Disclaimer: FMA does not belong to me. No.

Pairing: Hints of Havoc x Al and Roy x Ed

Summary: Christmas is coming, and a tree is needed...

Notes: My little contribution this Christmas...

FMA Drabble 42:

Tree

Winter had come to Amestris, with snow falling intermittently, and temperatures remaining low.

"Wonder if they'll be back for Christmas..." Mustang muttered to himself as he sat staring out of his office window at the snow-covered city. The Elric brothers had been gone for a week on a mission in the East, and he had no idea when they were coming back. The brothers rarely went on distant missions after Al was restored, but they had been short on manpower, and Ed had been insistent.

"Am I being selfish?" Recalling his reluctance at letting the two boys go, Mustang wondered aloud.

"Slacking again?"

The man turned around, and saw Havoc closing the door to the office.

"If Hawkeye finds out, you're going to be in trouble, you know." The blond stated as he sat down of his Superior's desk.

"Ha ha." Mustang replied joylessly.

"Why so sad?" Havoc asked. "Do you miss Ed already?"

"Don't you miss Al?"

"Well, yeah, but at least you don't see me moping around like you do..."

"If you're not moping, then what are you up to?" Mustang asked, curious.

"Looking for a tree."

"A tree?"

"Yeah, for Christmas. You know what Christmas trees are for right?"

Mustang rolled his eyes. "Of course I do..."

"But why?" He asked Havoc after a moment. "We've never bothered to get a tree for the office before you know."

"Well..." Havoc scratched his head. "Just before the two of them left for the mission, Al talked about how he missed seeing the beautiful Christmas trees that the city had a few years ago, and how the lack of a tree this year had lessened the holiday's atmosphere."

"So you decided to get a tree so that Al can have more fun this Christmas?" Mustang deduced.

"We all can have fun too, can't we?"

"Of course we can..."

Havoc grinned, "That's good. For a moment, I thought that you would say no."

Mustang laughed. "You think I'll give up an official reason to take a break that even Hawkeye would accept?"

At that moment, the office door opened, and Fuery entered the room.

"I've found some available trees for sale, Havoc." The smaller man told the blond. "We're in luck."

Havoc nodded.

"Fuery was helping me look for a tree that we could use, but as it's already so close to Christmas, most of the stocks have run out." He told Mustang. "I'll go choose a tree, and we'll get it here and decorated for the holiday."

"I'll come with you."

Several days and many hours of hard work later, the tree was in place and decorated.

"Do you think Al and Ed would like this?" Havoc asked his colleagues as he eyed their tree critically. They had put in all the effort that they could spare, but it still looked somewhat haphazard. It was also slightly lopsided.

"Umm..." Fuery looked at the tree for a long moment but failed to come up with good words.

"Hmm..." Mustang couldn't decide if "random" was a fitting style of decoration for Christmas trees.

"I like it!"

The three men turned around, and saw Al standing by the office door, which had been left ajar.

"What's holding up the door, Al - Oh..."

Ed entered the office at that moment, and stopped to stare at the tree.

"Don't you think it's nice, brother?" Al nudged Ed in the ribs.

"Er...yeah. Yeah, it is!"

At that moment, the tree tilted further, and threatened to topple over, but Havoc gave the tree a quick push, and it stabilized.

"Well..." Havoc, Mustang and Fuery all looked a little sheepish. "Merry Christmas..."

END

Notes: Okay, it's not that much of a story, but I still hope you like it! Please kindly review!

Add. Notes: Merry Christmas everyone :)