Family Dynamics

Author: MoonStarDutchess

Part 4: Conclusion

Disclaimer: I claim no ownership to Fullmetal Alchemist and gain no profit from this fanfiction but I do own my plot and OC's if any. Any resemblance of the OC's to anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Note: The kids bad grammar is intentional.

Conclusion

When Riza and Maes got home, they hung up their coats and made their way into the living room. They saw that Roy and Maeve were working on the transmutation circle puzzle they'd started a few days prior.

"We are home!" Maes said proudly, announcing the obvious.

Maeve rushed up to hug her mom, and then hugged her brother. "I'm glad you are home," she said to him.

"I'm glad to be home!" he said, happily.

Roy stood and looked at his kids oddly before looking at Riza who also had no clue why her children were so happy to see each other.

"What are you two up to?" Roy asked, as he walked over to stand next to his wife.

"Nothing," they both said. They shot their parents a smile that they thought made them look innocent when really it did quite the opposite.

"You two, that smile doesn't work," Riza said, placing her hands on her hips.

The twins looked at each other then back at their parents. "We just want to play!" Maes said.

"Yeah! We are going to go play now!" Maeve said quickly, grabbing her brother's hand and rushing out of the room. Roy and Riza stayed silent and listened as their twins' footsteps thumping on the stairs as they ascended them quickly.

"Ouch! I hit my head!" they heard Maes yelp.

"You took after daddy's hard head. You'll live!" Maeve said, and then all was silent in the Mustang household.

After a full minute of no noise at all, Riza spoke, "Maes may have gotten your hard head but Maeve certainly got your smart-ass attitude."

"You sure she didn't inherit a bit of that from your side of the family? Your father was a smart ass and you weren't exactly Miss sunshine, lollipops, and kindness when you were younger either.

"Okay, so maybe there's a mixture then. Am I hard headed?"

"Is Edward short?"

"Very funny," she muttered.

"You took after your dad with your hard head," he said. "I guess that's why we match so well. Only we can put up with each other."

Riza laughed as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her gently. She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. "That's true. Plus, I'm the only one that can tolerate your lazy streak. I wonder if your parents were lazy sometimes."

Roy frowned. "Who cares about them?" he muttered. Roy pulled Riza tighter against him. "Speaking of family, Maeve asked me about her grandparents to day. Her blood relation grandparents."

Riza lifted her head so that she could stare into his eyes. "That's strange, Maes asked me about them today as well."

"Is that so?" Roy said, his tone indicative that he was holding quite a bit of suspicion about the two separate incidences.

Riza laughed. "There's no way that's a mere coincidence you know."

"Yeah," he said, and then let out a loud chuckle. "We have some smart kids."

"But why do they want to know about their grandparents? They have my grandfather and will have Christmas when we go to visit her next month."

"One way to find out," Roy said, taking her hand.

"I guess we should ask them," Riza said.

Roy huffed, "Ask? I was talking about spying on them."

Roy and Riza slowly made their way up the stairs and down the hall to their children's playroom. Maes and Maeve were sitting atop one of the tables, their backs toward the door.

"That's all mama told you?" Maeve questioned

"Yep, that's it."

Roy and Riza cursed getting there too late. Though it wasn't good to spy on their children, sometimes it was the easiest and most effective way to get the entire truth out of them.

"And daddy told you that his parents didn't want him so he gave him to Thanksgiving?"

Roy's right eyebrow arched and Riza had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing.

"You mean Christmas," Maeve said. "Grandma Christmas."

"So daddy's parents didn't want him, mommy's dad was mean to her most of the times and that's why we don't have four grandparents like Lily does."

"Ah, so that's it," Roy whispered.

"It's so simple, let's go now," Riza said, feeling slightly guilty over spying on her children.

"Papa and Mama weren't loved enough so we have to love them lots," Maeve said. "Just like we said we'd love mama extra when that slut told us that papa was going to leave mama and us."

Roy and Riza chuckled quietly and turned to leave when Maes' next words caused them to freeze in their steps.

Maes looked down at the floor, gazing at his black sneakers. "Um…what if daddy and mommy want to leave us?"

"They wouldn't do that!" Maeve said.

"What if we be mean and they decide they don't want us anymore and they send us away?"

"You know we were good until you said that," Maeve sniffed.

"I don't want to leave mommy and daddy. I love mommy and daddy!" Maes said. "I don't want to be mean and have them send us away." Tears began streaming down his cheeks.

"Me…either," Maeve hiccupped.

Roy and Riza turned toward the door and walked into the room.

"Babies, we would never give you away," Riza said.

The two kids turned to them, their little faces stained with tears and their cheeks turning red.

"Mommy! Daddy!" they said, running to Riza and Roy who scooped down to pick up the children.

Maeve hugged her mom while Maes had a choke hold onto his dad's neck.

"We would never give you away. Granted we don't want you to be mean, but we love you no matter how you act." The kids pulled away from the hugs, and sniffed. "Promise?" they both asked.

"We promise," Riza said.

Roy patted Maeve on the head. "I told you earlier today that I love being your papa didn't I?"

"Mine too?" Maes asked.

"Yes," Roy said.

"I told you today Maes that I love being a mama to you and Maeve remember?"

"Oh yeah," he said.

"So no more talking about us giving you away. Okay?" Riza smiled at her children who beamed their tooth grins at her.

"Okay!" they both said.

"I believe its nap time for you two," Riza said. "Go to your rooms and get changed. We'll be there to tuck you in as soon as you are in bed."

"Awww, do we have to take a nap?" they both asked at the exact same time as Roy and Riza put them back on their feet. As soon as their feet hit the ground both children yawned.

"Yes," Riza said, "Go on."

"Okay," they said and left the room.

Twenty minutes later, the two children were nestled in their beds, taking their naps. Roy and Riza shut the door to their bedrooms and made their way downstairs.

"We have amazing children Roy," she said, as they settled in on the couch, snuggling close to each other.

"Yes we do. They take after their mother in that," he said.

Riza turned so that she could look up into his face. "They get a lot from their father in that too. Don't try to deny it."

"If you say so," he said.

Riza snuggled her head against his chest and closed her eyes.

"I'm glad you are my wife."

This statement caused her to sit up straight and look at him with an amused grin.

"What brought that on?"

"I thought you should know," he said.

Riza smiled, leaned up, and kissed him. Soon she pulled away, stood, grabbed his hand and led him up to their bedroom.

After locking the door, she pushed him on the bed and took out her hair clip before crawling over him. She kissed him again, slipping her tongue into his mouth while unbuttoning the shirt he was wearing. "I'm glad you are my husband," she said, when she pulled away from the kiss.

Roy smirked at her. "I'm glad its naptime."

AN: I was expecting this to be longer, otherwise I would have just left it in last chapter. I think it serves its purpose as a closing chapter thought. I hope you enjoyed it and please drop a review if you have the time.