Disclaimer: FMA belongs to Arakawa Hiromu
Notes: Part 7 of my Future storyline arc.
Seventy-seven: Implicit Rules
When Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye were married, Roy found himself stumbling up against a few rules of their relationship he hadn't come across before. He had known before their wedding that there were certain things to do or not do, that he basically put under the heading "Respect Her" – after all, it seemed to cover everything from "Don't flirt with other women," (she knew about his information network, and he assumed there was some form of an exception there), to "Keep it professional in the office," (if he started being lax in how he addressed her and treated her there, what was to stop others taking the same liberties, and lessening the deference her own subordinates were supposed to behave with toward her?).
Living together as man and wife, Roy found there were other rules he had missed out on – taking turns with chores, not feeding Hayate from the table, lighting fires with matches (it was for safety, apparently). As much as he had to learn about these rules, and as much as he had to be told and occasionally reminded, he never heard mention of the rules they had abided by before. But still, he followed them carefully, and always felt warmed when he found her thankful and loving smile cast in his direction.