"Hey chief, come here for a sec", Havoc called to Edward. Excusing himself from the conversation he, Al, and Hawkeye were having, he strutted his way over to Havoc's desk.
"What's up, Lieutenant?", Edward said boisterously as he reached the desk. "I wanna show you a trick", the older man explained.
"A trick….?"
"A trick."
With a groan, Ed said "fine, show me the trick." Havoc piped up like a little child and eagerly asked the young alchemist to hold out his hands
He did as he was asked albeit cautiously. "Okay", Ed began dragging out the last syllable, "is this some type of magic trick or what?" "You'll see in a second", Jean reassured as he placed the palms of his hands against Ed's.
While making eye contact with the boy, the lieutenant laced his fingers into the gaps between Edwards fingers. Before Ed could ask what the hell he was doing, Jean swiftly turned both of Ed's wrists in opposite directions at a 180 degree angle. Once they were turned sufficiently, he began to pull them toward himself. Ed yelped in pain, trying to retract his wrist but Jean had a tight grip on him and refused to relinquish his hold. It wasn't until Ed began to trash around that Jean loosened his grip. The second he did that, Ed whipped his hands out of Havoc's reach with expeditious speed.
"What the hell Havoc?" Edward all but screamed.
"I was showing you a trick."
"That wasn't a freaking trick, You tried to rip my wrists off!"
"Come on chief,. I wasn't pulling that hard."
"Yes you were, you damn gorilla!"
"Oh right, I forgot how small you were. I apologize. I should've taken you're unfortunate size into account"
"Unfortunate size-"
Alphonse groaned as he rushed to pull an enraged Edward off of Havoc. Riza looked on with amusement. At the same time Roy peeked into the outer office, looking for the source of the noise. Roy didn't even seem surprised as he walked over to his lieutenant's side. "What did Havoc do to Fullmetal this time?", he asked with indifference. "Well sir, first he tried to "rip off his wrists", as Edward so eloquently put it. Then, he basically called him short."
Roy watched as Al tried and miserably failed to calm down Edward with a concentrated look. Suddenly, he turned to Riza and asked her to hold her hands out to him.
"Sir…. I don't think that's appropriate"
"Loosen up Lieutenant. Just hold out your hands.
A second later Roy hands were on top of Riza's and he replicated the same motion Jean did, with a considerably softer touch. Riza looked up at her commanding officer with a furrowed brow. Roy tightened his grip and with a mischievous smirk. He leaned closer to his partner and whispered something that had the ever stoic Hawkeye flustered.
"Say mercy"