i work retail. in a mall. and it is getting to be easter...so i am surronded by cute little easter ducks all day...every day. i blame this drabble on that. well, that and that fact i love writing havoc/fury.-fireun

"Well…it looks a little too small to eat…"

"JEAN!" Fury squeaked in an offended sort of terror.

The duckling, being the object of the discussion but unable to understand the proceedings, waddled happily around the table top discovering such interesting things as toast crumbs left over from breakfast and a little bit of a pancake.

"Maybe if we keep letting it eat good home cooked meals…" Havoc lifted the pancake bit the duckling was worrying at and dangled it in front of the small creature.

Fury scooped the duckling up into protective and most likely tight arms, resulting in a sort of half aborted quack on the duckling's part, most likely in self-defense. "We are not eating him! He is an orphan. He needs a home and love! Not a pot of hot water." Fury sniffed a bit, offended and unhappy. "Anyway, since your cooking is miserable, you wouldn't be able to eat him, since I am obviously not going to help."

"My cooking isn't that bad, is it?" Havoc drawled, toothpick dancing along his lip as he spoke, oral fixations needed something to…well, fixate on and Fury had declared the house a no-smoke zone.

"You put things in hot water and wait for them to fall apart. Every time."

"It works. You eat it."

"Only because you make it." Fury managed a tiny little blush from around the now struggling avian.

Sensing a sort of victory near at hand, Havoc leaned forward, grinning. "Oh? And what does that mean?"

Point for Havoc. Fury blushed an amazing shade of red, held the duckling a little too tightly, much to its dismay, and incited it to rebellion. With a quack that would most likely translate into something angry enough to make Edward pause the duckling wiggled a bit, moving into position, and bit Fury's nose.

Fury dropped it back onto the table with a yelp, lifting a hand to access the damage. Havoc knew tactics, now was a brilliant time to lean forward and plant a chaste little kiss on his partners damaged nose. While this action obviously pleased the other man, he was just as obviously unwilling to give any ground. "We are still not eating him. He is just young and irritable."

"Yeah, well, the Colonel hasn't decided to charbroil the shrimp yet, so I guess it makes sense." Havoc went back to teasing the duckling, which was muttering to itself in a throaty, quacky sort of way, with bits of leftover breakfast.

"Though, Cain, if Mustang ever gets around to setting Ed on fire, we eat the duck."

day off from work means drabble AND comment response! wheee! would you believe i woke up, thought of this one, scratched a note on a piece of paper by the bed, and went back to sleep? life is awesome when i dont have to get up before the sun in the morning. gonna go play video games and write ALL day! -fireun

Kallia - thank you for the review! i am glad you think they are all good! so many of them now. as for hangovers, i have the sneaking suspicion Hughes was fine the next morning, which would only make Mustangs headache all the more infuriating...and amusing.

Nemu - at least Riza showed up in time to keep Maes from trying his little firebreathing experiment...and YAY! someone agrees with my view on roy/ed! whoohoooo!

Jeva - i am sure Maes would have regretted the ensuing blaze had he tried his idea in a bar. his favorite bar. full of flamable things like good brandy...waste of brandy! good to hear from you again! -glomp-

Psycho 24 - the boys are not behaving. it isnt winry's fault. i am on version 6.0 of the drabble. i almost have something i think is worth posting for someone. it is not dead! i promise! it is just being...difficult. -shakes fist at the drabble-

SpinningAvia - i have this feeling that Riza gets to play sitter a lot. who else would be willing! well, willing and not likely to be set on fire or poked with the wrong end of a knife.

Animegoil - i have seen some simply gorgeous art of havoc/roy. sometimes it lures me to write... though i am rather staunchly in the roy/ed camp pairing wise. mostly because havoc stays with fury, dammit! they are too cute to be denied! -strikes a silly pose-

Chaos of Hearts - i figured it out! riza doesnt rake in the promotions as then someone else would have to babysit the boyo's! and seriously, who else could do as good a job as good ol first lieutenant hawkeye? and they most definately drive her nuts, in that annoyingly loving sort of way. wait...is that a giant cookie? you are too kind. -munches happily- glad i am stuck withya! you leave reviews and feed me cookies! -glomp-

Dragons Maiden - far as i can tell, it is called RoyAi for a couple of reasons. Ai love. RoyAi some sort of roy love sort of dealy. there is first reason. it does stick exclusively to Roy/Riza pieces, so i am almost thinking it is almost a sort of pun off of the other camp, shonen ai. who knows if this is the actual reason. i just snagged the terminology way back when, and since it made some sort of sense to me, as i just tried to make sense of in writing, i just took it for granted.