Dangerous Waters

Disclaimer: I dont own Fullmetal Alchemist, or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. I do, however, own the original characters that I put in myself.

Roy Mustang, the famed Flame Alchemist, was not very fond of children to say the least. The way snot dribbled out of their noses when they cried, drool dripped down their chins when they ate, their grubby hands that grabbed at everything and anything, everywhere, made Roy cringe and rethink his womanizing ways. Those little bastards were straight from hell, he swore it. So, when Roy Mustang found a golden haired 12 year old and his armor clad younger brother in the aftermath of hell itself, who would have thought that his first thought would be 'I need to get him into the military ASAP.' Seriously, even he couldn't believe some of the things he did. Roy was treading on dangerous waters, here..….

CHAPTER 2: Adoption?

"I want you to adopt the Elric brothers."

Roy stared at Maes, his brows furrowed and his entire body frozen. "I'm sorry, what?" He looked at Maes like he had suddenly sprouted another head, mouth slightly agape.

"You heard me." Maes stated as he sat on a couch, crossing his legs and folding his hands behind his head. "I want you to adopt the Elric brothers."

"...Maes, I can't do that."

"Why not?"

"I'm a busy man."

"You're always a busy man. Would you rather someone else try to take up the offer? Edward is only 12, he's extremely talented; a prodigy even. Alphonse is too smart for his own good. Do you want those two boys to fall into the wrong hands? Those boys need a proper father figure, Roy."

Roy grimaced. Maes was playing the guilt card, and even though he wouldn't admit it outloud, it was starting to get to him. He sighed and rubbed his face, eyeing his crazy best friend the entire time.

"And what makes you think I should do it? Why can't you?"

"You're avoiding the topic."

"You're avoiding my question."

Both men stared each other down for a good amount of time before Roy sighed again, leaning back in his chair with both his hands covering his face. "Adopt them? Really?"

"What else could you do? Who else would do it? I have Gracia and Elysia. Falman and Feury sure as hell can't. Do you want to Havoc to adopt them?"

Roy grimaced for the second time that morning. "No, I'd rather not…..Riza?"

Maes' blank look was his answer. "I said father, not mother. Unless you and Riza are-"

"Shut up, Maes."

There was a pregnant pause before Roy spoke again in a resigned tone. "...Are you sure there's no one el-"

"Roy!"

"Okay, okay! Bring me the adoption papers and….we'll figure something out."

Roy couldn't help but feel a little troubled at the wide smile Maes suddenly shot him as he sauntered out of his office with a half-assed salute. "Will do, Roy!" The door closed and once again, Roy was alone with his thoughts. This time, there was no way he would be able to focus on his paperwork.

Edward would tear his head off when he caught wind of this.

A/N: Yet another redone chapter! Hope you guys like it, and I hope you guys totally didn't mind the beautiful friendship of Roy and Maes xD. I love these two, I swear.