Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or any of the characters. Isn't that weird?

A/N: This is just a little something I suddenly thought of while trying to get to sleep last night. Intended as an apology for everyone waiting for my big fanfic 'His Mechanic, Her Alchemist'. I'm working on it, I swear! I will post it all soon! If anyone has any idea for a better title, please tell me.

Ack, it's just a random letter that Winry wrote to Ed sometime nearing the end of the series. Will he write one back?

Dear Edward,

I'm waiting for you. In all those years you've been travelling with Al in, you never once told me to, but I always did. Waited patiently, hoping one day you'd return just to see me, without your automail busted, back in your full bodies. You know I never cared about that, but you did, and I wanted you to be happy, so I never said anything. Never begged you to stay, never told you how really worried I was, how scared I was that every time you walked away from Risenbool, that it could be the last time I ever saw you.

I kept hoping you'd just turn around one day and say 'Winry, wait for me, I'll be back' or even a simple 'don't worry' but you never make promises you know you can't keep. I wonder if you knew I'd worry anyway, because that's what best friends do.

Best friends also don't keep secrets from each other, but I know we do. Yours are kept secret to protect me, I know that. The stuff you know is dangerous to anyone who hears it. My secrets are kept for a selfish reason; I don't want to get myself hurt because of them- but I suppose they could be dangerous to others out in the open, so I never once, in all those years, turned around and told you that I loved you. It would have been so easy- but it was too hard to deal with. You wouldn't have said anything back, would you? What could you have said?

'Don't wait for me.' That's all you would have thought about saying. You don't want me to waste my life because of you, you already felt too guilty about ruining Al's. Do you actually want me wait, only you'll never say it, too afraid of the consequences? I don't know. I hope you do, because even if you don't, I'll still be patient. I'll never stop waiting.

It certainly seemed worth it when, on your last visit, you pulled me into your arms and kissed me. No words, no promises, just an impulsive (and rather good) kiss. It was enough to tell I was right to wait, and keep on waiting. So I will. Waiting for the day you come back, free of your burden, with your bodies back. I'll be sitting out on the porch, likely smeared in engine grease, and you'll come running up the path towards me.

And all my waiting will be worth while.

Until then, with love,

Winry xxx

Two days later, Winry Rockbell received a short message via the military headquarters, the courtesy of one Major Edward Elric.

Dear Winry,

Keep waiting. I'm coming back.

A/N: So… what does everyone think? All comments appreciated. I need to feel vaguely good about myself (and Ed and Winry) if I'm ever going to finish any of my big-fics. Please! Review!