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Alfred turns to look at him now and while Arthur may not see him clearly, he feels the tears slowly dwelling in his eyes. Alfred’s little puddle of tears is enough to get Arthur out of quicksand as he approaches the boy carefully. His heart screams at him to run, but his legs refuse to listen. He sighs and slightly rolls his eyes as Alfred’s cries get louder and louder, immediately stopping himself. The lad’s cries have, in fairness, always been louder than average. Even when Arthur would hold him as a baby, his cries would echo around the meadow. Though he’s not entirely sure whether he’s justifying himself or his boy.
Or: Arthur spends a day with his son. Until he doesn't.
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04 Mar 2026
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To her horror, he put his head in her lap, looking up at her. For a second he seemed stone cold sober. He smiled a bit.
“Maybe you can save me.”
It's 1984 in Soviet Belarus, and falling for a Lithuanian drunkard was the least of Natalya's plans.
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19 Dec 2025
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The sun had disappeared by now, dropped below the horizon. Darkness was creeping in. Ludwig had already lit the lanterns dotted around—one outside each tent, lanterns in the tent, and a couple in the surrounding area that marked the border of their little village. Before long, he’d see his own breath. The stars would begin to appear overhead.
Out of instinct, Gilbert pulled his jacket across his chest a bit tighter. He was not a fan of the cold. Out of all of them, in fact, it always seemed to hit him harder. Why, he didn’t know. It just did. It always did, and it always sucked.
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- Part 5 of hetaween 2025 🔮
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15 Nov 2025
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Toris is the co-owner of the bookstore he opened with his best friend, Feliks, and one day has an encounter with an incredibly beautiful and mysterious stranger.
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10 Nov 2025
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Short LietBela thing
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09 Nov 2025
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He'll be there for her, no matter how weak they both are.
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09 Nov 2025
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"I will embrace the darkness for it shows me the stars."
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09 Nov 2025
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Summer brought Berlin to a broil.
Sweltering in the heat, Gilbert takes charge and demands to do Francis' hair to help avoid it being a sweaty mess. Things go a bit sideways when an inquiring mind questions exactly where he learned to do that.
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- Part 2 of Tumblr Ficlet Requests
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06 Nov 2025
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"I've been thinking, you know? This whole thing is so you. No one else I know could justify importing foreign poolboys and call it a military expenditure."
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04 Nov 2025
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When Francis and Gilbert are left alone to do the dishes, they find more interesting ways to pass their time.
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04 Nov 2025
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Hungary waits at the altar for Prussia to object. He does not.
//In which Eliza struggles with the word wife and the implications that come with it.
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28 Oct 2025
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Hungary returns from fighting his battles and Austria admires.
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24 Oct 2025
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Palimpsest
something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.Or
Centuries of grieve robbed England of his laugh and smile. Small helping hands decided to butt in, determined to restore him -- even if they need to be subtle, and roping up someone else to his fate.
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- Part 3 of A-Z English Dictionary
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19 Oct 2025
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What do you do, when you know the happiest time of your life is already over?
This is the way it is for Germany and Romano at the end of 2024, when the German government falls apart and an exhausted Germany causes a minor faux-pas with the European nations at the summit the same day.
Taking a time off his political duties and demands from his fellow nations, Germany ends up in Naples, South Italy. While both are not exactly happy with the situation at first, Romano and Germany eventually start to develope a deeper understanding of each other and their respective viewpoints, that eventually evolves into feelings neither have expected.
What about North Italy though, who Germany has been dating since the 60s? How are they supposed to navigate their private problems among all the political turmoil of the current times?Bookmarked by Rusty_Lantern
18 Oct 2025
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“It’s been a few days since we saw you here last,” someone greeted him.
It shamefully wasn’t the bartender, who was caught up further down the line, but instead, a new neighbour. A neighbour who preferred to stand. A neighbour wearing a very nice suit and an expensive wristwatch.
Arthur straightened himself up as he sat in the man’s shadow. Then he glanced at his neighbour, and said, “Miss me?”
“Hardly,” replied Abel with a light scoff.
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- Part 6 of hetaberia 2024 🐚
- Part 1 of Fortuna 🃏
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18 Oct 2025
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"Boat's been missing for nearly eight hours now. Keep your eyes peeled for anything—especially any kind of debris," Arthur and the handful of other volunteers racing across the waves off the southern Devonshire coast were advised. "At this point, there's no knowing what we'll find."
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- Part 6 of hetaberia 2023 🍊
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17 Oct 2025
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Their shared visit to this humble, little, inconsequential, speck-on-the-map of an island has been marred by the presence of another. The presence of someone like them, lawless, shameless, restless.
João knows Antonio only in passing—reputation precedes them both, a whisper in salty wind, a threat across fine borders. But to Arthur, Antonio is more than a mere whisper...
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17 Oct 2025
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Arthur wants to fix a mistake. Antonio's reluctant to let him try.
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- Part 4 of Hetaberia 2022
- Part 1 of Meeting in Paris
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16 Oct 2025
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One door closes, then another. Refusals and petty excuses. Arthur's down to his last scraps of luck, when opportunity seeks him out first.
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- Part 2 of Incubi
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15 Oct 2025
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Arthur frequents a special little café after work, but its appeal doesn't lie in the atmosphere, the cakes, the bustle... and certainly not in the tea!
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15 Oct 2025