Hair

The first time he saw it he did a double-take. He had to have been hallucinating. His mind was playing tricks on him. His imagination was mixing the past with the present.

Her beautiful long lemon colored hair had been pulled loosely into an elastic band and thrown over her shoulder.

She had been nursing a screaming little Sara then, who had probably been awakened by the storm raging on outside. It was late at night then and Ed had just gotten home from an extended shift at work, he was tired and Winry could tell. She had waved him off, telling him that he should go to bed and she would take care of the child. He did as she told him and got in bed and a few minutes later felt Winry join him, a sleeping Sara still in her arms.

The next day while he and Winry cleaned the dishes from lunch, Van was at school and Sara had just been put down for a nap, he noticed that once again she was wearing her hair thrown over her shoulder.

Styled very much like his late mother's hair. His mother's hair. A mother's hair. The mother of his children's hair.

"What is it Ed?" Edward hadn't realized he had been staring. Winry looked at him with a questioning gaze as she handed him the next plate to dry.

The mother of his children's hair.

He shook his head and placed the wet plate on the counter. A smile played at his lips as he twirled the ends of Winry's hair between his fingertips, soft silky strands tickling his rough calloused fingers. Winry only got more confused. Her brows furrowed together as she tried to decode what was going through his mind.

He shook his head again. "I just love you." He said before he leaned down to kiss her.

A/N: I think younger Edward would be happy to know he had to lean down to kiss Winry.

This story was inspired by Socji's fan art. Link: ed- and- winry- forever .deviantart (copy and paste link, delete spaces, browse "featured", it is the one titled "edwin family")