A/N So yeah, chapter two. I uploaded these chapters together cause I wrote them a day apart. Enjoy.

"So, brother, you weren't in our room when I woke up," Al commented casually as he hammered another shingle in place.

Ed froze. He looked down at the roof to hide his blush, "Uh, yeah... It felt hot in there, so I slept on the porch."

"Oh come on, brother, we know you slept in Winry's bed last night," Al said, taking delight in his older brother's panic.

"Oh... yeah, that's right. Um, pass me some more shingles, Al. I'm running low."

"Pass me some shingles? I'd like to know why you were in there. If you and her are together now, you should have just told me," Al said shrugging.

"No, nothing like that... I just... well, I had a nightmare," Ed muttered, looking embarrassed.

"Really? But you got my body back and found out that it wasn't Mom that we transmuted. What was your nightmare about?" Al asked, sad and confused that Ed still felt this way.

"I saw Nina, and Hughes, and all of the others who died along the way. Kimblee was there, and he told me that without my alchemy, there was nothing I could do to save my family. Then, I watched you and Winry die, Al," Ed said, looking down.

"Brother... just because you don't have your alchemy doesn't mean you're useless," Al told him, unsure of how to comfort his older brother.

"I'm okay, Al. Anyway, you wanted to know why I was in Winry's bed, right? Well I woke up from the nightmare, and I knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. I walked out of our room, and was on my way down to get some water, or something. I kept seeing those images in my head though, I couldn't get them to go away."

"So Winry," May began with a smile as the two of them walked back from town, "did you and Edward have a slumber party last night or something?"

"Oh," murmured Winry, beginning to blush, "it's complicated."

"Come on, it's just us girls here, you can tell me!" May said cheerfully.

"I guess everybody knows, so I might as well tell you. You see, I was woken up by a loud thump from the hallway. I got up and opened my door to see what it was, and I saw Ed there, slumped against the wall and shivering. I haven't seen him look that scared or vulnerable for a long time, and it really worried me. He never told me that he had these nightmares, so I was surprised to see him like that. He saw me and got up. I think he was going to tell me he was fine or something stupid like that, but he didn't. He just stood there, shivering," Winry told her, looking sad at the memory.

"Poor Edward. Alphonse told me about his nightmares. He said they were really bad," Mei said quietly.

"I don't know if I put my arms around him, or if he just fell into them, but the next thing I knew, we were hugging, him still shivering. There was no way he would have gotten back to sleep after that. But Ed needs his rest or he feels awful all day. I led him into my room and lay down in the bed with him. He told me about the nightmare, and I told him to go back to sleep."

"Then, she told me 'it's okay, Ed. Whatever you saw, it isn't real. If you have another dream like that again, I'll be here.' I don't know why, but that made me feel a lot better. Eventually I fell back asleep," Ed finished.

"Aww, that's a really touching story, brother," Al said as he patted Ed on the back.

"Yeah, well touching stories won't get this roof fixed any quicker. Oh, and Al..."

"Yeah brother?"

"Does everyone know?"

"Well, Mei does. Granny doesn't, and thank your lucky stars for that. She'd probably clobber you with a wrench before you had a chance to explain."

"Heh, yeah," Ed laughed as he scratched the back of his head, "I'll be more careful next time!"

Al paused in his work. He honestly didn't know if his big brother was kidding or not.

A/N: I seem to do a lot of writing late at night. This is no exception. I needed Ed to have a moment of vulnerability because Winry has one coming up in a few chapters. More characters will show up, and eventually I'll get into more actually story instead of whatever I'm thinking about at 3 A.M. Thanks for reading!

R and R and all that. Don't flame please, I'm not a professional, you know.