Genre: Angst
The Kiss between: Winry's parents.
Spoilers: If you know who killed Winry's parents, no spoiler. If you don't, you'll either kind of read right over it, or you'll go "oooh... Wait a sec, is that why he...? Ohh!" You should be able to enjoy this without many spoilers if you've seen episode 3
A/N: Late in the series, it is discovered that Winry's mother's name is Sara. Unfortunately, they never name Winry's father. I tried to avoid using his name here. Also, this is the final kissing theme, and it's certainly one hell of a finale!
Theme 9: Let's have our last kiss
"Doctor Rockbell!" Sara ignored the screams outside, focused on dressing a third degree burn on a young Ishbal boy.
"Isn't that better?" She smiled gently at the boy as she placed a damp cloth on his forehead. He smiled back at her, despite the pain.
"Doctor Rockbell, they're here!" Sara turned to the persistant nurse and sighed.
"This boy isn't old enough to understand why people are killing his family and friends—why he will have to grow up without a mother because she protected him with her life." She moved to the next battered body, but the nurse grabbed her wrist.
"They're going to kill every Ishbalite in here, and probably us as well!" Sara looked back down at the young Ishbal boy who was now sleeping peacefully, and sighed in defeat.
"Where is my husband?"
Sara held her husband's hand as he held the photograph of their daughter.
"Stay where you are!" A young soldier burst into the room. His black hair was wet with sweat and blood and his dark eyes flicked nervously around the room. His hands shook violently was he tried to aim the gun at Sara, then her husband, then back at Sara. She was not afraid. She had done her job as a doctor, and that was nothing to be ashamed of. Her husband gave her hand one last squeeze, and they took one last look at their daughter.
There was no time for a last kiss, no time for a final farewell, and only a scared young state alchemist left to explain to the young girl in the photograph why her parents would not be coming back when the war was over.
