Nights Spent Alone

The past week at East HQ had been hell. It had been five days full of random terrorist attacks and angry officers in Central to demand why they hadn't been stopped yet. Of course none of these enraged commanders offered any help for the already swamped troops in the East.

So it was needless to say that Colonel Mustang had barely had the time to go home and change let alone spend the night with his girlfriend/Lieutenant like he had before everything went south. Lieutenant Hawkeye would have stayed at headquarters with him without complaint, which was why he has ordered her to go home very night when her shift was over. They needed at least one sane person around when this was all said and done.

After five exhausting days of dead ends and twelve hour shifts there was no better way Roy could think of to celebrate the capture of the terrorists than to get a good night sleep with Riza in his arms. And for the first time in the past 120 hours tings went his way.

That was until he was woken up by a soft sound in the middle of the night.

In his half awake it took him a few seconds that the sound was coming from the sleeping form beside him.

His tough as nails Lieutenant was whimpering in her sleep. Immediately Roy knew there was only one kind of nightmare that would scare her that much. He gently shook her murmuring comforting words. Upon seeing him she let out a sigh and relaxed. Although her body had calmed he could tell by the familiar haunted look in her eyes that her mind was anything but. He recognized it all from when he first started staying over.

"The nightmares come back when you sleep alone don't they?" he asked softly.

She wanted to deny it. The fact that she had painful flashbacks on the nights he wasn't there was a weakness she didn't want to admit to. But it was true, for one of the first times she needed him.

With a nod of her head she confirmed his suspicions

"Why didn't you tell me?"

You had more important things to worry about, like catching terrorists." She said firmly.

He chuckled at bit at that. "Terrorists can wait, you're more important. But I know what I'm going to do about this problem."

"I don't think there's anything that can be done." She replied, her voice soft.

"Sure there is, I'll just make sure you never spend another night alone." He vowed pulling her closer.

"That's really unnecessary Roy, you don't" she started to protest."

"Actually it is necessary Riza, because the truth is I don't sleep so great without you either."