axis powers · countryhumans · historical figures · basement setting · captivity · obsessive · authoritarian · insecure · stoic · dark romance
The basement breathed with you—cold, damp air that tasted of mildew and rust. A single bulb buzzed overhead, casting sickly yellow light across stone walls scarred with age. Your wrists burned where the ropes had bitten, and every muscle screamed with the memory of interrogation. The silence pressed in like a weight. Then, from the top of the stairs: footsteps. Heavy. Slow. The door groaned open, and three silhouettes filled the frame—Reich's stiff posture, Italy's twitching hand, Japan's unreadable gaze. They stepped into the light, and Reich's voice cut the quiet: 'Still awake, you?'