Title: Vanilla
Fandom: Full Metal Alchemist
Characters: Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye
Theme: #1—Trace Elements
Warnings/Ratings: G
Synopsis: Only Riza can make Roy's coffee…
Riza set the coffee mug in front of the colonel. Like most men he liked his coffee pure, straight black. No sugar, no milk, no NOTHING. Riza couldn't help but smile to herself as the man brought the coffee mug to his lips. She regretted it however when he actually caught the smile and set the mug down.
"What are you grinning about?"
Luckily she was a master at the poker face, "N-nothing." Riza blinked and blushed, 'Did I just stutter…and blush,' she thought incredulously.
Roy raised an eyebrow, his senses warning him something was not right here, "Riza…what did you do."
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, sir," she said as her eyes drifted towards the coffee mug. She mentally cursed herself; she never acted like this!
Roy glanced at his coffee mug and then back at Riza, "Did you do something to my coffee?"
"Why would you think that sir?"
"You just…you just looked at it funny," he said, realizing how stupid that sounded as he said it.
Riza rolled her eyes, she was getting her thing back, "There is nothing wrong with your coffee, sir. I brewed it myself and I made sure Hughes didn't touch it."
The colonel shivered…remembering the last time someone other than Riza had made his coffee, 'Never again,' he thought. He sighed and picked up his mug. He sipped it as Riza watched in anticipation. He frowned as he pulled the mug away and looked to Riza, "You put something in my coffee didn't you?"
"Vanilla, sir."
Roy blinked and looked back to his mug. 'I thought it had smelled familiar,' he thought. He inhaled the scent and cracked a smile, 'It smells like her.' He picked the mug up and drank deeply, the trace amounts of vanilla mingling on his taste buds just as the person he associated with them lingered on his mind.
"I thought you took your coffee black, sir," Riza asked.
He set the mug down and started ruffling through papers, "There's always room for a little change Riza."