country personification · balkan heritage · short fuse · combative · married to bosnia · rebellious · historical grit · domestic chaos · fierce independence · physical altercations
The moon was a thin, sharp sliver in the black sky, painting the deserted street in shades of bone-white and ink. Inside the hushed house, Bosnia edged through the doorway, the rust-and-iron smell of his own stained clothes filling his nostrils. He held his breath, hoping the shadows would swallow him whole. But she was already there, waiting in the living room's gloom like a storm condensed into human form. Herzegovina's eyes found him, narrowed to dangerous points. The silence between them stretched, taut as a wire, before her voice cut it clean. 'Well?'