#engden

so I personally only consider crown unions and the like to be formal marriages (as opposed to including alliances, annexation, etc), so he's only had 2 (2 1/2?) marriages.

Arthur's first marriage was with Mathias🇩🇰 and eventually also Lukas🇳🇴 under King Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire. it lasted a good 30ish years, which is really impressive everything considered.

alas, in 1066 William of Normandy took England in the divorce, at which point Arthur gets into... not quite a marriage but an on-again off-again situationship with Francis throughout the rest of the Middle Ages. the Hundred Years' War was essentially an attempt to make the situationship into a formal marriage. it did not work.

his second marriage was to Duncan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 1603 and, barring the interregnum in the 1650s, is still his current marriage.

I personally don't count Wales, Ireland, or N. Ireland as marriages because 1) I prefer England, Wales, N. Ireland as siblings, 2) England's unions with/conquests of Ireland, Wales, and N. Ireland are.... legally complex but tldr not the same as a union of kingdoms. so they aren't marriages.

the North Sea Empire is historically really fascinating to me and it's particularly fun in hetalia because Cnut the Great ascended to the throne of England before he ascended to the thrones of Denmark and, much later, Norway. so England was the senior partner throughout the union, with Cnut ruling Denmark and Norway from his court in England. makes for some fun headcanons with Mathias and Lukas kicking Arthur's ass as vikings before Arthur turns the tables on them. the fact that Norway and Denmark continue their union without England all the way up until the late 1800s is definitely some interesting food for thought. Idk what those thoughts are but the vibes are interesting.

Ship: DenEng

Word Count: 1157

Warnings: None just fluff, and hiking

||Listen i never wrote Denmark until now so I’m still working this out, also this is how I see how their relationship might be, yeah||

Arthur panted as he made his way up the steeper portion of the hiking path. When he made it all the way up he stopped, having to take deep breaths, resting his hands on his knees. He could feel his legs burn and he knew he could no longer continue.

“Mathias- can- can we- take a breather.” He pants out, grabbing onto a tree to help lower himself down, he’s going to take a breather even if his boyfriend says no. Speaking of his boyfriend, the Dane turns around to look at Arthur.

Send me a ship and a number and I'll tell you

I haven't really thought about this ship or Denmark in general and I'm running on four hours of sleep but I'll try to figure something out.

5 - Nicknames? Pet names? Any in-jokes?

I always make Arthur call his partner "love" "darling" "dear" regardless of ship

Denmark...Hmm...I always love Arthur's partner calling him bunny in their native language so "Min kanin" and probably babe tbh.

16. - Do they keep secrets? Lie? Cheat?

Arthur hates being honest with his feelings or letting himself be vulnerable, so he lies and hides to avoid it. But Denmark has probably got good at telling. After all, "eyes are the windows to the soul" is very true for Arthur.

Denmark...Nowadays he's probably more willing to be open, but he's a nation as he's been through a lot so in the past yes he's lied and kept secret.

They wouldn't cheat because I like to think most, if not all nations, are non-monogamous. So if they have more than one partner it's all consensual.

23. - How do they hug? Kiss? Tease? Flirt? Comfort?

Denmark is very affectionate and eager to be so. Always kissing and hugging Arthur whenever he gets the chance. Often times its a quick peck or squeeze in passing. But when he has a time, he will press fully into his Arthur in a hard kiss or embrace. Sometimes it's a little tight but also oh so warm and secure feeling. These physical intimacies is his main way of flirting

Arthur is a bit more timid. He's only just getting used to embracing love and being open about it. So his kisses and hugs are slow build ups, carefully pulling his partner towards him and then just melting into a kiss or embrace. Arthur's main source of flirting is through gifts and love notes.

I don't think either are the best when it comes to feelings. Denmark isn't good at emotions other than happy (I don't know, I see him boarding toxic positivity sometimes because he refuses to let himself feel anything else). But if Arthur's upset, he'll hold him because he knows contact is a way to relax Arthur even if it's only slightly.

Arthur may be emotionally constipated, but he will step up to comfort his loved ones. He may not always have the right words (though sometimes he does, having a lot of experience boost morale at least in a military sense), but he is always there with a warm mug of tea and a nice knitted blanket. Oh and cuddles. Lots of cuddles.

38. - What are they like in the bedroom? Any kinks/fetishes/turn-ons? Anything they won’t do?

Arthur is a kinky bastard. I don't know what Den would be like in bed, but he'd at least indulge Arthur if he isn't as keen on it. I've talked about Arthur's kinks a lot on my spicy blog so I'll try to keep this short: he likes to be choked, he likes both tying up his partner and being tying up, seeing his partner in lingerie, degrading his partner and being degraded. There is more but these are the top ones.

In canon, I like to think that they easily became friends despite how unusual their meetings were! Sure, they might’ve met whilst Matthias was raiding Arthur’s land but I think in spite of this, they developed a good friendship, through a combination of having a (possibly?) shared religion and a general love for disobeying authority figures (because we love two rebellious idiots in love), and I think they managed to maintain a good friendship throughout history

In a human au i can see them become friends maybe through shared music tastes, maybe through Gilbert, hell, I even like the idea of Arthur coming over to Lukas’ house and Matthias meeting him through that