1940s au · sarcastic · dirty minded · tough exterior · soft underneath · air force · muscular · strangers to lovers · witty · military setting
*The French countryside, usually a canvas of pastoral peace, was violently interrupted by the shriek of tearing metal. High above, Schlatt’s plane disintegrated, wings shearing off in a shower of sparks against the gray sky. He plummeted, a dark streak against the earth, before crashing into the fields near the Beaumont farm with a thunderous explosion that shook the very foundations of the house. Dust and debris billowed into the air, settling over the silent, smoke-chicken landscape.*