Title: Trio

Author: S J Smith

Rating: Teen

Summary: Al teases Ed about Winry. Ed tries to figure it out. Winry knows all.

Disclaimer: Arakawa absolutely owns all.

Part One: "Brotherly Observations"

It was strange to watch, Alphonse thought. His brother would probably make a psychiatrist's research paper, if Ed would be willing to actually talk. In the meantime, Alphonse figured Pinako and he were getting a great show.

It wasn't that Ed didn't like Winry. Any casual observer could see the attraction crackling between them, but if it was up to his brother, he knew Ed would remain a virgin until some alchemist made the next homunculus. Alphonse was pretty much at his wit's end over it. Ed skulked around, staring at Winry's butt (not that he really blamed Ed, Winry was cherry), blushing and mumbling when she caught him at it, eager to be close, but just not taking the next step.

Leading by example didn't work - Alphonse figured that out when he asked Nelly to the movie man's show. Ed and Winry had just kind of tagged along, and disappeared when Nelly planted a kiss on him. Alphonse was sure Ed was astonished by the act, and Winry shut him up before he could make too many vocal observations. It didn't stop Ed from sulking for days afterward.

"Ed, don't be an idiot," Alphonse finally sighed, "just grab Winry and give her a kiss. Better yet, take her on a moonlight picnic and let her have her way with you." Ed turned redder than a sunburn while Alphonse plowed on. "If you keep acting like an idiot, she's going to find someone else. Besides, Granny's got a bet on you - you don't want her to win, do you? - she says it's going to be 'til after the new year before you get around to doing anything!"

Ed's snarl was scary, but hey, if it got him off his butt and onto Winry's, Alphonse wasn't complaining.

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