A/N: So sorry for such a long wait (not that many people seem to be reading this anyway...)! I really have been distracted by both internal and external laptop issues, writer's block, and my usual reading and watching a million things at once (I have over 70-80-some Internet tabs open right now, maybe more)! XP

Definition: In Quiet, 'biergarten' is the German word I found for 'bar/pub.' There were others, but I figured that'd be the easiest to identify at a glance.

Quiet

They're at the biergarten with the guys one evening when an excited Edward Elric suddenly cuts himself off mid-story and rests his arms on the bar with utmost care, hangs his head to close his eyes and smile on a bittersweet note—and Alfons knows to tell the rest of the tale from here, for Ed has been reminded of his precious little brother.

Quirks

If there is anything at all that Ed finds peculiar about his younger sibling, it's the fact that he can go for hours without saying a single word.

Question

There is only one question to start all of this: "Are you with me?"

Quarrel

Edward fights so hard for the Slicer brothers, but all for naught; and when Laboratory Five is reduced to rubble, the sole thing the elder Elric cares to keep close is his prayer that he and Al will never be as desperate and empty as they were.

Quitting

Whenever Havoc considers quitting his physical therapy and accepting the honorable discharge, all he has to do is think on Edward's smile when he visits, on Alphonse's flesh body, on the brothers' fight for each other over the last five years, and he finds the strength to keep going.

A/N: Thanks so much for reading, as always!