Title: Reunions
Rating: T
Genre: Spun sugar
Word Count: 330
Author's Note: after the coffee scene(s) and before the baby. For some reason Ed was gone and he was doing a lot of alchemy. No, I don't know why. I realise it ends a bit abruptly; originally, it had more, but I didn't like the rest of it so I told it to bugger off.

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He arrived unexpectedly one afternoon, as she had known he would. She was organizing the supplies in her workshop when he returned; she was alerted to his presence by Den, who had been sleeping on the porch. She bolted out the front door when she heard the dog barking, and her breath seized in her chest when she took in the familiar sight of Edward, golden hair shining in the sun, trudging up the long dirt road to the house.

He looked up and saw her, and waved; she waved frantically back, then ran down the road to meet him, realising suddenly that she didn't want to wait any longer. It occurred to him what she was going to do as she approached, and dropped his suitcase on the ground. She met him at full speed and threw her arms around him; his lips crashed down on hers, and there was a nearly audible click as her world fell back into place again.

"God, I missed you," she gasped when they finally parted.

"I missed you, too," he said softly, brushing her hair out of her face, and she smiled at him.

They walked back to the house in contented silence, holding hands like teenagers.

"You look tired," Winry commented as Ed dropped his suitcase on the floor in their room.

"I amtired," he said, flopping down face-first onto the bed. "Alchemy is exhausting."

"Aw, poor Ed." She crawled up beside him on the bed, resting her face close to his. He gave her a half-smile and reached out to pull her against him. She sighed happily and snuggled into his side.

"I missed this," he murmured, and yawned. She chuckled and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

"Go to sleep," she said; she could tell he was struggling to keep his eyes open. "We'll talk later."

"'Kay," he whispered, and, in deed, drifted off to sleep.

He woke up again several hours later, and they had a proper reunion.