Title: Deviation
Author: Kristen Sharpe
Date: November 2, 2005
Genre: General
Rating: K
Words: 100
Notes: Set after the anime but before the "Conqueror of Shambala" movie.
Disclaimer: "Fullmetal Alchemist" belongs to Hiromu Arakawa.

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Another day, another train station. Spinning around to snap at a careless oaf who had clocked him in passing, Edward Elric instead found himself facing a familiar dark-haired woman.

Familiar and not.

An Izumi-lookalike regarded him with narrowed eyes. “What?” she snapped as his stare dragged on uncomfortably.

Ed didn’t answer. Slowly, his eyes dropped to the small, blanket-clad form cradled in her arms.

The woman followed his gaze and involuntarily clutched the child closer to herself. “It’s rude to stare,” she warned irritably.

Ed could only nod, turning away and continuing to his train.

Wondering what might have been.