A/N: It's been fun, but I believe this is the last entry in Inevitable Conclusions. I *may* have embellished this a bit from its original form so that I could give these M drabbles a good conclusion ;)

Thanks for reading, and check out the last few drabbles over in the main story, Inevitable.

94. Let's go

"Edward Elric, I am going to kill you," said Winry.

"I swear it was all the Gate!" he cried and shielded his face with his left arm. "You wouldn't believe how well I took care of it!" The wrench still slammed into his wrist.

"You didn't tell me it was this bad!" she shrieked. "You had my best work when you went back through the gate- what the hell?"

"Eh…Equivalent Exchange?"

"I will kill you!"

"Your hair looks really pr- OW!"

"You know better than to try flattery with me, Elric."

Momentarily , Ed didn't reply, and Winry took the opportunity to knock him back on the work table. "Can't believe you," she muttered, and started examining his arm. "All my work, gone…" Winry wasn't about to let Edward know how glad she was to see him back. She couldn't allow the wave of relief that just washed over her to show, not after last time, when Ed had run back to the other world mere hours after she'd fixed his limbs.

His arm was hanging limp, and his elbow had fallen off- the forearm was connected by a knot of wires. Somehow, his hand was on backwards. Winry was pretty sure that even alchemy couldn't have done that- at least not Ed's; he'd know how to put it right. She grinned as she caught herself putting him on a pedestal even when he was in her doghouse. Apparently, he'd been telling the truth about the gate. Winry slid down to his leg; it was in a similar state- knots of wires and backward toes

"So this gate really decided to mess with me, huh," she said at last.

"I swear, I was doing maintenance and everything!" said Ed. "You can even ask Al whenever he gets back from town."

Winry smiled. She'd have to start the new limbs from scratch, but the care he'd taken was obvious; she could almost see her reflection in the remaining plates. Fun as it was to keep him on edge, Winry decided to take pity on him. She felt her way around his leg port and tickled his inner thigh. The old Ed would squirm and glare at her, but the new Ed almost jumped off the table and stared at her wide eyed.

"Winry?" he choked out. Her hand was still on his thigh, underneath his boxers. She'd never considered how intimate it actually was to touch him there, but now… she felt her face heating up and averted his eyes as she pulled her hand back. She wasn't expecting Ed to intercept her; he reached down and laced his fingers with hers, and gently tugged her up by the hand so they were face to face and she was half leaning over him.

"Ed?"

He answered her in a low voice; "Do you have any idea how much I missed you?"

"N- you just went back as soon as you'd come… so…" she stammered.

Ed pulled her in for a kiss- and it was not chaste. His mouth molded to hers, and his remaining hand wrapped around her bare waist. Winry was so shocked that she nearly forgot to kiss him back. "How about now?" he asked when they broke apart for air.

Thought left her mind and she pulled his face back to hers. Before long, Ed was somehow balanced on top of her on the worktable, his metal arm holding her to him in spite of its gate-induced destruction, his flesh hand cradling her face, and her hands tangled in his hair. It was when Ed almost lost his balance on the small table that he suggested a change of setting might be far more comfortable. She didn't register his comment at first.

"Win," he whispered, but she hardly heard him and sucked lightly on his neck, earning a throaty moan. He had to pull away slightly to get her attention. "Should we take this somewhere else?"

She grinned, and she moved his left hand to the top edge of her tube top.

"Gladly," she replied as she helped him roll the fabric down off her breasts.

Ed's eyes bulged again, though his surprise didn't keep his flesh hand from wandering and giving a tentative squeeze. Winry's eyes closed, and she mouthed a soft "Oohh," as his thumb brushed over her hardened nipple.

"I…uh, I meant to your room, or somethin'…" Ed stuttered as he squeezed again, entranced by her reactions. "But if you… then we… uh…"

"My room?" she repeated, her hands stilling in his hair. She smiled, and she rubbed herself against the tent in his boxers. Ed's eyes closed and his mouth fell open. "Let's go," she said and started sitting up.

Ed followed suit, but Winry noticed a slight hesitancy in his step. He held her back at the door, and asked, "Win, are you sure? I mean, th-"

"Edward Elric, don't you dare tell me to wait," she demanded. She was satisfied to see him draw back with a shocked look on his face. "I've been waiting for one thing or another from you all my life. If you make me wait one more time, I'm changing my mind."

"LET'S GO!" he announced, and dragged her up to his room.