"Things need not have happened to be true. 'Tis to be wished it had been sooner done,īut stories somehow lengthen when begun." - Lord Byron Which, being finished, here the story ends But it's more than enough to them."Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon Or Don and Boyd get some time together in the tank, away from anyone else, a brief respite in the middle of a world war.
To listen and hear the ache in his soul and to him it was loud and clear. A man underneath that felt just as much as anyone else and needed someone to see him. But Boyd knew there was a lot more to him. Oh no, all his crew and other soldiers saw was a well put together commander ready to take them into enemy territory and do it well and damn good too. The man took things hard and you wouldn’t be able to notice that from looking at him. Language: English Words: 7,581 Chapters: 2/3 Comments: 8 Kudos: 62 Bookmarks: 12 Hits: 1008 Call it irony or call it fate but Don knows he wouldn't have survived it without him. When Don walked through the metaphorical (and not so metaphorical) fires of hell to get the worst of his, a certain man by the name of Bible never left his side.
Scars are a surface reminder of the scars on our souls.
Still, the man is not what he’d been hoping for in a gunner. If there is a light you can’t always see And there is a world we can’t always be If there is a dark that we shouldn’t doubt And there is a light, don’t let it go out"" Language: English Words: 1,204 Chapters: 1/? Comments: 3 Kudos: 37 Bookmarks: 7 Hits: 596 ""You got a face not spoiled by beauty I have some scars from where I’ve been You’ve got eyes that can see right through me You’re not afraid of anything they’ve seen I was told that I would feel nothing the first time I don’t know how these cuts heal But in you I found a rhyme The war gets to us all and sometimes no matter how hard Don tries to keep it together, the war gets to him too. Language: English Words: 1,325 Chapters: 1/? Comments: 4 Kudos: 34 Bookmarks: 2 Hits: 936 We thank you, Lord, for preserving our lives for yet another day, and allowing us to experience one more sunset and one more sunrise. Please support us in acting out your will, and please take care of our soldiers who have fallen. "Our father who art in heaven, please forgive us our sins.