A/N: Thanks for the drabble's last reviews; here's the next Christmas installment.

Disclaimer: Tried the Easter Bunny, but he won't give me the entire Fullmetal Alchemist property; says it's not even remotely his business, but he does give stuff away...mostly eggs and chocolates, but still...

Drabble 12: I'll Be Home For Christmas

"O.K., now that I'm up to speed, can we get a tree now?"

"...WHAT!" Greed made a point of looking above Edward's head when asking Al, "Is your brother always this loud?" The armored boy briefly nodded before adressing his elder brother with a "Of course we can get a tree."

"No we can't!" The Homunculus couldn't help but smirk as he noticed Martel, Dorchet, and Roah slowly retreating away from the Elrics, sensing an upcoming argument that warned of a volcanic explosion. Yet in the back of his mind, Greed felt a little...worried; the boys were beginning to fight too much, and too agressively...

"Why not?" Asked Al in a voice that clearly showed he was just toying with Ed, surreptitiously steering his brother into ultimately agreeing with him. The Homunculus rather enjoyed when the youngest Elric went into 'Devious Bastard Mode', and it was a sign that there would be no volcanic explosion, so long as Al was in control of the argument from the start.

"Oh, there's just the little matter of the Philosopher's Stone and the freakin' Homunculi!"

"Ed, the Philosopher's Stone didn't stop us from celebrating Christmas last year--don't give me that look, I know you had fun, so don't bother trying to convince me that you thought it was a big waste of time."

"Also, didn't you guys say that taking a break is part of the Christmas tradition?" Asked Greed, taking a step forward, manifesting his re-entry into the conversation. Ed just looked moodily away, but consented to an agreeing nod.

"Besides brother..." Done with 'Devious Bastard Mode', Al shifted gears and went to his puppy dog eyes, and started to radiate bright pink sparkles, similar to that brawny soldier Roah had tangled with before. "This is Greed's very first Christmas, and it has to be perfect, with all the presents and the tree and ham and turkey--"

Greed smiled as the armored boy continued prattling excitedly, but it grew to the point that the Homunculus couldn't keep track of the words, but he still tried to listen to all Al said.

"--and snowmen, snowball fights, snowforts, home-baked, fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies--"

"We can't celebrate here Al!" Snapped the elder Elric, waving his metallic arm to indicate their rather dingy and cramped hotel room; his younger brother deflated a little. Before Greed could knock him upside the head, Ed blushed, turning away again and continued with "This rathole won't do at all, it's not even on the same level with that cafe from last year's Christmas; no, the best place would be back home, in Resembool--GAH!" The boy had reason to yelp, having been captured in Al's enormous bear hug; Greed chuckled, easily replacing the plan to knock Ed's lights out with affectionately ruffling the boy's blonde hair. He snickered at Fullmetal's grumbling, delighting in the boy's helplessness while in the grips of Al's continuous hug.

"I'll go check train times, find the ones heading to Resembool," said the Homunculus as he opened the door, inviting Martel, Roah, and Dorchet to help him; it ended up with Martel going with him, Roah and Dorchet staying behind to cook dinner, and Ed in the midst of formulating plans to escape his younger brother's hug.

A/N: Al's 'Devious Bastard Mode' inspired by Kimbley's comment in the Adult Swim ep. 40. I'm thinking of writing the next drabble as an account of Greed and Martel while their checking trains for Resembool, but I'm not sure yet... Also, I'll try to make each drabble in the Christmas series named after a holiday song.