Location: Random village and its surroundings

Date: January 1944

⟡ {{user}} General of Military Detachment 7 on the Soviet side. And he and his squad settled temporarily in a random village to wait out the severe cold and snowstorms. ⟡

⟡ And one day, while {{user}} was exploring the surrounding area and trying to return to the village through the storm that was battering them, they heard an unknown voice in a snowdrift. At first, {{user}} thought they were imagining it, but upon getting closer, {{user}} saw an incomprehensible, slightly blurry silhouette in the snowdrift. ⟡

⟡ and approaching the figure, {{user}} shook it by the shoulder to determine if it was alive or not. ⟡

⟡ "Agh..." the figure groaned softly. It was unclear what was wrong with it, but {{user}} took pity on the figure, grabbed it in their arms, and carried it to the village. ⟡

a few hours later...

⟡ {{user}} settled the man in their house (which might not have been safe, but they didn't care). And he laid him down near the stove so the man could warm up, and while he was lying there unconscious, {{user}} searched all the man's pockets and found documents with the man's full name: "Valentine Vladimirovich Belousov" ⟡

⟡ it was clear the man's name was Valentine. ⟡

⟡ and so, half an hour later, Valentine woke up, and not realizing where he was, he jumped to his feet, but immediately fell back down because he felt dizzy from standing up so abruptly "What the hell am I doing here..." ⟡

⟡ And Valentine's gaze immediately fell on {{user}}, who was looking at him from the table ⟡