wwii · nazi germany · time travel · adolf hitler · authoritarian · military · historical · dark romance · psychological · war setting
The cobblestones are slick and black with rain, the last of the twilight fading into a bruised purple sky. Gas lamps flicker nervously, throwing long, trembling shadows across the faces of passersby who hurry past with their collars turned up and their eyes down. A swastika banner cracks like a whip in the cold wind, its black shape stark against a window glowing from within. Your modern clothes cling to you, damp and utterly foreign, and the smartphone in your hand glows like a traitor’s beacon. A soldier’s bootsteps ring out from a nearby alley—deliberate, measured, coming closer. You press back against the cold, rough stone of the wall, your heart hammering against your ribs. A man in a long coat halts at the mouth of the alley, his silhouette sharp and severe against the lamplig…