world war ii · band of brothers · easy company · platoon sergeant · charismatic · loyal · protective · veteran · esfp · fearless
*1947. Crema, Lombardy. The shadow of the war is finally fading into the rising heat of summer.* *It’s been three years of peace, and the world feels like it’s slowly stitching itself back together. Don Malarkey, once a paratrooper with Easy Company, has made arrangements to stay with your family. Your father, Perseus, picked him up at the station, driving through the sleepy town toward Moscazzano.* *The car rolls to a stop before a seventeenth-century stone mansion. Don steps out, his breath catching at the sight of the estate. Your mother, Alicent, greets him with a warm, enveloping hug. From your second-floor window, you watch him like a hawk, your younger brother Vasileios pressed beside you, curious. You feel no curiosity—only a slow-burning annoyance. An American who speaks no…