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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

"Eternal Snow"

Edward x OC

Still September, 1924

Aria was vexed. She was trying very hard to keep it under control but she was truly vexed.

If she had known that her friend Kara's idea of a small get-together reunion in her apartment was in fact a mingling party with lots of single men for her to get to know, she would've never left her place. Aria hated this sort of events. She was perfectly fine on her own, she couldn't see the point of her friends trying to force her into a relationship she didn't want. She knew they were thinking about her well fare, but it still annoyed her.

When she finally escaped from the arrogant self-centered military policeman Kara had introduced her to, Aria decided to go hiding in the balcony. She closed the doors behind her to seclude herself even more.

She sighed relieved as she leaned over the railing. It was getting colder, autumn was nearing. The cool wind made her shiver and she suddenly regretted having chosen that skin tight short sleeved purple dress and not bringing a jacket. It was still better than being stuffed in the small living room crammed with people. She could've sworn she could feel the testosterone and male egos clashing in the air around her.

The balcony doors opened. She immediately recognized his cologne and relaxed, taking a sip of the crystal glass she was holding, the taste of rosé wine making her tongue tingle pleasantly.

"So this is where you ran off to," Joseph said as he leaned over the railing beside her.

Aria looked at him from the corner of her eye. He was wearing a simple two piece suit - black trousers and blazer over a crimson button up shirt, the first two buttons were undone, giving him quite the dashing nonchalant looks. He's way too handsome for his own good, she thought with a frown.

"It's too stuffy in there," she answered. "I don't know how you handle all that."

"You're just thinking about it too much. Just relax and talk to everyone like you normally talk to me, for example."

"They can't handle me talking normally, Jo."

"Well maybe not normally... just talk half normally and half like a regular person..." He trailed off when he noticed she was glaring at him.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Joseph shrugged. "You know what I mean, you're too smart for everyone else, and you're really headstrong, you have lots of bold ideas and a sharp mind... It can be pretty intimidating for the common people."

"The common people, huh? So what are you, extraordinary?" She joked, sipping on the wine again.

"Of course! I'm one of those very special exceptions!"

She snorted. "You're too full of yourself, that's what you are."

They stayed in silent. Aria gazed at the starry sky, her sea green eyes twinkling when she spotted a shooting star crossing the vast midnight blue. She smiled, remembering how often she would search for shooting stars on the rooftop of her house with her two best friends when they were young.

She heard Joseph moved to look at her. He was watching her intently but she didn't turn to meet him.

"I heard Edward was back," he started, trying to sound casual.

Aria would've thrown him off the balcony if she could. Her stomach twisted in a thousand knots for the fourth time that week and she cursed at it, feeling her face shut down and her shoulders stiffen.

"Yeah so?"

"Nothing... I was just making small talk, I guess."

"Since when do we make small talk?" She finally faced him. She was startled when she found him so close. When had he gotten so close? "What is it, Joseph?"

He ignored the warning look on her face and stepped even closer to Aria. She sucked in the scent of his musky cologne, the heat coming from his large body wrapping her like a blanket.

"Have dinner with me. Not like the usual dinner we have once in a while but a real dinner, in a restaurant with live music and great wine, maybe some desert..."

Aria put her hands over his chest, pushing him away from her, but he didn't budge. She just wanted to put some distance between them. She was having a hard time breathing.

"Stop it, Joseph, I'm not having dinner with you." She pushed him harder, still with no avail. "Why are you suddenly so persistent with this? I thought we had talked about it."

"I just want a chance, Aria... you can't pine over him for the rest of your life. It's okay to move on," he argued, caging her against the railing. "There is nothing wrong with having fun with someone."

"Fun?" She raised her eyebrows. "I think we both know I'm not much of a fun-kind-of-girl."

He chuckled from the back of his throat, the sound making her insides tingle. He was leaning towards her, Aria held her breath. She wanted to run, she didn't want him so near her, she didn't want any one near her ever again.

She felt his lips against her ear, shivering. "Just so you know... I'm not backing down."

With that, Joseph let her go and walked back into the living room, closing the door behind him. Aria felt her legs buckle slightly but she grabbed a hold of the railing to keep herself standing. She was breathing hard, she noticed.

She was so stupid.


"Brother!"

"Al!" Edward crushed his brother in a bear hug. He could tell he had lost weight but decided to get to that later, now he was simply happy to have his little brother back. "How was your trip?"

Alphonse stepped back and beamed. "It was fine, don't worry! How is everything around here? How are Winry and Granny?"

"Oh they're fine, those two never change," he said chuckling. "We can visit them tomorrow if you want, but today I'm keeping you all to myself!"

He laughed. "Sounds good to me, brother."

They made their way to Edward's apartment in the city. Everyone greeted Alphonse and he felt the happiest man in a long time. He had missed Reseembol so much; the streets, the buildings, the familiar friendly faces. He had missed everything.

The apartment was small and modest but comfortable and homey, Alphonse promptly threw himself on the comfy couch, burying his face on the pillows. He heard his brother laugh. He blushed, flashing him a grin.

"I missed these pillows!"

"Yeah, I can see that." Edward rolled his eyes. He walked into the kitchen and opened his fridge, frowning at how empty it was. He only had leftovers and a carton of orange juice. "Are you hungry? I don't have any food but we can go out if you want."

Alphonse sat up, nodding eagerly. "Going out sounds good, I want to go to Lyra's restaurant! I miss her homemade stew...!"

"That's settled then. Come on." He locked the door behind them and exited the building. Edward led him up the street. "Don't be too surprised when you see her, she's huge. I think she's almost nine months."

"Really?! Do you think it's going to be a boy or girl?"

Edward shrugged. "Dunno... but I bet it'll be a boy. She's way bigger than she was with Siri."

"That doesn't mean anything, brother," Alphonse said chuckling.

"Oh yeah? You'll see."

They talked comfortably as they walked towards the restaurant. When they arrived, Alphonse couldn't stop smiling because it hadn't changed the slightest. The building was painted in a soft pearl with large dark wooden windows and a wide promenade outlined by a fence of the same dark wood with several tables. There were yellow flowers underneath the windows and a climbing ivy dangling from the canopy.

Edward shook his head at his brother's obvious glee, amused by his childish antics, and stepped towards the entrance. As he looked at the counter, he froze in the doorway.

His hands trembled at the sight of her. She was exactly the same as he remembered. Her long auburn wavy hair cascaded down her back, curling at the ends, glistering against her peachy skin as the yellow dress she was wearing had a low cut back, and she had a few strands pinned just above her head with a little white barrette. She was smiling at the woman behind the counter while drinking a cup of something hot he had no idea what it was.

He felt his heart clench, it was so painful he had to bring one hand to touch the left side of his chest to make sure there was nothing piercing him.

Alphonse sped past him before he could react. He called her name and swept her off her feet as soon as she stepped down of the stool, twirling her around, laughing and making her laugh as well.

Edward stayed frozen, flashes of memories he had locked away taking over his mind.


"I love it, Edward! I'll never take it off, I promise!" She said, her voice full of happiness as she put it around her neck.


"Stop squirming or I'll mess it up!" The little ten year old girl scolded. She was sitting behind Edward, braiding his neck length golden hair into a small braid with caring hands. She was smiling because she could see his beet red cheeks and she could hear the frantic beating of his heart.


Edward suddenly stared deep into her eyes and scooted a little closer, being careful not to send them both flying off the branch they were perched on. The sunset engulfed Aria in a golden halo, turning her sea green eyes so clear they almost looked like crystal.

"H-have you ever k-kissed someone, Ari?" He stuttered, blushing. Aria also blushed, shaking her head. Edward gulped nervously. "W-well...! Close y-your e-eyes!"

Her long dark lashes gingerly touched her rosy cheeks as she closed her eyes. He quickly closed the distance between them and placed his lips against hers. It was only a second, a fleeting sweet kiss none of them would forget.


Aria stood outside the Rockbell's residence. It was raining hard and she was drenched from head to toes, but she couldn't care less. Everything in her had gone numb.

"What do you mean I can't see them?" She asked at the old woman confused.

"I'm sorry, Ariana, but they don't want to see you..."

"But they're hurt, I have to see them!"

Edward felt tears running down his face as he listened from the other room. He knew he was breaking her heart. His was breaking too.


"EDWARD!" She yelled after him but he didn't stop, he kept running clumsily in his new automail leg. "Edward please stop! I don't understand anything!"

He stopped, his back turned to her. He grabbed the horrible stub wrapped in bandages with his other hand. He didn't want her to see him like this.

"Go away, Aria," he whispered, his voice quivering. "Go away, I never wanna see you again!"


"Aria...?" Edward stared at the fifteen year old girl bewildered. He couldn't believe he was actually seeing her. What was she doing in Central City?

She refused to meet his eyes as she straightened her uniform after running into him. "I got into the Prime Academy. I'm staying with my aunt until I finish my studies," she answered blankly.

He reached for her hand but she flinched back. He frowned. "Aria I'm so sorry for what I said that day... I was hurting and didn't want you to see me like that... you deserved better than that..."


Aria was home alone when the bell rang. She opened the door, her heart skipping a beat at the sight of golden eyes. He was taller, she noticed, he didn't look eighteen, there was new harshness to him that made him seem a lot older.

"What are you doing here, Edward?" She asked completely thrown off guard.

He didn't give her an answer. He closed the space between them in less than two strides and crashed his lips against hers, pulling her body as close to his as humanely possible, making every fiber in her burn.


The storm raged outside, lightening striking impetuously. The sound of the rain muffled their moans and the ruffling of the sheets.

Edward nibbled on her neck, gripping one of her hands tightly above their heads, their fingers intertwined. He grabbed her tiny waist with his other hand, pulling her even closer to him as she brought her leg higher, her knee squeezing hard against his back. He groaned when she arched her body, moaning his name.

He had never felt anything like this.


"Hi, Edward."

The sound of her voice pulled him back to reality like a punch in the gut. He stood there with absolutely no idea of what do to. She looked even more beautiful than the last time he'd seen her six years ago.

His brother jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow. "Brother, say something!" He whispered urgently.

"H-hi!" He croaked pathetically. He felt like face palming at the sound.

"So, I guess we finally cross each other's paths after living in the same city for the last year and a half," she said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

Edward scratched the back of neck, feeling sweat beginning to run down. "Y-yeah, guess so... huh, how... how have you been?"

"Fine. You?"

"Fine too..."

They fell into an awkward silence. In fact, the whole restaurant seemed to have gone silent and as Edward dared to look around he noticed that everyone was staring at them. He felt his face flush.

Beside him, Alphonse shifted his weight uncomfortably. He wanted to do something to cut the tension but he couldn't figure out what.

"Well, I better get back to work," Aria announced. She grabbed her purse, leaving a note on the counter for Lyra, and walked past the two golden eyed brothers. "Stop by tomorrow, okay Alphonse? See you around, Edward."

As soon as she was gone, Edward let out the breath he had been holding in, deflating like a balloon. His brother scowled.

"You didn't have to make that so awkward, brother," he critiqued annoyed.

Edward flinched involuntarily. "Well I'm sorry but I wasn't exactly counting on finding her here as you can imagine."

"Honestly..." Alphonse shook his head in disappointment. "I don't get the both of you... we've been friends since forever, why did you stop writing to her?"

"How do you know I wrote to her?" He eyed his brother suspiciously.

"She told me," he replied bluntly.

Of course she did!, Edward thought bitterly. "Look, it doesn't matter okay? Let's just drop this and get something to eat. I'm starving."

Alphonse wanted to argue but he figured it would be better to do so. At least for the time being.


Once she finally reached the safety of her bookstore, Aria allowed her legs to give in under her.

Something wet fell on her fists and she realized she was crying. She wiped her cheeks but she couldn't hold the tears anymore, she felt as if her chest would burst with the pain she felt piercing through her heart. She sobbed uncontrollably into her hands, shaking with every gulf of air.

It hurt her so much. She could still feel the warmth of his skin on hers, his hand gliding across her body...


His kiss was searing, passionate. She couldn't formulate any coherent thoughts with his lips moving against hers like this or with his hands running up and down her sides leaving her with a burning need to be touched even more.

Edward closed the door behind them with a kick before leading her to her bedroom. As the back of her knees hit something hard, they both toppled over the small bed chuckling into the kiss. She pulled his hair out of the pony tail he used in the nape of his neck, combing her fingers through the long silky tresses she loved, making him moan in her mouth with her caresses. He deepened the kiss with an intensity that made her blush, his tongue leaving her dizzy and panting, before moving to her neck, sliding his lips down her collarbone.

She felt his hand on her bare thigh, slowly drifting upwards, disappearing inside her skirt. When he touched her, Aria threw her head back moaning his name. She was afraid to melt in his hands. He cupped her face meeting her gaze and she would never forget his glazed golden eyes, clouded with hunger as he brought her in for another burning kiss.

It was storming outside, she was faintly aware of the flashes of light. She couldn't focus anymore, she couldn't even remember when had their clothes come off and fallen on the floor. Everything blurred around her. There was nothing else but the feeling of Edward's skin on hers and the sound of their frantic hearts.

Edward gripped one of her hands tightly above their heads, their fingers intertwining and he pressed it against the pillow. She buckled her hips as he moved inside of her, grabbing her tiny waist with his other hand, pulling her even closer to him as she brought her leg higher, her knee squeezing hard against his back. He groaned when she arched her body, moaning his name.

They moved urgently, but Edward was almost agonizingly slow. Aria was lost in a whirlwind of sensations, his hands were everywhere and she felt a burning ball growing in her lower belly becoming bigger, wider. She sunk her nails on his broad shoulders, crying out as she came undone, wave after wave of pleasure rolling off her, making all of her quiver. He held her even more tightly, burying his face in her neck, moving faster. She felt his tears on her skin and her own followed as they reached the peak together, the lightening outside muffling their cries of climax.


Aria cried harder. She didn't think it would be so hard to see him again. After six years, she was still completely, devotedly, deeply in love with Edward Elric.