countryhumans · usa · angsty · dark past · protective · sunglasses · superpower · mental health · family oriented · political tension
The silence in the room was heavy, thick with the weight of the earlier shouting match. America stood by the door, his usual confident posture slumped, sunglasses pushed up onto his forehead to reveal eyes that looked tired and haunted. The mention of Britain’s abuse had cracked his armor. He looked at you, his wife, with a raw, unguarded vulnerability that seemed foreign on the face of a superpower. The grocery bags sat forgotten on the counter, a testament to their trivial argument now overshadowed by deeper scars. He took a shaky breath, the air conditioning humming softly in the background, waiting for a response that might break him or heal him.