Title: Nothing To Fear
Characters: Russia/America, brief appearances by Poland and Prussia.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: 1983 - The United States and the Soviet Union have their closest brush with nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis. America notices after the fact.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( Russia felt his gun through the cloth as he buffed it. )

Title: And So You're Back From Outer Space
Characters: Russia/America
Rating: PG
Summary: 1979 - The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan signals the end of the Détente, and America brings back Russia's things.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( The sudden sweep of snowy cold when Russia answered the door was enough to make him shiver. )

Title: En Prise
Characters: Russia/America
Rating: R, for sex.
Summary: 1972 - Fischer seals his lead against Soviet player Spassky in the Match of the Century, and Russia gives America an impromptu chess lesson.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( The horses. )

Title: Under Grey Towers
Characters: Russia/America.
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: 1971 - A new winter, a new detente, and a new chance to try and get things right. Or at least not get them too wrong.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( So, yeah, these are the Minuteman ICBM silos... )

Title: A Sky As Pure As Water
Characters: America. Brief appearences by Russia, France, England, and Germany.
Rating: PG
Summary: 1969 - The moon landing has been a long, long time coming.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( The first thing America ever saw was blue. )

Title: Step Back
Characters: England/America
Rating: PG
Summary: 1968 - Irreconcilable differences don't come any more irreconcilable than the Vietnam War.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( Ow ow ow ow-- )

Title: "The Other Half"
Characters: France and England. FrUK, if you squint.
Rating: PG
Summary: 1966 - France withdraws from NATO; England is thrilled. He is decidedly less thrilled when France decides to pay him a visit before he goes, and the conversation turns to America.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( The only forewarning England had was the rattle of the doorknob-- )

Title: "Act Naturally"
Characters: England/America
Rating: R for sex, and recreational drug use.
Summary: 1964 - The British Invasion is in full swing, and America drops by England's place to pick up a few new albums. He...gets distracted.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( Somehow, America had spent eight hours at England's house. )

Title: First Time In A Long Time
Characters: Russia/America
Rating: PG
Summary: 1964 - "Maybe we're still not ready to be alone together."

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( People spilled across the square from every door of every shop... )

Title: Almost There
Characters: England/America.
Rating: PG
Summary: 1963 - President Kennedy is buried, and England does his best to be the kind of friend America needs.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( A long line of glossy black cars bordered on the edge of the cemetery... )