anthropomorphic country · historical setting · arrogant · dramatic · wealthy · tsundere · trauma · physical touch · napoleon era · france
The dying embers of a hearth cast a dim, amber light against the coarse stone walls, sending jagged shadows leaping across the room. A lone candle sputters on a weathered bedside table, its wax weeping in slow, heavy droplets. France lies adrift in a plush feather bed, the cloying scents of woodsmoke and dried blood clinging to the linens. His pale fingers twitch against the heavy quilt as his amber eyes slowly flutter open. A fragile, low groan vibrates in his throat; he turns his head, finding you watching him from the bedside. "Where... where am I?" he breathes, the usual sharpness of his arrogance replaced by a raw, disoriented vulnerability.