Fullmetal Rock Chap.16
After Mr. McKenzie's passing Edward knew life was too precious to even let a single day go by without telling Winry how much he loved her. He had something on his mind that he had thought about for days now but he needed to talk to his foster father about it.
Roy had been assigned a mission to go after an alchemist in the east that was causing trouble it was a perfect opportunity for his foster son to hone his alchemist skills. So he told Edward he needed his help on this one and since the boy's finals weren't till next week Riza agreed he could take Ed.
Edward called Winry he wanted to take her to dinner before they left the following day. Being apart from her wasn't going to be easy he hadn't been separated from her since they started dating and he knew it would be hard.
She on the other hand had another idea she just wanted to see how far they could go before she couldn't. It wasn't something she was doing to tease him she just had to discuss it with him first. If he was going away just for a few days she wanted something to hold on to while he was gone.
As they had their dinner she broached the subject "Uh, Ed I have something I think we need to discuss." He shoveled a fork full of food in his mouth "Mmm hmm" he said as she bit her lower lip smiling at him "I want to see how far we can go with….Well you know." I took him a moment but then he choked on his food as he tried to swallow it and after getting it down he stared at her shocked. Did she just say what he thought she just said? Gathering his barring's back he stared at her "Are you serious Winry you really want to try this?" she smiled at him with those big blue eyes and what was he supposed to say? It wasn't like he didn't want to but he just didn't think she was ready. But how could he say no to her? He told her once he would do anything she asked of him and he meant it. So if this is what she wanted then he would be very gentle and respectful with her. He gave her a solemn look "Alright Winry if this is what you want to do? I mean we can try." She felt her heart leap as he agreed to fulfill her request.
After dinner they went to his house and up to his room and before he even got the door shut she was kissing him. He shut the door with his foot as he wrapped an arm around her and walked backwards to the wall. As she ravished his lips then moved to his neck he was completely taken with her. Her hands began to move under his shirt to his abs as his breathe lodged in his throat as she ran her hands over his abdomen and then to his chest. He reached his hand to her rib cage and moved it slowly down her body to her thigh as he lifted her leg to his waist as he began kissing her neck and she inhaled deeply and then moaned. Finding her mouth again he gently passionately kissed her as she ran her hands from his waist to his ass and pulled him closer. "Edward I want you to touch me don't be afraid if I can't handle it I'll tell you." He wanted to touch her everywhere but the sheer thought of her flinching if he touched her wrong made him rethink his movements. So he thought he would try something small at first as their tongues intertwined around each other and he had to breathe so he took a breath as his lips were still close to hers. Reaching his hand back to her rib cage he began to let it run up her side then when it got to the side of her breast he gently moved his hand over her breast and she breathed a heavy sigh into his mouth as he began to caress her breast on top of her shirt.
Surprising him she reached up and took his hand and moved it to the bottom of her shirt placing it just under the edge. He leaned back and looked at her and she nodded so he swallowed hard and took great care not to get overly anxious as he slid it under her shirt and the feel of her bare skin almost drove him crazy as his hand continued upwards to her bare breast. She didn't have a bra on! Not knowing what to think about that he just continued his massage of her breast with his hand as her nipple got hard. Oh god he didn't know how much longer he could do this before all his self-control went out the window. "I want you to explore me like I did you the other night Ed." Oh god was she for real he was having a hard time with this he still didn't think she was ready and not only that he wasn't ready yet. He finally couldn't take it anymore as he removed his hand from her shirt. Then he kissed her passionately and leaned back "Winry I don't think you're ready for this. Well that's not really the truth." He looked deep in her eyes as she panted heavily from their contact session "You see I'm not ready for this." What? What was he talking about? She didn't understand. He pulled her shirt back down as her leg slid down his to the floor and she looked at him with confusion "What's wrong Ed?"
He took her hand and led her over to the bed "Listen Winry I love you and it's not that I don't want to" He took a deep breath and let it out heavily "Because believe me I do but I just want it to happen naturally." Then she understood he wanted it to be real not an experiment they try and at that point she fell more in love with him "I understand Ed. I'm sorry I wanted it this way but with you leaving I thought you could take something of me with you." He smiled at her "Winry I have something of you with me at all times" he pointed to her heart "I have this with me all the time." She looked up at him and smiled "That's true no one could ever take that from you." He stood up and pulled her up with him and reaching his hands out he straightened her skirt and her top then he pulled her close to him "When the time comes then that will be our time to become one." He wasn't like most guys and she knew that but she had to see if she could take his hands on her body and from what she just experienced she hoped that time would come soon.
After all of that went down Edward wanted to teach Winry some moves in case she ever needed to protect herself again. So she agreed and just the sheer thought of his hands touching her made her want to learn. As he showed her some stances he had to get behind her and move her body into them. She sometimes would do it wrong on purpose so he would walk behind her and place his hands on her hips and move them to the right position. One stance he stood behind her and rearranged her hips setting his hands on them and his shirtless torso pressed up against her back as she leaned back against it was enough to make her whole body quiver with an ache for him. She laid her head back on his chest as he looked down and smiled "Winry you have to concentrate." He told her reaching around her and positioning her arms. But she turned around and put her arms around his neck "It's hard to concentrate with a teacher that looks as good as you Ed." Smiling at her and kissing her forehead he took hold of her arms and turned her back around "Come on let's just get this one down alright." As he taught her how to throw a person and she picked it up after a couple of tries.
Edward and Roy left the following morning and while on the train Edward was very silent and Roy wondered what was bothering the boy as he moved over next to him. "Edward you look like you have something weighing heavy on your mind?" Edward turned to his foster father and sighed "I've been thinking really seriously about something." Knowing Roy was probably going to come off with some smart ass comment or try to divert him from his plan he stared at the elder man.
"So what's on your mind?" Roy asked relaxing in the seat next to Edward.
Edward knew he had to tell him what was on his mind. The thought of leaving Winry was already haunting his brain as he sat there and could only think thoughts of her "It's about Winry." Roy's eyebrow rose "I thought so what's on your mind Ed?"
Edward started to come up with rational excuses for what he was trying to say until finally Roy looked at him "ED! What is on your mind? Just tell me I can tell it's really got you thinking." Edward sighed "Fine!" There was no more beating around the bush he was a man and if he was going to be a man he had to tell his foster father what he wanted to do. So taking a deep breath he turned to Roy "I want to ask Winry to marry me after we graduate." He knew no one would understand the reason why he wanted to marry her because they had only known each other a couple of months. Roy had a strange look on his face which sort of scared Edward until he cracked a smile "I can't believe it. You want to marry her?" He smiled widely "That's great boy. She's a fine girl and she'll make a fine wife." Edward was floored at his reaction "You mean you're not going to try to talk me out of it?" Roy stopped his excitement for a moment "I had already figured that's what you had on your mind. You were swept of your feet by this girl and you deeply love her." He patted Edward's shoulder "That's good enough for me. At least you're not jumping into a loveless marriage with the first girl that comes along." Roy was right Winry was like no other girl Edward had ever met. From the first time he laid eyes on her that day in class he had known there was something special about her. It was like her sheer being drew him to her and it was a feeling like nothing Edward had ever felt in his life.
Edward had something else he needed to talk to Roy about so he took another deep breath "Roy I want to join the military." Roy's eyes widened "What? No. Your mother would kill me." Edward wasn't taking no for an answer and his rational thinking of how to support a wife and maybe kids one day sank deep in his mind "Look I need a job that will help me support her and my band makes money yes. But I have to split that five ways if I join the military I can have a steady income and help with research on alchemy."
Roy was proud of Edward most boys his age wouldn't even think about how to support a wife. They would have just jumped into marriage with blind eyes and figured it out later but not Ed. "I tell you what let's wait till after we take care of this alchemist and we'll talk when we get home." Edward knew he was right he needed to focus on the task at hand "Fair enough I'll drop it for now then." Roy sat back in his seat and he had a strange feeling, Well, a definite feeling his wife was going to kill him when they got back. She was never keen on the idea of the boy's being in the military and now one of them wanted to join? She was going to think he brainwashed Edward on this trip or pushed into it. So he turned to Edward "You explain it to your mother exactly the way you explained it to me alright. That way there's no confusion on why you want to join." Edward knew Roy was frightened of Riza due to her over active hormones at this point so he slightly grinned "Alright I will." He wanted one last shot at the man so he turned his head "You are so whipped." Roy retaliated with a shot of his own "What would you know about whipped? "Edward knew exactly what he meant as he glared at Roy but Roy wasn't finished "You just wait Edward If you do marry this girl you'll understand what a marriage is all about."
"It's not if I marry her it's when I marry her" Roy could tell he wasn't wavering Edward from his plan "Alright then when you marry her. There's a lot to a relationship Edward and if- I mean when you do this you'll understand. I've raised you treat women like people not just as possession's or a play thing's like most men call them. But you're smart and you've grown in to a fine young man as much as I hate to admit it. But Riza and I are very proud of you boy's." It was a touching moment that neither one of them expected it to come to but at least Edward knew now what Roy thought about him and that made him happy. Sometimes when they were younger Roy could be cold they thought but it was actually Roy's way of making the boy's make decisions and figure things out for themselves and that had made them stronger in dealing with problems and solutions in the things that came up in their lives.