Uh, what just happened? Roy looked at the two bodies lying on the ground, obviously unconscious. When he looked to Havoc with a surprised look on his face, he couldn't believe what he saw.

Jean Havoc was just standing there; completely still, gawking with his mouth open and his eyes wide, a look of complete disbelief.

Ever so slowly, with that strange look still on his face, he looked his superior dead in the eye and said very slowly, "That, was the cutest thing, that I had ever seen."

Roy didn't know exactly how to respond to that. All of a sudden he heard some giggling and looked over to see Elysia looking up at him. "Little big brother is really cute!" she squealed in delight.

"Yeah. Got that right." Havoc replied. He still looked really weird, as if he had seen some kind of ghost or something.

Suddenly, his expression turned into a slight smile as he looked at Edward, who had been forgotten while still in Roy's arms.

"Well, look at that. The chief's sleeping."

"What?" Mustang moved Edward around to a position where he would be able to look at his face, and sure enough his eyes were closed shut and he was steadily breathing, looking totally relaxed and not in any way embarrassed or upset about being in the colonel's arms.

"Huh," was all that the alchemist could really say. He had to admit, the boy looked rather cute when he was sleeping and a lot more like the child he was. He just didn't think that he would fall asleep in his arms; apparently he was more tired from the mission than Roy had perceived.

"How about you bring him back inside? Seems like a shame to wake him with how peaceful he looks right now," Havoc told him, starting to make his way towards the doors.

Not really knowing any other options, Roy silently agreed. To try to make it more comfortable for the both of them, he switched Ed around in his arms so he was holding him bride-style, his signature red cloak draped around his frame.

The colonel couldn't believe how light he was. Even with the added weight of the automail limbs, he was still very easy to carry.

Havoc helped by opening the door for him, letting him pass through before quickly passing him to be in lead so that he could open the door to the office for him also, Elysia tagging along right beside him.

When they did enter the office, there was quite the assortment of expressions that greeted them.

Breda was just sort of shocked, while Falman's face didn't change from its usual expressionless features besides the raising of his eyebrows, which was actually pretty shocking.

Fuery awed at the spectacle of his superior carrying in the young boy from his position amongst all of his communication devices. The corner of Riza's mouth was slightly pulled up into a small smile, for she couldn't help but see it as being adorable as well. She rushed forward, ready to assist if need be.

Havoc opened the door to Roy's personal office, letting him file through. When he entered he very carefully deposited the slumbering boy onto one of the couches, trying to make him as comfortable as possible.

Then, with nothing further to do he too glanced down at the face. Strands of gold hair were strewn around it, his eyes closed and his mouth slightly open, the small sounds of his breathing could just barely be heard.

After a moment, Roy moved the strands of hair away from his face and then went over to Riza. "Please inform some staff that there are two unconscious young women out on the front lawn."

With a surprised look in her eyes as well as looks from everyone else in the room, Riza replied with a "Yes sir." Then with a thought before she left, she turned back to him and said "While I go inform them, please get back to work. Remember that you are now expected to work longer hours due to your departures, sir."

Then she walked out, but not before glancing at Edward's form before she left to tell the soon to be confused staff of some certain unconscious people outside.

Right after she left, a certain best friend of Roy's came bursting through the door and straight to Elysia, hugging her tightly and telling her how much of a precious little angel she was.

"Hughes. How did the information-gathering go?"

Maes looked up to his best friend with a large smile plastered on his face, his daughter still held tightly in his grasp, giggling at her funny daddy.

"Roy! Good to see you! There was nothing really interesting about it, just a small break-in. By the way, did I show you my new collection of photographs?"

"Yes Hughes, you showed me this mor-

He was cutoff by a picture of Elysia playing in a sandbox getting pushed into his line of sight.

"Doesn't she look adorable!? You should have seen the sand castle she made! She could be quite the architect when she grows up, even though I'm not going to let her grow up too much anytime soon but still!"

Roy sighed in defeat, and just resigned himself to trying to tune out his friend's rambling. He looked back over to Edward, who had now turned over onto his side, facing away from the couch with his head resting on the arm of it. His legs were curled up and his arms were tucked against his chest, his hands relaxed.

Hughes noticed how his friend wasn't paying attention and was about to yell at him for it, but then he saw the direction that he was looking in. He too looked that way and saw Ed, all curled up and sleeping on the couch. He had been so intent on reaching his little girl that he hadn't noticed him there.

Now he had a knowing smile on his face as he observed the way that his best friend was looking at the kid. Being the father that he was, he had a pretty good idea about how Roy was feeling as he looked at the sleeping form.

Unexpectedly, Roy spoke up. "I just wonder what kind of face he made that made those women fall unconscious."

"He made people fall unconscious by making a face? How did that even start?" Fuery asked, everyone else looking to the colonel as well for some answers.

"Uh well, Havoc and I were sort of having a competition…" Mustang was a bit hesitant to continue. After all, saying something like him having a cuteness competition against Havoc was something that would probably lower his self-esteem considerably.

So he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that Jean continued for him.

"The colonel here was trying to get the attention from the two beautiful ladies that I had been talking to by challenging me to a cuteness competition," Havoc said, about to light a cigar but stopped when Hughes gave him a death-glare, gesturing to his little girl. Guiltily, Havoc put it away.

As to the reactions from what he had said, everyone just gave exclamations of surprise and shock. Then, they busted out laughing. Even Falman started to chuckle.

Roy covered his face with a hand, which was now turning a light shade of red.

"Anyway," Havoc continued, "Elysia and I were first and we were pretty adorable together." This was met with a look from Hughes and a giggle from the mentioned girl, who was remembering the tickle treatment she had gotten earlier.

"Then, it was the boss's turn and somehow he had dragged the chief into it." There were mixtures of disbelief and humor on everyone's faces as they looked at the sleeping kid. "So there Mustang was, carrying chief up to us like he was a little puppy and then all of a sudden, he made the most adorable face that I had ever seen in my life. I bet that I'll never see one as cute as it for the rest of it, I'm almost positive that I won't."

"Really?" Breda said, still in disbelief that this event had occurred.

"Well, he probably could look really cute if he chose to or was trying," Fuery said with a smile.

"I don't know how to respond to that," was the only thing Falman seemed to be able to say.

"Wow. Now I really wish that I could have seen it, if you're going to say things like that." Mustang said, his eyebrows rose a bit because of how Havoc had described Fullmetal. Apparently, it was really cute.

"Luckily for all of you, I can show you what he looked like." Because, unknown to everyone up until now, Hughes himself had seen Edward when he had made the face.

If he wasn't a father, then he himself would also have said that it was the cutest sight that he had ever seen. He had just been arriving from the mission that he had gone on when he had seen the little competition taking place right to the side of headquarters. Because of the fact that he always had his camera with him and that he had special senses that told him when a good photo was about to take place in front of him, he quickly took it out and got ready.

Right as Roy and Edward made their faces, click went his camera and one of the best pictures that he had ever taken was produced.

He thought that now would be a good time to show it and tell of its existence, taking it out of his pocket with the faces of everyone around him being of complete curiosity.

Hughes thought it only best to show it to all of the subordinates first, to increase the suspense for everyone's favorite colonel.

As everyone saw it, it received different reactions. Breda's eyes widened and he smiled. When it was given to Fuery, he awed and his eyes twinkled as they stared at the photo. When it was in Falman's grasp, he appeared to have to take a double-take at it. Then he too smiled.

Right at that moment, Riza walked back in after having to have a pretty wild discussion with the staff personal who had rushed outside to see the just waking women, who looked very dazed and befuddled about how they had ended up on the ground.

She was given a quick summary of what had happened, and she looked to her superior officer with a strange look that told him of how immature he truly was.

Then she was given the photo and her expression was priceless. It almost looked motherly, how she looked at the occupants of the photo with a small smile.

"That is quite the photo," she said as she gently gave it back to Maes.

Then at last, it was the colonel's turn to see. He was now very curious, and the suspense of what the photo looked like was starting to make him annoyed as it passed between the hands of his subordinates.

When it was given to him, he gave a slight gasp of surprise.

There he was, with a smile on his face and his eyes twinkling with what looked like pure joy. But, then there was Edward.

His head was tilted slightly to the side, his arms dangling down over Roy's that had been intertwined around his upper torso and his legs were curled up, making him look even smaller than he was.

He had the most adorable expression on his face that Roy Mustang had ever seen. Ed's eyes were scrunched close and his mouth was wide open in a toothless smile, making him look like an adorable little boy who had absolutely no troubles in the world.

The colonel couldn't take his eyes off of it. He just kept on staring. Finally, with more strength then he thought should have been necessary, he tore his face away from it only for his eyes to rest on the boy himself, the main part of the exceptional photo.

Ed was still snoozing on, completely oblivious to everything around him and of how everyone in the room was now looking at him smiling.

"Roy, how about you keep the photo. It should be yours, saying that your in it." Hughes told his friend.

Roy simply nodded, and tucked the precious object into the safety of his pocket.

"Hey boss, where's Al? Wouldn't it be a good idea to let him know that his brother is sleeping away down here?" Havoc said, now wondering where the empty suit of armor was because of how unusual it was for the brothers to be separated from each other.

"Yeah, I saw him heading towards the dormitories earlier. I'll give him a call." Roy quickly dialed the number and he only had to wait for a second before the phone on the other end was picked up.

"Hello?"

"Alphonse, this is Mustang."

"Oh, Colonel! Is brother with you? He said that he would just be in and out to turn his report in, but he hasn't come back to our room yet." Al's voice was distinctly worried; Roy could tell that he was getting concerned.

"Don't worry Alphonse, your brother is here. He's currently sleeping on one of the couches in my office."

He could hear a sigh from the other end. Apparently, Alphonse was sort of expecting for something like this to happen.

"Okay, I'll come over and pick him up."

When the colonel looked back and saw how peaceful Fullmetal looked sleeping on the couch, he quickly made a decision. "That won't be necessary. He's alright sleeping here; I need to work later then usual anyway tonight. When he wakes up, I'll give him a ride up the dorms."

Al was a little surprised about this. "Oh, okay. I guess that I'll see you later then."

"I'll take good care him Alphonse." Roy was a bit shocked to hear himself say something like that. Then, he thought he heard a chuckle from the phone.

"I know," Alphonse responded. If the armor was able to make expressions, than Roy could have sworn that he sounded like he was smiling. For what reason, he didn't know.

Like many others, Alphonse saw the relationship that his older brother and the colonel had, even if they themselves didn't. He knew that the colonel would make sure that his brother was safe, so he knew that he didn't need to worry. Though, that didn't mean he wouldn't.

"Bye Colonel, see you soon."

"Bye Alphonse." Roy hung up, and from a look from his lieutenant, got back to work.

As the hours began to pass and the sky darkened, his subordinates slowly began to get up and leave for home. When finally Riza herself got up, bidding Mustang farewell and warning him about what would happen if there was still paperwork on his desk when she returned tomorrow, she placed a hand on the top of Ed's head for a moment, told him a sweet goodnight, and then left.

Roy's eyes were starting to get heavier and heavier each passing minute, until he could barely even hold his head up. Much less write his signature repeatedly.

It began to get colder as the evening progressed, and he heard a small grunt of distress. He looked up and saw Edward shivering, his arms wrapped tightly around himself trying to preserve the warmth that he still had.

Slowly, the black-haired man got up and draped his blue jacket over the boy. Instantly the blonde settled back down, going right back to sleep as he unconsciously clutched at the fabric. Roy smiled at the sight.

Roy thought it wouldn't be too bad if he just rested his eyes for a moment, so he sat on the couch and rested his head against the back. However, almost immediately he drifted off to sleep.

The others found them like that in the morning. Only, Ed's head was resting on Roy's lap and he was curled up by his side. One of the colonel's hands had found its way to the boy's head, intertwined in the golden strands.

Not wanting to wake them up, everyone got to work as quietly as they could. Riza decided that she would let the Colonel off the hook just this once. However, if such a thing were to occur again than it would almost positively end in the same way, with her not minding and simply enjoying the adorable sight.

I hope you enjoyed this short little story!