C is for "Cold"

Pairing: Roy x Ed

Warnings: PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of Fullmetal Alchemist or it's characters.

A/N: This one came the easiest to me. Living in Canada, I hate the f-ing cold somedays too. But, I still wouldn't want to be anywhere else : )

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Edward Elric appreciated the beauty of the changing seasons as much as the next person. The bountiful, green growth of spring, the bright sunshine and cool breezes of summer, the colourful leaves and the good, hearty food of autumn harvest and the unique symmetry of each falling snowflake in winter. But goddamn, he hated the cold!!

It made his nose run, his skin dry, his joints ache, his automail freeze and his blonde hair staticy and brittle! All the blonde alchemist wanted to do in the winter months was bundle up in a hundred blankets on the couch and sleep. Edward wished he could just hibernate those four to five months away, but unfortunately he was a respectable member of society that held a job (damn the man, he said!!) and he liked spending the holidays with his family too much for his own good.

Well, at least he could do one of the two things he wished for at Christmas. The young alchemist was bundled up on his couch in three comforters, two down-stuffed duvets and one hand-knitted blanket that Alphonse had made him last winter, complete with kitties stitched around the border of the fabric. Ed snuggled into his nest and watched the snow fall from the cloudy Central sky.

The sound of spoons clinking against porcelien drew his attention from the window. Roy, dressed for the weather in a stylish creame knitted turtleneck and black lounge pants, set the steaming mugs of hot chocolate on their wooden coffee table. After taking a hearty sip from his own mug, he slipped under the covers next to the blonde and drew Ed against him, stealing a toasty kiss.

Edward Elric smiled into the chocolate flavoured kiss. There was one thing he liked about the cold, and that was that Roy was always there to warm him up.