(Australia's POV)
The ship rocked with the waves and the awful wailing of metal echoed through the dark, metallic passageways of the berthing. Sailors like myself lie sleeping or writing letters to loved ones.
It smelled of rust, salt, and cigarette smoke everywhere on the ship. It was as if the moisture made any smells stick to our uniforms and never wash out.
I tossed and turned in my coffin rack, wondering if I made the right choice. I knew I had an obligation to fight- but at the same time, an awful sense of foreboding clung to me- much like how the smells would cling to my hair and uniforms.
We hadn't even reached Hawaii, and I already had regrets. America's words echoed through my skull-
"The little brother went out and had his piece of the war!" The anger that flashed in his eyes stung my heart. I knew he didn't mean it- but it still hurt that our last conversation was a fight.
I deeply wished he had come with me, but who was I to expect him to follow me on this whim? After everything he had been through- fought through two wars already, and then I had asked him to join me in a third?
A rogue wave crashed against the hull and almost knocked me out of my rack- some other soldiers and sailors who were writing or reading cursed while dropping their pencils or photos from home.
I didn't know what awaited me in Korea. All I knew was that I wanted my brother beside me. Who wouldn't want their invincible older brother—their hero—beside them as they marched into battle?
Eventually, my exhaustion overtook me as the waves calmed down and rocked the ship side to side, sending me into a restless sleep.
I hoped the coming days wouldn't be as horrible as America told me they'd be.
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Sunset in 1950 (America x Germany)
RomanceTime Traveller Germany has landed a few years too far back in the past. A few thousand years too far. In this old and forgotten world, he meets America. This is an America x Germany story, male x male, don't like don't read :] Cover art was made by...
