Many years have passed since the war. Mustang had become a Colonel and Riza was his lieutenant. Together they worked with a small group of men in East City headquarters. Mustang also had a special bond with his superior officer, General Grumman. They would play chess together and he would give the young Mustang advice and tell him stories about his youth. Today Mustang was in Grumman's office playing chess.

"There has been an order for a transfer. You'll be working in Central starting next week." Grumman informed Roy.

"Yes." Roy said.

"It's going to get lonely around here. You've been quite interesting." Grumman said moving his piece on the board.

"Not as interesting as your stories when you were young General." Roy countered.

The men kept making jokes and moving their pieces around. Mustang looked at Grumman.

"I wish you luck sir."

Mustang made his final move and cried.

"Checkmate!"

Grumman looked closer at the board ant the exclaimed.

"You finally beat me!"

"Yeah I finally managed to beat you…"

"Mustang's record is of 1 win, 97 losses, and 15 draws. This one is special." Grumman said writing down in his small notebook.

"I'll gladly take that win." Mustang said proudly.

Grumman put his notebook away and stood up. Mustang gave him back his chess set.

"Talking about special, would you take my granddaughter as your wife?"

"Don't get too much ahead of yourself General." Mustang answered bashfully.

"Just think about it Roy. She's an excellent girl. And I know you'll love her."

"I'll keep it in mind. Speaking of special, can I take my men to Central with me?"

"Of course! Also I want you to keep this." Grumman said cheerfully handing him the chess set.

"Thank you General Grumman, for everything." Roy said saluting.

"It was an honor having you around Colonel Mustang. And really, think about it, taking my granddaughter as your wife…" Grumman suggested once again.

Mustang left Grumman's office and he quickly gathered his team and gave them the news that the will be transferred to Central. After he had told the team the news and Jean complained about having to leave his girlfriend, everybody left the office. It was just Roy and Riza.

"You know I'm going to miss this place…" Roy said still signing some papers.

"Me too sir." Riza said.

"I just played a game of chess with General Grumman and guess what, I beat him." Roy claimed proudly.

"Really?" Riza said genuinely amazed.

"Yeah, then he went on about how much he wanted me to marry his granddaughter…"

Riza dropped the papers over on her desk. Her eyes went wide.

"And what did you say to him?" She asked clearly flustered.

"I said I'd think about it… Are you getting jealous Lieutenant?" Roy said mocking her playfully.

"Don't be ridiculous Colonel. Why would I be jealous of General Grumman's granddaughter?"

"Yeah I guess… But he is so certain I could fall in love with her. Maybe I'll give her a chance some day." Mustang chuckled.

"Excuse me sir." Riza abruptly said as she left the office.

Roy looked confused but then shrugged his shoulders and went back to his papers. Suddenly he noticed that his last paper was almost completed. All he needed was to get General Grumman to sign it. He stood up and began walking towards his office. He was at the door. He was about to knock when he heard a woman's voice coming from his office. It was Lieutenant Hawkeye's voice.

"General-"

"Riza, we're alone in here, you can call me grandfather…"

No way… it couldn't be! Riza was General Grumman's granddaughter. Roy lowered his hand and listened closely. It couldn't be. He must've been talking of some other granddaughter of his.

"Grandfather, I heard you asked Colonel Mustang to marry your granddaughter."

"Did I ask him that? I must've been talking about my other granddaughter." He said playfully.

See, it wasn't Hawkeye who Grumman wanted him to marry.

"Grandfather, I'm your only granddaughter." Riza answered un-amused.

Well that shattered that theory. Roy was astonished. Grumman wanted him to consider Hawkeye as his wife. Mustang's head was in overdrive, his heartbeat was going at a thousand miles per hour.

"Riza, I see the way you look at him. And how he looks at you. I just want you to be happy…"

"Grandfather, please…"

"Alright-"

Mustang heard enough. He dashed back to his office to process the whole thing. Hawkeye is Grumman's granddaughter. He just asked her to marry her. And he said something about the way she looks at him and the way he looked at her. He had to admit sometimes he would stare at her doing her work but he never thought someone would catch on to that. Mustang stared at his window and imagined it. Him and Hawkeye together. He had a crush on her when they were teenagers and ever since no other girl he has gone out with managed to surpass Riza. Then it all made sense to him. His jealousy attacks whenever someone would hit on the lieutenant, not being able to date anyone for long periods of time because they cant even be compared to her, how he would feel so safe and secure around her, how he could be… real… with her, how she made his heart beat faster when she would smile at him… It was all so clear… He loved Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye… At that moment the door to his office opened up and the lieutenant stepped inside.

"Are you done with your paperwork sir?" She asked him.

"Um yeah, I just need General Grumman to sign these." Roy stuttered nervously.

"Are you alright sir?"

"I'm just fine. Just a little bit tired that's all."

"Well why don't you go on home. I'll get him to sign these." Riza said smiling at Roy.

"Ok…" Roy chocked out.

His stomach was doing back flips and his heart just refused to slow down. He grabbed his coat and walked out as fast as he could.

"I'll see you later Lieutenant." He rushed out as he escaped his office.

Riza was confused. She shook her head and tried to put every thought of her and Roy together off of her mind. She knew that as much as she loved him, they could never be together. It was a gamble she didn't want to take in fear of losing him for good.