Ed bounced from the middle the bed to the pillow. His head landed just before the headboard and he grinned cheekily as he looked Riza in the eye. Her face was bright scarlet, her hairline was sweaty and she was still getting her breath back.
"That's probably far enough for one day." He laughed, cuddling into her neck. "Did I do ok?" Ed asked, concerned that he didn't get a reply after his first statement.
"Just fine." Riza panted. "Sorry. I'm going to need a second here." She laughed, still regaining her breath. "It's been a while since anyone's done that with we. Very generous, I might add." She said, rolling onto her side to look more directly at him. She winked.
"Really, it was nothing." Ed laughed. "You said you had trouble feeling intimate earlier. I just wanted to make you as comfortable as I could. So… do you believe me yet?" He asked, cautiously.
"Believe what?" Riza asked in response, a little confused. She was still panting a little.
"Believe that you're beautiful. You said you didn't think you were earlier. I told you that you were. I was just wondering if I'd added any merit to my argument."
She rolled back onto her back and laughed, sounding quite tired. "In this one moment, Ed. Yeah. Right now I do feel beautiful. So thank you. I guess that makes it my turn then." She said, again adjusting herself so that she propped her head with her hand, elbow pressing down into the mattress.
"No, really. That's fine. I don't want to rush anything." He stammered.
"Sounds like someone's nervous." Riza grinned at him. "The genie is out of the bottle now. I'm not usually one for having much of a libido. Congratulations on finding it so quickly. I can't just let that go unnoticed." She said, her tone almost turning a little sinister. "What's it you alchemists talk about? Equivalent exchange?" She continued, kissing her way down his chest. Suddenly the phone rang, just as her nose was level with his belly button.
"Talk about timing." Riza sighed. She put on her dressing gown to cover her body and made her way to the ringing phone. Ed could hardly believe what he was doing. 10 days ago he couldn't call her by her first name. This morning he'd been in bed with Riza Hawkeye. He would never have seen it coming. Things had certainly moved pretty quickly. He'd seen sides of her he had never known existed. There was so much more to her than the soldier with nerves of steel he had known from work.
Riza came back into the bedroom. "It's greed." She said. "I think he's calling from a public payphone."
"Greed? Guess that means he's still on the run. Picked a great time to call." He grumbled. Ed wrapped a towel from the radiator around his waist. The windows in the Lieutenant's apartment weren't big. But he didn't feel like putting on a display if any neighbours happened to be looking in that direction.
"And what do you want, Greed?" Ed asked. "I've still stuck taking care of one of your henchmen you left behind."
"Precisely why I called, Fullmetal alchemist. I need to regroup forces before I get out of this city. I need all of my allies if I'm to regroup and take down your Fuhrer in due time." Greed replied arrogantly.
"Dream on." Ed smirked. "You and a handful of goons aren't going to bring down the military of Amestris."
"I could with your help, Edward Elric. You still need to explain to me the finer details of how I can bond my soul to a suit of armour."
"And why would I do that? You are in no position to enforce your wishes."
"Because there is still some information that might be of benefit to you. I can tell you how to defeat a homunculus. Where the others are. What their next move might be. I might also be able to tell you how to get a certain little dog back."
"What?" Ed asked. "Back up. You can get him back? But he died. I saw him get… eaten."
"Details, details." Greed answered. "I'm pretty sure it can be done in this instance, and I can help you retrieve him. Even if you aren't going to tell me, I would appreciate it if you gave Martel back. The group just isn't the same without her."
"Where will I find you?"