FMA: 52 Flavours, Prompt 23
Title: Out the Door
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Theme no.: 23. walk this way/we have been set free
Pairing: Ed/Winry, Al
Rating: K
Summary: Al brings home a girl. Winry’s less than impressed. Ed would be as well if he weren’t amused.
Notes: The first half of my double update for 52_flavours. Quite obviously intended to be set post series. I probably made Ed too rational for once, but well… Winry was busy. (What? The Al/Winry friendship is my very favorite in the entire series.)
23. walk this way
we have been set free
Winry was washing dishes from the evening - practically wrestling the plates away from Ed, her motive for doing so pathetically clear as she paid no attention to the china in front of her in favor of looking out of the tiny window above the sink, craning her head in hopes of catching a glimpse of the wandering couple.
“You don’t like her.” It was a statement, not a question, and Ed’s face was infuriatingly smug when she turned around to glare at him.
“I like her if Al likes her,” came Winry’s tight, clipped reply.
“You don’t like her,” he drawled slowly, that grin firmly parked as Winry huffed.
“I like her just fine.”
“No you don’t.”
“Fine!’ Winry finally snapped, crossing her arms and ignoring her still damp hands. “I just think Al can do better, is all.”
Ed actually laughed at her this time, and, rising slowly from the table, he reached out easily and brushed a stray lock of hair from her eyes. “I just think you’re jealous.”
Winry gaped wordlessly at him for a moment, and then finally stuttered out haughtily, “Th-That makes no sense. Last time I checked I was dating you, not Al.”
Ed just laughed at her again, and Winry frowned at him. “You’re handling this awfully well.”
“He’s seventeen years old. So what if he’s finally found a girl he wants to bring home to meet us?” Ed’s tone was far too casual, and Winry raised an eyebrow.
“I don’t recall you being so calm when you met Al’s other girlfriends.”
“Those shrews from Central who were only with him because he’s an Elric?” Ed tilted his head and caught sight out the window of Al and a shorter figure, chestnut hair gleaming in the sunset. “She’s quiet and she’s not just with him because of what everybody says about him because she doesn’t care about alchemy… and she actually tells him no once in a while.”
Winry grimaced. “We’re not very good at telling Al no,” she admitted, slightly chagrined.
Ed grinned and leaned forward, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his forehead against hers. “I think,” he mused, “that you’re just mad because you used to be the only girl who Al hugged, and who Al danced with, and who Al really cared about, and now you can see that Al really likes this new girl and you’re not his favorite anymore.”
Winry pouted, a sure sign that Ed’s teasing had hit its mark. “I still say you’re acting far too calm about this whole thing.”
Ed nodded as he considered her words. “I was upset, and then I saw how you were acting and realized I looked ridiculous…”
Unamused, Winry shoved him away and turned back to the dishes, dipping her hands back in the water. Ed snorted at her again and stepped forward, brushing her hair away from her neck and putting his mouth close to her ear, hot breath grazing the shell of her ear. “And then I thought about how nice it would be to go out without worrying about my brother wanting to tag along…”
And suddenly a whole new world opened up in Winry’s head.
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Theme no.: 23. walk this way/we have been set free
Pairing: Ed/Winry, Al
Rating: K
Summary: Al brings home a girl. Winry’s less than impressed. Ed would be as well if he weren’t amused.
Notes: The first half of my double update for 52_flavours. Quite obviously intended to be set post series. I probably made Ed too rational for once, but well… Winry was busy. (What? The Al/Winry friendship is my very favorite in the entire series.)
23. walk this way
we have been set free
Winry was washing dishes from the evening - practically wrestling the plates away from Ed, her motive for doing so pathetically clear as she paid no attention to the china in front of her in favor of looking out of the tiny window above the sink, craning her head in hopes of catching a glimpse of the wandering couple.
“You don’t like her.” It was a statement, not a question, and Ed’s face was infuriatingly smug when she turned around to glare at him.
“I like her if Al likes her,” came Winry’s tight, clipped reply.
“You don’t like her,” he drawled slowly, that grin firmly parked as Winry huffed.
“I like her just fine.”
“No you don’t.”
“Fine!’ Winry finally snapped, crossing her arms and ignoring her still damp hands. “I just think Al can do better, is all.”
Ed actually laughed at her this time, and, rising slowly from the table, he reached out easily and brushed a stray lock of hair from her eyes. “I just think you’re jealous.”
Winry gaped wordlessly at him for a moment, and then finally stuttered out haughtily, “Th-That makes no sense. Last time I checked I was dating you, not Al.”
Ed just laughed at her again, and Winry frowned at him. “You’re handling this awfully well.”
“He’s seventeen years old. So what if he’s finally found a girl he wants to bring home to meet us?” Ed’s tone was far too casual, and Winry raised an eyebrow.
“I don’t recall you being so calm when you met Al’s other girlfriends.”
“Those shrews from Central who were only with him because he’s an Elric?” Ed tilted his head and caught sight out the window of Al and a shorter figure, chestnut hair gleaming in the sunset. “She’s quiet and she’s not just with him because of what everybody says about him because she doesn’t care about alchemy… and she actually tells him no once in a while.”
Winry grimaced. “We’re not very good at telling Al no,” she admitted, slightly chagrined.
Ed grinned and leaned forward, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his forehead against hers. “I think,” he mused, “that you’re just mad because you used to be the only girl who Al hugged, and who Al danced with, and who Al really cared about, and now you can see that Al really likes this new girl and you’re not his favorite anymore.”
Winry pouted, a sure sign that Ed’s teasing had hit its mark. “I still say you’re acting far too calm about this whole thing.”
Ed nodded as he considered her words. “I was upset, and then I saw how you were acting and realized I looked ridiculous…”
Unamused, Winry shoved him away and turned back to the dishes, dipping her hands back in the water. Ed snorted at her again and stepped forward, brushing her hair away from her neck and putting his mouth close to her ear, hot breath grazing the shell of her ear. “And then I thought about how nice it would be to go out without worrying about my brother wanting to tag along…”
And suddenly a whole new world opened up in Winry’s head.