FMA FIC: Room for One More

[sonjajade]

I recently changed the settings on my journal so I could post fic better, so I'm going through my FMA collection on ff.net and sharing the best ones.

Title: Room for One More
Pairing/Characters: Ed/Win, their children, Al/Mei
Genre: Romance/family/AWWWWW
Rating: G/K
Warnings: None

 

"Dad! Check this out!" A shaggy blond headed boy came leaping out of a bush with a bullfrog in his hands. "Ain't he cooool!"

Ed smiled at his son, "You bet! Hey, why don't you go show him to your Aunt Mei!" He watched as James ran to his very pregnant aunt, who was sitting on the porch swing talking with Winry and holding his little sister, Sara. The boy stuck his arms out and all but shoved the slippery amphibian in Mei's face, and then Mei let out a blood curdling scream. That set Sara to crying, Winry to shouting (at both James and Ed), and Al running to check on his wife, who was due any day now. Ed laughed, a safe distance away from his furious wife's wrenches, lying back and kicking his feet in hysterics.

"Sorry, Mei!" he cried between peals of laughter. "I was just trying to make the baby come sooner is all!" Mei, a week past her due date, narrowed her eyes at him and shouted a Xingese curse at him, then went back to her conversation with Winry after she assured Al she was fine. James came running back to Ed, frog in hand, and he plopped down next to his father.

"How come she screamed?" he asked, sitting the frog in the grass and corralling it with his arms.

"Because she's afraid of green things," he said as his chuckles settled and he watched the clouds roll by.

James let the frog hop away, and flopped onto his father's chest, his forehead connecting with Ed's lip. Ed winced but said nothing. He wouldn't take anything for his two children, and even the headbutts and accidental knees in the groin were just part of being a dad to a feisty three yr old boy and a darling eighteen month old little girl. James sighed as a cool breeze fluttered his golden bangs. "Hey Dad, do you think Aunt Mei is afraid of grass? It's green…"

Ed laughed to himself, recalling that Al had mentioned he took the girl's virginity in a field on the first full moon he stayed at the palace in Xing. "No, son, I think she rather likes grass. I meant I think she's afraid of snakes and lizards and frogs, stuff like that that's green."

"Oh, like grasshoppers and katydids and things like that?" he asked as he tried to match his breathing to Ed's, ensuring their chests rose and fell in tandem.

Laughter rumbled through him and Ed smiled. "Yeah, I don't think she likes those things. But it's important we don't bother her anymore today. Mama's already mad at us for the frog, and Aunt Mei's going to have her baby any second! Do you know how mad Uncle Al would be if we caused her to have the baby because we were teasing her?"

James sighed. "Yeah. I guess I better say I'm sorry, huh?"

Ed patted his son on the back. "I think that's a great idea, James. I think I better apologize too, since it was my idea. What do you think?" The boy scrambled off of him and got to his feet, pulling at Edward's hand, trying to get him to follow him. "Alright, gimme a sec…" the two of them walked hand in hand to the porch and made their apologies, then Winry gave them each a kiss on the cheek and told them to go wash their hands and get ready for dinner.

Later that night, after Al and Mei had gone back to their house, Ed and Winry gave the children baths and then put them to bed. James apologized to his mother again for being rude, and Sara insisted on telling Ed over and over, "Baby tired, baby tired." After about the hundredth time, he gave her a kiss and stuck her pacifier in her mouth, and the little girl was out like a light only moments later. He sat on his son's bed beside his wife and patted his little leg.

"Wonder where that frog is…" the little boy mumbled as his eyes began to droop.

"I'm sure he's with his Mama and Dad too, curled up in a little froggy bed with little froggy pajamas," Winry said with a soft smile, brushing through his hair with her fingers. "I bet he's already asleep, too; dreaming little froggy dreams. And I think it's time for little boys to get some rest now, okay?" James yawned and nodded, accepted the kisses his mother and father gave him, and then rolled to his side and closed his eyes just as Winry was pulling the door shut on the room he shared with his sister.

Ed put his arm around Winry as they walked back downstairs. "He's certainly your son, Ed. Right down to the little scowl he gives me when I put down a glass of milk in the morning."

Ed grinned. "He gets it honest at least." He took her hand and pulled her to a stop in the kitchen doorway, his eyes holding hers as he wondered how to ask her…

"Ed," she said with a questioning lilt to her voice, "…how would you feel about one more?"

Ed gave her a look of surprise. Chuckling, he said, "I don't believe it, that's exactly what I was just going to ask you!" She gave him a doubting frown. "No, really! I mean," he took her hands and squeezed them, "ever since James was born, I just feel complete, like I did before I lost everything. The both of them make me so happy, and it's not like we don't have the space or the money for one more…" He watched as a genuine smile grew on her perfect lips, and he captured them before she could find some reason to remove all that happiness from her face. They kissed slowly there in between the mudroom and the kitchen, arms tight around each other. When they broke for air, Winry rested her head on his chest as he tucked her under his chin.

"I'll take that as a yes then," she said quietly as his hand dragged up and down her back.

With a final squeeze and a kiss to the crown of her head, he said, "Guess we better get started then."

"Yep," and she tilted her head back for another kiss.

 

Comments

[seatbeltdrivein.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor Mei, traumatized by Envy ;)

Very cute! I love the little looks at their lives after the series. ^^

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

I like post canon moments where Ed's completely free from everything that haunted him. Almost like he forgets his past so he can just live in the moment, savor the time with his family (whether it's with Winry, Roy, whoever...)

Glad you like :D

[dreamer1789.livejournal.com]

^__^ This is adorable.