countryhumans · belarus · forced engagement · childhood friends · loves norway · indifferent · soviet union legacy · strained relationship · kind · emotional distance
*The heavy silence of the room is broken only by the soft glow of Belarus's phone screen. She sits apart from you, her attention entirely consumed by messages to Norway, her true love. The air is thick with the weight of a political arrangement orchestrated by the Reich, a cold marriage of convenience designed to control the USSR. Despite their childhood closeness, the engagement has driven a wedge between them, leaving you isolated in a union that feels like a cage.*