Disclaminer: Once again I don't FMA

A/N: Well this was an interesting chapter for me at least, more like a challenge. I hope everyone likes it becasue I certainly had some strange things running thorugh my head in diffrent parts, things that made me laugh... For instance: cottoncandy, dancing clowns (and I am scared of clowns so I don't know why that happened), happy puppies, and ferriswheels. None of that has anything to do with this chapter. I think I need a nap!

Chapter nine: Mustang's back in action.

By the time Monday rolled around Colonel Mustang, the Flame Alchemist was so restless, feeling so much the better. In fact it was as if the situations had reversed. He smiled sadly as he watched over his beloved Heidi. His typically unmoving while sleeping angel slept restlessly shivering from the chills and fever. In his passion to kiss her and be near her and her ever present devotion in his care, he'd passed the virus on to her. She however, was in the beginnings of it coughing less than he had. He'd have to make a run to his doctor today to pick up medicine for her.

He watched her for a little more having the oddest thought come to mind, seeing a terrible scar peaking out at him along her collar bone. Heidi was like an angel who'd come across a vicious demon and had her beautiful feathered wings torn from her back never to return to heaven. Not that he really believed in a god or religion that was, but for her figurative part it was a pleasant fiction of a sort.

Roy could see the horrific scene in his mind as if he'd been there. Dressed in the purest of white of freshly fallen snow, gliding down from the clouds to the hot desert sand, Heidi's feet touched the grains. Zolf, the demon dressed in crimson and noir, horrible with his ever fixed sadistic smile and glowing amber eyes waited, chuckling. There was blood coating his hands, dripping from his fingers like rain, and splattered upon his face. An exchange of words passed, Heidi's kind hearted way fervently pleading with her brother to end his tirade of destruction.

Zolf's uncaring laughter rang out in Roy's mind as if the man were standing beside him here and now. Just the memory of the dreadful sound made him shiver. In his mind Roy wished to turn away from the violent attack where his angel was defenseless from the heartbreaking shock, but he couldn't and he knew he couldn't help for it was in the past and he was just a spectator in this vision. So he watched in fright as her body was torn, the wings ripped away and left to die in a bloody charred mess, the pure white of her sullied forever.

For a few minutes the now earth bound angel lay motionless letting the wind blow the sand into the wounds. Then by some force of will, what ever was left, she struggled to her knees and began to slowly crawl away.

Gently he brushed her dark chocolate hair from her eyes and leaned over to kiss her forehead, pulling himself from the waking dream. "Roy," her strained voice said softly.

"Shhhh, go back to sleep." He replied.

Heidi frowned. "Where are you going, dressed like that?"

Roy smirked glancing at his uniform. "To work, I think I can manage today. I'll send your favorite two people over to bug you."

"Ed and Al?" She asked.

"Yep, now get some sleep."

Heidi's hand shot out from beneath the covers. "Don't send them over. I don't want anyone else here but you and you're a bastard for getting me sick." With that she turned over pouting.

"Oh now who's acting like a baby?" He sighed rubbing her shoulder. "I'll try to be home early, love you."

"Mmm," she muttered unimpressed.

Roy gave Havoc a smile as he entered the personnel office. "Good morning everyone." He said with a pure cheerfulness so rare. As he passed to his desk he rested his hand upon Edwards shoulder then Al's

"Hey who are you and what did you do with the bastard?" Ed asked a little confused.

Roy smirked. "I'm still a bastard, just asked Major Kruger."

"Yeah, where is she?" Havoc asked before taking a long draw from his cigarette. "From the way she's been all last week I would have thought she'd be on your tail. You may be acting like you're fine but you still look a little pale."

"Thanks for the concern Lt." Roy replied sitting back. "It's true, I still feel rather Ugh, but." He held up his finger. "I have to be here as the most well of Heidi and I."

"You got her sick?" Fury asked a little downheartedly.

"Yes I did, but now she can attempt to catch up on all that sleep she lost while taking care of me."

Al turned to his older brother. "We should go see her today brother."

"No can do boys." Roy said before Ed could agree.

"Why not?" Ed protested.

"Because she said she didn't want anyone but me to show up."

"Well don't you feel special?" Ed muttered.

"Actually yes I do. And," He smirked. "Since I know you all eavesdrop on my telephone conversations with Hawkeye, at least recently, you can stick around and find out why." With that he picked up the phone and dialed Riza's number. He waited and waited but she never picked up.

Sighing he hung up frowning. "Must be at work already."

"So what's the news?" Breda asked scratching his round stomach.

Roy grinned enjoying the soft moment of suspense. "Heidi's going to be changing her last name soon, don't know exactly when though."

"To what?" Ed asked. "Back to her original name?"

"Is she getting married?" Fury asked. "To you?"

Roy was surprised, very surprised, was he that obvious? "Yes,"

"No way, after all the hell you put her through?" Havoc asked getting up and dragging his chair over to Roy's desk. He was happy for more than one reason, reasons he was sure many would soon be feeling, but more importantly his friend looked truly happy which he'd not seen in some time. "When did you ask her, she said yes right?"

Roy couldn't help the smile from his face, in fact he felt like his face might split. "Friday night and of course she said yes, who could resist me?"

Edward rolled his eyes and muttering something that made Alphones laugh. "So when's the wedding?" The blonde teen asked.

"Don't know yet. My first priority is to pick up the work she left off with then finish up with today's. Second is to get to…" He zeroed in on Edward. "Ed I have an assignment for you. Go to the infirmary, speak to a Doctor Williams. Tell him that Major Kruger is ill with the same thing I had. He'll know what you are talking about."

"What!" Ed snapped. "That's not an assignment that's a favor."

"It's for Heidi; you don't want her to be more miserable than she already is do you?" Roy asked playing the boy's emotions so easily.

Ed sighed shaking his head. "No, but now you owe me one."

"Great I'll have Heidi cook dinner for you when she feels better." Roy replied turning his attention back to everyone else. "As I was saying my second priority is to take care of her since she was so nice to put up with me."

Breda snickered. "We know, she says you're the biggest baby she's ever met."

Roy's smile faded. "What?"

Havoc laughed. "Yeah she said you fought her on the medicine front. 'Tough arrogant smart assed Mustang's nothing more than a four year old in a man's body whining and pouting. If he wasn't my superior I'd drag him out and kick his ass.'" Havoc quoted. "But she'd just come in said something about not having coffee and that was Friday morning."

Ed snickered as he left thinking it was best to leave now while he still could, unscathed. Al followed dutifully.

Roy couldn't believe it. Heidi had really said that? Had he really gotten on her nerves that much? Didn't she take the least bit of pity upon him while he was sick? "What else did she say?"

"Not much, actually most of the time she was too busy." Falman replied. "Though on Thursday she did talk to Major Hughes right here in this office. He called."

"And what was that conversation about?"

"You what else. They talked for a really long time." Fury replied. "She laughed a lot too."

Roy of course wanted Heidi to feel welcome in all aspects of his life, with him, his unit, and his friends, because she was a part of him now, an extension if you will. But talking with Maes and laughing could only mean one thing…Maes was telling her things, most likely some of the more embarrassing things and flops from when they were younger. Those were the things he didn't even want Maes to know.

"Well you don't need to worry about last weeks work. Heidi finished it and snuck it in on Saturday morning." Havoc said getting everything back to business at hand.

Roy understood fully why Heidi had been so frustrated by the end of the week. She was on the mend but she'd given him as much difficulty as he'd given her. She'd told him she would just to give him a taste of it. Part of it really wasn't her giving as good as she'd gotten, part of it was that she was simply too sore and too cold to really do anything on her own. When she was down, she was down. Her coughing had gone from mild to terrible and she'd actually pulled some muscles in her chest.

Somehow he had been able to get one of the infirmary doctors to make a house call. Heidi didn't like it, in fact she told him she hated seeing doctors, she'd seen too many in the past. But he felt it necessary since she had been coughing up a little blood and refused to go into the infirmary.

It was a good thing she slept most of the day that week. He didn't want to leave her alone, didn't want her over taxing herself in any way so he'd sent the Elric's to look after her while he worked. Ed and Al could read her books if they wanted too, hell they could do what they wanted as long as they didn't make a mess.

Now it was Friday evening. Roy sat in the living room reading the paper while she took a bath, on her own, she wouldn't have it any other way. He'd called in some take out to give them both something else to eat for a change and cleaned that up. The only sounds to be heard was the turning of the paper, the softly playing record, water sloshing in the bath tub as if someone had stood up to get out, and the cars passing on the street from the open window. Roy had opened up the house since Heidi's fever was finally broken and to air it out. It was a nice fall evening and he wanted to take her to the park, get her out of the confines of her home, but she didn't want to leave tonight. She did promise to go tomorrow.

He'd spoken to Hawkeye and Maes. Both were happy for him and wished him well. Both wanted an invitation to the wedding and would take the time off to come and see it. Riza of course wanted to meet Heidi, she was curious, wanted to know every detail of how Heidi had had the patience to with stand him for so long after all the pranks. For once Roy felt as if everything was falling into place the way it should.

Heidi smiled tucking the soft fluffy folds of Roy's robe around her. After that bath she felt almost completely herself. Tiptoeing as quietly as she could, she snuck up behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her head against his. "Roy?"

"Huh?" He asked turning the page to finish the article he was reading.

"Why do you pay rent on a place that you don't stay at?"

Roy smirked. "You saying you want me to move in with you?"

"You've practically done that already." She muttered turning her face so she could kiss his cheek. "Or I," she kissed him. "could move in with you."

"Or we could find a better apartment to live in. I saw some nice townhouses not too far away. They over look the park, of course I haven't gone inside them." He suggested.

Heidi left him and rounded the sofa. She snatched the paper away casting it to the coffee table then took her place upon his lap. "Well that depends on how much room you think we will need. Don't town houses typically come with two to three bedrooms?"

"We can use one for the study." He smiled as she turned around to face him. He'd never had her upon his lap, ever. Lifting his hand, he brushed the strands of dark wet her hair from her more life like light blue eyes.

Heidi nodded chewing her lower lip. She sighed resting her hand upon his uniform, running her fingers over the rank pins. "Well that takes care of two since the master bedroom will be ours."

"You think we'll need a third?" He asked hoping she was going in the direction she seemed to be going.

Heidi couldn't meet his eyes for fear of disapproval and rejection. "We might if…"

"If?" He coaxed.

"There was a third member of our soon to be family." She half whispered.

"Oh you mean a kid." He sighed pretending to consider it and scratched his head. "Do you want one?"

"Do you?" She countered.

"I asked first."

"Roy," she said in annoyance. "You've had no problems telling me how you felt before why now?"

Roy smirked. "Just dancing with the subject like you do." He paused when she glared. This must mean a lot to her. He knew in some way by her words in the past and her actions that family meant a great deal to her. "Can earthbound angels have children with mortal men?"

Heidi shook her head frowning. "Roy what are you talking about?"

The flame alchemist chuckled softly. "Never mind that Heidi, with your good looks and mine, I'd say any kid of ours will be one hell of a heart breaker and fantastic alchemist. We'll have to be extra careful to keep him or her out of trouble since we're both sneaky, talented, and clever."

"So that's a yes?" Heidi asked apprehensively. She bit her lip clasping her hands together at his chest.

Now that had to be the most adorable thing he'd ever seen her do. Who knew she could be so cute when she was so damned hot. "Yes," The smile that graced her face couldn't have been more perfect.

Heidi kissed him sweetly before breaking away. "I seemed to remember promising you something."

Roy smiled. "You did but…" Her hand was sliding down his torso to the space between them igniting into full bloom his already stirred arousal. It was hard not to be aroused when she was sitting like this wrapped up in his clothes. "Are you sure you're feeling up to…" He trailed off as her hand reached the hardening member. Roy had been good, he hadn't pushed, he hadn't asked just teased once or twice and it had been a few months since... Fuck it; obviously she wanted him right now.

He groaned stopping her gentle teasing and set her upon her feet. "Get into that bedroom." He ordered.

Heidi clasped her hands behind her back. "And what are you going to do?"

He smirked getting up. "Lock the door,"

Heidi giggled walking as slowly as she could, listening to his hurried movements. It had been a couple of years since anyone had really touched her and she could think of no one more perfect or better and since they were going to be married there wasn't any fear of rejection.

Roy turned seeing her move with a snails pace. "What are you doing still out here?"

"Waiting,"

"For?"

"You to catch me, because you're going to have too." With that she started for her dinning room which was across the hall from her bedroom.

Roy followed catching her about the waist just before she crossed the entrance. "That's not a good idea running. You might wear yourself out." He purred in her ear. "And we can't have that now can we?"

Heidi laughed softly as she turned around in his arms. She looked into his eyes and smiled. "Aw but its fun. You like games remember?"

He smirked lifting her off her feet and made for the bedroom.

Once the door was shut clothes were discarded in mere seconds, both of them ignoring the fact that the bedroom window including the curtains were wide open. All that mattered was getting to the bed and each other.

Hands felt skin, smooth and scarred alike, tangled in hair. Moist lips took moist lips. Tongues tasted sweet soap tinted and salty skin, and breaths became heavy and panting mixing in the slowed yet urgent pace they were taking it.

Roy kept Heidi from fulfilling her promise to house his arousal with in her warm slippery mouth, if only for now, desperately wanting to prove in this way how much he loved her and didn't care what her body looked like.

He took his time memorizing every hurtful old wound, kissing the painful memories away as best he could for a time. In all this time he was keeping a close eye on her face, a beautiful face whose brow was furrowed in liking.

The flame alchemist caressed and teased until he heard her beg him for what they both wanted. He gladly gave it up easing inside a taut satin cave, letting out a soft moan.

Heidi felt her cheeks flush as her fingers clawed at the blanket beneath her. Her whole body felt warm, flushed, burning even as he moved inside of her, slowly at first then faster and faster.

He muttered something inane, something she couldn't quite understand but she didn't care. She needed him closer, needed to feel his skin pressing against hers completely. With more force than even she knew she possessed, she brought him down, clinging with her arms wrapped around his broad shoulders. That in turn brought a thrust deeper than those before causing her to cry out his name.

If Roy could live on sound alone, his name passing through her lips passionately would make him immortal. He felt that wonderful signal from her that she was so close when her body griped around him, pushing him ever that much closer to his own end. Her soft whimpers slipped from pleasured ones to moans filled with euphoric bliss.

A very strange thing happened; Roy lost his sense of sanity and grip upon reality for a moment. White and colored lights played inside his head and behind his eyes, a dulcet choir sang out in his ears in her voice and his, as he reached something he could only think akin to nirvana and exploded.

Sometime later in the twinkling twilight of the rising moon and the gentle breeze drifting across cooling flesh, Roy stirred, lifting his head from the soft breast beneath his cheek. His back itched a little in a way that spoke of those damned fingernails of hers had probably bit into him, but he didn't care too much, not when she smiled, her blue eyes fluttering open.

Aware that he was probably hampering her breathing, Roy lifted himself from her and began to withdraw. Heidi whimpered softly making him smile. Still he kissed her and lay beside her tracing the bridge of her nose with his forefinger. "You okay?"

"Stupid question," she muttered turning to him. "I love you."

"Mmm, I love you."

A/N: Whew! Now on to some more ominus things...