Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Veritas Hominum ❯ Love ( Chapter 14 )

Love

 

It was her smile that really got to him; her looks of pure joy as she completed what would become someone's arm or leg, or solved a problem, or succeeded in making his favorite dessert.

 

Amid the blue prints, engineering texts and drafting paper, Edward Elric came to understand why Winry was in love with mechanics. Shortly thereafter, he also realized that he was in love with her. Had probably always been in love with her, he'd just never recognized it.

 

It had to have been gradual; one morning he woke up and he just knew, like he knew the sky was blue or the grass was green. He loved her, and that was all there was to it. It was simple and deep affection, comfortable and secure.

 

He hadn't told her, and he didn't imagine he ever would. She just knew. It was in every look, every breath, every soft touch between them. Words were unnecessary.

 

But he loved her. Loved her so much some times that he felt he would burst.

 

Sometimes at night, he would stare in wonder of the woman lying beside him, her pale hair tangling with his bright, bodies pressed tightly together and wonder how he had come to be so lucky.