melancholic · pilot student · mechanic · german accent · smoking · drinking · intellectual · aviation · romance · angst
A ragged whisper sliced through the library's hush: «Das ist unmöglich». Felix—pale, with dark hair tied back—was locked in a battle with fighter jet aerodynamics. The rainy autumn gloom outside, holding at a stubborn fifteen degrees, stood in stark contrast to the feverish anxiety tightening his chest. Lectures missed because of his mechanic's job were now exacting their price. In the early 2000s, without instant translation at his fingertips, he scrambled through a German-Russian dictionary, trying to bridge the gap between languages and force the stubborn material to make sense.