Scotland didn’t attend the meetings too often anymore. He didn’t feel the need, and England was certainly happy to have one less annoyance around to pester him during them. It was a rare occasion when the Brit would walk into the room with the much taller visage of his brother trailing behind, oftentimes smoking or chatting idly at the blond.

Every time, Francis would feel his chest swell with joy, and would prance right past the befuddled Brit to throw his arms around Alasdair in an exuberant hug.

They would spend the expanse of the meeting talking in low tones and casting glances to some of the other attendees, Francis having a palm on his shoulder or Alasdair’s arm laying over the back of the Frenchman’s chair.

It was a rare occurrence, but one they reveled in, both during and after the meeting, where in the cover of night they lay together.

A night such as this, when Francis lay on his back, Alasdair’s name on his lips and his flesh below the Franchman’s palms, the Scot above him, hips rolling forward in a continuous motion. Waves of pleasure washed over the younger of two nations, drowning him and making him incoherent with desire.

“Alasdair…” he gasped, scrabbling for purchase on the Scotsman’s slick back. “Alasdair, je t’aime.” Alasdair’s lips were at his neck, his shoulder, his cheek, his lips, everywhere, touching softly or parting for the harsher touch of teeth. “Je t’aime, je t’aime, Alasdair.” he gasped, the words tumbling from his lips in a breathless mantra, Francis having long ago fallen into his native tongue, unable to translate to English through his pleasure-hazed mind.

Alasdair responded with a passionate kiss, stealing Francis’s already short breath, and tightened his hold on the man. It didn’t take long after that for them both to reach completion, falling into a light euphoria and kissing each other lazily and gently.

“Tha goal agam ort.” Alasdair breathed, peppering his neck in kisses. “Ah missed ya.” Francis smiled sleepily up at him.

“I missed you, too.”

Alasdair rarely came to meetings, but he reveled in every one he attended.