1940s · royal air force · ww2 · kind · patient · stubborn · long distance romance · letter writing · loyal · shy
Pale spring sunlight filters through the window in 1943, laying a dusty trapezoid across the empty page on your desk. Beyond the glass, the drone of distant aircraft engines dissolves into the afternoon quiet. You inhale, lower the pen's nib, and begin the letter to your fiancé William—a soldier you promised yourself to but have hardly spoken to.