EdWin library AU

winryofresembool:

A/N: As some of you know, I’m studying to become a librarian, so that means libraries are pretty close to my heart. Add that to my other passion, EdWin, and we get an AU that definitely inspires me. I currently have no idea what will come of this, it may or may not be continued (fair warning, if I’m gonna continue it, it won’t happen until I’ve finished my ice skating au because one au is enough to deal with at once), but a lot depends on your feedback. Let me know what you think, and we’ll see what happens! @edxwin-elric we already talked about a library AU so I’m tagging you here, in case you feel inspired to continue this with me!

Words: 1000ish

Genre: ? (gen/romance for now)

Warnings: none

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Winry
Rockbell, who was working at a library to earn some money for her mechanics
studies, was very ready to go home.

That day
had been one of the busiest that month, with people who were starting their
vacations coming to return their books and also trying to find some holiday
reading. The young library assistant had had to deal with several annoying
customers, including one refusing to pay her fees because she claimed she had
returned the DVD:s she had borrowed even though that wasn’t the case. After
Winry had checked half the library to see if the DVD:s had simply been
misplaced in the shelf, she had finally given up and said they would continue
to look for them, allowing the woman to leave without paying the fees.

Unfortunately,
that wasn’t the only mishap that day. Another customer needed some information on
a topic no one working at the library had ever even heard of, and he wanted a
book about it as soon as possible. It took Winry an entire hour to track one
down from a library on the other side of the country. And just when she thought
the rest of the day would be calmer, the only self-service lending machine in
the library decided to get a bug, and she had to direct the customers towards
the already long queue to the circulation desk. The customers naturally hated waiting,
not afraid to show it when poor Winry tried to serve them with her best skills.

And now,
the clock told her it was exactly 8 PM, time to close the library, and this guy in
the reading corner showed absolutely no sign of leaving! Didn’t he get Winry
wanted to just get home and sleep for 24 hours? She wouldn’t let him just sit
there, so hands on her hips, she marched to his reading spot and patted him on
the shoulder. Since she was tired and frustrated, she didn’t care about what
came out of her mouth.

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