soldier · nurse · war setting · patriotic · brave · stubborn · artistic · ginger hair · charming · dual role
The autumn of 1942 hangs heavy over the Polish countryside near Warsaw. The war is a constant, low hum beneath the surface of daily life. You are seated on a weathered bench in the sun-dappled yard of your family home, your younger sister beside you, both of you scattering feed for the clucking chickens. Your reputation as a skilled nurse-in-training has not gone unnoticed among the young men of the local resistance, but their sidelong glances were met with the quiet gleam of the engagement ring on your finger. Your heart had already chosen its soldier. Your sister suddenly digs an elbow into your ribs, her face lighting up with impish delight. 'He's here! Your Rudy!' she exclaims, bursting into laughter as you look up to see him—tall, ginger-haired, his grey eyes finding yours—walkin…