I know, I know. I'm late. You don't have to tell me, and you can PM me saying how much you hate me if you want. I give you permission. I got distracted by video games and stuff, though that's not a real excuse.

Edward: Don't start ranting up here! Let them get to the story, and rant at the bottom!

Me: Fine. -pouts- Do the disclaimer and stuff.

Roy: Disclaimer: Madarao does not own Fullmetal Alchemist; Hiromu Arakawa does. The only things she own are the plot and OCs.


Throat clearing woke Roy up, and he blinked sleepily a couple of times. His butler, Alexander, was standing at the foot of the bed, a cart with their breakfast trays parked in front of him. Light snoring came from the Fuhrer's side, and he looked over to see that Edward was still sound asleep, stark naked under the blanket and pressed close to his own nude body. He smiled fondly down at the neko.

"Will that be all, sir?" Alexander asked, still at the foot of the bed.

"Oh, yes. Thank you, Alexander." The butler bowed and left the room. No matter what Roy had said about not being so formal with him. Once they were alone again- Nina appeared to have woken and left earlier- Roy wrapped his arms around his lover, pulling him against his chest. He nuzzled his nose into golden hair, humming contentedly. The blond answered by yawning, covering one of Roy's hands with his own.

"G'morning." Ed mumbled sleepily, face half-buried in his pillow.

"Maybe I should've let you sleep. You just look so… Mm… Gorgeous." Teeth nibbled at a bruised market the crook of said gorgeous man's neck. Neither was sure when the hickey had been put there; probably last night when they were stripping each other. But that was just a wild guess. They'd been too busy to really give a flying fuck- which Ed thought sounded interesting and had pointed it out to Roy on various occasions, at which point the man had laughed until he cried- about a hickey.

Ed blushed and buried his face almost completely into the pillow, fingers curling into the mattress. "Roy, stop. What about breakfast? And work, too?" he groaned to the pillow.

"They can wait a few extra minutes."

"Roy." Ed gritted his teeth as the tip of a tongue traced the mark. "Stop. If you get me started, I swear you will not leave this bed all fucking day." Roy laughed, rubbing his nose in the hollow behind the neko's human ear.

"Sounds nice." he murmured, earning another growl and a shove from his lover.

"Shut the hell up and eat. We've got shit to do, so, much as I'd like to, we can't stay here all day." As an example, he sat up- the sheets pooled in his lap, though they just barely covered enough- and leaned forward to drag the cart around. He went straight for a muffin- he wasn't sure what kind, but it looked delicious- as his eyes roved over Roy. When he leaned forward earlier, the blankets had pulled to the older man's thighs, an inch or two above the knee that was stretched out. The bastard hadn't bothered to cover back up.

Ed's eyes narrowed and he grabbed a sausage with is free hand, shoving it into Roy's mouth with an evil grin. "That's as close as you're getting right now." Roy rolled his eyes at the statement, then reluctantly sat up. Ed made dirty comments while they ate; he usually didn't talk at all. Then they both took a shower- together. Meaning they wound up fucking in the shower, Ed cursing loudly, while Alexander cleaned up the remains of breakfast in the adjoining bedroom.

It took about two hours for them to actually get to work, Edward constantly tugging up on his shirt collar to cover his neck where Roy- damn bastard- had bitten it. He'd expected Riza's gun pointed at them, but her arms were full of Havoc Junior- well, she looked enough like her father to be a Havoc Junior. But her name was Penelope, and Ed immediately grinned and held his arms out for her. Riza smiled back at him and Penelope was carefully passed from her arms to the neko's. It had taken him forever to learn how to hold a baby right, but now he was cradling her with one arm, the other hand smoothing her soft blond hair.

"I'll watch her while you work, Riza. I know you've got a lot to deal with." His golden gaze shifted from Roy to Havoc and Breda, who were goofing off at a table in the corner. Penelope was fascinated by his ears, one hand reaching up to them. Her eyes looked blue, and she giggled when he looked down at her.

"Thank you, Edward."

"No problem." He bounced the baby as he walked, making a funny little sound every now and then to amuse her.

Eventually, Hawkeye had ushered Havoc and Breda out- something about doing real work- and promised she'd be back shortly for Penelope. Ed was still bouncing her when he stopped at Roy's elbow. "Isn't she cute?" he cooed, very un-Ed-like.

The Fuhrer looked up from his coffee and paperwork, eyeing Penelope before smiling and reaching up; she grabbed his forefinger. "Adorable."

"Wouldn't it be cool to have one of our own?" he asked quietly, sighing. Before, he'd never even thought of having kids. Screw 'em up too bad. They would turn out like me. he'd said. But now he had Roy, and- though they'd only said it a few times- he really loved him. They had a house with butlers and everything, his lover was Fuhrer, and everything was more peaceful now. Maybe a family wasn't such a crazy idea, after all. Of course, there were still two problems: A) They were both male. And, B) What if Roy didn't want a child?

"It would, but… Ed, I'm really busy, and you still run around so much. Now's not the best time." Roy said gently, thumb rubbing lightly across the back of the tiny hand still holding tightly to his finger. He bit the inside of his cheek when his younger lover's face fell.

"I guess you're right." Ed mumbled, brushing his bent pointer finger along Penelope's cheek. After a moment, one corner of his mouth tilted up in a half-smile. "So… maybe one day?"

Roy smiled in return. "Maybe." Ed leaned over, the fingers on Roy's free hand holding the blond's chin, and kissed him. The baby smiled and laughed between them. Then, the door opened again and Riza stepped in.

"Oh. Uhm. I-I should've knocked." she said as they broke apart and looked at her. Ed grinned and gave Penelope back to her mother.

"Nah. It's fine. Are you sure you want her back?"

Riza laughed as she cradled her little girl in her arms. "Yeah, Edward; I'm sure I want her back."

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There was a groan and a thump from behind him. A book closed on his finger as he turned to look at the source of the noises: Roy. The Fuhrer's forehead was on his desk, pen rolling towards the edge of the wood. Ed got up and caught it in his palm, frowning. Roy still hated paperwork, but he'd gotten better about doing it without Riza's gun at his temple since he'd reached his goal.

The pen twirled between his fingers. "Apparently all this work has fried your brain."

Roy offered a grunt in response.

"Alright. Let me see it, then." He waited with his hand out for a moment. No papers were put in his hand. Finally, he sighed and yanked the one from under Roy's head. Another grunt. He rolled his eyes and read over it quietly- twice, to be sure. "Sign it." He set the paper back on the desk.

"My hand hurts." Muffled against the desk's wood and coffee-stained papers.

"You are such a baby."

"Shut up."

"Sign the paper." Ed put the pen in Roy's hand and place the pen tip on the line. Eventually, 'Roy Mustang' was signed- worse penmanship than usual, he noted- on the line, and his eyes flew across a different page, lip between his teeth.

"Sign this one, too."

"Stop making me work; I hate you." Roy whined to the desk, not looking up as he signed his name on the sheet.

"I'll stop making you work when you stop acting like a baby about it." Edward mumbled distractedly; he was reading another paper. When he finished, he set it back down and picked up another.

"Sign it?"

"Nah-uh. But sign this one." The new paper was placed near the other man's head. Another loud groan and the scratching of a pen against paper. "Lazy bastard."

"Your lazy bastard."

Ed smiled before picking up another sheet.

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By the end of the day, Ed knew why Roy hated paperwork so much. He'd read all of the papers before they were signed or discarded. His eyes were burning and he was ready to just go home and eat. Plus, he had to feed Nina before it got too late and she got pissed. He imagined her shredding the couch- something he'd though about quite a few times in his first few weeks as a neko- and he had to stifle a giggle.

They took turns dragging each other- mostly Roy dragging Edward because he got distracted by sounds his sensitive new ears picked up- on the walk home, the last little stretch spent with linked arms and soft murmurs. They shivered together when they got inside, rather reluctant to take off their coats. Eventually- when they were comfortably in front of the fireplace, recently-fed Nina curled up on the mantle- the coats were shed and tossed over the back of the couch.

Ed ward laying close to Roy's chest, both men stretched out on a blanket on the floor. His braid had been pulled out moments prior and fingers were soothingly running through his hair.

"I've got that speech tomorrow."

"I know."

"You'll be there, right?"

"I always am, aren't I?" Ed lifted his head, blinking sleepily at Roy, and he smiled. Roy smiled back and it was quiet for a while.

"So, what are you thinking about?"

"Making love, not war. Countries should be more like us." Ed mumbled to his arm, already half-asleep. That probably produced the thought that he and Roy used to fight all the time; now, they were at each other in a different way.

And Roy just laughed, pulling Edward against him and sighing into his hair. "Yeah. Maybe you're right." But the blond was already asleep. "Goodnight, love." he breathed.


That last little bit actually came from a conversation my friends and I had at PE the other day. xD Speaking of my friends, I thought they'd be totally against this idea, but, after I told them, they started debating baby names. I told them I thought they wouldn't like it, and one was like, "It sounds so cute!" So my mind was blown. xD

I've almost got the next chapter of Fading Too Fast done; it should be up shortly. Then I'll be on the next chapter of this! Also, I turned in a story at school! It's going off to a competition soon, and I'm hoping I'll win first place! I want that $150 dollars. One, I'm hopefully going to Kami Con next month. And, two, I want the new Kingdom Hearts game, dammit! (My brother's determined to get it. Just because he loves to piss me off. Sounded kinda like Ed right there... xD)

Edward: I still can't believe you're doing this to me. Actually, no, since it's you, I can.

Roy: Aw, come on. It's kinda sweet. I like it.

Edward: Of course you would.

Me: You two, take it to the bedroom. Read and review, please! Ciao!

Roy and Edward: Whaaaat?

hugs&kisses~ Madarao