[tGE] Solemnest of Industries (gen, vL, Ramsey)

[valmora]

Title: Solemnest of Industries
Rating: PG
Fandom: The Great Escape, the movie (ooh! more canon!)
Pairing: none. von Luger gen, with Ramseyness.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Except for von Luger's first name, which I guessed at.
Notes: Title taken from an Emily Dickinson poem.



Friedrich cannot keep the tremor from his voice as he hands the list of the fifty to Group Captain Ramsey. Cannot, because he is the bearer of Ramsey's bad news and never wished to be the messenger he has become.

He does not approve of the Gestapo and less still of their actions. And while part of his regret of the escape is for fear of his own safety - there will be punishment, to be sure - the other part is because if those men had not left, they would not now be dead.

Telling Ramsey that the men were 'shot while escaping' - and he knows that Ramsey knows what he is not saying, and it is, "the Gestapo shot them in cold blood" - is more than painful. The words are bitter in his mouth, harsh even in the soft sounds of English.

Wages of war, he tells himself, but it is not comforting when confronted by Ramsey's expression, dead-still with pain. Those fifty may have been the Nazi Party's enemies, but not Friedrich's, and he is not so evil that he could ever approve of what has been done.

Comments

[darsnape-dracul.livejournal.com]

you really like angst. I think I prefer the AU because sometimes, sometimes, you write with a spark of cheer, rather than a drop of death. [or more than a drop, in this case]

[valmora.livejournal.com]

you really like angst
It's what I'm best at.

sometimes, you write with a spark of cheer
That's because manic joy overtakes me occasionally. Thus are born spoofs. I find that I don't get an emotional high unless someone, somewhere in my fic, is unhappy.

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

I love vL, and his guilt/remorse seems pretty much in line with his character in the movie. You have quite the handle on him.

This line stood out to me. It seemed particualarly pretty. -> harsh even in the soft sounds of English

Mmm, I do like this piece.

[valmora.livejournal.com]

pretty much in line with his character
::cheers::

It seemed particualarly pretty
Thank you. ^_^ I've always wondered what German speakers think of English - like for us, French is the language of luuurve, and German is the language you swear in because it's "harsh-sounding," so I kind of wondered what the impression German-speakers have of English is.

Mmm, I do like this piece.
Thank you. ^_^