Draped in Wires
by. Poisoned Scarlet
056: Gonna' Be Alright
Nelly thought she had the glow of a pregnant woman. She could remember how her other friends glowed when they were with child - a maternal, special, light that ignited their ways and prettied their faces.
It was in the way she acted: her smiles were brighter, wider, and her crystal blue eyes glittered with the sunlight like a thousand jewels. Her curvaceous form had only just begun to be affected, but she didn't seem to care regardless. Sometimes, when Winry would take casual strolls through Resembool in one of her flowing summer dresses, the light would catch her just right and create a halo of golden light around her that often left some gazing with a softened sort of look; as if they could just understand this new phase in her life, but not quite.
The times they had spoken to each other, Nelly would say that Winry had changed. She had always been rather eccentric in the way she did not adopt the towns beliefs and she preferred a more independent role than a dependent one, which often had her butting heads with some of the elders in town if she didn't watch her tongue. But generally, there had been a switch within her friend.
There was both a spiritual exhilaration matched with a quiet melancholy.
The new life that was forming inside of her versus the husband who continued to be chained under military rule.
Nelly thought it was tragic, in a way.
But, she decided, as Winry laughed brightly and handed her a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice; rambling about how the progress in their new home was going, so long as Winry Elric was able to continue smiling the way she did, everything would fall into place soon enough.
A.N: Short, but meaningful! I hope xD
Scarlett.