Rating : T up to M
A.N : Hello, C-F here with a new story! I've decided to come out of hiding on tumblr to post a new story here on FF. This story will actually be very sad in the long run so I apologize in advance for any feels that may be called out. The name of the story comes from Emilie Autumn's song Castle Down, as do the lyrics. It seems to fit how I feel and this story idea very well.
I do not own Hetalia or the music in this fic.
Prologue
It started out warm and happy. But as the sequence progressed it came a part at the seams and the blue-eyed blond was standing in a long hallway. A piano playing somewhere in the distance, he was not sure where, but the words were coming from somewhere close by. Almost whispered in his ears as he moved down the hallway. It was always the same, when he reached the middle of the hallway a door would appeared out of the shadows and he words were clearer.
"You can see that I swim through the sea of painful. You watched as I pulled myself from the floor."
Always the same lines over and over again. Always starting the song off. Tears rolled down tan cheeks as the words stabbed through the boy's chest. He started to run, trying to get to the door quicker to see who was singing. As he drew closer he aged to his current state when he stood before the door.
"And you were there when I built my tower like pebbles in the rain. Trying to balance all I had left with what I didn't have anymore."
When he flung the door open there was nothing there but a rose without any petals. They were all scattered about the room. Their brilliant red color slowly being swallowed up by brown.
The man fell to his knees and an alarm somewhere in the distance blared loudly.