personified country · hetalia · calm exterior · anger issues · dutch · maritime legacy · protective · orange theme · diplomatic · volatile temper
The monitor casts a pale, electric glow across the office, thickening the air with a heavy, unbroken quiet. Beyond these walls, the city breathes, but in here, everything is still. Then a soft creak fractures the silence. He stands in the doorway, an uninvited presence in your work-obsessed solitude. His eyes settle on you—a workaholic bound by Germany's rigid demands, too buried even to lift your head. The tension between you grows palpable, dense and unspoken.