Ok ppl after this chapter if no one else reviews I'm officially going to stop writing this fanfic! Meanwhile I will continue my other fanfic that I had put off to write this one! You ppl make me really mad! I review EVERY fanfiction I read even of they suck! So you could at least make one little review on mine! You ppl have NO excuse! Even if you don't have an account you can still review, so if no one else reviews then I will take that as a hint to stop writing!

PS—Edward-Elric-in-red if you want I'll keep writing and just send the chapters directly to you. (If that's even possible… I've never tried) There's no reason to punish you for their habit of reading and running.

Tell me if you want to know how Ed and Al brought Maas back and got Al's body back, without costing them their lives. Other wise I quit!

Disclaimer- I don't own FMA… and I'm glad I don't because I probably would have stopped writing for you ungrateful ppl a long time ago!

Heartache

Red light flashed in Ed's dark room. For about the fifteenth time that night Winry looked over and her blinking, digital clock. It was 3:44. Why couldn't she sleep? After Al's sudden call she hadn't been able to even get close to sleeping. Maybe if I get up and get some water I'll be able get some rest, she hoped.

After throwing off her covers, cold air hit her like a bucket of ice. She rubbed her upper arms and turned so that her feet dangled off the bed, afraid to find out how cold the floor had gotten in this September weather. With a deep breath she slipped off Ed's bed and gave a slight gasp at the chill that just surged up her body from the floor.

Winry refused to let her body shiver and tried to picture herself somewhere warm. Surprisingly the first place that popped into her mind wasn't the Bahamas or a warm beach, it was downstairs. And not just downstairs, but downstairs, in the living room, on the couch… and in Edwards's arms. Winry's mind shut down at that thought. She wouldn't torture herself anymore. Edward and her together… was impossible. He had his little brother to look after, and Ed was afraid that his love would just make her a target for his enemies. Winry wanted to tell him to screw his enemies, she wanted to tell him that she didn't care about them all she wanted was to be with him… but if she did tell him he would probably leave her life forever because he would consider himself a danger.

Winry would just have to except the fact that Edward was untouchable. Ed was the forbidden fruit in their garden of life… and God help her she wanted a taste. Wait, did I say that I wanted just a taste? What I meant to say is that I want the entire f'in tree, automail and all!

After wiping the single tear that had fallen down her face, Winry's smoothed out her pink, fluffy nightgown and proceeded to the kitchen downstairs. She tiptoed past the living room and then got a glass out, filled it with water, then stared out the window behind the sink. A voice from behind, made Winry almost choke on her water, and she spun around to face a sleepy Edward.

"You couldn't sleep ether, huh?" he said as he leaned against the doorway with his hair down and his arms crossed over his bare chest.

Winry adverted her eyes and turned around after a quick nod. The glass of water shook in her hands as she stared at it intently; Ed was the last person she needed to see in her current state of mind.

Ed saw the sad look in her eyes and immediately wanted to know what was wrong. Silently he walked around the table between them and gently turned her so that she was facing him. Winry's blonde shrouded her face as she stared down at her glass of water, and Ed knew what ever it was that was bothering her must really be bad.

"Winry… look at me. What's wrong?" he said tenderly and he wrapped his arms around her.

That was it. When Ed's arms wrapped around Winry's will shattered and she broke down into tears. Forgetting the glass she held in her hands, Winry threw her arms around his warm chest and it shattered on the floor. Ed held her and rested his chin on her head as she buried her face in his shoulder and let out a river of tears. Edward hadn't seen Winry cry this hard since her parents had been killed, and it was worrying him that something was bothering her this much and he hadn't noticed it.

"Are you gong to tell me what this is about?" he asked after a few minutes.

The spasms of her sobs slowly became manageable and she pulled away, to stare at him with her quivering blue eyes.

"How can you not know…?" she whispered with an ache of pain in her voice.

Ed closed his eyes and turned away from her.

"Winry you know why we can't be together. I thought you understood." The Alchemist's fists clenched and unclenched and he ran an erratic hand through his hair. He couldn't bear to have her in this much pain because of him. Was he destined to always hurt those he loved?

Winry put a hand on his automail arm and tried to turn him toward her. "Ed I know why you think we can't be together, but I don't care!"

"But you SHOULD care, Winry! That's the problem! You could get killed, or worse just to be with me, and that's no right! I'm NOT worth it!" Ed almost shouted it at her as he spun around with a slightly angry look on his face, but when Winry took a hesitant step back with a hurt look on her face he instantly felt guilty.

"But you ARE worth it Edward… can't you see that? You are and always will be to me. And nothing you say or do will ever change how I feel about you!" she shouted back at him as she started to cry again.

Ed took a step toward her and crunched on a piece of glass with his metal leg, but he didn't even notice as he grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes meaningfully.

"Winry, you know how much I love you… and I would give anything to be with you, but I refuse to put you in danger that way… You have to understand Winry… you deserve better that me. You deserve someone who can love you with their whole heart, not someone whose heart isn't even whole in the first place." He raised his metal arm between them placed in lightly on her cheek.

"You need someone who can hold you in his real arms…" Edward dropped his hand. "Not lifeless metal."

Winry stared at his miserable-looking face for a moment then she suddenly made a decision. She tenderly lifted his downcast face and held it in her hands. Very slowly she brought her face closer to his and whispered.

"Ed, I don't want OR need anything but you. If your arm and leg bothered me I wouldn't be here… if anything about you bothered me- I wouldn't be here… Your love is all I'll ever need… Do YOU understand?" Winry thought she saw tears glisten in his eyes but she'd never know because at that moment he closed the small distance separating them and pressed his lips against hers.

After a few minutes they broke apart and Edward lifted Winry in his arms and she wrapped her legs around his waist so she wouldn't cut her feet on the glass as he carried her to the couch.

The couched creaked under their combined weight and immediately Ed pressed his lips against hers once more. Winry tangled her fingers in his long golden hair as joy burst from them. They had waited for so long and finally they were together! Ed let out a small moan of pleasure as she trailed her fingers down his chest. Then she pulled him down on top of her.

Suddenly Ed pulled his mouth away from her and pinned her roaming hands about her head, with a desperate look on his face.

"Not yet Winry." He said with a slight smile that said I-want-this-as-much-as-you-but-I'm-stopping-before-we-do-something-we-probably-won't-regret-but-we-should. "I'm not even sure if we should be together Winry. Actually I KNOW we shouldn't…. But I'm going against what's smart because I just can't say no to you anymore."

Winry nodded. She was just happy to finally be with him. "I understand, Ed." Then suddenly she realized that she was dead tired, and she let out a yawn. Ed knew how she felt and he rolled off her to lie between the back of the couch and her warm body. Winry pulled the blanket over them, and then used his (human) outstretched arm for a pillow. When Ed hesitated in wrapping his automail arm around her waist she opened her eyes and looked into his then grabbed his arm and put it there for him. She kissed him goodnight as he pulled her tighter against him before she snuggled into his warm chest and drifted off to sleep. The last thing she heard was his voice.

"I love you Winry and I'll do what ever I have to protect you. Anything." He whispered it more to himself than to her.

And with that Ed laid his head next to the mechanic's and drifted off to sleep with His Love in his arms and her taste on his lips.

Ok ppl as I'm sorry If I snapped a you but I still stand by what I said before- Review or I'll quit! And believe me I don't want to stop, but I will cause its pointless if no one likes it.

I hope you care enough to listen… :(

Happy New Years ppl.

(Just in case I don't have to update again, I figured I'd say it now.)

--MiMi