Their First Night Together

Winry put her face up to the door with a hand on the doorknob.

"Ed are you sure you will be ok?" She said with concern.

"Y-yeah Win, I've got this." Ed said as a small splash of water was heard.

"What was that noise!" Winry said, alarm shooting through her like fire.

"Jeez Win, I got into the tub."

"Oh."

"Are you going to be this paranoid the whole time?"

"Yep"

"Get in here then so I can bathe in peace."

Winry happily complied. There was no way she would let harm come to the mighty Edward Elric on his first night home, in a bath tub. A small part in the back of her mind considered that this would be the first time she had seen him naked since they were so little they got baths together. But her focus was elsewhere, on his safety. As Winry entered the room she saw Edward blushing slightly and she decided to sit on the floor next to the tub instead of on the toilet lid. That way she could be closer to him. In case of an emergency of course!

"Why do you worry so much Win?"

"Because I…Why do you think I wouldn't?" She had almost said because I love you. But she caught herself in time. Watching him sitting there in warm water, with a light layer of steam rising from the tub, water dripping down his golden hair and onto his toned back sent shivers down her spine.

"Because you what Win?" He had not been able to let this slip, of course.

"Because I…" Could she really tell him? He didn't give her the chance.

"It's because you think I'm weak right? That's it…" He sounded so sad, so let down. She couldn't believe that he thought she was thinking that. The Edward Elric she knew was many things and weak was not one of them. She moved just about as close to the tub as she could without getting into it with him, which she considered briefly and quickly discarded the idea. His eyes were down cast and desperately finding somewhere else to look, anywhere else to look, than at the beautiful blonde who was creeping closer.

"No Ed! That's not it at all!" She said with as much love as she could pour into those few words.

"R-really?" He said with a small sound of hope in his voice. He turned towards her and realized that the movement brought them about 3 inches from each other's face. His heart stopped for a minute.

"N-no, Ed."

"No what?" He said confused, he didn't remember what he had said, or asked? Winry pulled an inch back involuntarily, confused as to why he was confused.

"No I don't think you are weak?" She said, hoping she had remembered what she was supposed to say. She felt like it was hard to breath with him this close.

"Oh, right." He said with a small chuckle. Get a hold of yourself man! He chastised himself internally. He forced a playful smile and sunk back into the soapy water, pulling himself farther away from her in an attempt to regain some semblance of coherent thought. It wasn't working very well.

"Are you done Ed?"

"Come again?"

"Are you finished with your bath?"

"Uh, yeah I guess so."

"You guess so!? Did you even try to clean?"

"Of course I did! Then you came in here and…" distracted me "…and made me…"

"Made you what Ed?" She said with anger boiling behind her words.

"You just made me, um, think is all." He covered up quickly, you made me lose concentration, Winry Rockbell I love you.

"Oh…What about?"

"It's good to be home." He said surprising her. He decided if he didn't get out of this hot bathtub with his heart's desire so close, he might lose what little control he had left over his body.

He stood up, without a second thought about how close he was putting his sensitive parts next to Winry's face. Winry, in shock at his sudden movement and in further shock once she realized what exactly she was looking at, moved backwards so fast that she smacked her head on the sink, hard.

"Winry! Winry are you ok!?" He jumped out of the tub, forgetting momentarily that his limbs were weakened, and collapsed almost immediately.

"Ed!" Winry said between the stars shining around her eyes. She had to make sure he stayed safe.

Winry was in pain. Nothing she couldn't handle. But moving right now caused her eyes to almost dive into complete blackness. She scooted probably an inch before she came into contact with Ed. What part of Ed it was, she neither knew nor cared. Ed, was also in pain. The evening had been more than he could handle, even though admitting that caused his pride to shiver. Ed managed to wiggle towards the door enough to get a look into Winry's eyes. He used his good arm and put his hand on her cheek. At his touch she opened her eyes. She found two golden orbs, burning into her soul. It took her a second to realize it was Ed she was looking at. She moved her fingers, realized they were still touching flesh, and saw that she had them near his neck now, on his shoulder.

"Ed?"

"Yeah?"

This was it. She had to tell him. If he took it badly she could say it was because she had a concussion. Which she wasn't entirely sure she didn't actually have. She was aware of her increased heart rate, she thought the whole world must be able to hear it. Her breathing came fast as she looked into his beautiful eyes. She saw concern flash behind those eyes. But she couldn't place the main emotion that was burning there. She scooted herself up a tiny bit, wincing at the pain, and managed to get her forehead about to his chin. This was it.

"Edward, I" "Winry, I" They said almost in perfect unision. Edward ended a second later than she did, as they locked eyes. He smiled at her, she smiled up at him. He caressed her cheek gently.

"What Win?"

"Um, I, um, I always wanted…I um."

"Are you ok?"

"Give me a second, this is hard, baka." He smiled at her, she was fine.

"Winry…"

"The more you interrupt me the longer this will take!!"

"You said that… fine."

"…Nevermind."

"What do you mean never mind!!"

"In what way is that confusing?"

"Well, I wanna know!"

"FINE!" She had wanted to shout that, but it came out in a defeated whisper. "Fine" she said even quieter than the last time.

"Win…" Edward said quietly. "I'm sorry. What do you want to tell me?"

"Ed."

"Yeah?"

"Shut up for a second?"

"Ok"

She made a face at him when his response was, in fact, a response. Just say it already Winry! You can do this, you have always loved him. There was about a 30 second pause before she looked back up into his eyes. His eyes were smoldering and her breath caught. He rubbed his thumb on her cheek again, having never let go in the first place, and pulled her just the tiniest bit closer.

"Edward I love you" She whispered, but he still heard it.

"Winry…" She started to pull away, afraid after all of this time to leave her emotions lying out in the open to bleed. But Edward's grip, suddenly strengthened, would have none of that. He used what was really the last of his strength to pull her face up to his. He leaned in and did what he had wanted to do since they were five years old. He kissed her.

At first Winry was surprised and didn't move, it took only seconds for her to lean into him and kiss back. The first few movements were gentle, loving, and telling her in every way but in words that he loved her too. She didn't want this to end. She picked up the pace a little and fire shot through her being as he returned the passion. Her hand traveled to his back and pulled him closer, pulling his naked body against her tightly. She shivered. His hand had moved from her face, down the back of her neck and onto her shoulder. He squeezed her shoulder gently and opened her mouth with his, penetrating her with his tongue. She responded with an eager little moan and a penetration of her own. His body responded in a most embarrassing way and pushed against her middle. She kissed him harder, faster and with everything she had always dreamed of. He ran his hand down her side and when he reached her hips, he pulled her closer, there was no room left between them. Any closer and they would become one entity.

They had to come up for air, they were both breathing hard and sweating. Edward put his lips to the tip of Winry's nose and kissed it gently.

"Winry I love you"

At that word a single tear slid down her ivory cheek, alarming Edward so much that his aroused state disintegrated.

"Winry! What's wrong?"

"It's just…I never thought…I'd get to hear those…words from…you" She said in between tiny sobs.

"I've always loved you Win."

"I've always loved you too." Fire burned inside of them both as they leaned in to continue. Just as the skin on their lips touched, but before a full kiss could be landed, a loud thud and a shout was heard from down the hall.

"Shit! Alphonse!" Winry Yelled, at once jumping to her feet and pulling Ed with her. She swayed for a moment, she had forgotten that she had hit her head. Edward grabbed his towel, wrapped himself in it, and took her arm. It was really a combined effort that got them both down the hall to Al's room. Ed's limbs were giving out after the stress of the day and Winry was dizzy. Dizzy from the blow or dizzy from the kisses she wondered briefly.

They pushed open the door to find a confused Alphonse sitting on the floor.

"Al?"

"Brother! Winry! I'm sorry I should have waited."

"Waited for what?"

"You to finish bathing, brother."

"Oh, I'm done know. What do you need?"

"I'm hungry."

"Your always hungry Al!" Ed said smiling.

Winry giggled and helped Edward towards the bed. They sat down on it and together, lifted Al up from under the armpits, to sit in between them.

"Winry, what happened to you? Your hurt too now?" Al said noticing how careful she was being and how much weaker she seemed.

"um, your brother fell getting out of the tub, and I fell and hit my head too." She lied.

"Brother! You should take better care of Winry…wait, weren't you supposed to sit outside?"

"She was bothering me too much with worried questions every second so I just made her come in." He said trying to make it sound as much like a burden as he could. The two of them smiled at each other behind Al's head.

"Brother! You should know better. Winry was only looking out for you and now she's hurt too! You should be more grateful next time, what would happen to us without Winry, brother?..." Ed cut him off before the rant could continue.

"I know, I'm sorry Al."

"Apologize to Winry!" Al said fully intent on being minded. Ed leaned back to make eye contact with Winry again and smiled.

"I'm sorry Winry."

"It's ok Ed." She said beaming.

Al looked slowly between the two of them and realized he must have missed something. But, Ed had apologized so he let it go. It took Ed a few minutes to get dressed, with Winry assuring him her eyes were closed. She and Al stayed on the bed to wait until he was ready. It took the combined effort of all thee of them to get down the hall, down the two stairs into the living room, to the kitchen and get everyone seated. Winry, was using the counter to steady herself as she went about heating up dinner for the boys. She had made stew earlier in the day and they were quick to agree that stew sounded wonderful. She brought them two heaping bowls of stew, two chunks of bread and a three cups of tea. She decided that all she felt like was another cup of tea. She felt mildly nauseas and decided that food was not in her best interest.

The three of them ate mostly in silence. Al ate as fast as his body would let him. He had to stop to catch his breath occasionally. Ed ate a little slower, keeping a watchful eye on Al and a loving one on Winry. She just sat and smiled over her tea at her reunited family. This is the best night I have ever had Winry thought to herself as she watched Al gulp down the last few drops and bashfully ask for seconds. She happily complied, anything to make his ribs not stick out so much. Ed wasn't feeling up for seconds, which surprised everyone. He had always had an amazing appetite. In fact, his appetite had decreased dramatically since Al had gotten his body back. I suppose I'm not eating for two anymore he thought as he watched Al inhale his second bowl.

As soon as Al finished he smiled and yawned tiredly. Winry suggested he turn in for the night so he could get stronger sooner. The faster his body healed the faster he would be able to start doing things on his own. Ed was only a few weeks away from a full recovery. The doctors had told them that on their rushed way out. Al on the other hand, might take months, or he might never fully recover. People have had limbs cut off and had them reattached in the medical profession before. No one had had their soul returned to them. Everyone was waiting and watching to see what would happen.

Winry, who was feeling a little stronger after her tea, suggested Ed wait here while she tucked Al in. He acquiesced, only after testing his strength secretly. He discovered that standing would require a few more minutes of rest. Damn this weak body he thought and then immediately regretted the thought. No, I am lucky to have it, nevermind. I WILL be patient. Patience had never been his best quality, he supposed he would have to learn now, for Al's sake.

Winry slowly helped Al walk to the bathroom, she helped him relieve himself before bed with little to no embarrassment on either part. They were family and family should always help. Winry managed to get Al all tucked in without feeling too dizzy. She supposed, though, that too much activity would start her head throbbing all over again.

"Hey Winry?" Al asked as he snuggled deeper into his blankets.

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad we have you."

"I'm glad I have you guys too. Sleep tight Al, call if you need something."

"Hey Winry?"

"What?"

"I love you."

She smiled and walked over to him and patted him on the head.

"I love you too, you're my baby brother, you know?" Al smiled at her. He knew long before Ed and Winry did, that they were perfect for each other. He was just glad he got to be a part of it now.

"Night Winry."

"Good night Al."

She closed the door smiling to herself and returned to the kitchen to find that Edward was no longer there. She turned around confused and found that he had somehow managed to limp all the way to the couch by the fire. Winry sat down next to him, turned sideways so she was also laying down, and pulled him into her lap. His head rested on her lower belly and he was encompassed by her legs. Winry was petting his hair tenderly.

"You know, I just noticed something Win."

"What's that?"

"Where's Pinako?"

Winry laughed. Out of all of the things he could have noticed, it was about granny.

"She's out of town for a few days on business."

"Oh."

"Hey Win?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm kinda tired too, can you help me to my room?"

"You got onto the couch just to tell me this now?" He gave her a shrug and she sighed.

"Ok."

She pushed him into a sitting position and stood up. She put her arm around him while he did the same and they started walking slowly. They passed Alphonse's room and he looked at her questioningly.

"I might have a concussion remember?"

"What's your point?"

"I'll need supervision while I sleep."

Ed blushed which in turn made Winry blush. They walked the rest of the way to her room in silence. She opened the door and Ed took in the smell of grease and metal. The floor had tools scattered around, but a path was easily made towards the bed. The bed was no longer the single bed Winry grew up in. She had upgraded to a slightly larger one a few years back., so she could stretch out. Pinako hadn't argued, Winry had earned the money and if she wanted a bigger bed then so be it.

Winry let Ed down on the bed while she turned around. She dug in some drawers before finding what she wanted. She balled whatever it was into her fist, mumbled something about needing to use the bathroom and took off down the hallway. Ed didn't question her, he assumed she was telling the truth and settled down. He heard the shower turn on and realized that she had probably only had the time to wipe herself down before, if she had filled the tub for him and Al. He was just drifting into sleep when he heard the door open. He opened his eyes slowly to smile at Winry and instead ended up choking on his own spit and blushing harder than he ever had.

In front of him was the woman of his dreams, dressed in little pink shorts…no they weren't actually shorts, more like underwear that came down a little bit more than normal, whatever they were, Ed liked them. She also had on a pink bra with sheer fabric hanging down almost to her waist. Ed remembered one of the guys in the military describing this to him in the past. He had called it a babydoll. Winry smiled at his reaction and slinked towards the bed. Ed contemplated saying a million things but in the end all he could do was breathe. Winry climbed under the covers with him and wrapped her arms around him, putting her face next to his on the pillow.