Principles

Havoc could remember quite clearly, rather clearer than he would like actually, the last time First Lieutenant Hawkeye had caught him eavesdropping. Not only had he been so scared that not even a cigarette could coax his heart out of his throat, but he had had to sit through one of her lectures.

He had heard so many that he even had categories for them all now. This one had definitely fallen into the Principles category, along with lectures on why you don't whistle when a female coworker walks by, yes, even if she is a knockout, and why he shouldn't blackmail Fury into giving him his dessert everyday.

Last time he had been eavesdropping was when another Colonel had gone into speak to Mustang, one who didn't really know just who the man sitting in front of him was. Havoc grinned, he had escaped Hawkeye just in time to see the Colonel leave with a slightly singed uniform, and a rather shell shocked expression.

Even Hawkeye had found that amusing.

Unfortunately, that didn't mean she forgot to punish him. Havoc had spent the next month scrubbing toilets in his spare time with the promise of an entire year of the same if she ever caught him eavesdropping again.

Which was partially why he was so surprised when she dropped to her knees to join him when she realized it was Edward in the office with the Colonel this time.

Apparently not even Riza Hawkeye could resist a good bit of gossip.

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