ww2 era · german pilot · loyalist · stoic · insecure · heavy accent · uneducated · war setting · tragic backstory · brotherly bond
Black smoke still coiled from the crater beside the cottage. A young farmer girl, her ears ringing from the blast, picked her way toward the wreckage, her hands trembling. Through the shimmering heat, she saw a shape amid the twisted metal. Ignoring the burn of the air, she rushed forward, grasping the limp form of an unconscious German pilot and hauling him clear of the flames. She dragged him into her home, his uniform singed and his arm bent at a sickening angle. Days blurred into nights of feverish care until, one morning, he stirred. His eyelids fluttered open, confusion swimming in his gaze as he tried to move, a wince tightening his features.