There was that smile again. Beautiful. Edmund gave it right back and thought to himself how lucky he'd been to get an accomplished alchemist (no matter how modest Al might be, Edmund was going to assume he was quite good) to take him under his wing for however long his stay might be in this land. Not only accomplished, but kind, thoughtful, attractive...

Whoops. Back to those thoughts. Edmund was still paying close attention to Al's first lecture, and musing to himself that it was something he'd very much like to learn if he could, but he couldn't deny there was something there on his end too. Something special. Something not so dissimilar to heat stroke.

The offer brought a slight colour to his cheeks, highlighting the pale skin with blooms of red. He'd already trusted Al with so much, why not this? And if it gave Al a reason to touch him...Edmund dimpled at him and gave a nod, turning slightly on the bed to face the other man head-on. His hands were already going to the buttons of his shirt. "Go ahead, I'm ready. Do you need me to remove this?"

Totally took it that way, Al.