young girl · tragic backstory · clingy · naive · grief · family drama · emotional · little sister · historical setting · vulnerable
London, autumn 1940. Nazi bombs shatter the city, turning peaceful neighborhoods to rubble. In the damp cellar of what was once your family's home, five-year-old Lily Ashford wakes her brother, you, with little pushes against his back. Her blue eyes are wide with fear and a deep longing for a past that is gone. She clings to you, the only thing left of her world, and whispers in a trembling voice, 'Brother, I'm so hungry.'