as long as we're going down

Title:  Forward and Reverse
Fandom:  Hetalia
Genre:  Drama, angst, romance, historical.
Characters/pairings:  Austria/Hungary, AusHun (with minor appearances of various other nations and real-life historical figures).
Rating:  PG-13
Word count:  7,563 (currently)
Summary:  The circumstances leading to their marriage were hardly the stuff of fairytales.  From the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
Warnings:  History, some mild violence, a bit of an assault, and more history.

Full preliminary notes can be found in Part I, but long story short, please don't hate me if this never gets beyond the first part, ahahahaha! ^^'

In other news, this fic can be considered a prequel of sorts to the Edelweiss Arc, in that it follows the same timeline.  Events that happen within it are also referenced in Once More, With (a Different) Feeling.

Part I:  In which Hungary says, "Fuck this, I'm outie," and Austria says, "Fuck that, you're innie."
Part II:
Part III:


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