Draped in Wires
by. Poisoned Scarlett
Theme 071: First Words
"Ed! Ed, are you there? You'll never believe what just happened right now! He said it, Ed, he said it! I can't believe it! Granny is so proud of him!" Winry shouted, fretfully. On the other line, Mustang rose a brow and told her this was Mustang and not Edward. She had dialed in the wrong number in her excitement. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Brigadier, but I have to talk to Ed right away!"
"Hold your horses, Winry, what's the big surprise?"
"It's Nick!" Winry squealed. "He just said mommy!"
On the other line, Mustang chuckled at her motherly excitement. "That's great. I'll transfer you right now, Winry." He quickly transferred the call and waited, sitting back in his chair as Winry no doubt began to squeal and rave about her child's extending vocabulary. There would be no doubt that Ed would rush into his office with the good news and, until then, he would wait.
It was as he anticipated: Ed stormed in with a huge grin. Mustang could've mouthed the words that came out of the young subordinates mouth, he supposed he'd been around the boy long enough to know him better than most. Or maybe he was just predictable. Mustang liked to think it was the latter, as Ed shouted triumphantly:
"HA! My kid just learned how to say mommy!"
"So I heard," Mustang mused. "Soon he'll be able to say shorty."
"But not until he's able to say wet matchstick!"
"That's too much for him to learn! It's a mouthful!" Roy shrewdly said but Ed merely smirked.
"Just wait, Roy, soon Nick'll be calling you wet matchstick and then I'll get my revenge!"
Mustang just sighed as Ed ran back out, his jubilant footfalls causing all sorts of commotion in the hall.