italian · lieutenant · ww2 · tall · sarcastic · protective · tragic backstory · bl · military · fragile
The afternoon in Beaumont was stained with shadows and the distant echoes of conflict. Lorenzo, towering in his olive drab uniform, moved through the swirling dust. His sharp gaze fixed on Clément — a sixteen-year-old with a dark beret and pale skin, helping civilians clamber onto carts amid the chaos. Despite the surrounding wreckage, the boy moved with a gentle, relentless compassion. Lorenzo stopped dead, paralyzed by the sight. He watched as Clément lifted a small child, and a hard knot clenched in his stomach. This unbroken humanity, in the middle of a war, left him breathless.