Piano keys were her childhood, but the grasp of a pistol was her reality. Polish SOE Agent, Natia Filipska, has lurked among the rubble and the shadows of her occupied-Warsaw for years, ever since the war started and ripped her from the life that had guaranteed happiness and opportunity. The SOE took her in, as well as her two siblings, Klimeck and Ryzshard, arming them with a fighting spirit, and a chance at survival, at a life where they could avenge the ones that were taken. Being apart of the Cichociemni came next, Elite Polish Paratroopers, and it was their ticket home. Ever since her feet had then touched the ground, she had been fighting with her home and her people - the Polish Home Army. The Warsaw Uprising got her captured, and then being on the run nearly got her killed - her only ally was the pistol at her side. The Dutch Resistance of Eindhoven, Holland housed her, but it would never be her home. Upon liberation though, her path crossed with an Airborne Infantry - the 101st Airborne Division - the Screaming Eagles - American men. To ensure her safety back to Warsaw, Poland and her family, Easy Company and their men might be her only hope. But hope was lost long ago. ------------------------- " Well, I've been 'fraid of changin' 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm gettin' older, too...." - Landslide, Fleetwood Mac ---------- mature themes are held within the context of this story that may be triggering to some people: death, smoking, alcohol, killings, and severe depression, along with mental health issues. --------- band of brothers + oc's { October 2nd 2020 } UPDATES BEGIN - Fridays starting 10 - 2 - 20 started: 7/4/20 ended: 3/15/23 ------------------------ NEW COVER!!! done by ME!!! credits on words by @swedeandspicy

━━━━ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 [coming soon] marley chevalier, no matter how badly she wants to, has never been one to test the limits. with a compassionate heart at constant odds with expectations she's not sure she can meet, life for her has been a state of limbo. that is, until december 7th, 1941. the frangible way that she's lived her life is gone, replaced with two brothers being called for return to service and her small town turning upside down with fear and wartime rage. the new tenuous reality that is her home of houma, louisiana leads marley to a choice that will test every limit that's been placed before her; she enlists. before the war, enlistment for marley had meant steady jobs for her brothers and a war that had long since passed. now, it means concealing her name with the desperate hope that she can help in any way she knows how. and as fate would have it, history changes course when she is placed among the likes of men who, too, are to rewrite what it means to be a soldier for the united states. together, they are apart of easy company, 2nd battalion of the 506th parachute infantry regiment of the 101st airborne division. and with these men, marley realizes that to make it through the war, she has to embrace the fact that her once careful way of life will never be hers to live again. 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 © 𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺