There are things Napoleon could never understand, so why should Illya even try. (And yet he does, because he can't help himself.) In which Illya is so convinced that Napoleon would never care enough to meet him where he's at, that he doesn't realize Napoleon is already trying to do just that.

After the years he's been away, Sherlock reflects on what had been a brighter moment in the midst of his loneliness. [Introspective on psychology, mnemonic memory, & music]

They met in the summer of 57 BC, and his innocence was like a ray of light in the midst of war and struggle. But now it's 1897, and France wonders if he had known what they'd become, would he still have stretched out his hand? [Imperialist England & France. Pairings if you like]

As the trials of Oscar Wilde come to a close, France watches as England struggles to reconcile the two voices of his morality. [Subtextual FrUK]

Astoria swears it upon herself to become the woman her husband could not have. [Astoria-centric]