Draped in Wires
by. Poisoned Scarlet

Theme 028: Gawk in Awe

"Is that...what...?" Ed spluttered, staring at his little brother, whom glided in and out of the kitchen silently; a glass of water in his hand. He had this smile on his face—no, not smile, Ed noticed critically, but goofy grin, which he recalled he once wore for half a day when he managed to finally claim Winry...

Pinako had been more than willing to knock it right off his face with her god-forsaken pipe and smart-mouthing words that left him feeling more mortified than anything...

"What's wrong?" asked Winry, biting into an apple.

"Did you see that?" Ed hissed, incredulously. "Did you see the grin on his smug face?"

"Oh, Ed, what are you complaining about?" Winry rolled her eyes. "He and Mei are just happy. Surely you've noticed Al finally sucked it up and asked her out!" Winry believed it happened that day – she cringed – when they were caught red handed by Mei...

"Of course I've noticed! He's my brother, Winry!" Ed scoffed. "But did you see the grin on his face?"

"No." She deadpanned, having been too entertained by the comical look on his own face to notice the younger Elric.

Ed scowled.

"What are you making a big deal of? So he looked happy, and?" She ventured, knowing somehow this was going to be stupid as she took another bite of her apple.

"That bastard looks like he just got laid!" He exclaimed angerly.

She choked on a piece of apple. "ED!"

"What? He looks like I did when I finally got to—OUCH!"

"Shut! Up! That's stuff you don't say out loud, you moron!"

"Why the hell not? I think I have a right to tell people you're taken—! Damn it, Winry, quit it!"

"I'll stop when you shut up about it!" Winry shouted, face tinging red and delivering another punch on his bruised shoulder. "And what's so bad if your little brother, um, if Al managed to...finally get rid of it?"

"Well, he could've at least told me—!"

"Ew! Do you guys exchange weird stories or something?" She shrieked, face red as a few of the things Ed had seductively coaxed her into doing were less than decent.

"NO!" He glowered fiercely. "But I told him when I got together with you so I just assumed that he would also tell me when he hit something off with the bean-girl! But apparently not." He sulked, slumping forward on the counter and glaring childishly at the kitchen window above the sink.

Winry took another bite of her apple, quietly observing the troubled crease between his brows.

"Well, if it helps," Winry began, softly, "you lost it first."

A smirk crawled on his face. "Wanna' lose it again?"

"Ed, has anyone ever told you you're just way too open?"

"Someone might've mentioned it once." He muttered, sidling up to her and making sure to wrap an arm around her waist to prevent escape. He could already see her nervously eying the door, the pink hue on her cheeks becoming darker. He first assumed she'd be the first to throw caution to the wind, given the way she very nearly raped him in the basement, and allow him all the free reign he wanted but he had guessed wrong: she became even more paranoid after the deed had been done!

He blamed Pinako.

"I'm busy." She stubbornly mumbled.

"We'll be busy in a bit if you say yes." He purred in her ear, causing shivers to crawl down her spine.

"You're such a horny bastard..." She grumbled, giggling when his lips tickled the sensitive skin of her neck.

"Well?"

"Well what?" She evaded, chewing a piece of apple.

"Is this horny bastard gonna' get a lay?"

She shot him a glare, lips pursed in annoyance. "Keep talking like that and I'll make sure this is the last lay you ever get!"

"No need to bring threats into this." He scoffed, with a roll of his eyes. He glanced all around him, strained his hearing for any slight noises or bumps that might alert him that someone was nearby. "The hag's still sleeping and Al went upstairs..." He trailed off, suggestively. "No one's down here and they won't be able to hear us anyway..."

Winry took one more brash bite of her apple, munching as she pondered his husky words. She could feel him picking the hem of her shirt, his other hand begin to hook on her shorts and impatiently tug down a few times.

"...Only once."

"Twice and it's a deal."

"ED!"

"C'mon, you're starving me here!" Ed whined, resting his cheek against her shoulder. "I bet Mei's more giving than this..." He joked, recalling the young girl huffily saying that Xingese women put their husbands first. He hadn't quit teasing Al since and he supposed that might justify as a reason for not telling him of his new girlfriend...

He wouldn't let him live that down, either, now that he thought about it...

Winry scowled. Compared to the younger Xingese girl, she was far more giving than either would admit. And with Edward's perverse knowledge, the corruption only really benefited their indecent actions and perhaps Mei if she ever managed the guts to ask her for advice...

Winry tossed the half-finished apple into the trash bin a few feet away and sucked her fingers quickly. She used her other hand, her clean hand, and shoved it down the front of his pants without warning

"I bet she can't do this!"

"Whoa—uh—okay—I was kidding! I was kidding, Win-RY! No—wait—the hag'll hear—!"

Who was the paranoid one now?

A/N: No lemon for all of you! Muhahaha!

I have a good excuse though: I can't write it. I tried, trust me I did, but since I haven't 'been there, done that', I don't want to ruin EdWin smut for all of you! D:

So you'll have to deal with random lime :D

Scarlett.