A/N: I'm making this slightly more modern (Cell phones and texting)
A/N: I'm going to post my random fluff stories as chapters after the first story. The title of each story will be when it occurs in relation to the first chapter. So if chapter 5 says 2 months, it occurs two months after Christmas Eve. If chapter 7 says 1 week, it'll only be a week after Christmas Eve, regardless of chapter 5. So they might not go in order. Just a warning. If it's a specific holiday, I'll obviously name it that holiday.
A/N: I'll make an attempt to post some sort of fluff story/chapter to continue this every Sunday. If you enjoy this at all, put the story on alert because I'll try to post every Sunday. If I can't, I'll post an A/N somewhere explaining why.
Christmas Morning
Edward woke up, almost slightly startled at waking up in a different room. But it only took a moment till he remembered that he wasn't in his apartment. He was at Roy's house. Rolling over in bed, Edward reaches over to his pants on the ground and pulls his phone out of the pocket. One text message from Al: Hey. Just wanted to let you know I made it to Resembool. Merry Christmas from Winry and I! Tell everyone in Central we said Merry Christmas too! Have fun, Ed!
Edward smiled, putting his phone back in his pants pocket before getting out of the bed. He pulled his pants on and then his shirt. Then, he looked around. Where the fuck is my hair tie? Terrific. Edward sighs, beginning to make the bed he slept in last night. Even upstairs, he can smell the breakfast cooking downstairs. He heard his stomach growl. "Alright. I'm going downstairs. Just give me a second." Edward looks at the alarm clock on the night stand. 10:48 am. Wow had he slept in. That's probably because him and Roy were arguing and kissing at like 1:30 in the morning or something.
Sighing, Edward walks downstairs to be greeted by, not Roy, but little Elysia. Elysia and Gracia. Elysia runs over, wrapping her arms around Edward. "Edward! Good morning sleepy head!" Edward blinks, looking down at her.
"Good morning, Elysia. Good morning, Gracia." He looks over at Hughes' wife, who looks back at him.
"Edward! My, what are you doing here?" She glances at his hair which isn't braided like usual, obvious proof that he'd been sleeping here.
"I came here with a question last night and Roy offered to drive me home, but there was too much snow on the ground. So he gave me a guest room for the night." Roy walked out of the kitchen, looking slightly irritated as Hughes could be heard gloating about some victory.
"Edward. Nice of you to join us." Edward rolls his eyes, looking around the room. There was a tree and all sorts of decorations -including mistletoe- that Ed swore weren't there last night. Roy chuckles. "Hughes decided to pop by with his family at about 7 o'clock this morning and spend Christmas morning here. They also put up some decorations."
Hughes walked out of the kitchen then with a plate of bacon, setting it down on the table. "Edward! Good morning! What are you doing here?"
"He slept in a guest room last night, dear." Gracia stood up, going into the kitchen to help Hughes cook. Roy smiled to himself as Hughes followed his wife into the kitchen. They looked so happy together. Roy walks over to the couch, collapsing backwards onto it. Edward could feel himself smirking ever-so-slightly.
"What's got you so exhausted?"
"I'm used to enjoying my small Christmases here… not being woken up at seven in the morning…"
"I think we should do this more often, Roy!" Hughes called in from the kitchen. Edward smiles as giggling comes out of the kitchen from Hughes and Gracia. Elysia goes to the kitchen door to poke her head in and watch her parents cook.
Edward looks at the Christmas tree which has presents under it. "They really went all out, didn't they?"
"That's one way of putting it." Hughes and Gracia came out with breakfast and all five of them sat down for a meal. Eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and a few other things Hughes brought over this morning. It was all mostly pointless chit-chat and they were all eating slow as they talked, so the meal lasted for a while.
Eventually, it clicked in Hughes' head that he hadn't realized Edward would be there. "Oh geez! I'm sorry Ed! I didn't know you'd be here, so we left your presents at our house!"
Ed smiled at him. "It's fine. I'm actually leaving…" Ed checked his watch. "Twenty five minutes ago! Shit!" Edward wipes his mouth, scrambling out of his chair and going to put his boots on.
Roy sighed, going over to the door and away from the others. "I'll get your coat for you."
"Thank you so much for the meal."
"Where do you have to be in such a hurry, Ed? Aren't you staying here for Christmas?" Hughes probably would have been slightly hurt if it weren't for the others in the room.
"I promised Jain I'd spend Christmas at her house and that I'd be there at noon and it's now," checking his watch again, "12:27."
Edward ran over, hugged Hughes, hugged Gracia, and gave Elysia a huge hug. "Merry Christmas!" He ran over to the front door and away from the other three to where Roy had gotten his jacket for him. Roy assisted the boy in putting his jacket on and as he was in a hurry.
"Would you like me to give you a ride?"
"Nah. Stay here with Hughes." Edward was already running outside. "I'll run. Not like I'm not late already." Edward gave one of his goofy smiles that was supposed to reassure Roy that he had things handled. Roy smirks slightly.
"Then can I come pick you up when you're done?"
"I got it. I'll walk to my apartment after."
"Please Ed? I didn't expect Hughes to be here." Roy grabbed Ed's hand before Ed could run off. "I just want to spend part of Christmas alone with you." After a second, Ed nodded.
"Yeah. I'll text you when I need a ride. It'll be some time after dinner." With that, he pulled his hand out of Roy's and began running up the street. "Merry Christmas!" Roy smirked. I hope he doesn't slip on any ice on the way over… the idea of Edward slipping on ice was slightly amusing, but Roy kept it to himself as he walked back into the house with Hughes' family.
The day just seemed to drag on and on for Roy. He enjoyed being with Hughes and his family, but he kept looking over at the clock when no one was watching. Either way, the day passed. They exchanged presents, had a dinner, watched movies, played games, and Hughes, Gracia, and Elysia left at about 6:47.
Roy walked into his living room, collapsing on the couch with his cell phone on full volume sitting on the desk next to him. He turned the radio on for background noise and it was nothing but Christmas songs, obviously. At 7:38, he heard the sound his phone made when he had an incoming text message. Some really annoying beeping sound -which was why he usually kept his phone on vibrate. Roy sat up, reaching for the phone and taking it. The text was from Ed, who was ready for a ride.
Roy stood up, going to the door and pulling his shoes on. Then, he pulled his coat on and texted Ed: I'll be over in a few minutes. Jain and Roy had talked before -which was when Roy had realized she was a lime-light girl- and she had told Roy her address. So he knew where he was going.
He drove through the snow with the heat on so the car would be warm for Ed. He got to Jain's house and parked the car at the end of the driveway.
3 minutes later, Edward appeared in the front door. He began walking out onto the porch when Jain followed him out and tapped him on the shoulder. Ed turned around to look at her and she put her hands on his shoulders saying something. Edward nodded, leaning forward and kissing her.
Roy felt his stomach drop. Way too much tongue. Judging from last night, Edward wasn't one for that kind of kissing. She didn't seem to care, though. Roy tore himself away from the view, messing with the radio controls. One minute later, Roy looked back as Edward pulled away saying something else to her and smiling. He put up with it for her. What the hell could she have said or done that would make him want to give her so much?…
Roy sighed as Edward turned around and began walking to the car. Both alchemists wished Roy hadn't been there to see that. Edward got into the car and closed the door behind him, buckling his seatbelt immediately. "Hey, Roy."
"Evening, Ed." Roy started the car and began driving away, noticing out of the corner of his eye as Ed waved out the window -presumably to Jain- and as soon as they were around a corner wiping his mouth slightly on his glove. Roy was right; Ed didn't like it.
Roy continued driving until they arrived at Ed's apartment. Once there he parked the car and both the men got out, being the first to step on the snow. Odd. Roy would have expected the snow to look as if it had been walked on.
"Everyone else in the building has gone home for Christmas. The only people left are me and the apartment manager, who already told me he'd be out tonight." Roy blinked, looking at Ed. He had planned on spending Christmas night completely alone. That did seem like something Ed would do. All the lights were off on the small apartment building.
The two of them walked into Edwards apartment and now, it was Roy's turn to be awe-struck. Edwards apartment was small, simple, and modest. It had a very homey feel. But it was also a wreck. Roy had expected to see some books, not 75 or more spread all over the house, sitting open everywhere. There was some clothes around too and who knows what else. Surprisingly, no food dishes. The kitchen had books in it too, no food dishes or anything. No clothes in the kitchen thankfully.
Edward smirks slightly. "Sorry, Roy. Wasn't expecting anyone to come over." Edward began picking books up off the couch and floor around the living room, doing a last-minute clean job. Roy smiled, shaking his head. It was vastly different from his house, and maybe a good cleaning could be used, but he wasn't going to make Ed clean just now.
"It's fine Ed. I really don't mind." Walking over, Roy put his arms around Ed from behind, limiting the boys movement. Simply to keep him from cleaning. Roy glanced over at the television. "Have any good movies?" Roy hadn't exactly gotten Ed anything for Christmas, but he doubted Ed got him something. This wasn't exactly a situation they had planned for.
Oh. Speaking of gifts! Roy reaches his had into his pocket as Edward answers with "Yeah. I've got a shelf of movies. You can go check it out." Edward nudges his head to the right, motioning to the shelf of movies. His hair was now braided, Roy noticed. Probably got a hair-tie from Jain.
"Here. It's from Winry. It arrived about a week ago and she told me to wait till Christmas to give it to you." Roy handed Ed a small wrapped box that said 'Merry Christmas' across one side. Ed smirked, already guessing what the box held. And he was right. As he opened it, the contents of the box fell into his open hand. A small thing of oil with a note on it. For your automail. Just in case. Love, Winry.
Roy smiled walking over to the shelf of movies and picking one at random off of it. He assumed Ed would only have movies he enjoyed watching, and Roy just wanted to spend some time with Ed.
"Here. How's this one?" Edward shoved the oil into his pocket and looked up at Roy.
"Sure. Only seen it once." Ed walked over to the couch shoving stuff off of it so they could sit and Roy smiled. Walking over, Roy put the movie in the T.V. Then, he walked over to the couch, grabbed Ed's arms and sat on the couch pulling Ed down with him.
"Stop cleaning. It's fine. Hows about we clean together sometime next week?" Roy looked down into Ed's golden eyes and Ed nodded.
"Fine. Next Thursday, whenever you get out of work." Roy smiled. Today was Saturday, so they had time. Roy settled back into the couch as the movie started and the two of them watched the movie in silence. Edward was sitting in Roy's arms. He didn't realize it, but he was cuddling into the warmth Roy's torso provided.
Half way through the movie, Edward was asleep. Roy set his head on top of the blonds and watched the movie in silence. He was half falling asleep too. The end of the movie credit music woke both of them up. Edward started laughing, leaving Roy confused.
"What?"
Ed looked at him. "I fell asleep the first time I watched that movie too. Did you fall asleep." Roy smirked.
"Just about."
"So it's not just me! It's a terrible movie!" Edward stood up, pulling it out of the VCR. "I'll give it to Jain. She's wanted to see the movie with me for a while. If I give it to her, I might not have to watch it again."
Roy rolled his eyes, watching the blond put the movie on a table near the door before walking back over to him. "You should go back to your house." Roy looked up at him slightly confused. "You've gotta get up for work tomorrow, bone head!" Edward grabbed Roy's hand, pulling him up onto his feet. "C'mon. I'll walk you to your car."
Roy nodded, pulling his gloves off and putting them in his pockets. "You've gotta get up for work tomorrow too, Edward." Edward shrugged.
"I might call in sick tomorrow."
"You better not if you're not sick." Edward flashed him a smile.
"Like you'd be able to tell the difference when I call." Roy perked his eyebrows.
"If you don't show up at work tomorrow," Roy took hold of Edward's left hand with his bare right hand, intertwining their fingers. "I'll come over here and see if you're really sick."
"And if I am?"
"Then I guess I'm sticking around for a while till you feel better."
"Roy, I can take care of myself…" Edward was smiling out of amusement as the two of them walked out of Ed's apartment into the hall.
"Yes, yes. I know. You've proven that one time and time again. But I'll want to come take care of you. Otherwise, I'll be stuck sitting in a boring office wondering if you're okay and having to listen to the rest of the team." Everyone knew that Edward yelling at the Colonel was the highlight of their day. It was amusing.
"You can't just skip work for me, Roy. That'd be a little suspicious."
"You act like I can't tell a cover-up lie." Roy looked at Ed, giving an 'I dare you to try and skip tomorrow' look and Ed sighed.
"Maybe."
"Just maybe?" The two of them got to the front door and Roy opened the door to go outside.
"Yes. Maybe." Roy smiled.
"I promise I'll show up tomorrow if you don't…" Edward stuck his tongue out at Roy and Roy grabbed Ed's face, pulling him forward and kissing him. The snow was falling on the two who had, absent mindedly, forgotten their coats in Edwards apartment. Didn't matter. Neither of them felt cold.
Roy had been right, earlier. Edward wasn't one for tongue. Roy nibbled and bit at Edwards lower lip as the two passionately made out and after a few minutes, Roy stopped. He wanted to give Ed a little bit of space, just incase. Edward felt slight disappointment as he looked up into Roy's raven black eyes.
"Good night, Roy."
"Good night, Ed. Merry Christmas." Roy let go of Edwards hand and got into his car. Pulling out of the driveway, Roy saw Edward waving slightly. He was still standing as the snow fell on top of hi Roy smiled, rolling down his window and poking his head out. "Go inside before you really do catch a cold!"
Ed smirked. "That might be my plan, Roy."
"Better not!" Edward laughed, waving his hand dismissively before walking inside the apartment building. Roy sighed, driving home.
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