i have nothing to say in self defense regarding this one...so i will just sit in the corner here and hang my head in a sort of shame...-fireun
"Hughes, sir?"
Maes Hughes peered about, trying to determine the source of the unsteady squeak that had been someone speaking his name. Pushing his glasses firmly in place on his nose he regarded the only other individual in the hall, a rather mortified looking Fury who was apparently doing his best impression of a hunchback.
"Fury. What can I do for you?" Hughes blinked, waited, and then sighed. "Cain, what the hell is wrong?"
"Well…I kind of have a favor…since you have a wife and all…" Fury stammered and stalled, not really getting anywhere, in a conversational sense.
He was definitely getting somewhere on the going-to-get-cuffed (affectionately, of couse!) scale though. In Hughes' eyes, what had worked on Mustang would most likely work on the smaller man. And a good cuff had always managed to snap Roy out of whatever funk was keeping him from coherent conversation. "Fury. Please tell me what you want." Patient…fathers had to be patient…give him one last chance…
As opposed to speech, Fury just shoved a small bag in Hughes' general direction, keeping his eyes downcast. "Can you see if Gracia can fix this?"
Curious, Hughes took the bag and peered in. Then closed it with nothing more than a loud rustle of paper. "Sergeant. One of the dogs get loose again?"
"No…actually…Havoc…."
"Right then. I will ask Gracia to try and sew the lead back on. Can't have a dog without its lead and collar. Leash laws and all that…" Hughes babbled amicably, backing up, that manic smile firmly in place. If there is one thing he never wanted to know, it was how the hell Fury and Havoc had managed to tear a leather collar where the lead attached…and Maes Hughes was an intelligent man. If he didn't get away from Fury it was something he was going to hear, either through Fury's own rush of embarrassed babble or his own damning curiosity.
Though, this did explain that…amused look on Havoc's face this morning. It was the same face Roy made every time he got back from a date that he thought he had actually passed by the staff as a 'business meeting'.
Oh shit…he was going to have to try and explain the collar, lead, and necessary repairs to Gracia…who was more likely than not going to try and improve the damn thing. Somewhere dead center between hilarity and terror, Maes Hughes began to whistle wondering just how pleased Fury was going to be with the repairs…
Animegoil - Mustang and Ed interaction is always fun to write. i am glad you liked the last one there. it was damn fun to write. just wait...Mustang will get his revenge...oh he will...-cackles manically-
Lochoko - i can SO see Ed doing that to Mustang. and as i said to Animegoil...wait for it. Mustang is planning his return fire. he is cunning like that. bwahahah!
more (implied) Fury/Havoc antics, brought to you by the fact i have been reading more of Spades 44's drabbles. hurrah Spades! hurrah-fireun