Winry lazily flipped through a brochure for a Central bakery as she sat at the table in the kitchen having just finished her dinner. As her grandmother washed the last of the dishes, Winry perused through a listing of several different kinds of wedding cakes made in all different shapes and sizes.

It had been almost a week since she had seen her fiancé off at the train station. He had called her a few days before to let her know that he had arrived in Creta safely and that he would promise to write to her as soon as he could. She was skeptical about that claim knowing just how bad Ed was at written communication, but she held onto the hope that he would keep his promise.

Already she was becoming overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the amount of work that was ahead of her. Thanks to the help of a local friend, the newly engaged woman had acquired a whole box of pamphelts, brochures, and magazines detailing cakes, catering, dresses, flowers, and everything Winry could possibly think would need to be planned for the wedding. She hadn't even gone through a quarter of the material she had been presented with and already she had innumerable options for every little wedding detail.

Her and her grandmother had made it their plan to sit down and sift through all of the wedding stuff after dinner each night and try and organize everything. They were still trying to decide on a date and had made a few phone calls to venues in Central but that was about the extent of the decisions that had already been made. Winry was beginning to see that this would take ages to complete. She wondered if she was ever going to get married at this rate.

"See anything you like?" Pinako asked her granddaughter as she grabbed a pamphlet for a florist and began to peruse through their listings of flower arrangements.

"I don't know. It's all so extravagant. I just want a simple wedding. I know it has to be big, but that doesn't mean we have to get a towering cake and enourmous flower arrangements."

"True. But you also have to remember you're going to have a large space to decorate and lots of guests to feed. Even if you want everything to be simple, there still has to be a lot of it."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Did the people from that one venue call you back?"

"No, not yet. I don't expect they'll get back to us any time soon. From what I've read, that place is booked for years."

"So that's a no?"

"Afraid so."

"Ugh, how are we supposed to book a venue when all the nice, big ones are so hard to get?" Winry sighed exasperatedly. This was beginning to get really old, really fast.

Before Pinako could reassure her granddaughter that they would find a place, there was a loud knock on the door. Winry was curious as to who could possibly be at their home this late since all of their customers had appointments during the day. She got up out of her seat and walked to the front door. When she opened it, she was greeted by the biggest bouquet of flowers she had ever seen. A young man was holding them and looked to be struggling to not drop them. Seeing this, Winry quickly let him inside so he could place them on the table.

"Ms. Rockbell, I presume?" the young man asked, quite a bit out of breath.

"Um, yeah."

"These are for you. Courtesy of the Armstrong family."

"Armstrong? As in Major Armstrong?" Winry asked, in total disbelief that a man she had only talked with a few times would send her such an extravagant gift.

"Yes, and his whole family. Here, this is also for you," the delivery boy said as he handed Winry a letter. She thanked him and gave him a generous tip for what looked to be a rather difficult delivery and bid him a goodnight. Once he left, Winry opened the letter.

Dear Ms. Winry,

CONGRATULATIONS! My family and I were absolutely delighted to hear of your engagement to Edward Elric. The love you two share is truly magical and it has been so wonderful to watch the both of you as you grow in it.

Take these flowers as an engagement gift. In addition to that, the Armstrong family is happy to offer you our home to hold the ceremony and reception. Our large estate would be the perfect place to eternally join yourself with Edward and we'd be delighted to host.

Whenever you get the chance, come to Central and visit the estate so you can work out the details with my family and I. We'd be so happy to have you!

Congratulations once again and I look forward to seeing you soon

Sincerely,

Major Alex Louis Armstrong

"Oh my god," Winry stated simply after reading the letter from the eclectic military man.

"What does it say?" Pinako asked. Winry couldn't even answer her as the words she had just read sank in. She handed her grandmother the letter so that she could read it and waited as Pinako's eyes scanned across the paper.

"Well?" Winry asked when her grandmother had finished.

"That man is sure an interesting one. Well, at least we now have the venue out of the way," she answered nonchalantly as she set the letter down and went back to perusing the pamphlets and brochures.

"That's it? Some random guy from the military offers up his family's estate to us for the wedding and that's all you have to say?" Winry asked in disbelief. She was still having a hard time processing everything.

"Major Armstrong is not some random guy from the military, Winry. You may not know him very well, but he spent a lot of time with Ed and Al. His sister did too as I recall. If he and his family want to host the wedding at their estate, I say you let them. Sounds like the perfect place to me."

"Yeah, but don't you think it's kind of random? I mean if we had asked I'm sure they would've said yes but why would they just offer to host like it's no big deal?"

"Honestly, from what I've heard about the Armstrong's, this doesn't surprise me at all. They tend to be a very showy family."

"Yeah, no kidding. I guess I'm just a little shocked that they would do something like that for us."

"The Major adores you and Ed. You shouldn't be so surprised. Now do you want your wedding at their home or not?"

"I don't know. I guess I do. Although I would like to take a look around the place before I decide."

"Well, then call them up and arrange a trip to Central. I'm sure the rest of the family would love to meet and talk to you. And I know the Major would be thrilled."

"Yeah, you're right. I guess this is a good thing. And while I'm in Central, I can stop by and tell Mrs. Hughes the good news. It's been so long since I've seen everybody."

"I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time. Now will help me look through all this stuff?"

"Wait, are you serious?" Ed asked incredulously as he took in what his fiancé just told him over the phone. When he had decided to call her that day, he wasn't expecting Granny Pinako to tell him that Winry was in Central or that when he finally tracked her down at her hotel, she would tell him about the Armstrong's offer.

"Yeah, can you believe it? I have plans to meet with the Major and his family tomorrow so I can look around and see if I like the place. I've heard it's huge."

"Why the hell would the Armstrong's even offer it to us in the first place?"

"You got me. Apparently Major Armstrong took quite the liking to you and Al and was, from what I heard, almost to tears when he found out about the engagement."

"That damn colonel. I knew I shouldn't have let him tell everyone."

"This could be a good thing, Ed. We could have our wedding at a beautiful estate for free instead of having to stress over booking a place for real cheap. You know we don't have a lot of money to put into this thing."

"Yeah, I know. Still, something tells me that if you agree to this, they're going to be all over it. I wouldn't be surprised if they already have the whole damn thing planned out."

"It'll be fine, Ed. I can handle this. I just thought you should know so that you can thank the Major next time you see him."

"Yeah, right," Ed answered with a scoff. The idea of having his wedding at that insane man's home made him uneasy. He just knew that if they did get married there, everyone would have to show up with a coil in their hair or something.

"Don't worry, I'll figure it out. Try and call me again tomorrow so I can tell you how it went," Winry reminded him. She wished she could be the one to call him, but since Ed moved around so much when he traveled, she never knew where to reach him.

"Yeah, I will."

"So, was there any reason in particular you called?" she asked him. When she answered the phone he had immediately asked her why she was in Central so she hadn't been able to talk with him about anything else yet.

"Oh, um, no not really. I guess I just wanted to see how you were. I know how much you like it when I call," Ed told her. She could practically see the adorable blush that she knew was coloring his cheeks right now. She didn't know why it always made him so flustered when they talked and acted like a couple, but she loved it nonetheless.

"Yes, I'm happy that you're actually making an effort to talk to me when you're away now. Before, it was a miracle every time you called me."

"Yeah, yeah. I know I'm bad at that, okay? At least I'm getting better."

"Yes, you are. To answer your question, I've been doing okay. All the wedding stuff is making me want to pull my hair out, though. You wouldn't believe all the things that need to get done."

"Eh, you'll be fine. You're amazing when it comes to stuff like that. I know you'll do a great job."

Winry smiled at his encouragement. Ed always had so much faith in her that she mostly believed she was undeserving of. Still, he never stopped believing in her and she loved him for that.

"Yeah," she said quietly. She bit her lip, debating on whether or not she should say this, but she couldn't keep it in any longer. "Hey, Ed?"

"Yeah?"

"I miss you," she told him affectionately.

"Oh…uh…I, um, miss you too, I guess." Winry rolled her eyes at his hesitation at actually expressing his feelings toward her.

"You're such an idiot."

"Yeah, well, you're stuck with this idiot forever so you better get used to it."

Winry laughed at that. Ed, without failure, could always cheer her up. "I love you, Ed."

There was a brief silence on the other end as Ed no doubt was taking in what she had just said. They had never said out loud that they loved each other, though it was well understood. She wondered if he would even have the guts to say it back.

"I love you too, Win," he told her suddenly, breaking the silence. Her cheeks turned red and she smiled as she replayed his words over in her head. He loved her, she loved him, and, pretty soon, they were getting married. She couldn't even contain the happiness that was bursting forth at that thought.

"Hey, listen Win, I have to go, but I'll call you tomorrow to see how everything goes, okay?"

"Yeah, sounds good. Talk to you later."

"Bye," he said before she heard the sound of the phone being abruptly hung up. That was Ed, always so straightforward with everything. Even though she was sad he wasn't there with her and she couldn't talk with him longer, she was overjoyed at the prospect of marrying the big dork, especially after he finally told her that he loved her.

She couldn't remember when she had gotten this sappy.

When she went back to her hotel room, she laid out a nice outfit for her meeting with the Armstrong's the next day and looked through more of the wedding material that she had brought with her. Since she was in Central for a few days, she figured she would visit and personally talk with some of the bakeries and florists in the city to see what they offered.

She fell asleep that night thinking of flowers, cakes, flowing dresses, and, most importantly, of the day when she would finally marry her best friend.

Oh these cuties have absolutely ruined my life. I love writing sappy and adorable scenes for them :) Let me know what you thought!