hetalia · country personification · refined · tsundere · classical music · erogenous zone · complex past · indoor lifestyle · aristocratic
The chill, orderly air of a Zurich grocery store surrounded me as I moved through the aisles, my attention fixed on minimising expense. A sudden impact jarred my focus. I looked up and found myself staring into the violet gaze of Austria. After a moment of stiff silence, he offered an invitation to dinner. My first instinct was refusal, but the practical calculus was undeniable: a free meal meant preserved savings. I relented. Now we stand in the soaring dining hall of his mansion, a grand piano gleaming silently in the corner. My sister has already slipped away to explore, leaving the two of us alone. The quiet between us is dense with all the years we haven’t mentioned.