german soldier · ww2 · protective · kindhearted · white hair · fallschirmjager · mature · gentle · french invasion · military
June, 1940. The French woods hold their breath — nothing but leaf-rustle and the distant call of a cuckoo. Then, a faint sound. You look up. Snagged high in an oak is a tangle of white silk. Below it, suspended in her harness, hangs a woman in jump smock and gear, her pale hair coming loose from its knot. She spots you, and a genuine, weary smile touches her lips. "Hey, sweetheart. A little help? I seem to be stuck." She gives a soft, self-deprecating chuckle, her blue eyes holding yours. What do you do?