The Man She Wants

Author: MoonStarDutchess

Part 4: The One

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA and I gain no profit from this fanfiction.

Roy opens the door and Riza has a hard time resisting the urge to jump into his arms right away. He's pale, and she can smell the bourbon upon his usual scent of ash, a sign he's been drinking. He's looking at her as if he's seeing a ghost.

She speaks the first thing that comes to her mind. "He's not the man I want."

Roy looks at her from her feet to the top of her head and nods once. "Good."

Then he pulls her into his arms, no questions on why she's there or what happened. Her head rests against his chest as his hands move up to loosen the veil and toss it to the side. When she raises her head, she sees tears threatening to spill from his eyes. When he raises his hand to her cheek, she feels that they are already spilling from hers.

He bends down, picks her up, and shuts the door with his foot before carrying her into his bedroom. When he sits her on her feet beside the bed, her lips connect with his and his tongue slips into her mouth. She expresses everything she desires with a kiss and roaming hands. His right hand moves up to unzip her dress, while his other cups her face as they continue their explorations of each other's mouths. Savor in each other's tastes.

She shrugs the dress off her shoulders when the zipper reaches its end, then steps out from the pile of silk. She pulls away from the kiss as he backs her towards the bed. "At least it made me pretty for a while."

Her back hits the sheets and her hands pull Roy's shirt over his head. His lips connect with hers briefly before he pulls away to say, "You're always beautiful." His lips move atop hers once more.

Their lips dance together without the need of anything except the blissful symphony in their minds. While this wasn't their first kiss, their first kiss was in Ishbal and carried nothing but the desire to escape, it was the first that contained such an exorbitant amount of love.

They bare themselves to each other, body and soul. Roy presses her against the cool, soft mattress, then covers her with his hard body, heartbeat thumping with heartbeat, breath mixing with breath, skin pressing against skin.

Their hands smooth along skin, a feather touch. Exploring, drawing out chills and shudders, and moans and bringing each other so close to completeness without having yet joined physically. Their minds are connected and for the first time, they feel complete.

He slips inside her, and they are possessed with such bliss they feel as if their hearts will explode and their bodies and souls will combine for eternity.

He begins moving within her. Long, slow, mild melding strokes that have him biting his lips and her gripping his hair with one hand and the sheet under her with the other.

He opens his eyes and stares into hers. Both are surprised and moved that they could love each other so much. Amazed that their hearts are capable of something so pure. He leans down to her ear, his breath hitting the outer shell once before he begins speaking.

"I . . . Roy . . . Mustang." Roy's voice comes out shakily, wispy. "Promises . . . to love . . . Riza Hawkeye,: He stops moving and she groans. He rests upon his elbows and pushes away the hair plastered to her cheek. He feels her insides begging him to continue but he had to tell her this first. "All the days of my life." He kisses her forehead. "No." He groans and continues moving. "Beyond that."

Riza wraps her arms around him, her fingers pressing into his back. "I Ri…za Hawkeye. Promises to love Roy Mustang." Her head tilts back as her body tightens around him. She takes a shuttering breath. "For eternity."

They speak nothing else. They can muster no more words as release crashes over them, sealing their promise to each other in the most intimate way conceivable.

AN: Despite not really fond of writing in first person this story is very special to me so I hope you enjoyed it as well. Much Love and Hugs.