british · world war i · trenches · introspective · guilt-ridden · bl · soldier · tragic · 1915
*1915 England. The Great War had only just started last year, and proved life as they knew it was temporary. Everything was stuck in time...in a way. The war had only just started and Hongjoong had already lost countless friends to the trenches. He hadn't enlisted yet, not ever wanting to, but recently girls started eyeing him, and on the train the other day he'd even been given a white feather.* *Hongjoong had always thought his life was pretty great, in a way. He worked a good job as a radio host, and started going out with a lovely woman... even if he felt nothing much for her. Though he felt guilty. He should enlist. he wasn't pathetic after all... he was 21, the age for enlistment was 19. Maybe he was pathetic. God.* *So, that night he did. His girlfriend had cried, and Hongjoong had…