The Fullmetal Father

"To you, i will always return"

Edward turned to Alphonse and gave him a tired look.

"You should get some sleep brother, we leave pretty early tomorrow" Al said with a weary smile.

Edward yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Yea your right" Edward agreed and made his way up the staircase. "I'll see you in the mornin Al" Edward called back.

"Yea night Ed" Alphonse said quietly. He frowned and collapsed onto the couch. "Big brother.....your too stubborn" Al said to himself.

..............

Edward quietly opened the door to Winrys bedroom and poked his head inside. He found Winry lying on her bed, face towards the wall. Edward frowned and walked inside the dark and depressing room.

"Winry? You awake?" Edward whispered. Winry just nodded her head slightly, not even turning to Ed.

Edward quietly sat down on the bed besides her, and started stroking her long gold hair. "I love you Winry" he whispered.

"I love you too ed" Winry whispered back, turning around to face him.

Edward smiled and kissed her forehead. "I promise you, I'll return. I promise" Edward whispered.

Suddenly, Winry reached her hand out to Ed and stuck her pinky finger out.

"Pinky swear?" She said

Edward blinked and smiled, intertwining his little finger with hers. "Pinky swear" Edward whispered.

Winry smiled and slowly sat up on the bed, whipping the sleep from her eyes. She leaned her back against the wall and held Edward in her arms. She didn't say a word, she just simply sat there and held him. As if he would disappear in a blink of her eyes.

Edward held her and stroked her hair, just as afraid to leave her as she was to let him go. And in that second, that minute they held each other, that hour that passed by and that night they spent awake with each other, passed by as if time had stopped. As if their love for each other lengthened the night and pushed back the dawn, giving them what felt like an eternity to spend what little time they had together in blissful innocence. But as reality would have it.

It didn't last forever

And sooner then they had hoped

The sun found it's way over the hill, and washed light over there sad faces

What a beautiful way, to signal the end of there beautiful night.

.............

Edward fixed down the collar of his famous red coat, taking one last look in the mirror. It had been a while since he had worn this outfit. It brought back so many memories, good ones....and horrible ones. And now he was going back out there, to fight once more.

"Might as well look impressive while I hunt this chimera down" Edward smirked to himself.

"Edward the colonel is here! Hurry up!" Alphonse called from downstairs.

"Alright I'm comin!" Edward yelled back, Makeing his way down the stairs.

"Is Winry coming down?" Al asked.

"Nah, she had a late night, so I let her sleep in" Edward said, a slight frown on his face.

"Are you ready yet fullmetal?" Roy asked, standing by the door.

"Yeah...I'm ready" he said. Determination overcoming his face.

"Wait boys, I packed you some lunch" Pinako called, holding out two paper bags of food.
"Uh thanks Granny" Alphonse smiled embarrassingly in front of the colonel and the Lieutenant.

"Now you two be careful out there, especially you Ed, if you come home with even a scratch on you it won't just be Winry you deal with, understood?" Granny Pinako said sternly.

"Yeah yeah, I got ya" Edward waved over his shoulder.

They walked out the the vehicle and started pilling in. And just as Edward opened the car door, he heard a familiar voice call from the balcony of the house.

"Edward! Alphonse! You be carful you hear me, or I'll knock you out flat with my wrench!" Winry called out to them

Al laughed "you got it Winry" he called back

Edward looked up at Winry and smiled at his gorgeous girlfriend. "You just look after yourself and our baby!" Edward called back.

Winry smiled and nodded her head.

"Alright lover boy it's time to go" Roy said.

"Yea yea" Ed said as he got into the car.

The vehicle started up and soon enough they were driving down the old dusty road, further and further away from his family.

"I'll be home soon" he whispered to himself

Winry smiled, a tear rolling down her cheek. "And I'll be waiting for you"