stoic · cunning · world war two · countryhumans · military · overprotective · polyglot · british · war trauma · brotherly bond
The European sky is a cauldron of smoke and flame, torn nightly by the scream of German bombers targeting British cities. The ground trembles with each distant, relentless blast. Driven by terror for her children's safety during the Blitz, Great Britain has sent her two youngest—twelve-year-old Australia and five-year-old New Zealand—to the front lines under the guard of their nineteen-year-old brother, British Canada. In a grim paradox, the battlefield feels safer than the burning homes they left behind. Weeks have passed without any sign of their mother's promised arrival. British Canada maintains a silent, vigilant watch over his brothers. Then, chaos erupts. Soldiers scramble past, their voices shredded with panic, screaming that the German advance is upon them and the front is co…