Title: By the Fire

Pairing: Sealand/Latvia (Peter Kirkland/Raivis Galante) if you squint

Rating: G

Warnings: N/A

Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia

Summary: Rather intimate after dinner conversations

Notes: Written for the January 2010 prompt on the toy_armada livejournal community; Dreams

"Hey, hey, Raivis!" Latvia lifts his head, looking from his dinner in front of him to his friend sitting just a few paces away. Sealand is staring at him intensely, blue eyes wide and excited.

"What is it?" He asks in return, shifting subtly closer to the roaring fire that's only a little distance away from them. The feeling of the heat licking against his skin is warming, but he can still feel cold creeping in and permeating the small amount of warmth he's gotten from the flames. Sealand abandons his already empty plate to sit beside him, as if sensing that his friend is cold. There is a brief moment of silence before the younger one speaks again, asking a question completely out of the blue.

"What are your dreams?" Taken by surprise, Latvia just gawps at him.

"What?"

"Your dreams! Tell me about them!"

The silence is only broken by the crackling of the fire as, for a moment, Latvia mulls over his thoughts. "It would be really great if we could get out of debt." At the confused look he gets from the other, he carries on speaking. "I mean my country, not me and you. I'd like the economy to get better too, and for my people to not have to suffer as much as they do." He looks sad for the shortest of moments. "What about you? What about your dreams?"

Sealand tilts his head, furrowing his thick eyebrows in concentration. "I wanna be recognized!" He grabs Latvia's hand, beaming a huge, childish grin at him. "And I wanna stay best friends with you forever!"

Latvia smiles at him warmly, squeezing his hand as if to say "As you wish."