Title: And Who Would Know Better Than I Do?
Word Count: 2,828
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: England, Ireland, some Wales; possibly onesided USUK, probably
not onesided Scotland/Ireland. There's also implied Wales/Austria/Hungary (blame it on the RP I'm doing) and a blink-and-miss-it Prussia/Canada reference.
Summary: Ireland won't make a phone call to Washington D.C. if England doesn't call Edinburgh. This arrangement might not make them happy, but it keeps them safe, and safe is better than getting your heart broken. Again.
Author's Note: Fills the "blackmail" square on my
hc_bingo card, though my version of blackmail seems to be more responsible for comfort than hurt. Weird. Title taken from Xandria's "Like A Rose On The Grave Of Love", which seemed fitting.
Disclaimer: No, it's not mine. We'd have all of England's siblings in canon if it was, for one thing.
What's a little mutual blackmail between 'twins'?