Smile Like You Mean It

by Dailenna

Royai 100 Themes. Anything and everything from childhood, to alchemy, to Ishbal, to the coup, to parenthood. Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and the faithful comrades with them will stick together through it all.

49. Cold Hands

Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu

Notes: This is something my best friend says, because I often have cold hands. Especially in winter - my extremities get cold quickly. It's becoming a running joke of enough frequency that when I saw the prompt it was the first thing that came to mind . . .

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Forty-nine: Cold Hands

"'Cold hands, cold heart'."

Hawkeye frowned. "What?"

"It's a saying," Mustang said with a grin. "'Cold hands cold heart'." The grin fell, and his eyes became unfocussed. "Or is it 'Cold hands, warm heart'?"

"I don't care," said Hawkeye, pulling her scarf tighter around her neck. "Just get that fire started, already."