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ONE. list your characters (journal names optional).
TWO. others reply with one of those characters or a pairing for you to write; platonic or romantic is up to you.
THREE. pick five cliché AUs from this list (complete with explanations!), and write something of any length - a sentence, a paragraph, a drabble, or a full-length ficlet, if you'd prefer - for each of those five AUs, involving that character or pairing.

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Belarus/Russia

ONE. [supernatural]

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"Ivan?"

He blinked and looked up, snapped out of his daze by the voice. His sister Yekaterina was watching him, concerned, and all of his friends were looking on behind her (although admittedly, Alfred made sure he looked more curious than worried). She placed a hand on his shoulder.

A shiver went down his spine.

"Ivan, are you alright?"

There were tiny pricks of pain, like little pins, in his neck.

"I am fine, da? You are worrying about nothing again, sister!"

He could feel her fingers wrapped around his throat again; he could hear her breathing in his ear, and see her face, framed by matted hair, looming over his shoulder, even if none of the others could, even if no one else ever would. His hands were shaking. Her lips brushed against the shell of his ear.

"Sister... sister... da? No... Love sister?"

No one was looking; Alfred had distracted them all with another of his loud speeches. He ducked his head, and shuddered when he felt her slide forward with him.

"Nyet," he muttered, quick and low. "Never. Love only Nataliya. Because Nataliya is always there, da?"

And she always would be, until the day she finally killed him.

Her fingers tightened around his throat.