The Days After

by Discord1

Post Brotherhood. Ed returns home to Winry, but finds his place at her side threatened. Can he win back her favor and remind her of the promise she made? Told entirely in 100 word drabbles and updated regularly.

27. Abandoned

Chapter 27 - Abandoned

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Ed reeled. I WHAT?!

He barely heard her next words.

"Three years is a long time to go without a visit… a letter… a phone call," Winry dropped her gaze as anger and hurt flushed her features. "I'm not property who waits to be picked up again," she choked. "You exacted my pledge, then thought nothing of pushing me from your periphery. You had to go to Creta, learn if you could reclaim your alchemy, find yourself," blue eyes were bitter as they stared at the floor. "I understood, so I waited," tears broached their depths. "And waited and waited."