Author's Note: I do not own FMA, Harry Potter, or their characters. This is AU and set during the fifth book.

Territorial Disputes

Riza had a problem. Well, besides the fact that she currently looked seventeen and was in another dimension. No, her newest problem was the fact that Draco Malfoy had decided he was interested in her. Romantically interested in her. And despite the fact that Riza was clearly involved with Roy, Malfoy had started pursuing her.

It was getting irritating. The boy wouldn't take no for an answer. She had tried a polite refusal. She had tried to ignore him. She had avoided him. She had told him in very blunt terms that she was already taken and she was not interested. Nothing had worked.

She hadn't told Roy. He didn't need the added stress, and Riza knew him well enough to know that he would overreact. For all that they maintained a mostly professional relationship in public, Roy tended to be very protective of her, especially when it came to men taking an interest in her. Besides, they didn't need to be causing trouble here at Hogwarts.

Still, Riza was supremely frustrated. She just wanted to be left alone. She didn't need romantic complications right now. Or ever actually. Riza had the only man she ever wanted, and she want need to deal with teenaged boys with adolescent crushes. So when Malfoy approached her on the way back from the library she was less than polite.

"Miss Hawkeye, would you care to join on the next Hogsmeade trip?"

"How many times have I told you no? The answer is not going to change. If you'll excuse me, I have work to do."

Malfoy grabbed her wrist. "Not this time. You're not leaving until you agree to go out with me."

She reacted. Riza hadn't spent her adult life in the military without learning how to deal with unwanted attention. The next thing Malfoy knew, he was slammed into the wall.

"You are going to leave me alone," she hissed. "I am sick and tired of this. The next time you so much as try and touch me, there will be broken bones. And you are not going to report this to anyone, got it? Do you understand?"

He nodded. Riza let go and gathered up her things.

"I trust we won't have to discuss this again?"

"Riza!" Roy came running down the hall. "Do you have that book on advanced alchemy? The one with the red cover? I need to check something in it."

Riza raised an eyebrow at Malfoy as she pulled the book out of her stack. Malfoy nodded and then vamoosed. Roy took the book.

"What was that about?"

She shrugged. "Just clearing a few things up. What have you found?"

As he began to explain, Riza slipped her hand into his with a smile. If Malfoy didn't take her seriously, maybe she would let him set the little prick on fire.

Theme: Fatal Error