Chapter 2

Randa: Hey we got some advice that this went a little too quickly. So we fixed it up a bit.

Wonton: Here ya go.

Fighting clashing of metal on metal, alchemic flashes, and gunshots. Screaming people running around and a metal suit of armor was lying on the ground useless. The armor had a hole though the seal that was place at the back of the neck. A young man that looked the age13 or 14 but truly the age of 15 lied crumpled to the ground half on the armor half off. Edward's metal left leg was nowhere to be found and right arm far beyond repair. As the fighting came to an end he was already unconscious.

A few weeks later you have a very depressed Ed lying in a hospital bed just staring at the ceiling with new metal limbs. Riza Hawkeye was the one assigned to watch him and make sure he didn't do any thing stupid and the most common visitor was one Winry Rockbell.

"Come on Ed you can't just lay here the rest of your life. A... he wouldn't want you to waste your life just cause he's de... gone." Winry paused on a few words rephrasing them so she didn't make things worse.

She doesn't know what she's talking about. Ed thought. I lost the only person I had left that knew me. Sure Winry knows some of the things that happened but not as much as Al. My little brother, he didn't even get to grow up properly just a shell that harbored a young soul. Ed thought again but never voiced his thoughts.

No one knew what to do, that is until Ed had to share his room with one other. They were cleaning up the town and when cleaning up the armor the found a naked young man inside that was quite alive along with the corpse of Marta.

None of the soldiers knew whom this young man was at all but brought him in, as he wasn't waking up. When the man was brought in the room Ed was asleep and Hawkeye didn't know whom the young man was ether. It wasn't until later when Winry came in and saw him that they got a clue about whom he was.

When Winry had walked in and saw the blond man she gave a scream of surprise and ran over to him. Ed sat bolt up right and the young man groaned and rolled over trying to get away from the sound. Ed looked over to the blond man, blinked a few times, shook his head, lay back down, and fell back to sleep. Winry calmed down after Ed's reaction and went back to Ed's side.

Ed woke back up again after another hour of sleeping and by that time the blond man was awake and eating. Ed looked at the man.

"So you weren't a dream?" He rasped out.

The man looked over at Ed, raised an eyebrow, and had a small smile on his face that went all the up to his eyes and gave those already warm blue-gray eyes even more warmth. Then said, "Now why would I be a dream?"

"I thought I lost you again." the man's eyebrows furrowed.

"Again?" the man questioned.

"Al… mom." Was all Ed got out as he had started sobbing.

"Oh… Ed I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for you to relive that." Al said to his older brother sadness seeping into his eyes.

After a while of sobbing Ed had fallen back to sleep, Riza witnessed the entire thing and said, "Well that's got to be the most emotion I have seen in that boy for a long while."

The next day Edward ignored his younger brother. Riza was able to go back to regular work as Alphonse was with Ed now. It wasn't that Ed didn't want to see his brother, quite the contrary actually. He was overjoyed but didn't know how to voice his feelings without seeming stupid. Also Winry was there and he was mad at Al for making him cry in front of Hawkeye.

That night just as Alphonse was about to drift off he felt some one squirm in to his bed with him.

"Ed what are you doing in my bed?" Alphonse asked.

"What am I no longer your brother?" Ed glared up at his brother who had propped him-self up on his elbow and was smiling. "I just can't sleep."

"Oh… Well, will you be able to sleep now?" Al asked concernedly.

"Yeah, but Al I… I need to tell you something." Ed had his face buried into Al's chest.

"Edward you don't need to use your fronts with me, so look at me. Also when did you get so much shorter than me?" Ed looked up about to say something then rolled over onto his back, crossed his arms, and pouted at being called short. Al rolled his eyes at his brother's antics. "Brother I didn't say you were short I just said that you're shorter than me." Ed gave a sheepish grin and apologetic look.

" But what wanted to say was… I love you." Ed was looking at his hands. Alphonse used his free hand to make his elder, but shorter, brother look at him.

"And I you, brother. And I you." Al said looking strait in his brother's golden eyes.

"You don't seem to get…" A pair of lips on his then cut off Ed, Ed looked in to his younger brother's blue-gray eyes looking for something as Al pulled away.

"I understand perfectly." Alphonse stated then leaned in once more. Ed responded this time by closing his eyes and leaning in as well to deepen the kiss. The kiss was soft and gentle but defiantly not the kind you generally give your brother. Al leaned over his brother to get better access. Edward wrapped his flesh limb around his brother's neck and brought Al down so that their bodies were touching. Al pulled back squirmed around for a bit trying to lay on his back without falling off the bed. When he finally managed he then pulled Ed closer who buried his head into Al's chest again.

"You know this works much better now that you're taller." Ed sighed happily and drifted off. And just like many years ago, Al chuckled softly and shook his head. Ed had always needed to put up fronts but when it was just the two them Edward didn't need them.

Randa: We have a version of this chapter that has a Lemon but you have to ask for that version.

Wonton: Please review this may not be our first fic but it is our first FMA fic. GB

Randa: Yeah this is also our first attempt at a lemon. More people reviewed but wonton is still a little sad though very greatful for the reviews we did get.Ta