I might as well give up on my toher fics instead of bein' so stubborn -.- Guh... Anyways, next OneShot! One thing I can say about this... I need to improve my vocabulary.

Disclaimer: FullMetal Alchemist does not belong to me in anyway. If it did, there would've been a lot more Elricest in it...

Warning: Could be taken as Elricest ( yaoi, shonen-ai, incest) or brotherly love... depends on how you interpret it... I'll just say light elricest.

Nightmares

By: KatYoukai

Whenever Al had nightmares, he always snuck over to his brother's bed. Witches, mosters, dragons that crept into his mind in his sleep, he hid from them all in his brother's warm embrace. Sins, darkness, his own demons, once again he sought refuge in his brother's arms. But now and then are different.

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Thunder rolled overhead. Three year old Alphonse Elric whimpered, burying himself deeper in his blankets. After awaking from a particularly nasty nightmare, he found it impossible to go back to sleep. Al shivered, glancing over his sheets to where he could make out the outline of Ed's form sleeping peacefully on his own bed. He slipped out of bed and ambled over to his brother's side.

" Nii-san...?"

Ed stirred, his back to Al. The boy flipped over and regarded his little brother with sleep-clouded, lemon drop eyes.

" What is it Aru?" Ed asked in a whisper, rubbing his eyes, then grinned sleepily," Don't tell me you're afraid."

" I'm not!" Al whispered back," I just... had a nightmare..."

Ed's grin widened," You are afraid."

Lightning flashed and thunder roared. al yelped and ducked his head behind the bed, out of Ed's view.

The elder brother sighed impatiently," Just hurry up so I can get back to sleep."

Al peeked over the edge of the bed. Ed had shifted over to make room for his younger brother. Awkwardly, Al slipped in next to him. It seemed he hadn't quite outgrown this habit quite yet.

" Arigato Nii-san," Al murmered, resting his cheek against Edward's shoulder.

He was answered with a stream of incoherent mumblings.

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Eleven year old Alphonse opened his eyes, staring up at the ceiling. He hadn't had any nightmares in such a long time. What had incurred this one? He didn't know why, maybe out of habit, but he turned his head sideways to look for Edward's sleeping form on the bed near his. Of course, he wasn't there. This wasn't even his own house.

He was in the room he had used to share with his brother at Izumi-sensei's home when they had trained. But that had been 5 years or so ago. To Al it had only been one since he was missing about four years in his memory. Why? Why was he like this? Why had the world grown when he had not?

Al sighed tiredly and got out of bed. He went over and kneeled down next to the other empty bed. He leaned his head against it, tears rolling down his cheeks.

" Nii-san..."

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Al jolted out of bed, sweating and gasping. Unexpected tears burned his eyes. Depstire his efforts to hold them back, they spilled down his cheeks nonetheless. Al looked around the room, there were no windows so it was too dark to make out anything.

" Ni-- Nii-san," He called, his voice coming out as a croak.

No answer.

Al panicked, calling out louder this time," Nii-san, are you there?"

On the other bed, Ed sat up, scowling, to yell of course he was there and why wouldn't he be there? He stopped when he saw the hot tears pouring out of those greyish-hazel orbs.

Seeing those golden globes staring unblinkingly at him, Al calmed, relief flooding his heart. Without thinking, he threw off his sweatsoaked sheets and threw himself at Edward. The other boy, completely dumbfound, was slammed back onto the mattress.

Al buried his face against Ed's shoulder, his whole body shuddering from his violent sobs. The older Elric ran his fingers through his brother's messy locks, murmering loving nothings in his ear. They stayed like that for long moments before the younger Elric finally calmed down.

" Aru... Did you have a nightmare...?"

Tiredly, he replied,

" I've been living in a nightmare for the last three years since we've been apart."

-.- Somehow, the story seemed so much better in my head...

Crystal-Gundam: Heh thanks . n.n I don't know about the RR, both me and Nessa have withdrawn our chapters so you're the last. Once you've gotten your chapters on your comp we can delete the one on your account and then repost... of course I'll have to redo the first chapter first.