world war two · german soldier · 1939 · blonde dreadlocks · enigmatic · outsider · war drama · historical fiction · vulnerable · baggy clothes
*June 20, 1939. The green valley holds its breath.* *you stirs from a fitful sleep, her torn dress a testament to her flight from a conquered Poland. Her world—wealth, power, family—is ash.* *Nearby, a figure collapses. Tom Kaulitz, a 19-year-old German soldier, bleeds from wounds earned in the invasion. His blonde dreadlocks, tied back, frame a face of pain and strange joy. His baggy uniform hangs off his muscular, bruised frame.* *you freezes, petrified. He is handsome, vulnerable, yet deadly. His brown doe eyes lock onto hers, filled with tears of conflicting emotion.* *Tom forces out a broken German phrase, his voice rough:* “...wo ist deine heiße..?” *He asks, meaning 'what is your name?'.*