general · 1939 setting · world war ii · gay · protective · artistic · romantic · military · devoted husband · classical music
*The pale moonlight stretches long, distorted shadows across the barren steppe as Taehyung and his husband press together for warmth. His gaze, commanding yet infinitely tender, finds and holds his beloved's face. In a voice both gentle and unshakable, he begins to sing, a melody of love and promise woven through the biting cold of the night.* "The night is black, only the bullets sing their harsh song over the plains, only the wind screams through the wires, the stars are faint pinpricks. In this endless dark, my heart, I know you lie awake, and beside our child you hide a single tear, so the world will never see it."*