Pairing: Havoc/Riza

It was a rare day in the office. It was that once in a blue moon event when Riza actually took a day off. She did come by in the evening to see the progress they made though. But despite that, the soldiers knew it would be a few hours before they would have to watch the clock nervously. It was a ritual the office faced and completed during these rare times, considering most of them hadn't bothered doing most of their work. Even Roy could be caught glancing at the clock as he feigned boredom while the sun set and the evening grew older.

Havoc leaned back in his chair, blowing a puff of smoke from his cigarette as he watched the others.

Breda, Fury, and Farman sat around Fury's desk playing a game of cards. Breda seemed to be lucky today, Havoc noted as he watched the other two grimace as Breda won another game. Roy sat at his desk looking at a complex alchemic tome, noticeably ignoring the stacks of papers that spanned his desk.

Havoc settled his chair back on the floor as he listened to the mumbled complaints of the losing card players. It was going to be a long and boring day, but as Havoc settled down to actually work, hew knew it wasn't going to be his ass Riza chewed out. It would be the others for their laziness.


A couple of hours later saw the other soldiers grating on Havoc's nerves. Farman and Breda were arguing over Breda's earlier winning streak; Farman claiming that Breda had cheated and the accused saying he was just a sore loser.

"You never won that many times in a row. No one could without cheating!"

"Your just a sore loser, Farman." Breda used his pinky to clean his ear out as he walked off, speeding up as Farman followed after. They were soon running around the office arguing.

Fury looked on, getting worried a fight might break out. "Guys, settle down..."

"Not until he proves he didn't cheat!"

"Ha! Then you prove that I cheated."

Roy moved his paperwork away from the edge of the desk as Breda and Farman barely avoided the stack. He frowned slightly watching the confrontation, debating whether he should intervene or not. Usually Hawkeye would take care of these things before they got to out of hand, but she wasn't here at the moment so...

A resounding crash was heard as the two soldiers' quarrel brought them near Hawkeye's desk, knocking down the pens and vase of flowers that had been on the surface.

Havoc lost it the precise moment the vase hit the floor and the glass shattered across the floor. He stood up, smashing his cigarette into his ashtray. "Will you all just grow up, shut up, and actually do your job!"

Breda and Farman stopped running, Fury stopped trying to say unheard protests, and Roy stared at Havoc.

"Havoc, need I remind you who your superior officer is? Sit down and clean up the mess you made, same goes for you two." He motioned to the mess of shattered glass, flowers, and water on the ground.

Breda mumbled under his breath as he passed Havoc on his way to the shattered mess. "You're just trying to get points with the Lieutenant."

Havoc looked down at his ashtray, seeing he had smashed his cigarette a little too hard into the tray and tipped it over.

He sighed, and sat down as he started sweeping the ashes back into the tray. Hawfway through the motion a polite, yet demanding cough caught his attention. Standing in the doorway was First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye. She turned and gave a rather stern look to the men in the room.


That night at dinner, Havoc put out his trademark cigarette as he and Riza sat at the cafe table.

"You know, it was rather impressive of you to try and settle them down."

"Well, they didn't have any right to run around knocking over things." Havoc grabbed the offered drinks from the waiter and set them down on the table. "But you really didn't need to come. I know you always do, but I can handle things just as well as you can."

Riza raised an eyebrow at him. "Alright, maybe not as well as you can, but I can still handle them.

Riza smiled lightly and stirred her drink as she scribbled something down on a slip of paper. She moved the paper towards Havoc as she stood up, heading out of the cafe, with her drink in hand.

Havoc looked down at the paper, confused. His eyes widened slightly at what was written on it and his face broke out into a grin. He quickly looked around for a waiter nearby. "Can I get the check, please?"

AN: I'm still open to suggestions, and a beta who's seen the whole series and could help with characterization and spoiler warnings. I get really worried about making the characters OOC or for not labeling warnings correctly.

Anime Monster: Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to come up with some more Roy/Ed when I get the chance. X3 And I think I might be able to come up with something for angst!Izumi and comforting!Seig…