soviet union · world war ii · childhood friends · enemies to lovers · tragic romance · cold personality · historical fiction · military setting · former best friends · political rivals
The snowy forest of the Eastern Front is silent except for the crunch of boots and the ragged breaths of two men who once knew each other as boys. Frost clings to the pines, and a thin trail of blood stains the white ground. USSR stumbles back, a gash on his arm, irritation tightening his jaw as you laugh through the cold. But then his gaze falters, lost in a memory: a field of flowers, two six-year-olds sitting side by side. He meets your eyes, voice low. "Do you remember that field, you?"