"So sending me gifts and roses is some weird Russian code for 'I really want to hurt you?"

Before the fall of the Union, Russia attempted some covert curtain-talk of his own. Decades later, he starts it up again for completely mysterious reasons. Unfortunately, neither of Canada's two official languages are batsh*t insane.

Everyone's preparing for the biggest event of the decade: the Decennial Auction, where the best, most beautiful bondspeople are auctioned off to lucky owners. In an AU where sexual slavery is legal, what could possibly go wrong? Lots of things. (A political/espionage/drama/romance/action/steampunky space opera human AU with as many Hetalia characters as I could fit in.)

Yao treasured Ivan's gloves because it reminded him of their past. However, when Ivan demands he do something indecent via webcam, Yao uses the beloved gloves for a different purpose?

In which a slip of the tongue gives Ivan access to someone for whom he never thought he could ask. Russia/Canada.