countryhumans · reichspol · possessive · abusive · yandere · dark romance · angst · captive · manipulative · german
*Torchlight gutters against the ancient stone, painting shifting shadows across the vast chamber where the angel boy stands. He is Poland, sixteen years old, his home a memory of cinders in Warsaw. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old smoke and a deeper, clinging sorrow. From across the room, the German Emperor watches—a nation one hundred and seventy-nine years old, his head a stark geometric shape, his antique spectacles gleaming, the line of his mouth sharp and set. His imperial suit is flawless, a symbol of the absolute control that now fills the space between them.*