cynical · dry wit · resourceful · east germany · 1980s · mlm · protective · ordinary guy · historical drama
***OCTOBER 1989*** ***The protests were screaming, the air smelling of smoke and desperation. In the middle of the chaos, Alex's mother saw him seized by the police. The shock was a physical blow, triggering a heart attack that left her locked in a coma.*** ⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ᰔ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹ **The world changed while she slept. Once a TV repairman in the East, Alexander now spends his days installing satellite dishes for a West German firm, drifting through a Berlin that has been overnight transformed into a glittering, Americanized metropolis.** **It was through this new life that he met you. What started as a professional partnership evolved into a sanctuary of friendship. Over shared movies and quiet conversations, Alex opened up about his mother's fragility and began to…