It goes
without saying you’re meaning EdWin :3 What a lovely quote (and very The O.C.,
idk if you’ve ever seen that show but I will never forget the moment when
Summer asks Marissa if she misses Ryan. Man I so hate that that ship was
ruined. Mrr.)

Anyway,
here’s a little post!Promised Day thingy, from the time Ed is traveling in Creta
(I was considering making it about the time before the Promised Day when Ed is hiding
in the Rockbell house with team Greed but then I thought that Ed wasn’t ready
to admit such things yet during that time)

Words: 1016

Genre: fluff

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“Mr. Elric,
you got a letter.”

A Cretan
named Silas handed Ed an envelope with the stamp indicating that it had been
sent from Amestris. It didn’t take Ed long to recognize the neat handwriting, so
different from his own. When he opened the envelope, a letter and a photo of
his wonderful fiancée hanging out with her friends from Rush Valley fell on the
table in front of him.

Ed studied the
picture for a moment, noting that Winry looked happier than she had looked in a
long, long while. At first a tiny bit of jealousy hit him because the selfish
part of him wished that she was missing him. Then he mentally smacked himself
because he was the one who had decided to travel into another country, so it
was his own fault he couldn’t be with her right now.

A sudden
thought occurred to Ed when he was looking at the picture: maybe it wouldn’t be
such a bad idea to suggest Winry they move to Rush Valley permanently after their
wedding. But only if she’d build him a heatproof automail. And kept those creepers who tried to take his clothes off away from
him. Either way, he could see she was really enjoying herself in the Mecca of
Automail, and he knew she had already gained the trust and respect of the local
automail patients, meaning she would have a steady income if they stayed there.

Moving on
from the photo, Ed turned his attention to the letter and started reading it.

“Dear Ed,

I hope
things are going well in Creta! And I hope you haven’t gotten into too much
trouble with Mr. Silas’ family. Al called me the other day and told me all about
the motorbike incident. You know, you could have told me about that yourself, it’s
way better to hear it from you than from someone else.”

Ed snorted,
imagining the wrench he’d get to his head if he told her face-to-face that he
had managed to thrash half of someone else’s garden with a motorbike. It wasn’t
his fault, though, he had wanted to make a tune-up to an old motorbike someone
had wanted to sell for a cheap price with his own hands, but it turned out his
so called ‘tune-up’ made the bike uncontrollable. That, and Ed wasn’t exactly a
master of riding it. He hadn’t even planned to use it himself; he had wanted to
ship it to Amestris and give as a wedding gift to Winry. Her face would be
worth seeing, he was certain of it… But unfortunately, now the bike needed a
bit more than a small tune-up to be presentable again. Ed also hoped Al hadn’t
slipped anything about the gift part to Winry.

Shaking his
head, he continued reading.

“I’ve now spent
two months here in Rush Valley, and things couldn’t be better. Garfiel says I’m
almost done with my apprenticeship, which means I’m ready to open my own
automail shop soon! I can’t believe it. It’s something I’ve been dreaming of
doing ever since I was like 10, but now that it’s all actually happening, it
feels kinda… surreal. Of course I’ve been doing most of the work at my Granny’s
workshop for several years now, but this is different, this shop is going to be
mine, and I’ve earned it with all the
hard work I’ve done.

Speaking of
which… I know we have a lot of things to talk about when you get back, but I was
wondering how you’d feel about moving to Rush Valley after our wedding? I know
it’s not your favorite place, but… it’s the best place to start an automail shop,
and I also happened to hear there is demand for an alchemy teacher here. You
have some information the students here could surely benefit from. You don’t
have to make the decision right away, just please, consider it. I would make it up to you by building you
an automail fitted for the Rush Valley climate… And maybe some other ways
too, but let’s discuss that once you get back. What I have in my mind is way
easier to do when we’re in the same space.”

Ed felt his
face heat dangerously as he read that part. Did she really… did she really just
write that she wanted to take their relationship to that level? Oh man, he’d need to take a cold shower once he
finished the letter. Also, it was funny how he had already been considering Winry’s
offer even before she had brought it up… Perhaps great minds really did think
alike.

“Pan claims
I talk about you too much. Maybe she’s right, but the truth is that I miss you.
I even miss our bickering, because who else would I bicker with when you’re
away? These guys here don’t put up nearly as good a fight as you do.

Take care of
yourself and remember to take care of your automail too! The Truth knows I will
know if you haven’t done that.

Love,

Winry”

“Is that a
smile I see?” Silas asked when Ed folded the letter and put it back into the
envelope. “It was a lot of fun to watch your expressions while you were
reading.”

“Shut up.”

“Do you
miss that girl?”

“What girl?”
Ed pretended to be dumb.

“I can
read, Elric. So, do you miss her?”

“All the
time,” slipped out of Ed’s mouth before he had time to stop himself. Oh great, he
thought, now even Silas knew.

“Aww. When
you came here, I didn’t think a tough guy like you would have a girlfriend, but
clearly I was wrong. That’s so cute.”

Ed growled
and grunted a couple of swear words under his breath but managed to stop himself
from saying more because he really needed this place to stay… And besides, he
had already done enough damage with the motorbike.

Instead of
starting a fight, he climbed into his room and read the letter again, already
imagining how great it would to return home.