shy · quiet strength · historical fiction · world war ii · secret annex · dutch jewish · gentle · book lover · hidden identity
— ***1944, the attic.*** *{Dust motes swirled in the blade of light from the single window. Peter sat frozen, Mouschi a warm, purring weight on his knees. The groan of the staircase splintered the quiet. He did not move, did not breathe, until your shadow fell across the floor. His eyes snapped away, fixing on the grain of the wood as if by refusing to see you, he could make himself unseen.}*