face isn't red out of embarrassment, I'm angry!" he stated furiously.

Jean held up his hands.

"Hey now, calm down! I was only trying to help! It's obvious you two have a thing for each other!"

Before Fuery could reply, Riza walked up to Havoc's desk and pushed his feet off of it, nearly toppling him backwards in his chair.

"Honestly, Jean. You're at work, not sitting at home on your sofa. I see you have a nice stack of paperwork that needs to be completed, perhaps you should start working on that and leave Fuery alone?" she suggested calmly.

Riza looked over her shoulder and nodded towards Fuery. He gave her a small smile and nodded back. Jean shrugged.

"Oh come on, I'm only teasing! It's not like he can do anything anyway with that stupid frat law in place."

Breada looked up from his paperwork as Riza returned to her desk. He frowned at Jean.

"Sure he could. If he was smart about it and knew how not to get caught. I'm sure plenty of soldiers have or are sneaking around with each other, they're just keeping it quiet and under wraps. I'm pretty sure fraternization is one of those things where the higher ups have to know that it's going on, they just turn a blind eye to it and only do something when it's painfully obvious."

Riza stole a glance at Roy from the corner of her eye to find him staring at her. Breada's words were truer than what the others realized. Roy immediately turned his attention back to his work.

"Pfft, I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to do that. But hey, I'm willing to make a bet on it. If Grumman does abolish this law, how many of our fellow soldiers do you think are gonna be holding hands with each other the very next day? We already know we got one over here with Fuery and Sheska!"

Before Breada could reply, Riza cut in.

"I would advise against making bets right in front of the Colonel, Havoc. There's also a law against military personnel engaging in betting and gambling if you recall." she said.

Havoc rolled his eyes but thought better against arguing as both Riza and Roy gave him a rather nasty look. The day continued to droll on without much excitement. After Jean finally stopped talking, Roy was better able to focus on his work and completed all his paperwork in a timely manner. At two o'clock, he stood, stretched, and began to gather his things.

"Alright, I'm taking the rest of the day off. You three, as I know I don't need to worry about the first lieutenant, on your best behavior. I won't be available to come back to the office until after tomorrow." He stated as he grabbed his suitcase and made his way towards the door.

Jean raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm…hot date?" he asked curiously.

Roy looked over his shoulder at him.

"Yeah, something like that." He replied.

He stole a quick glance at Riza who didn't betray any emotion, or even look at him, though he could see that the tips of her ears were slightly pink. He bid his friends farewell and hurried to his car, eager to get started on Riza's surprise.

A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter of this fic! The next is coming up soon in which we'll get to see exactly what Roy has in store for Riza and just how far he's willing to go to make sure that she's pleased! Lots of fluff and a lemon to come, I promise! Any reviews and favorites are always appreciated! Thank you!