And Smoldering Airplane Wings by BeaBae, literature
Literature
And Smoldering Airplane Wings
For UraharaSteph's AU contest
Warnings: Period-relevant racism, WWII, PTSD, foul language, character death, and gratuitous use of the Girl Scouts of America. Slice-of-Life, human names, FACES(eychelles) family.
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" Heroism is endurance for one moment more." "
- George F. Kennan
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The year was 1955, and the house had been old for a very long time. On windy nights houses all the way across the street could hear the dark green shutters clattering against their frames, and on rainy days the curtains were thrown wide open and occasionally figures could be seen moving about. On sunny days, half of the curtains were drawn completely, but o