Miles shuffled through his pockets to find the keys to his place. Once he found them he looked for the key to the door. He opened it and walked inside. He dropped the keys on the kitchen table and turned on the lights. He sighed as he noticed the boxes around the place. He recently had gotten divorced from his wife and had to move out of his old place. They just had too many problems; the constant trips to Ishval, the long work hours… Yeah they were just constantly fighting and they just decided to call it quits. Things just weren't the same with his wife; instead he preferred to be with his superior officer, General Armstrong.
He slumped down on his couch and took off his glasses. He sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. All he has been thinking about the whole way back to Briggs was what General Armstrong asked him. She wanted to have a child with him. After a long train ride conversation, Miles accepted the General's proposition. There was a certain risk factors around this plan but he was willing to take that risk for her. And even he had to admit; General Armstrong was a mighty attractive woman. She was actually the source of most arguments with his ex wife. She said she was going to come over to his apartment to discuss the terms and conditions. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. He stood up and answered the door. General Armstrong stood there before him. Miles brought up his hand and saluted.
"General Armstrong, please come in." Miles said stepping aside and letting the woman inside.
She inspected the place and saw the boxes scattered across the place.
"I'm sorry about the mess, I'm still settling in…"
"No, its no problem. Well, lets talk…" She said as she sat down on the table.
Miles sat across from her and folded his arms.
"I have a few conditions to discuss if we are to have a baby together." Miles informed.
"Alright, that seems fair. What are your conditions?" Olivier said folding her arms as well.
"First, I want the child to grow up knowing I'm its father. I don't want him or her growing up thinking I'm its uncle or something."
"But you know that nobody is to know that you're the father of my child. If it calls you father it could only give away everything."
"We'll teach him or her to not call me father in public. I just want him to know that his father is by his side…"
"Fair enough… anything else?"
"You pick the baby's name…"
Olivier's eyebrows rose up in surprise.
"Are you sure? I thought we would have to pick the name together."
"You pick the baby's name. But in exchange I get to give our child an Ishvalan middle name." Miles added.
Olivier pondered it for a moment.
"Alright, I choose the first name and you choose the middle name."
"Also since we're on the subject of names, I don't want our child to be named after anybody." Miles added.
"I completely agree with you. I think it's very tacky."
"Also I want our child to be completely involved with your whole family. That includes Major Armstrong."
Olivier huffed.
"Why would I want my child to be around my spineless brother; I'm afraid he'll catch Alex's spinelessness." She said spitefully.
Miles sighed.
"Olivier, did you know my parents died when I was very young. My only living relative was my grandfather. He raised me until he died when I was 10 years old. After he died I had no other relatives, I was all alone…"
Olivier looked down to the ground solemnly.
"You know that anything could happen to us in our line of work. And I want our child to be close to all of your family. If something were to happen to us I want our child to know that he or she has a very strong, proud, and loving family to lean on. And Alex, like it or not, is going to be the baby's uncle."
After a moment of silence Olivier sighed in defeat.
"Fine. I guess you're right…"
Miles smiled at Olivier. He reached out and held her hand.
"I have one more condition to throw out there." Miles said with a subtle smirk.
"And what is that?"
"I want us to have a date before we… you know…"
Olivier laughed loudly.
"That is completely unnecessary!" Olivier laughed out.
"It is completely necessary! Call me a sappy romantic, but I want my child to be conceived around more romantic circumstances. Not just a simple one night stand."
"Well, do what ever you want Miles. I still think the whole date idea is stupid though."
Miles just shrugged his shoulders and smirked.
"I assume that is all for now right? I'll be on my way." She said as she stood up and walked towards the door.
"Ok, I'll see you later General." Miles said as he opened the door and saluted his commanding officer.
Olivier saluted him back. She lowered her arm and then reached up and gave Miles a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you Miles…" She whispered as she turned on her heels and walked away.
Miles ran his fingers lightly through his cheek.
"No problem General…"
Author's Note:
I said I was going to probably write a separate Miles/Olivier story, but I found it more convenient to just write some chapters dedicated to them in this story since Havoc and Rebecca are getting their own chapters in this Royai centric story. The next chapter is going to focus on both Miles/Olivier and Roy/Riza. Another thing, it was brought to my attention that Miles is actually married, so I just took the cheap way out by having them getting divorced. Sorry!
