Pinkie here! Fic #2 here ;3 AU, EdxWinry (of coarse)

Summary: What happens when a blonde-haired stranger appears at the Rockbells house, needing automail and a place to stay?

Disclaimer: I don't own FullMetal Alchemist. I'm only writing this disclaimer in the first chapter (I would think by now people would realize you wouldn't be writing fictions if you owned the show) so don't sue me

Edit- Got rid of all those "br" thing X3

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Winry Rockbell, a young automail engineer, yawned, wiping a bead of sweat from her brow, wiping her blonde hair along with it. This random guy had just stormed into her shop, demanded that she finished this automail piece, and she had less then 2 days to do it. She clenched her teeth as the guy complained beside her.

"Isn't it done yet?" He drawled, slinking into the room. He had brown hair and a scruffy looking mustache. Winry was generally confused; he didn't even HAVE a prosthetic limb. But he offered her a lot of money, so prosthetic limb or not, she couldn't refuse his offer.

"Almost" she replied, tightly. This guy sure knew how to get on her nerves. How did he expect her to make a brand new automail from scratch in less then three days? And she didn't even see how he could use it, anyway. Why would someone without a prosthetic limb WANT one? When she had tried to ask him about this, he just snorted and said "I have the money you want, why are you asking me all these damn questions?" Winry sighed. She had very little sleep last night, and now he wouldn't even let her break to get water. One meal a day and bathroom breaks. She thought bitterly that he must have been a slave driver in his past life.

"Done" She sighed with relief, smiling. He looked it over, raised his lip to it, but paid and left anyway. To which Winry was very glad. She was getting overworked, and she took the break as a nice excuse to plop down exhausted on the couch. Sense her grandmother, Pinako Rockbell, had died, Winry was having more and more pressure set on her. She had to man the shop by herself, and take care of herself and Den without any help at all. She was only 19, and yet, so much responsibility was placed on her already.

Groaning, she realized she was really hungry. As much as she just wanted to sit and lay down, relax and take a nap, her growling stomach protested angrily. Making herself a sandwich, she heard the tinkle of the bell, a sign that someone was coming in. "God damn it…" She muttered angrily. She just wanted to relax. She turned to the door, ready to yell at who ever entered that she was just about to close, but stopped straight in her tracks.

She couldn't help herself, her jaw dropped. He was gorgeous . Pure, gorgeous. He had long blonde hair, which he had pulled into a ponytail, except for his bangs, which were framed around his face. He was wearing a black shirt, with a black coat, and then another, red this time, coat on top of that one. She gaped. He was even wearing gloves! How could he not be sweltering under all that? She looked at her belly/tube top and short skirt, and she was still hot. He smirked at her.

"You'll catch flies doing that" He said, amused. Winry blushed crimson, and hurriedly shut her mouth.

"Er, I'm so sorry… I just, well, I was just wondering… aren't you hot in all that?" she cursed herself under her breath. She was stuttering and acting stupid. He must think her ditzy already.

"Nah, I'm used to it." He shrugged, smiling still, "I'm Edward Elric, what's your name?"

Winry cleared her throat, still red in the face. "I'm, um, Winry Rockbell. Nice to meet you" He smiled, and looked around. Winry suddenly got embarrassed, she hadn't cleaned for awhile, and in so, the house was rather messy.

"Do you live here alone?" He asked, in a semi-concerned voice. Winry nodded sullenly. "My grandmother just recently died…" She said in a quiet voice. She could've slapped herself. Why did she have to say that? And in front of a perfect stranger, no less! He didn't need to know about her private business! She held back growling at herself.

"I'm sorry" He said, equally as quiet as myself. I could here from his tone that he really meant it, to. That made me feel a little better, but then we lapt into an awkward silence. He cleared his throat.

"Well, er, I notice you're eating, so I could always come back later…"

Winry blushed, again. What was wrong with her? Why did she blush over every little thing this man said? "Um, no, its fine" She said softly, not really knowing why her voice was so low.

"Look, I'm sorry if the subject of your grandmother bothered you. I never meant to make you uncomfortable or upset. It wasn't my place to ask such a personal question" He was trying to make her feel better, but there wasn't really anything personal about the question 'Do you live alone?' or, maybe there was, and she just wasn't reading far enough into it.

"So, um, Mr. Elric was it?"

"Call me Edward. Mr. Elric reminds me of my father" He noted bitterly, and Winry had to hold her tongue on asking why that was a bad thing.

"Okay, Edward, you must have come here for something, is there anything you need?"

He nodded, and showed her his arm and leg. She gasped. As he took of his two coats and lifted his pant leg up, she saw that his right arm and left leg were made of automail. "The arm isn't working that well, and my leg is about two inches to short" He said the last part as if he were slightly happy. That's when Winry noticed it. Edward was fairly short, about as tall as she was herself, and if the boy looked about how old she thought he was (around her own age) he should be taller. But she kept that comment to herself.

"Okay. I'll see what I can do. Do you have a place to stay? I'm afraid I won't be able to finish this all today. I just got done with a tiring offer, and I'm slightly exhausted." He nodded kindly, but then stopped.

"Er, I don't know of any places I could stay…" Winry smiled, and walked over to the wall next to him, where a map was located. "There's an inn at the town, but it's a little far away… We also, er, have a guest bedroom if the inn is to far" She turned pink again, something Edward was bound to noticed. She cleared her throat, and turned her back towards him.

"Um, is something wrong, Winry-it's Winry, right?" She nodded, "You're acting a little strange…" She turned to look at him, and he had such a quizzical expression on his face it almost made her giggle. She suppressed a small smile.

"No, nothings wrong. Where do you want to stay? I'm afraid I would have to make you pay to stay here as much as a hotel would…"

"Then why bother the trip to town and back?" He said, smirking slightly. "If you're sure its not an intrusion or a problem, I'd be happy if you would let me stay here"

Winry nodded, and hopped to i hell /i she wasn't blushing again.

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Well, that's my first chapter! Sorry it wasn't that long xx I'll be making them longer as I go (hopefully)

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-Pinkie