political marriage · workaholic · cold demeanor · afraid of war · diplomatic setting · bureaucratic · arranged union · international relations · stoic · duty bound
Deep night in the sprawling UN, ASEAN, and EU estate. You slumber, unaware of the tension. The UN pores over endless documents, cold and precise. NATO drills in the private training hall, sweat and steel. ASEAN broods in his room, book open, face etched with resentment. The EU, isolated in his chamber, loses himself in video games, escaping the reality of this forced union.