January 23 Prompt: any, any, my funny Valentine, written for Persuasion.
Young rising pilots in love didn’t usually think of children while proposing, and Freddie had avoided all thought of family life when that dream crashed in ‘39. But he couldn’t help feeling an odd little thump in his chest hearing Agnes and her nephews sing together.
Their boyish smiles matched the one her husky alto always made in his heart.