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Moldova/Romania

Ion thinks his heart must still beat, even though he can't feel it through the thick scar tissue on his chest.

For all the explosive arguments, there is also the quiet bickering over simple things like who drank the last of the milk and whose turn it was to traverse down the long trail to fetch the post.

(In the end they went together, hands brushing against each other but not held.)

Those were sweet and peaceful moments Ion knew he was supposed to cherish but couldn't quite bring himself to. Those kinds of moments were supposed to give you a warm feeling in your chest and bring a faster rhythm to your heartbeat, if all the books he'd read had any basis in reality whatsoever. He couldn't cherish those moments if he couldn't feel them, and the reason he was so numb was the same reason that kept stealing glances at him from beneath pale blonde eyelashes.

Still, in the name of the charade and keeping the (relative) peace, he never protested (overly much) to the suggestions of time spent together.

And today, for Mircea's birthday, they were doing a prototype of a cake, though the both of them were abysmal bakers.

As expected for any venture involving Mircea and anything vaguely liquid, the batter stayed everywhere except in the bowl. Ion gave his customary sharp criticism, and Mircea laughed it off as always.

With a smile, Mircea took Ion's hand in his and promptly placed Ion's first finger in his mouth, cleaning away the too-sweet batter with his tongue.

Ion stared at him with wide gray eyes as Mircea stole glances at him again from beneath pale blonde lashes.

There was a pulse there, in his fingers, throbbing vividly where Mircea's lips met Ion's skin.

So his heart was still beating in his chest somewhere, probably, maybe.

He decided that instead of trying to hold these cherished moments in his faulty and flawed heart, he would take what he could touch with his hands and hold it even closer and not let it go.
Another shortfic for the meme, this time with Moldova/Romania

Ion: Moldova
Mircea: Romania
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