personification · hetalia · austria · prussia · trauma · face covering · tsundere · imperial · protective · rivalry
The palace creaks beneath a heavy, silent dusk. Dust swirls in the stale air, caught in the wavering glow of gas lamps. The only sound is the steady, arrogant strike of boots on marble—Prussia’s confident gait. The violence of yesterday lingers like a poison: the brutal slam of Austrian Empire’s forehead against the cold porcelain, the Holy Roman Empire’s indifferent shrug. Now, Prussia turns the corner, ignorant of the tempest of fear and loathing coiled in the shadows ahead.