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Unsettling Affairs	By : xkesshoux Category: Fullmetal Alchemist > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1906 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Each
individual chapter will have a different rating, different pairings,
different spoilers, and a different setting and timeline. Multiple
people were involved in writing this fic, I do not claim to have
written anything other than my own characters. I do however claim to
have come up with the plot, story idea, and organizing it all. The
others who write characters in this fic are well aware that I am
posting it, and contribute willingly. This fic is an ongoing project
with an unknown number of parts, with alternate storyline as of the
fifth laboratory incident. Enjoy!

Cold
Welcome Home

Rating:
PG
Pairings: Implied HavocxEd
Disclaimer: I
don't own FMA.
Spoilers: Noooooone!
Setting: Central
HQ.
Timeline: Havoc's return to Central.

"We're
at Headquarters," Lisa said softly to him.

Havoc
didn't even bother looking out the window. "Yes, I know, ma'am."
He smiled ruefully at her. "This won't be easy."

"No,
it won't," she agreed soberly, handing him his military cap.
"Neither for you or those you care about."

Swallowing
convulsively, Edward Elric walked down to the main lobby and outside,
spotting immediately the car in question.

God...he's
alive...thank god...I was so worried...

Something
didn't feel quite right, though...and Ed slowed as he approached the
car.

Lisa
opened the door, hopping out and holding it for the lieutenant. He
slid out with fluid grace, more feline than human.

Havoc
lifted his face up to the sunny sky, enchanted by how he didn't have
to squint anymore – his pupils contracted into tiny, paper-thin
slits.

After a
moment enjoying the sunshine, he settled his cap firmly over his ears
and forehead. The shade dilated his pupils back to something close to
a human's and the cap itself hid the pointed tips of his ears. He
would pull off being a human...

Oh,
damn... unless Ed told him to remove his cap... which probably
would happen...

He smiled
bitterly. He was a human for now.

Edward
grimaced slightly as the memory of the other side surfaced.

"Am...am
I dying?"

He
quickly shut off the memory upon seeing the bright blue of a military
uniform and, for just a short moment, a flash of dirty blonde before
it was covered with the same blue.

Fullmetal's
face broke into its old grin, one he'd left behind three years ago.
Three long years...turning the touchy National Alchemist into a more
somber, and believe it or not, taller, boy of nineteen.

He still
wore the familiar red coat, still the same clothes, just a bit
bigger, a bit more matured.

"Oi!
Jean!" Edward broke into a run, slowing only as he neared, to
skid to a stop in front of the Lieutenant. He straightened to
attention and gave a mock salute. "Welcome back..." The
words sounded funny coming from his mouth, or maybe it was only
because he himself had received the same treatment just days before.

Military
parade-ground rituals came back in an instant as Second Lieutenant
Havoc straightened and snapped off a salute proper of the rank of the
young man in front of him. "Major Elric. It's good to be back,
sir. And to see you again, if I may be so bold to say." He kept
his head at a slight angle so the black brim of his cap mostly
obscured his eyes.

Please,
god, don't let him tell me to take off my cap... please...

He heard
Lisa run her left hand nervously through her hair behind him.

Edward
grinned at the instinctual behavior and relaxed. "At ease,
Lieutenant..."

The
alchemist tilted his head a bit, taking a few more steps forward.
"Three years...has it really only been that long? I missed
you..." Ed rubbed the back of his head a bit absently, looking
down slightly.

Havoc
relaxed into the at-ease position, still a little tense. "Thank
you sir." His ears picked up the sound of Lisa and the other
military men backing off to give them a little privacy. He smiled a
little, not showing his teeth... which would have been a dead
giveaway to something wrong.

"It's
been a rather boring three years without you underfoot all the time."

At Ed's
approach he lowered his head a bit and tugged the brim down
unobtrusively.

Edward
blinked, noticing the uneasiness in the air. "Jean? Hey, what's
the deal huh? It might've been three years but I can still tell when
something's up...you never wear that damn hat..."

The
braided alchemist leaned down, trying to get a good look at Havoc's
face. "Come on, and quit calling me sir...it makes me feel
old..." He made a face.

"Sorry,
Ed. I'm just feeling..." He shoved his hands in his pockets,
averting his gaze away from the young man. "Hey, you got a
cigarette? Dr. Delgardie back there wouldn't let me smoke back in
Rehab."

Please,
don't ask about the hat...

"Rehab?
You get hit on the head or something? 's that why you're actually
wearing the hat this time? And why you're asking me for a cigarette,
when you know damn well I don't smoke and have no reason to keep any
on me unless I'm hiding them from you?" Ed frowned, a bit
frustrated and confused at the weird vibes he was getting.

Havoc
lifted his head to look at the young man, at a complete loss for
words. He couldn't tell what happened, not until he reported back to
Colonel Mustang... even then, he knew what would happen.

He puffed
a miserable little sigh.

Ed's eyes
softened and he took a step closer, reaching out to put his hand on
Havoc's shoulder. "Jean...what's wrong...whatever it is you know
you can tell me...I've seen a lot of things, you know...it's not like
I'm going to be scared or anything..."

The boy
managed a smile. "And for god's sake take that stupid hat off,
it doesn't suit you at all!"

Oh,
god, no, I don't want to show you... but I have to trust you,
otherwise what else is there...?

Havoc
managed a weak smile. "I'll take you at your word, kiddo."
He reached up, slipping his cap off, feeling his eyes contract in the
bright sunlight.

What...the...

Ed
detachedly noticed that he'd jerked his hand back from Havoc's
shoulder, some distant part of his mind registering that the look on
his face must have been something just short of sheer horror.

Oh
god...no...no... "No...nonono..." He was shaking his
head now in disbelief, taking a step back.

The
arrays he'd seen suddenly flashed vividly in his mind...

Oh
god...why...no...! "Y-you...y-y-you're..." Ed choked on
the words for a second. "You're not human!" He stumbled
back another few steps, shock and hurt and horror painstakingly
obvious on his face. "You're not Jean...I...I don't know you!"

Catching
himself as he tripped and fell over the hem of his coat, the blonde
alchemist scrambled to his feet, squeezing his eyes shut as hot tears
escaped them and he turned away and ran. Blindly running to wherever
this nightmare wouldn't be...this couldn't be...but it was...

Numb. No
thought but a tiny despairing wail crying, "Why didn't you let
me explain!"

Brilliant
blue-green eyes filled with tears and he could only distantly
register a young lieutenant saying,

"Sir,
we have to restrain you now and get you up to the Medical Ward."

He
didn't even notice the cold metal cuffs being put on his wrists.

Please
review, constructive criticism and questions appreciated, flames will
be deflected back at you by Roy. n.n;
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