Cold

"Man, I thought that the desert was supposed to be hot!"

"Not at night." Kimblee sent a bemused smile towards Envy, who sat beside the fire, hugging their knees. "Maybe you would be warmer if you wore something decent."

"This is decent, stupid," muttered Envy, nonetheless examining their outfit with a critical eye. The black skirt… thing. The 'crop top.' Were they tacky?

Greed always thought so. But what he said hardly mattered.

And maybe they were indecent. But that was at least partially intentional. Envy always enjoyed making people feel uncomfortable with themselves, and making people feel hot and bothered about a monster of uncertain gender was quite amusing. Base desires like that were just another reason why humans were foolish, worthless creatures.

They'd never felt embarrassed about their clothing before, and Solf J. Kimblee wasn't about to change that fact.

"You really must be cold," said Kimblee. "You're shivering."

"I'm not," said Envy. It was difficult to hide the animosity that was creeping into their voice. How dare this man try to tell them something about themselves, when they themselves knew otherwise? They weren't cold in the least… why had they even mentioned the temperature…

Something coarse, dirty and warm was draped around them, and two bony hands rested on their shoulders. "Ah, well, you're colder than I am, at least."

Envy, despite themselves, pulled the flowing coat around their frame. "I don't need this," they said sullenly, but making no move to return the item to its owner.

"Keep it," said Kimblee, amusement in his eyes. "The only gift that I've ever given to anybody."

Something was definitely wrong with this man. "Well, I will then," said Envy, eyeing the young man suspiciously. "But only 'cause I don't want to hurt your feelings."

"I don't have any feelings to be hurt," smiled the alchemist. "Now, keep watch for Ishvalan rogues like you're supposed to."

"You too, Crimson." And they stared out into the desert night, keeping watch over both the camp of Amestrians and over their racing thoughts.

This chapter is otherwise known as "how Envy got their coat."

I headcanon that Envy and Kimblee were pals, among other things, during the Ishval war. Envy was normally disguised as either their soldier form seen in Brotherhood, or as a female soldier- whichever was more convenient. But we all know how Envy thinks that their default form is cute, so that's the form that they take whenever they get the chance. We see Envy in the manga and in the third opening to Brotherhood sometimes wearing a coat that looks like the ones the Amestrian soldiers wore during the Ishval war, so I imagine that Kimblee gave it to them.

Thank you very much to the guest who reviewed- I'm glad that I'm making you ship them! XD It seems like the only logical ship for Envy, to me, as they seem to hate humans in general. That's why I can't really get behind any other ship that involves them. I just wish that it was more popular...

Thanks for reading!