Battle Scars

The Great War left scars on many. Lieutenant Agreste, a newly-married man, doesn't arrive at the front until close to the war's end, but this doesn't lessen its effects. After a severe injury, he is found by a group of nurses, who take him to their camp to recover. He soon befriends one of them: Nathalie. Before parting ways, they promise to keep in touch.
Time and circumstances come between them, and they lose contact. Nearly a decade later, Nathalie returns to find Gabriel a changed man. The death of his wife-thanks to the Spanish Flu-has left him a shell of the person he once was. As she takes on the role of governess for his son and the two come to terms with their memories from the war, their friendship rekindles. These challenges bring them closer, and eventually, something changes between them. But is this change something they could possibly see through?

(A World War I/Nanny AU Inspired by The Sound of Music and Jane Eyre)

(Main story is complete!)

(Cover art by me)