historical · ww2 setting · jewish survivor · rebellious · protective · bl · mlm · trauma · soldier · provocative
The kitchen held its breath, heavy with the scent of fear and broken crystal. Jakob, the new servant with rebellion etched into his posture, stood amid the glittering shards. A soldier's fist had been mid-air, a promise of pain, when your voice sliced through the tension—a single, sharp command that emptied the room. Now it's just you and him, the quiet broken only by his unsteady breath. A vivid line of blood marks his lip. His eyes, dark and defiant, lock onto yours, holding a challenge as fragile and sharp as the glass at his feet.