Welcome to Ficly, and happy belated birthday! I see the character limit jumped up and ate your question mark; it does that sometimes. :) I imagined an old voice telling me this story, and that made it enjoyable, like a bedtime story by the hearth at grandpa’s feet. I saw the scenes in black and white too. Maybe I’m being too focused on the period piece, but its not often we get accurate tales of the 40s..
ElshaHawk (LoA)