Return
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Sorry this is late guys, I just was so busy yesterday that by the time I remembered topost this i was already in bed and it was almost 11 and I had to get up at 5:30.
Hope you enjoy.
3 days later, Resembool
As they got off the train Winry stretched her back a little, earning a few pops. It was dawn; the only people that would be away would be those who had plants to harvest. They walked through downtown quietly and eventually started up the road to Winry's old home. After about a thirty minute walk in semi silence they reached the old home and quietly walked into the house, not even waking Den. They set their bags down quietly and soon fell asleep on the couch.
2 hours later
Pinako walked down the stairs, tired and aching.
"Damn these old joints of mine." Pinako grumbled, knowing that Jenna and Aaron would be there within the next ten minutes. Upon entering her living room she saw the young couple asleep on the couch.
"Ed had to have picked up some stealth from the military to be able to sneak in and not have Den bark at them." Pinako chuckled before stepping on a loud floorboard. In an instant Ed's eyes flashed open and he retrieved the knife from his pocket before noticing it was Pinako.
"Easy there Ed, you're in my house after all." Pinako snorted, making Ed chuckle and put the knife back.
"Habit." Ed said with a stretch, waking Winry.
"Morning Granny." Winry mumbled.
"Morning you two. We'll talk at breakfast." Pinako said just as May started to walk down the stairs, followed by the uneven sounding footsteps of Al, with walker of course.
"Brother?" Al asked, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Hey Al." Ed chuckled as he and Winry stood.
"When did you guys get here?" May asked in an all too chipper tone.
"About two hours ago." Winry said. As Pinako served breakfast Jenna and Aaron walked into the house.
"Morning Pinako…Winry, Ed, you're back!" they both exclaimed.
"Good to see you too." Ed and Winry chuckled.
"So the testing went well brother?" Al asked.
"Very. I'm back in the military, but my duties don't start until you get your certification, Grumman obviously remembers how we operate. Also, and it's a good thing you're sitting down, I got a promotion." Ed chuckled as he took a sip of his water. He smirked at the face his brother made, and also that Winry or Pinako hadn't caught on to their earlier lie about Ed being allergic to milk, true, it made his stomach churn, but he wasn't allergic. May also knew that fact, but she decided it would be best that they didn't argue over it. Ed also had a feeling that both Rockbell women knew better, but felt it would be stupid to argue over milk, entertaining, but stupid.
"What did you get promoted to?" Al asked.
"Colonel." Ed said with a smirk.
"For you part in the…events?" Al said.
"Precisely, Grumman didn't indicate that you would be getting this rank, most likely because you weren't in the military during said events. But hell, you'll be a major." Ed chuckled.
"And I'm just fine with that." Al chuckled.
"And because of my rank I get a team." Ed chuckled, leaning back in the chair.
"So where is your uniform?" Pinako asked.
"Home." Ed said with a smile.
"We fixed your room Winry." Al said.
"Thanks Al." Winry said. Though I'm not sure that's necessary anymore. Winry mentally chuckled.
"So how's the leg holding up? I overheard Winry and May on the phone." Ed chuckled.
"Well, I'm in a walker now instead of a wheelchair. May's been helping the process along with alkahestry, but we do all the stretches and rehab stuff that Pinako demands." Al chuckled.
"Not gonna lie, having May help with his recovery is wonderful, probably by the end of four months he should be back to his old self, having most of his mobility by the end of two months. May varies it though, so we can never be too sure." Pinako stated.
"How so?" Winry asked.
"Well, if we have three stretches we need to do, I do five healings. I always do two more than the amount of stretches." May said.
"Ah, so at this rate, he should be fully healed by the end of three months and be able to walk fine with minimal assistance by his testing time. Smart." Winry replied before a loud knock sounded at the door.
"I'll get it." Ed smiled. Opening the door, he saw the all too familiar moustache of Major Alex Louise Armstrong, and company.
"Major Armstrong, what brings you to Resembool?" Ed asked.
"I wanted to congratulate maybe our youngest Colonel in history." Armstrong said.
"Thanks." Ed chuckled as he walked over to them; Al smiling at them.
"Hello boys." An oddly annoying voice called out. Ed and Al looked over and let out an irritated groan.
"Seems like you two are popular." The other man laughed.
"Trust me; we don't want that kind of popularity." Ed said as he crossed his arms loosely as Al stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"What's the chain attached to?" one of the girls asked in a flirty manner.
"Pocket watch." Ed replied without looking at them. Just as the two men were about to speak to Ed about being rude, Armstrong stopped them. He knew that look on Ed's face, the one that screamed disapproval and distrust.
"Is it for me, since I am going to be your girlfriend and all." The girl giggled.
"No and no you're not. I'm sure Winry made that blatantly clear a week ago." Ed said coldly.
"Give me that watch!" the girl demanded, reaching out to take it from him, only for Ed to sidestep out of her path. When the girl stood, Ed was standing on one of the fence posts.
"I don't care what fantasy world you may live in where everything goes your way and your childish antics get you what you want, live in the real world, life is far too short to be spent on petty things like trying to take someone away from who they truly care about out of spite and revenge. You're like a child who hasn't been raised right, arrogant, greedy, and idiotic." Ed said.
"Care to punish me then?" the girl giggled.
"I have no time for your idiocy." Ed said rolling his eyes and not even showing a hint of a blush at her brash offer.
"You know you want to." The girl teased. Ed rolled his eyes again.
"I'd rather be turned into a grotesque chimera than be with you, that's the truth." Ed said, jumping off the fence post and walking into the house.
"Armstrong and company, you're welcome to come in." Al said kindly. The girls started to walk up.
"Not you, you're not welcome in the Rockbell home." Al growled, Ed slamming the door behind them after Al made his way in. Through the window she could see Winry smiling smugly.
"If she thinks she'll get the last laugh and that hunk all to herself, then she is dead wrong." The girl stomped off.
"I have a feeling we haven't seen or heard the last of Elna." Winry sighed.
"That's her name?" Ed laughed. As the day carried on and after the officers left it was calm in Resembool as far as Ed, Winry, Al and May knew. Elna and a few of her friends decided to spy on the happy group.
"I wish someone as attractive as him stared at me like that." One girl pouted.
"Shut is Nora, Edward is mine." Elna hissed. As the night fell and the four went to bed, the three girls managed to get to the ledge where they could look into the room where Ed slept, only to see Winry follow.
"Aren't you gonna sleep in your room Winry?" Al asked.
"Don't get me wrong Al, I appreciate greatly what you did, it's just…well…" Winry stammered.
"I get it Winry, I'm just giving you crap. It feels weird sleeping in a different room than your fiancée, trust me, I know." Al chuckled.
"But thanks for fixing it; I'm sure it'll make a great guest room." Winry said.
"No problem. Night guys and no funny business, save it for the honeymoon." Al teased.
"You're one to talk Al." Ed snickered before closing the door on his blushing brother and his fiancée who couldn't help but laugh.
"You can be such an ass." Winry said as she grabbed her sleeping clothes.
"You love me anyway. I'll take the bathroom, you stay in here." Ed said as he left the room.
"Nice resistance." Winry giggled as he left before changing.
"So she doesn't stuff her bra, damn her." Another girl hissed.
"Hush Shelly." Elna whispered. A light knock sounded.
"I'm decent." Winry said, allowing Ed to enter. The three girls hadn't noticed, even before when he was topless, how many scars he had.
"I wish I knew a way to make them go away." Winry said as she brushed her hand over the large one on his shoulder, where metal and skin once met.
"I consider them mementos of my past. The fox bite from before I even learned alchemy, the scar where my automail arm was, the one you gave me so graciously and tirelessly, the one on my forehead from my fight with that one prisoner who had a body like Al's, the one where I got impaled and had to heal it myself, which probably took one or two years off my life expectancy, the little ones in my left arm from another impalement, the one on my left shoulder from when I went to the fifth lab. I've gained experience and pain from each one and still overcame it." Ed said.
"I was ok until the life expectancy one." Winry whispered as her fingers ghosted over the patch of pale flesh, making Ed wince away.
"Does it still hurt?" Winry asked in a concerned tone.
"No, it just…uh…" Ed mumbled.
"Tickled?" Winry asked with an impish grin.
"No!" Ed protested before Winry tackled him and started to tickle his sides.
"Winry…cut...it...out!" Ed gasped between laughter.
"No." Winry giggled.
"Fine then." Ed said before he flipped them over, pinning her. Their eyes locked.
"Mercy?" Winry squeaked.
"No." Ed said with a devious smirk before catching her lips. Elna and the others couldn't help but stare in envy as they kissed heatedly and as Ed started to travel down her neck and collarbone. He looked up to her with smoldering golden eyes and Winry nodded, allowing Ed to use his chin to push down her shirt and reveal her breasts, but Elna and the others left at that point, sure they had all the evidence they wanted to embarrass Ed and Winry.
The next morning
After breakfast the rush came in.
"Winry, Ed, could you guys run downtown and get some groceries and some parts that are available. Here are the lists, now please hurry." Pinako said as she handed Ed and Winry the lists and rushed back over to the clients.
"Geez, you'd think she'd want me gone with how she doesn't let me help." Winry muttered.
"No, she just knows you can be a fast shopper under pressure and that you know the markets inside and out where as I do not since I have not lived here in a while." Ed said.
"Point." Winry said as they reached downtown and started their shopping, Ed mainly holding everything while Winry found it.
"Put it on the Rockbell tab." Winry said.
"Sure thing Winry. A payment is due in a week." The clerk said.
"You'll get it." Winry chirped as Ed followed her with the heavy equipment.
"Such a charming young couple." One woman said.
"Pinako was right, and yeah, it is about time." A man chuckled.
"Seems like your grandma told quite a few people about the engagement." Ed sneered.
"So I've noticed, but at least most everyone is happy about it." Winry said as they walked into the shop. Just as they were about to enter a loud clanging erupted in the marketplace.
"Wanna know the scoop on our new affianced?" Elna said as she pointed to Ed and Winry.
"Here we go." They both groaned before she started to tell what happened last night. Their faces went red for just a few moments before Winry's embarrassment turned into anger.
"You were spying on us?!" Winry shouted, earning several jumps from people nearby.
"That's just weird, and pointless. They're engaged, what else do you expect of them?" one man asked.
"What place is it of yours to share such private moments?" a woman asked.
"But they didn't wait until their honeymoon." Shelly said.
"How do you know? Tell me, how long were you little perverts watching?" Ed asked with a wicked grin.
"Thirty minutes I think." Elna hissed.
"So exactly how do you know what we did or didn't do if you didn't stick around for the whole time?" Ed asked.
"It was heavily implied." Elna hissed.
"You left five minutes before we were done." Winry said annoyed.
"You're lying." Nora growled.
"Actually, he isn't, I would know, I was the one who barged in." Al said from behind them.
"Al, what brings you here?" Ed chuckled at the girls stunned and irritated faces.
"Pinako sent me to give you a message, there were a few things she forgot to put on the list of groceries." Al said.
"Ok, let's have it then." Winry said. Al walked over and handed the note to Winry before going back, being eyed by Elna and her friends.
"Sure you don't want to give this a try?" Elna said with a wink.
"Very sure, so sure that I think I'll have my loving fiancée make me up some tea to get rid of the nausea." Al said with a groan of disgust.
"You know what would have been a shame." One man said as he walked up to Elna.
"What?" Elna asked.
"If either of those two took up your offers. Those two men have been through hell, and they would not deserve to be played with and then thrown aside like trash, which is exactly what you and your friends would do. Here's the address to a brothel in Central, go make yourself useful." The man said, shoving a scrap of paper into her hand and walked off.
"That was harsh." Elna hissed.
"Hey Ed, could you make him take that back like a good little boyfriend." Shelly giggled. Ed let out a sigh before smirking.
"Hey Win, I have a present for ya." Ed said as he clapped his hands together and touched an old garbage can.
"What?" Winry asked before looking over to see what Ed had made. A giant wrench, her main weapon of choice.
"Can I have it?" Winry asked with wide eyes.
"On the condition that you never use this on me." Ed said.
"Promise." Winry said before Ed gave her the wrench and a wicked smiled spread on her face when she looked to the other girls.
"You know you've made her the happiest girl in the world right?" an all too familiar voice chuckled from behind him.
"I'm aware of that Ling. I take it your wife is with you?" Ed asked.
"How did you…well…yes she is." Ling stammered.
"I read about it in the paper. A lot has changed in Xing from what Al and May have told me, for the better I hear." Ed said as he watched Winry chase off the other girls before skipping back over to them.
"Hey Ling, where's Lan Fan?" Winry asked.
"Behind me." Ed said as he moved to the side.
"Your instincts and height have improved." Lan Fan chuckled. Winry then noticed a sash around Lan Fan's chest that crisscrossed.
"What's that?" Winry asked.
"Oh, how forgetful of me." Lan Fan said, placing her hand to her forehead before maneuvering the small bundle on her back to her front and pulling the hat off the small black haired baby.
"My son, Lee." Lan Fan said as Winry walked over and looked at the sleeping baby.
"He's so little." Winry said.
"Well, he is just three weeks old." Lan Fan said.
"So what brings you to Resembool?" Ed asked curiously, hoping to avoid Winry's puppy eyes.
"I wanted to show Winry my son and the blade in my automail keeps jamming up. Yes, I've been maintaining it, but it just started recently." Lan Fan said.
"We can tend to that once we finish the shopping." Winry said.
"Congrats by the way." Ed said to Ling.
"Thanks. Trust me, the labor process took the longest and she was in pain and refusing to take any medications. She's a strong woman, and in turn, we received a strong healthy son." Ling said with a proud smile.
"I was wondering why you looked tired. Does the country know their leader is missing?" Ed asked.
"Yes, and it's being handled by most trusted advisors for the time I am gone." Ling said. As they walked back to the Rockbell home, the group of men was walking towards them. Jason, the one in front, recognized Ed and bolted, making the others follow.
"We're getting the hell away from you!" Jason yelled.
"Mind explaining that?" Ling chuckled.
"They tried to violate Winry after beating her. Long story short, Al and I scared them shitless." Ed spat out. Ling's face went cold before a smirk that resembled what Greed would have thrown, plastered his face.
"Up for a chase?" Ling asked.
"Dare I ask why?" Ed chuckled.
"In my country, even before my reign, if men did such things to such pure women, the penalty was castration." Ling said.
"Better keep up your royal highness." Ed laughed after setting the box down and running full bore after them, closely followed by Ling.
"No matter what role they are given, they can still be as bad as children." Lan Fan said.
"No doubt about that." Winry laughed as they saw them walking back, bumping fists.
"Now that was fun." Ling chuckled.
"I think we scared the shit right out of them." Ed chuckled.
"So was that why one was gripping his pants?" Ling asked humorously, making Ed laugh even more as they continued their walk back. Once there Winry got right to work organizing the new parts while May and Lan Fan put away the groceries after May stared at the baby with longing eyes.
"Do women hit a certain age where they become baby crazy?" Al asked.
"Apparently." Ed said.
"You both know how to fix that right?" Ling chuckled as the two men blushed.
"We're not stupid Ling." Ed and Al retorted.
"Oh, I get it, you're waiting for your honeymoon night. Good idea, means much more. Word to the wise, be gentle with them, they hurt a lot more than we do." Ling said.
"Thanks for the advice." Ed said rolling his eyes.
"I'm serious Ed. Unless told, go easy." Ling said.
"I get it Ling." Ed said frustrated. Lan Fan handed Lee to May, knowing she could now trust her sister-in-law, as she went to the room with Winry for her maintenance.
"He's so precious." May said.
"Here we go." Ed chuckled.
"Al, when are we going to get married?" May asked.
"After I get certified, I promise." Al said.
"And children?" May asked as she rocked her nephew.
"That, uh, should be kind of obvious May." Al said slightly embarrassed.
"I want four you know." May said.
"Excuse me." Ed and Ling said in unison before getting up and going outside, their laughter could be heard.
"Better." Ling chuckled.
"Sorry bro, but you had that coming." Ed chuckled.
"Oh Ed." Winry said as he walked back in.
"Ah revenge." Al snickered.
"Damn." Ed laughed. After dinner Ling and Lan Fan left, bidding everyone best wishes as they walked out the door.
Later that night
Winry had Ed pinned to the bed, his hands under her legs with an evil smirk on her face.
"Win, stop." Ed said as she flitted her hands down his bare torso, making him squirm as he tried to free his hands.
"No." Winry giggled before placing open mouth kisses down his chest.
"You're gonna get it when I manage to get loose." Ed growled lustfully.
"Right…" Winry chided as her hand made it to the hem of his boxers. Before Ed could question her, her hand slipped into the boxers and took hold of his throbbing member, making him let out a gasp of surprise. She took in everything, how smooth the skin was and then the length, blushing slightly as she realized he was larger than the average man based on her textbooks. She stroked his already hard member, making his hips buck and a feral growl erupt from his throat.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were enjoying this Edward." Winry cooed, before feeling Ed's hands wiggle free from beneath her legs and a solid grip on her hips. Ed sat up and pulled her into a heated kiss, making her withdraw her hand from his member and tangle her fingers in his hair. Ed made it so that he was on top of her before he reached down and pulled off her shirt, exposing her breasts to him and making her gasp as his hands began to work their way to them. Once both hands reached her breasts Ed smirked as he pulled his left hand away and started to trail down her body, feeling her arch to his touch as he brought his lips to a rosy bud and kissed it, making her moan as he pinched and played with her other one with his right hand. Winry gasped at the sudden pressure at the junction between her legs as she felt his hand go under her sleeping shorts and panties, touching her most sensitive area gently.
"Told you." Ed snickered before lightly nipping her breast and then lowering his left hand to feel her already wet folds and core. He found her clit and pressed his thumb to it, making her body arch and her let out the most erotic moan he had ever heard. He continued his play with her until he felt they were equal and then slowly lowered her from her high as he kissed back up along her collarbone, neck, jawline, ear, and then finally her lips, taking his hand out of her pants and off of her breast and supporting himself on his elbows as they kissed slowly and passionately. Once they stopped Winry stared at him with hazed eyes.
"I love you, you know that." Winry said.
"Love you too, even though you can drive me insane." Ed chuckled, kissing her cheek before reaching over and finding her shirt on the ground next to the bed and handing it to her.
"Time for sleep now." Ed said as he got off of her and admired her beauty one more time as she pulled her shirt back on.
"But you still seem excited." Winry said as her eyes dropped to his obvious arousal.
"I'm sharing a bed with a beautiful woman why wouldn't that arouse me?" Ed said smoothly earning a soft kiss on the cheek. They lay down and soon after they got comfortable they were sound asleep.
Morning
Winry was making Al do the exercises that she had left him to do. Even though May had done a good job at healing him so he could recover with a week to spare, she wanted to make absolutely sure.
"Winry, I'm fine, the train will be leaving in an hour, and can we please go now?" Al asked after doing ten squats. Winry had made sure to pack up everything this time, all her clothes, tools, and other necessities since this would be the last day she lived here.
"Ok, you can stop. Just had to make sure the suspension was working properly and not causing you any pain." Winry said. Ed saw that she was kind of sad to leave.
"Win, you know we can come back and visit and that she's just a phone call away." Ed said. Winry nodded before going over to her grandmother and giving her a hug.
"You best call me when you get to Central, and keep me informed as to when the wedding is so I can come in with your mothers dress. It should fit you." Pinako said before feeling the light drops of tears.
"I will granny." Winry said as her voice cracked.
"You didn't cry when you left for Rush Valley. Try not to worry about me dear, Jenna and Aaron are here and they'll keep me plenty busy, it's time you got our name out there." Pinako said.
"But my name won't be Rockbell forever granny." Winry said as she calmed her breathing.
"But you're a Rockbell by blood. I know your name will change with the wedding, but that doesn't mean your blood will." Pinako said. Winry smiled with understanding as she stood.
"Thanks granny and I'll see you soon." Winry said with a smile before they walked out of the house, bags and crates in tow.
"Now remains the question, who will get married first?" May asked with a competitive stare. Winry pulled out a coin and on one side drew a wrench with a black marker, and on the other side drew Shao May who was sitting on May's shoulder.
"Simple. We'll flip a coin, if it lands with my symbol, the wrench, side up, Ed and I will get married first, if it lands with the face of Shao May up, then you and Al will get married first. A fair, fifty-fifty chance." Winry said as she showed May each side of the coin. May smiled and nodded before Winry tossed the coin, making it go higher than anyone would've guessed, as soon as it landed in the palm of Winry's hand she flipped it onto the back of her other hand without even looking at how it had landed, as did May. Moving her hand away a symbol of a wrench appeared and May sighed.
"Well, fair is fair." May said. Winry nodded as they got all the crates tagged and then boarded the train.
Hope you liked it. Again, sorry it was later, I'll try to make sure it's on time next Friday. Until then please R&R.
