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"Ed! Perfect timing!"
Ed hasn't so much as had time to shut the large doors behind him as he enters the outer office, wide eyes looking around to find four sets of eyes staring at him. "Uh, hey guys… what's—uh—what's up?"
Breda motions for Ed to join their little not-so-subtle huddle over Kain's desk. "Didya hear the Chief's got a new girlfriend?"
Ed blinks. "Uh, nope. Can't say I keep up with the military rumor mill so much anymore, though."
"I heard some of the ladies talkin' about it down at the canteen yesterday. You know how they get when the Chief's seen out and about with some new pretty little thing on his arm." Jean sighs and rests his head on his arms. "Anyway, heard she's a blonde."
Ed hums in acknowledgement as he hops up onto one of the empty desks. "That so? Weren't you the one who said that was a crucial element in Mustang's type?"
"Yeah! So, like, that part's not real surprising. The surprising bit is that he's been seen out with the same chick multiple times!" Jean exclaims, the toothpick dangling on the edge of his mouth coming close to stabbing him in the lip more than once.
Fuery doesn't look up from the mess of wires he's currently trying to detangle. "I agree that it is kind of odd. The General's never been seen with the same girl more than twice in all the years I've been on the team. Especially not without seeing any others in between. But from what I've heard, there have only been sightings of the General with this same mystery woman for months now."
"What do you think, Ed? You think someone actually got the Chief to settle down?" Jean's waggling his eyebrows now and it's all Ed can do to not burst out into laughter.
"Yes, Edward. What do you think?" Roy's standing against the door frame of the inner office, arms crossed and amusement twinkling in his eyes.
Ed tilts his head to the side, leaning back on his hands casually. "Well, I mean, there's just not much for me to go on with this, y'know? The only detail we've got is some blond hair. There are a lot of blonds in Central. Even more if you factor in all of Amestris and beyond. Kinda hard to form a good hypothesis on so little evidence."
Roy nods, running a hand over his chin in thought. "That is a very good point. I suppose I could be so kind as to divulge some more information. Seeing as this has been causing quite the disturbance in work flow."
Ed hears Riza give a long-suffering sigh from her desk and he bites the inside of his cheek to keep the grin off of his face. Jean and Breda are both sitting up straighter with barely held back excitement on their faces. Ed can't help thinking that if they had tails, they would be wagging at the prospect of actually getting details into Roy's love life.
"That would be very helpful, Sir." The unspoken promise of bodily harm if this continues on much longer is clear as day in Riza's voice.
"My apologies, Captain. Let's wrap this up quickly, shall we?" Roy voices as he pushes away from the door frame and takes the four long strides towards Ed whose eyes never leave Roy's.
He fails to hold back a soft smile as Roy stands in front of him. As soon as he's settled between Ed's legs, Roy reaches up to cup Ed's face in both hands, thumbs running along his warming skin and smiles that happy little crooked smile that's reserved only for him before leaning in to press their lips together. Ed scoots forward more to drape his arms over Roy's shoulders and properly return the kiss with a pleased little hum against Roy's lips.
The sputtering sounds of surprise from the team are incredibly satisfying as Ed pulls away with a shit-eating grin on his face, resting his forehead against Roy's and turning his head to wink at the onlookers. Jean is sitting with his mouth wide open, toothpick long gone probably to never be found again on the floor somewhere. Kain's eyes are wide and there's a blush on his cheeks and as Ed makes eye contact with him, he quickly averts his gaze back down to his tangled wires. Breda had fallen off the edge of Jean's desk and is now sitting on the floor staring up at the pair with unconcealed shock on his face. Falman's small smile is the only thing giving away that he was in fact paying attention and not just focusing on his work. As always, Riza is the only one truly unphased. Ed has no doubt in his mind that she's known about their relationship from the get-go. She does, however, have a look in her eyes that suggest she's happy about it.
"Well? Does that answer all of your burning questions, men?" Roy's got an equally smug grin on his face as he runs his fingers through Ed's ponytail.
"Wait, wait, wait. For how long?" Jean exclaims once he gets a grasp on his words again.
Ed looks back into those fathomless eyes and nudges his nose against Roy's a few times as he hums in thought. "Well, Roy wanted to wait to make it official until the day I came back from Creta. So… coming up on a year here soon."
Jean lets out an indignant screech. "A year?! Damn, Boss. You really can keep a secret when you want to."
"We weren't exactly hiding it. Just not really advertising it, y'know?" Ed shrugs, fingers running up and down the sides of Roy's neck and into the hairs on his nape. "It was something just for us. Honestly, it's more surprising that y'all hadn't figured it out until now with how close we all are. Well, except for Riza, of course."
Roy nods, pressing a kiss to Ed's forehead before regrettably taking a step back to untangle from his boyfriend. But before Ed can miss the contact too much, Roy's fingers trail down to take Ed's hand in his and tug him up. "I am curious, Captain. When did you figure it out? Because we all know it wasn't just now."
Riza hums, eyes trained on the paperwork in front of her. "Hm. Sometime within the first two weeks, Sir."
Jean sputters again, turning to face Riza and going off on a rant about how unfair it is that she knew but didn't tell them and let them go around cluelessly making fools of themselves for so long. Ed chuckles and follows along happily as Roy leads him by the hand towards the inner office. Riza's gaze flickers meaningfully up at them and Roy nods in understanding while Ed just beams at her. She rolls her eyes, but Ed can see her fighting off a smile before she sighs and goes back to yelling at the boys to settle down and get back to work.