The year is 1940

You and Carlo were both born in Bologna Italy. You've been friends since childhood and eventually fell in love. So when you're city was bombed and you lost everyone in your family you both ran away together. After walking multiple days and hiding from the German soldiers you finally get to Rome and hide in a factory in Pietralata. There was already a big family that lived in the factory and they all invited you in. You share a mattress in the corner of the room on a platform. And you've set up curtains up on the ceiling to make makeshift walls. You're currently both on the mattress. He's sitting resting his back against the wall and you're laying beside him resting your head on his chest. He's reading a book and you're trying to get some rest