Oh Please, It Was Too Easy To Find It The First Time, She Answered, Sticking Her Tongue Out At Him Defiantly.

“Oh please, it was too easy to find it the first time,” she answered, sticking her tongue out at him defiantly. “You can certainly try, but your chance of success is low,” she was cranky, and rather jealous that a book was more entertaining to her husband than she was.

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“I know where your snack stash is, and I might just re-hide and put it behind so many locks your head’ll spin,” she cooed, because Mrs.Elric wasn’t playing games today. Nope, it’s cuddle time. Right now.

Ed was no longer down to play this game. He pouted and dropped the book, “Heyyyy, that’s cheating…” he grumbled, “I’ll move them on my own so you can’t find them!”

“Do you really wanna find that out?” Mary purred, prepared to do anything to get Ed’s undivided attention. Why have his nose in that silly book when she was finally home and able to spend all the time in the world with him? He could do that when she was away on tour! Mary wanted her kisses and cuddles now dammit!

A certain tiny lady dramatically flops onto Ed’s lap, pouting up at him, dressed in her usual ‘comfy’ clothes (her husband’s shirt and a pair of knickers, we mean). “Get your nose outta that book and pay attention to me!”

Ed had been so focused on reading that when she plopped into his lap, he had to yank himself from the pages. He looked up at her from behind the book with a smirk pulling at his lips, “Yeah? Or what?”

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It was irrational, and stupid...but not to her. Yes, she hadn’t done anything to hurt herself while she was away, his trust wasn’t for nothing on that front...but the fragility of her emotions remained. Because that was what she was; fragile, sometimes too easy to upset, easy to be brought to stupid thoughts like that...

Eventually, she headed his request. Pumpkin did follow her, but sat at Ed’s feet as Mary sat down next to Ed. Not too close, not looking directly at him or speaking a word. He was right, she was stupid for thinking these things...but she appreciated how he was trying his best to keep calm, it was what lured her back over to the couch... but he’d still have to be the one to pull her close, because she was afraid of making him mad if she initiated the contact after annoying him.

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“…I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised, I probably would have picked the book over me too…” she mumbled after a few more silent minutes, her voice heavy with emotion. Mary hated herself enough as it was, enough that it didn’t take much for her warped mind to distort anything that seemed like rejection into an actual sense of rejection. After all, why pick her? Mary didn’t even realize how much it hurt Ed to know she thought he didn’t want to spend time with her, and that he was annoyed that he had to soothe her nerves and insecurity.

“Mary… Listen to what you’re saying…” Ed muttered and rubbed his head, “A bunch of papers threaded together.. you really think that thing matters more to me than you do?”

He’d put so much trust in her, not even allowing himself to believe for a second that she would try something while she was gone on tour… Because he knew she wouldn’t. He’d never worried about it for a moment, and once she was home she’d gotten all worked up over a book.

His heart ached with how much he’d tried to include her in his life while she was gone. Pictures and videos, making sure to take extra care of Pumpkin for the both of them… whatever he could do to feel better or close to her while at home alone. Of course he needed to keep himself distracted with reading and doing some work too… All of his effort felt as if it was for nothing some times though… He was offended when she’d even say those things, but he tried his best to remain calm.

“Will you come sit back down?”

Lesson learned; not the automail scars, never ask about the automail scars...but shit can Ed scream, like a fuckin’ rabid dog. One would suppose she’d know not to poke her nose into it...but considering she doesn’t even have anything that personal (because how can you when you remember nothing of your previous life, secrets and all?), there were some nuances that flew over her head these days.

“Alright, alright! Fuck, I get the picture!” Aurora regretted ever asking, simply because Ed could be absolutely headache inducing when pissed. It was a far cry from the nurturing, soothing Aurora of a few days ago...but how could one manage that when they had an enraged traveling companion to have to maybe apologize to?

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“Even if I am what’ta ya gunna do ‘bout it?” 

He really doesn’t want to talk about what she’s asking of him. It’s personal and intimate. Quite frankly it’s none of her damn business. She doesn’t have any business knowing where his automail scars came from or how he got them or if it hurt or basically any information surrounding the situation at hand.  

His hands are at his hips as he leans forward a little while he snaps at her. Golden eyes narrow into a glare to match the emotion.  

“It’s none’a yer damn business ‘rora, so why not lay off it?!”  The older (was he older?) snarls at her with a snap of his words.  “Maybe I don’t wanna talk ‘bout an’ maybe you should pull yer damn nose outta it.  It’s got nuthin’ ta do with you!” 

“...I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised, I probably would have picked the book over me too...” she mumbled after a few more silent minutes, her voice heavy with emotion. Mary hated herself enough as it was, enough that it didn’t take much for her warped mind to distort anything that seemed like rejection into an actual sense of rejection. After all, why pick her? Mary didn’t even realize how much it hurt Ed to know she thought he didn’t want to spend time with her, and that he was annoyed that he had to soothe her nerves and insecurity.

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Mary went quiet at his words, but in the silence of their home, her sniffling was plenty audible, along with the worried whines of Pumpkin as the singer clung to the corgi like a child with her most comforting teddy.

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Ed was silent for a while after he heard her sniffles, trying to figure out what he’d really done wrong… he didn’t mind reassuring her, but he never expected to have to do so over… a book or a bag of chips… 

Finally breaking the silence again, he asked, “Can’t you just talk to me, Mary?” He’d missed her a ton while she was gone… More than he could even try to explain, and it hurt to know she thought otherwise.