Ice Cubes

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any of the characters of Full metal Alchemist or the Full Metal Alchemist and all of that...

A/N This was one of the two prompts that were given to me, on the Lj Edwin challenge I am a part of. Hope you like…

It was one of the hottest days Resembool had seen in ten years. Brother was in Central and Winry and I were stuck at the house with Maes (Izzy wasn't even thought of yet) doing the usual…auto mail. I had been there for three days, originally to assist Winry with two surgeries. Winry would fit the ports and I would assist in attaching the nerves and stitching. I had to say, so far in my three years as a Doctor, I had yet to see some of the sights she has seen; my brother being one of them. Winry was only 11 years old when she and Granny made mail for Ed. I can't imagine how she felt.

The surgeries were over and successful. That was the good news. The bad news was the air conditioner was on the fritz. Winry was not a happy camper. It was eniterly too hot to stay in the house. But the outside was no better. She felt so awful, she sent Maes to Nellies, because they still had their air. She sent him for two reasons, A. they had air conditioning. And B. she was so miserable she didn't not want to take it out on the child.

So there I was banging the dents out the outside metal frame to the unit, while she sat on the ground, picking and plucking at the inner wiring of the machine.

"Damn thing…" She growled, yanking on a red wire.

"Alphonse you still alive?" She asked, turning her soaked face to me. She tried to smile.

"Yeah…barely. Are you okay?" I asked putting my mallet down and taking seat next to her.

"Realistically, no I am hot as hell and I can't seem to figure out why this thing just shorted out…I mean, the thermostat still works, but it just doesn't want to do anything…it's weird, it just stopped." She ranted for a moment, wiping her browl and straightening her tube top.

"Ed didn't do anything to it, did he?" I mumbled in a playful tone, scratching my now wet hair.

"No…I don't think so. It would be some strange morphed shape…you know how Ed is. Speaking of him, he should be home soon. Al, if we can't fix this, he won't make it in this heat…auto mail holds heat. And not to mention the mood it will put him in. I'll kill him…" She laughed lightly. She put a finger to her chin and thought for a moment. Blue eye brightened and she looked to my hazel ones.

"Hey Al, I just got an idea…could you find me my ratchet set and bring us out some water? I think there are some screws loose with in the conductor unit of this baby. If I can tighten them and rewire some wires…we may just have air before Ed get's home."

I went to ask where her ratchet set was but she beat me too it.

"My set should be under the bed…" She mused as I waved my hands up and went for the house. While I was away, brother must had come home early. I heard Winry shriek like a banshee.

"EDWARD! That's cold! Why do you have to do stuff like that to me! You are so damn sneaky!" I heard her yell. A moment later, I could no longer hear her. I rounded the stairs, grabbed three waters and made my way to the back of the house.

Edward was perched behind Winry, gliding ice cubes on her back while she worked. By the look of her wet pants, I knew why she yelled. He had stuck ice cubes down her pants.

Idiot.

He will pay later, and he better not come to me when they get into an argument. He did to himself.

But I smiled as I watched him continue to glide the ice with his metal hand. Every spot he went she would lean into it and coo how good it felt. I would whisper something back and she would flush.

I cleared my throat to get their attention. Ed was the first to look.

"Hey Al, how's the business?" He smile, as I handed him a glass of water.

"You mean mine of your wife's?" I joke, knowing perfectly who he was referring to.

"My wife's couldn't be better obviously or she wouldn't need another Elric's help…I mean, really Al. How is the clinic? Met any girls yet?" He sneered, showing all of his teeth in a wide grin. I heard Winry giggle. She also jabbed an elbow it Ed's stomach.

I smile sheepishly and scratch my head. I don't need to say anything to brother, he already knows.

Fin