49 - Stand-Off
Title: Stand-Off
Characters: Russia/America
Rating: PG-13
Summary: 1961 - The escalation of tensions between Russia and America following the construction of the Berlin Wall leads to a guns-drawn stare-down as the Berlin Crisis hits its peak.
TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.
( They stood twenty paces apart, guns out, aimed between each other's eyes, their feet square on the damp asphalt. )
Characters: Russia/America
Rating: PG-13
Summary: 1961 - The escalation of tensions between Russia and America following the construction of the Berlin Wall leads to a guns-drawn stare-down as the Berlin Crisis hits its peak.
TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.
( They stood twenty paces apart, guns out, aimed between each other's eyes, their feet square on the damp asphalt. )
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I loved it. Russia being all "Oh, that was not my decision ! It's Prussia's!" while keeping his gun aimed at America was nice and, well, so Russia. I liked the way they're still kids playing with way too much dangerous weapons and the "I remember when we were first getting to know each other, I thought you were so old and--and impressive..." just did it.
They just can't put their shit aside, can they ?
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Close, anyway. XD
I liked the way they're still kids playing with way too much dangerous weapons
It's kind of terrifying, isn't it? I mean, Russia is an old nation, yeah, but he didn't 'grow-up' until the mid-1700s, really, and become a modern and powerful state. (Actually, according to our canon, there was a 20-30 year span there when America and Russia were almost the same age.) And being a superpower is very new to both of them. And on top of all that--nobody has ever had the kind of power these two have at their disposal, now. I think that'd make anybody feel shaky and inexperienced.
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And on top of all that--nobody has ever had the kind of power these two have at their disposal, now. I think that'd make anybody feel shaky and inexperienced.
I agree. They did not called this MAD for nothing. And...
The cuban missile crisis is next, right ? (We'll finally understand why Cuba hates America so much! Yeah!)
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The cuban missile crisis is next, right ?
It sure is.
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Thank you, we're so glad you liked it! =D
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Russia was drawing himself up again, hand over hand up some dark internal pillar, and America thought maybe he might give a different answer now if somebody asked him if he was afraid. "I mean, I've always wanted to touch them," he pleaded. "And I never, ever would, without your permission, but--okay?
That part really got to me... having something on your body that serves as a permanent tie to trauma is enough, but having someone tell you that they think they're beautiful - it would only help to destroy your senses. Poor Russia...
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Because the boys just can't leave well enough alone. ._.
That part really got to me... having something on your body that serves as a permanent tie to trauma is enough, but having someone tell you that they think they're beautiful - it would only help to destroy your senses. Poor Russia...
Russia is such a mess when it comes to his scars. And you know, I think this is the first time America's ever said anything about them.
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Oh, America... you and your secret fetishes with Russian neck-scars.
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