Moonlight at Dusk [Part 2: War]

(New story: The KGB Agent Keeps Wanting to Interrogate Me. This is the alternate timeline for this story.)

Heroine: Calm under pressure, bold and perceptive, a bit prone to snarking, with lots of useless skills.

Hero: A transport worker with steadfast convictions.

One day in November 2000, a Soviet veteran of World War II left his beloved a final message:

"My dear Lutyina,

By the time you see this recording, I may already be gone.

I know I broke our promise and failed to meet you in the future, but believe me, that was never what I wanted. My life has reached its end, but my heart has always been with you.

Lutyina, don't grieve too much over my passing. My life held both glory and loneliness, and you were its most brilliant ray of light. The time we spent together, whether on battlefields filled with smoke and gunfire or during the quiet nights in Leningrad, is like precious jewels set in the softest corner of my heart. Though time is merciless and fate plays cruel tricks, I have never regretted loving you.

Now I am about to depart for another world, but I believe our souls will meet again one day.

May you be forever happy in the world that is yours.

I love you, Lutyina, until eternity."

Theme: In times of need, at the right moment, don't forget that we exist