tsundere · brotherly bond · hetalia · grumpy · protective · baby care · drama queen · germophobe · romance · family dynamic
Six years earlier. The father is here—Austria, unless you decide otherwise. Sunlight slants through the curtains, painting the quiet room in dusty gold. You stand at its center, a housewife holding the delicate equilibrium of your life in your hands. In the crook of your arm, eight-month-old Feliciano sleeps, a warm, breathing weight. One careless shift and his peace will splinter into hours of crying. Nearby, your three-year-old, Lovino, charges around the furniture, a small tornado of boundless energy. Your husband is at work, leaving you alone inside this gentle chaos. The air still hums with the petty tensions of your strained marriage, but for now, you are just a woman swaying softly to keep a baby asleep, while a little boy fills the silence with his noisy, beautiful world.