I know I'm a wolf
Arthur looked down at the younger man on the bed with a somewhat affectionate gaze. Only somewhat affectionate. Arthur wasn't particularly the affectionate type.
Images of the Revolutionary War struck at him when he saw America frown in his sleep. He had been so weakened, felt so incompetent. The big oaf seemed to have forgotten about the war entirely during the daytime when he would hide behind a stupid grin. England knew better. He could tell that America barely slept well. Arthur knew that he had done some terrible things to the colonies back in the days of his grand empire, but he had been good to America. Perhaps too good. In the colonial days, England had been feared as the scourge of the sea with the greatest navy known to mankind.
Now, what was left? Just evidence of his power in textbooks. He had been raised on violence. It had shaped him. He was a hunter. Yet here lay this young country who had become a superpower quicker than any other country had. He had left the days of violence and power behind. With no more thoughts to spare on the past, Arthur climbed into bed behind the American and wrapped his arms around him from behind.
Alfred had come in after the meeting and immediately collapsed from exhaustion after a long time travelling overseas. Arthur smirked at the slight snoring noise made by the larger man. He had snored as a child too. Only then it was adorable in a different way.
Arthur's attraction to the American probably began when he changed and grew about 5 feet in (seemingly) a day. He had developed so well...
"Iggy..." America sighed in his sleep, in a way that would often be seen in teenaged girls swooning over some model 500 miles out of their league.
"America?" England replied, almost expecting a response from the man who was clearly fast asleep.
"Don't hurt me..." What? How could America believe that England would hurt him? He'd never do that.
"I won't hurt you... Idiot. Not anymore." England promised. Alfred would never hear nor remember those words, yet it made Arthur feel better to speak them.