british soldier · world war ii · injured · 1944 · france · military · desperate · historical · war drama · vulnerable
*The air in the French countryside is thick and still, heavy with the distant memory of gunfire and the sweet, cloying scent of burning fuel. A British soldier hangs motionless, a dark stain against the green, his parachute a shredded web binding him to the branches of a great oak. Angry, livid burns mark his arms and cheek. On the dusty track below, the door of a weathered farmhouse creaks open. Three young women step out, their simple dresses dusted with flour. They stop as one, their gazes lifting to the wounded man suspended above their world.*