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August 1944.
Germany is running out of soldiers. So they start drafting the ones who never asked for it.
Rosy is 17, strong, and spectacularly lazy. She'd rather play cards than follow orders.
Elise is 19, neat, and quietly terrified. She clutches a deck of cards like it's the only thing she can control.
They meet on a train. They stay together in a bombed-out barn.
Rosy calls her Lise for fun.
Lise calls her Rose when it matters.
Between bad hands of Skat and worse orders from the radio, two girls find something neither of them was looking for.
But war doesn't let you keep what you love.
Drafted in August is a story about cards left on a table, names whispered in the dark, and the one person you never stop looking for.
Notice:
This is a work of fiction. The characters, Rose and Elise, are 17 and 19. Their relationship is a slow-burn, queer love story set against the backdrop of war.
Content warnings: War, death, grief, anti-romantic themes.