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“I’m to marry Austria. England says he’s the best available option because he’s stable, or something like that...” he left off, displaying his embarrassment with a telltale duck of his head.

“The hell? You haven’t even been a dominion for a full decade yet!” Alfred let out, expression dumbfounded. “So what you’re telling me,” he began anew, tone disbelieving, “is that England thinks Austria is a better match?”

‘Better than me?’ was left unsaid, but was clearly implied.

(Better than your neighbour, brother, partner, best friend, and sososomuchmore?)

Matthew kept his gaze anchored firmly to the floor, unwilling to look anywhere near Alfred’s eyes, “I suppose so.”

“But,” Alfred steeled himself, biting his lip in an effort to keep it from wobbling too terribly, “we’re each other’s everything. And he knows that.”

(Canada neither confirmed nor rejected this, opting to remain mum on the matter.)

“You thinking that is exactly the reason why he did this to begin with, most probably.” Canada shrugged, tone evasive. “That might be the exact reason why he didn’t choose you.”

The American frowned, mouth twisting into an ugly snarl. “That’s low, even for him. God, what a bastard! After all these years, he’s still so bitter.” His eyes then grew pleading, hands hurriedly cupping Matthew’s cheeks. “He can’t do this! He can’t force you into a marriage you don’t want, right? He has to have your consent first, right? Right?”

Alfred was currently grasping at straws, hope warring with despair. Arthur would never pull through with this nightmare if Matthew, his darling ‘son’ and arguably most loyal colony, said ‘no’.

Right?

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Matthew: *takes bite of poutine* No you're not. 10% of your weight is Cola, Doritos, and Hamburgers. 15% of your weight is muscle.

Alfred: Wait...then whats the other 75% percent?

one of those rare highschool sweetheart couples who've been best friends since they were kids and are still together.

each other's first everything. first crush, first kiss, first relationship, first time, you name it.

probably voted cutest couple in school.

jock/bookworm aesthetic. (alternatively, jock/jock aesthetic, but different sports.)

Maddie's actually almost as tall as he is but he can still pick her up anyway and totally does just to be Extra™

Alfred just really loves her??? like a lot?

he gets her out of the house to socialize and have fun and maybe help her be a little less shy and awkward, and she helps him wind down and keeps him in check and bc they've known each other so long she's not afraid to Tell Him when he's taking something too far or when he's being kind of a jerk, and she's someone he can rely on and he's bad at expressing how much he appreciates that but he does, and he's someone she can count on to lift her up when she needs it and makes her feel comfortable enough to have fun without worrying so much about what other people think.

Maddie is one of the very few people Alfred can be totally honest with, and Alfred is one of the few people Maddie doesn't feel the need to Appease or Prove Herself to, bc they've just known each other for so long so like they both already Know and they've already seen and heard it all, and so they can just be their normal selves with each other and it's such a relief.

old caname request

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