Lithuania and Russia are in a consensual, loving sadomasochistic relationship (Russia as the sadist, Liet as the masochist...it can also be D/s if you like, I honestly don't care, I just want the sadomasochistic part)...but no one actually realizes that. They all think Russia's either delusional or lying about Lithuania's participation in said relationship, and Liet's either terrified or has spousal abuse syndrome. Which is not true. Angst (on both parts, but maybe more Liet than Russia?) and comfort SM sex ensues.
This is just a little fic, and it doesn't hit every point in the request, but it's a taste of it, at least? (I am actually working on a longer fill for this request, spawning this in the process, but my long fics tend to not work out, so here's this...) Whenever they play, Russia closes his eyes a moment too long, savoring
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Re: Foolish
anonymous
October 10 2010, 12:02:49 UTC
This is an amazing fill. I love it when writers don't ignore the darkness in Russia's past (or in Russia himself) but don't make him bad or evil. I also love how you characterized their relationship. Russia/Lithuania is always a tough sell for me because I am such a Poland/Lithuania shipper but I really liked this a lot and I'd totally read a longer fill.
Re: Foolish
anonymous
October 13 2010, 13:43:52 UTC
This fill is just brilliant. I love the way that you draw both characters and their relationship to each other, especially Lithuania. It's hard to describe, but you just play him in a way that I haven't seen really used before, though I really, really wish I had. That, and your prose style is wonderfully subtle and simple, great for such a small, effective fill. All around, I am in love with this story so very, very much.
Certainty (1/2)
anonymous
November 4 2010, 00:16:37 UTC
This is the sequel/second part to Foolish; this part is Lithuania's point of view on the relationship.
Thank you all for the supportive comments! I'll do my best to make sure the longer fill I am working on ends up happening, and I hope you enjoy this shorter fill in the meantime.
In the privacy of his own mind, in the privacy of their home, Lithuania has come to accept what he is.
Masochist.
The word for it still rankles, though, stirs up memories, still vivid more than a century later, of when he first saw the word. He remembers the smell of the library in Vilnius, the crisp pages of the book in his hands, the way his heart pounded for looking at a book like this, even though he'd lied and told the librarian he was a medical student. But most of all he remembers the sick feeling in his stomach as he deciphered the book's stiff, academic German - abnormality, tainted, a sign of degeneration, perversion. He didn't know what he had expected - maybe the possibility that it could go away? - but all he found was stomach-
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Certainty (2/2)
anonymous
November 4 2010, 00:20:46 UTC
It isn't all doubt.
Certainty is a problem, but it is not unattainable. Sometimes his doubts and his worries, the miserable chorus at the back of his mind, is silenced.
When Russia hurts him, he is certain.
They use the modern terminology - play - but in his head, where it can't frighten Russia and make him put that awful fake smile on his face, Lithuania is more honest. It's when Russia hurts him that it all fades away.
It's hard to reassure Russia when he has doubts himself sometimes, but it's so easy in the moment that he is baffled that Russia can't feel it too. God, yes, how could the answer be anything other than yes when he's bound, arms and legs spread wide on a St. Andrew's cross and Russia is asking him, asking him, like it isn't obvious.There have been missteps, to be sure - like that time in '53 when they decided to use that pipe Russia picked up in the war; he said he liked the weight of it in his hands. It hadn't gone well, and the face Russia made as he watched Lithuania move around the house gingerly almost
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anonymous
November 5 2010, 02:26:01 UTC
I hope it's not the case, but if the reason nobody has commented so far is that this sucks, I'm definitely open to constructive criticism (obviously, "hey, this sucks" isn't constructive though! :) )
Re: Certainty (2/2)
anonymous
November 5 2010, 03:51:05 UTC
Well, I have't commented yet because I haven't checked the meme in two days, but it certianly does not suck. It's a fine exploration of the psychology behind masochism, and I like how you made their relationship so touching and, well, giving, when viewed from the inside.
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anonymous
November 5 2010, 06:03:01 UTC
Thank you :) (I know people's lives don't revolve around the kinkmeme, but I've never had a fill go so long after being posted without any comments, so it made me worried I'd erred somehow...)
Lithuania and Russia are in a consensual, loving sadomasochistic relationship (Russia as the sadist, Liet as the masochist...it can also be D/s if you like, I honestly don't care, I just want the sadomasochistic part)...but no one actually realizes that. They all think Russia's either delusional or lying about Lithuania's participation in said relationship, and Liet's either terrified or has spousal abuse syndrome. Which is not true. Angst (on both parts, but maybe more Liet than Russia?) and comfort SM sex ensues.
This is just a little fic, and it doesn't hit every point in the request, but it's a taste of it, at least? (I am actually working on a longer fill for this request, spawning this in the process, but my long fics tend to not work out, so here's this...)Whenever they play, Russia closes his eyes a moment too long, savoring ( ... )
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Angsty Russia with night-terrors is totally for the win, along with apathetic Lithuania.... Epic Win.
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Thank you all for the supportive comments! I'll do my best to make sure the longer fill I am working on ends up happening, and I hope you enjoy this shorter fill in the meantime.
In the privacy of his own mind, in the privacy of their home, Lithuania has come to accept what he is.
Masochist.
The word for it still rankles, though, stirs up memories, still vivid more than a century later, of when he first saw the word. He remembers the smell of the library in Vilnius, the crisp pages of the book in his hands, the way his heart pounded for looking at a book like this, even though he'd lied and told the librarian he was a medical student. But most of all he remembers the sick feeling in his stomach as he deciphered the book's stiff, academic German - abnormality, tainted, a sign of degeneration, perversion. He didn't know what he had expected - maybe the possibility that it could go away? - but all he found was stomach- ( ... )
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Certainty is a problem, but it is not unattainable. Sometimes his doubts and his worries, the miserable chorus at the back of his mind, is silenced.
When Russia hurts him, he is certain.
They use the modern terminology - play - but in his head, where it can't frighten Russia and make him put that awful fake smile on his face, Lithuania is more honest. It's when Russia hurts him that it all fades away.
It's hard to reassure Russia when he has doubts himself sometimes, but it's so easy in the moment that he is baffled that Russia can't feel it too. God, yes, how could the answer be anything other than yes when he's bound, arms and legs spread wide on a St. Andrew's cross and Russia is asking him, asking him, like it isn't obvious.There have been missteps, to be sure - like that time in '53 when they decided to use that pipe Russia picked up in the war; he said he liked the weight of it in his hands. It hadn't gone well, and the face Russia made as he watched Lithuania move around the house gingerly almost ( ... )
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And for once consensual sadomasochism story!
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