A/N: Only one more chapter, you guys, and I'm at fifty already! Wow, does not feel like I've done that many! But man, has this been fun! Hope you guys like these!
Completion
When the brothers step out of the Gate together, when they turn to gaze at each other for the first time in five heartrending years, the only things left to do are cry ecstatic tears and initiate the inevitable forever-loving embrace—for their lifelong journey has finally come to an end.
Clouds
Lying on his back in the grass with one hand behind his head, Ed lifts his free hand toward the clouds, wishing he could just reach out and touch them; a smaller, softer hand is placed atop his own then, and Alphonse seems to read his mind: "Someday, brother, we'll go higher than anyone has ever gone before!"
Sky
Alfons catches Ed looking up at the sky a lot, for several hours at a time if left undisturbed, and he can't help but wonder how Ed can keep dreaming of another world when he's living in one that seems to suit him just fine.
Heaven
Once, after hearing the tale of their Father and Uncle Al for the umpteenth time, his children ask if he glimpsed Heaven while in the Gate; Edward, in turn, locks eyes with his brother beside him, and the two join hands with bright, trademark-mischievous smiles on their faces and reply as one: "We'd already found the only Heaven we needed."
Hell
Since their Mother died, the brothers Elric have known nothing but pain and hardship; so when Edward tells Colonel Mustang they've already seen Hell more times and in more ways than any human being ever should, he means it.
A/N: To Katia: I added in Ed and Winry's kids! Happy now? Huh? XD Oh! And I wrote this on my sister's computer, which has MS Word 2010, and it didn't do the stupid Read-Only crap! Maybe that's a good sign, eh? *U* Hope so!
By 'Heaven,' of course I'm referring to the fact that the brothers had each other and didn't need anything else (never mind the fact that Ed, at least, doesn't believe in God). This is still a brotherhood only fic, and I didn't mean anything more. (But again, slashers...do as you wish.)
Thanks for reading, as always!
