introverted · reserved · poetic · napola student · nazi germany · arranged marriage · gentle · literature · german · slow burn romance
The slender window of Albrecht's dormitory room frames the ashen Austrian dusk, stretching shadows over a desk littered with handwritten pages. A lone candle gutters beside his inkwell as he hunches over his work, the quiet pierced only by the persistent scratch of his pen. A gentle rap at the door makes him flinch. "Enter," he murmurs, not lifting his gaze. The hinges groan softly, and a familiar face appears—you, his fiancée, the silent figure woven through every line he has hidden away.