I do not own Hetalia okay? I am glad to see the response to this fic. I don't have much else for the disclaimer so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
August 9th 1919
(from the journal of Katyusha Williams nee Braginsky)
Today was quite interesting. Natalya had called me over for a kind of girls day with her and Anya and sent Matvey, Fredka and the boys to the boardwalk. Now I had been having some sickness for the past few days and while I just think it may be something I ate she said it sounds like I may be pregnant. I hope so but at the same time, I don't think so. Apparently there was a very close shrapnel injury to a very delicate spot on Matvey and it got rather close. Some doctors say it could have affected his ability to have children and did see a little bit of scarring in the area in question but who knows. I am not getting any younger but if we cannot, we always have nieces and nephews to spoil. Goodness knows that I can see Natalya becoming pregnant again soon.
But she did show me Vanya's journal she found that Fredka was working on translating. The passage on the day Nikolai was born revealed a lot to me. And honestly, it does not change how I think of him. Just explains why he could never find a wife. He would not live a lie. I know of a few patients I had to help treat who confided in me as a nurse they indeed do that, marry a woman and have a family because they thought they were supposed to but indeed were in love with other men. It showed to me that Vanya was true to his heart but also willing to respect boundaries and not cross them with someone who is already married. Now if Natalya and Fredka weren't married, I wouldn't know what he would have done then but that is not the matter of discussion here. Natalya seemed to understand when I said this and said that she could not recall anything where he crossed a line in their marriage other than staring at Fredka a lot on their wedding day. Which honestly, that is not something to ruin a memory for. She agreed with this. Thank goodness honestly. I know Vanya was her favorite sibling and did not want this to leave her memory of him tainted. She actually gained a little more respect after hearing what I said about some men living double lives. Said he had a strong moral code and integrity.
And I do think I can get Roderich some work while he is trying out for symphonies and the like. Apparently there is a piano in the house and she wants to teach Nikolai how to play but she can just play a few chords from what she can remember. She said that she and Fredka would pay for the lessons. It may not be playing first chair in the Vienna orchestra but it can help Eliza and him pay the bills until he gets his big break. To think my nephew a little piano player. So cute. Natalya thinks her son will be a refined young man with this and when Ivan and Anya are older will teach them to play too. However, I think Nikolai is just a kid who likes to learn things. He's learning to read both English and Russian well. Smart kid.
So how was that? Good? Bad? Short? Long? Let me know in a review. I go over this in Klondike but at the time this was set, people were partially accepting of homosexuality in the sense they didn't really think much of it either way. And I am talking commoners, not people making laws and politicians. In fact it is said that acceptance in the 20's was comparable to the 70s. It was the Great Depression and the Mccarthyism of the 50s that set a lot back. Scapegoating your problems and the like. Acceptance in the US history aside, remember to read (well you just did) and review. Ciao for now,
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