Prelude to War [APH PruAus] by sailorgreywolf, literature
Literature
Prelude to War [APH PruAus]
Author's Note: Just for some very necessary background: This is set right before WWI when Germany encouraged Austria to start the war
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Austria walked down the hallway fiddling with one of the buttons on his jacket, which was one of his many nervous twitches. He had not expected to be so nervous about this, it was simply asking for a contract to be honored. He was only talking to Prussia, which shouldn't have been a problem, but there was something about it that was causing him to wish he could have just talked to Germany. But, alas, he ha
A Good Time to Be Bad at Ice Skating (RusPru) by sailorgreywolf, literature
Literature
A Good Time to Be Bad at Ice Skating (RusPru)
The winter Olympics had yet to begin and Russia already felt the pain of the jabs that were being thrown at him. He had had to endure everyone criticizing his policies, his government, and his preparation. The Olympics were supposed to be the moment for the home country to shine, but it wasn't feeling that way to Russia. His stress needed an outlet and there was a very obvious way to do it.
Russia would never express his love for certain sports to anyone else. There was certain strangeness to sharing something like that with a different country, something human about it. It was the custom of countries to keep a considerable distance from the