Ed wasn’t sure whether the adorable snort that escaped through her nose made him feel happy or positively mortified. On the one hand, she looked like an absolute angel and the undignified noise just made her all the more endearing to him. On the other hand…this wasn’t really the time to be laughing.
Ed’s hands fidgeted from where they were stiffly placed on her hips, steadying her position straddling his lap. She had her own hands braced against his shoulders, hunched over trying to contain her giggles. All of a sudden, the overwhelming nature of what they were about to do (supposed to do now that they were freshly minted husband and wife) became a bit too much, and that combined with Winry’s incessant giggles and snorts made the scowl quickly appear on Ed’s face.
“What’s so funny?” he managed to get out, his eyes finding a place on the wall of her (their) bedroom.
Winry sat up a bit straighter, unknowingly putting even more pressure against his lap, which did nothing to diffuse the situation at hand. If anything, it made it ten times worse. She put a hand to her mouth to muffle her giggles and replied, “N-nothing, I promise. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to laugh…it’s just…this is all kind of ridiculous when you think about it.”
He certainly felt ridiculous. Wasn’t this supposed to be some kind of magical experience? Giving themselves to each other on their wedding night. Love-making and all that shit Ed didn’t really buy into.
“Y-yeah, I guess so. But you laughing isn’t really helping,” he mumbled out, still frightfully embarrassed.
“I promise I’m not laughing at you, Ed. Don’t you think it’s kind of funny too?”
“Y-yeah…kind of. But we’re not supposed to be laughing, we’re supposed to be doing…other things.”
Ed suddenly felt her hand on his cheek move his head so that he was forced to look into her eyes…her gorgeous, swimmingly cerulean eyes.
“We don’t always do what we’re supposed to. This is going to be awkward for both of us…that much I can tell, but it doesn’t have to be super serious.”
“Then what’s your solution?” he asked, his voice a touch breathless at the look in her eyes and the smile gracing her face.
“This,” she responded before leaning down and meeting his lips with her own. Her hands wove around his neck and before he could even stop himself, his were relaxing against her hips. They started out slow and a touch sensual as they got used to this foreign new territory that had been opened up to them.
Suddenly, another giggle escaped her mouth, even as it rested against his, and despite everything…all the embarrassment, the nerves, the fumbling hands…he couldn’t help but laugh as well. They stayed like that for a while, kissing in between giggles before things started to pick up and they finally got to be together in this weird, incredibly awesome new way.
Ed and Winry could certainly get used to married life.
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