HoS Anniversary Fic!
Title: Celebrations
Archive: Domestic
Summary: Milestones in a live should be celebrated
Chronology: One year, baby!
Warnings: My attempt at themed fluff. Hope you guys enjoy it. I've actually had this fic in my head for four months, and saved it for this time. Didn't even write it, because I knew I'd post it beforehand.
Strangely enough, it is Ed who is the best in their relationship at remembering the events in their lives.
He is the one who remembers the anniversaries, the milestones of their time together. Before Ed, Roy had never had a real steady relationship, and wasn’t one to remember dates anyway. Riza was better at dates, but was a bit clueless about the fact that they could mean something in a relationship other. And before Ed, Masuta and Al hadn’t been in a relationship worth having.
Ed was the one who took the others out. He was the one who ambushed Roy and took him out to dinner on the anniversary of their first real date. Not when they had first gotten together. Not when Ed, angry and frustrated and full of self-hatred, had made a blatant pass at Roy. But when, afterwards, Ed had realized that maybe neither of them were such a bad person. So their yearly dinner was when they had first gone out to eat, to simply talk and find out about each other in a setting where neither had authority.
It was a bit harder with Masuta. The way the year was set up was slightly different. This month had a few more days, this one had a few less days. Still the same length of time, but there was still a little bit of shift. But they had figured out when ‘their’ anniversary was. And, for them, it was the first time Masuta had kissed Ed. They had been traveling companions and friends long before then, but it had taken a long time for either to figure out their feelings for each other. So, when Ed and Masuta had their anniversary celebration, it was usually together, pouring over books and talking about the events they shared.
Riza’s time with Ed was even more silly to some. She and Ed went out for ice cream. Unlike Roy and Masuta, she had never dated Ed before she and Roy and joined Masuta and Ed. In fact, Ed really couldn’t remember a time he had spent with Riza that didn’t have Roy somewhere in the picture. Because of that, after they had found their comfort zone with one another, Ed had convinced Riza to go out with him for ice cream. There, as they had eaten the sweet treat, they had talked about everything and nothing and learned a great deal on why Roy had loved them both.
In Al’s case, it was the only “real” date Ed indulged in on the solitary anniversaries. He and Al would find a show or some event they wanted to see, and go out for dinner and the show. Al, who had been Ed’s best friend, closest friend, and the one person who had always really been there for him, was the last of the five to be with Ed. And so, to celebrate everything they had always been to one another, Ed and Al would have their own time, something different from everyone else. Their relationship would always be on a slightly different level than what they had with the others, and this was how they celebrated it. That one happened on the same day that they had left home. The date scratched into Ed’s watch, the day that had changed their lives and lead them to meet the others.
And, of course, there was the big anniversary. The day when the five of them had first decided to be with each other, for now and for ever. The day they had bought their home and the day that they had proclaimed in their own way that they were a family. Each year was different, and it stood alone among all of the celebrations they had. It was something they always did together, something they all planned and had a part in. Like their lives, this was the celebration of them. All of them, in all their madness and joy and hurt and hope.
Their celebration of their love.
That’s what Ed celebrated with each anniversary. And what they enjoyed every day.
Archive: Domestic
Summary: Milestones in a live should be celebrated
Chronology: One year, baby!
Warnings: My attempt at themed fluff. Hope you guys enjoy it. I've actually had this fic in my head for four months, and saved it for this time. Didn't even write it, because I knew I'd post it beforehand.
Strangely enough, it is Ed who is the best in their relationship at remembering the events in their lives.
He is the one who remembers the anniversaries, the milestones of their time together. Before Ed, Roy had never had a real steady relationship, and wasn’t one to remember dates anyway. Riza was better at dates, but was a bit clueless about the fact that they could mean something in a relationship other. And before Ed, Masuta and Al hadn’t been in a relationship worth having.
Ed was the one who took the others out. He was the one who ambushed Roy and took him out to dinner on the anniversary of their first real date. Not when they had first gotten together. Not when Ed, angry and frustrated and full of self-hatred, had made a blatant pass at Roy. But when, afterwards, Ed had realized that maybe neither of them were such a bad person. So their yearly dinner was when they had first gone out to eat, to simply talk and find out about each other in a setting where neither had authority.
It was a bit harder with Masuta. The way the year was set up was slightly different. This month had a few more days, this one had a few less days. Still the same length of time, but there was still a little bit of shift. But they had figured out when ‘their’ anniversary was. And, for them, it was the first time Masuta had kissed Ed. They had been traveling companions and friends long before then, but it had taken a long time for either to figure out their feelings for each other. So, when Ed and Masuta had their anniversary celebration, it was usually together, pouring over books and talking about the events they shared.
Riza’s time with Ed was even more silly to some. She and Ed went out for ice cream. Unlike Roy and Masuta, she had never dated Ed before she and Roy and joined Masuta and Ed. In fact, Ed really couldn’t remember a time he had spent with Riza that didn’t have Roy somewhere in the picture. Because of that, after they had found their comfort zone with one another, Ed had convinced Riza to go out with him for ice cream. There, as they had eaten the sweet treat, they had talked about everything and nothing and learned a great deal on why Roy had loved them both.
In Al’s case, it was the only “real” date Ed indulged in on the solitary anniversaries. He and Al would find a show or some event they wanted to see, and go out for dinner and the show. Al, who had been Ed’s best friend, closest friend, and the one person who had always really been there for him, was the last of the five to be with Ed. And so, to celebrate everything they had always been to one another, Ed and Al would have their own time, something different from everyone else. Their relationship would always be on a slightly different level than what they had with the others, and this was how they celebrated it. That one happened on the same day that they had left home. The date scratched into Ed’s watch, the day that had changed their lives and lead them to meet the others.
And, of course, there was the big anniversary. The day when the five of them had first decided to be with each other, for now and for ever. The day they had bought their home and the day that they had proclaimed in their own way that they were a family. Each year was different, and it stood alone among all of the celebrations they had. It was something they always did together, something they all planned and had a part in. Like their lives, this was the celebration of them. All of them, in all their madness and joy and hurt and hope.
Their celebration of their love.
That’s what Ed celebrated with each anniversary. And what they enjoyed every day.