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August 20, 1943
Tino Väinämöinen had arrived in Helsingborg, Sweden completely penniless. He had come to this realization just hours before, after checking the pockets of his trousers for a spare krona to pay for a loaf of bread from the little bakery beside the train station. Never had the feeling of cotton pocket lining against his fingers been so depressing.
Tino rolled his sore shoulders, causing the weight of his rucksack and his rifle to shift uncomfortably on his back. Then, he yawned. The sound was so loud that it almost drowned out the clopping of Tino’s brown boots hitting the cobblestone.
“I should sit
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Six years had passed, and obviously, Berwald's sprained ankle had healed. His relationship with Tino had healed as well, in fact, it had grown stronger.
A testament to the strength of their relationship sat on the shelf above the fireplace in their new house. It was a silver framed photograph depicting Tino and Berwald. They were formally dressed and locked in a sweet kiss. Two years ago, same-sex marriage had become legal in the state of Kentucky, and the couple found themselves at the courthouse in their best suits only a week later.
Tino and Berwald were sitting on the living room sofa, which was directly across from the
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Tino did his best to conceal his anger and sorrow at work, but it wasn't easy. Even though he loved photography, loved people and loved taking pictures of people, Tino's day was little more than a joyless gray haze. Every smile that he gave was forced, and when talking to children, he had to make his voice go up and down in an intonation that was so artificial it hurt his ears.
The worst moment of the day was when Elizabeta noticed.
"Tino, you aren't yourself today, what's wrong?" her green eyes were widened with worry.
"Oh, it's nothing!" Tino replied, wincing at his contrived tone, "I'm just tired is all."
That was
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When the warmth of summer began to dissipate and give way to fall’s chill, Berwald’s mastery of the English language improved. While he had not yet achieved perfect fluency, he was able to carry on detailed conversations. As a result, Yekaterina decided to teach Berwald more than just linguistic skills. She would come by their apartment with armloads of textbooks on a great variety of subjects. Berwald devoured them. His favorites were the ones on history and modern technology. Slowly, he was catching up and learning about the current world and its complex inner workings. Tino was happy to see that Berwald enjoyed books so mu
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“Dad!” Tino shouted as he pulled away from Berwald.
“I’ve been finding my old knives lying around and I thought I’d just forgotten to put them away, but now I see the culprit.” Tino’s father pointed a finger at Berwald.
“Sir,” Yekaterina said, “please understand that he wasn’t trying to be rude. He doesn’t really get modern social norms.”
“I know that,” said Tino’s father, “and I’m not angry.”
“What?” Tino shouted. He’d been expecting his father to explode. Eduard turned to him and shrugged.
Tino’s fat
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((Hello everybody, I'm sorry that the wait for this chapter was so long. I spent all of July studying in Berlin and the past couple of months settling back into college (and life back home in America), so I've been busy. Looking back at the old chapters in this story, I can't help but cringe a bit. I've improved a great deal in the past year, thanks mainly to my creative writing professors, particularly the one I have now. He is harsh, but has really helped me to see the silly mistakes that I tend to make and to stop making them. Oh, and on a technical note, I mixed up the Optomap machine with the air puff machine in chapter 10. At the time o
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Worth Fighting For: Chapter 1
August 20, 1943
Tino Väinämöinen had arrived in Helsingborg, Sweden completely penniless. He had come to this realization just hours before, after checking the pockets of his trousers for a spare krona to pay for a loaf of bread from the little bakery beside the train station. Never had the feeling of cotton pocket lining against his fingers been so depressing.
Tino rolled his sore shoulders, causing the weight of his rucksack and his rifle to shift uncomfortably on his back. Then, he yawned. The sound was so loud that it almost drowned out the clopping of Tino’s brown boots hitting the cobblestone.
“I should sit
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To Tame a Viking: Chapter 12
((Hello everybody, I'm sorry that the wait for this chapter was so long. I spent all of July studying in Berlin and the past couple of months settling back into college (and life back home in America), so I've been busy. Looking back at the old chapters in this story, I can't help but cringe a bit. I've improved a great deal in the past year, thanks mainly to my creative writing professors, particularly the one I have now. He is harsh, but has really helped me to see the silly mistakes that I tend to make and to stop making them. Oh, and on a technical note, I mixed up the Optomap machine with the air puff machine in chapter 10. At the time o
Long story short, I've been afraid to come onto DA because graduate school has kept me too busy to really write or draw, lol.
I'm about to graduate now, so I have a lot more time to be creative as a result.
That means that the next chapter of a certain SuFin fanfic is currently in the works! *hint hint*
Dear Lord, it's been a long time since I've posted any sort of update on DA! I left for a few months and returned to see that I have around 7.6 K messages, sheesh.
Anyways, I'm happy to say that this is my final semester as an undergrad! I have managed to complete my English major and Spanish/History double minor in four years, thanks to high school honors credits. Now I have to apply to graduate school. I plan on snagging a Masters in Arts and Teaching (my university has an excellent two year program) and getting my German to the same level as my Spanish. When that's done, I plan to go to Germany and teach English as a Second Language for
The drag show that the LGBT group at my college put on *finally* has clips on Youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfQhRfWl2V0
I'm at 0:51 and 1:48, but you guys should watch this all the way through. I'm friends with all of the other performers and they are awesome!
In other news, I'm in the process of losing weight. I really like chocolate, so we'll see how it goes. Lol.