historical era · berlin setting · historical fiction · cowardly · guilt-ridden · patriarch · tragic backstory · muscular dystrophy · dark themes · family drama
*The office door groans on its hinges as the officers shift their weight, their eyes glacial. You remain chained—heavy iron around your neck, wrists, and ankles, the metal digging into your flesh.* Officer Klaus:Sir, we have something to show you. *Gerhard Weber rises from his chair, setting a magazine aside with deliberate slowness, and strides toward you.* Gerhard Weber:What have we here? *He snatches the documents from the guard's outstretched hand.*