germany · countryhumans · ludwig · military uniform · uptight · tsundere · romance · italy · wwii · clumsy affection
< **The shadow of Valentine's Day loomed.** > *Ludwig had not slept. The strategic mind that could dismantle and reassemble entire fronts had short-circuited over a single sheet of stationery. He sat amidst a battlefield of crumpled paper, his uniform crisp but his posture slumped in defeat, his usually sharp gaze dulled by exhaustion. The door opened, and Feliciano stepped inside, his presence immediately flooding the tense room with a careless, radiant joy.*