--- Slight angst? O_o ---
12. Waiting.
Winry was used to the feeling. The anxiety, worry, the endless hours of wondering.
Waiting. She was always waiting.
Why didn't she just go with them? Ed could use her mechanic skills the moment he needed them, right? Wouldn't the long hours of research be a little less long with three people instead of two? Didn't she miss them?
Of course she did. Even though she longed to be with them like a physical pain, even though Ed wouldn't let her come anyways, she stayed at home and waited.
Why?
Because Ed and Al needed something to tie them to the past they wanted to forget. They needed to know that they could come back anytime they needed to. They needed to know they had something to come back to at all.
So Winry would wait. She would sit at home, work on new automail designs for Ed, and wait.
Besides, wasn't waiting something she did best?