Only a Paper Moon

by Silmarilz1701

One year since Bastogne. Just Alice and Nix and the mansion they'd been given by his mother. But they're both getting restless. Harry and Kitty's wedding is on the horizon, and with that, an excuse to travel. But even with no foxholes, no artillery barrages, and no tree bursts keeping them up at night, they hadn't come home unscathed. No one had. Lewis Nixon/OC BOOK 3, POST WAR

25. Finale

A/N: This is pure fanservice to a group of my readers and friends on discord who latched on to the line in A Soldier of No Importance where I mentioned Speirs knew how to ice skate. For every single bit of content I've put up since then, they've asked for IceSkatingRon. I gave them a bit in the Humanity of the Broken epilogue, and I'm here with a little part two gift for them.

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February 6, 1957

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"Uncle Ron, what's that again?"

"That's a puck."

"I like the yellow team."

"That's my team, so you picked well."

"The bear team?"

"Yeah. The Bruins."

"I'm cold."

"Well, they have to keep it cold for the ice."

"I'm hungry."

"We can get snacks later."

"I want them now."

"Noelle, you just had lunch."

"But I want snacks."

"Fine."

"I'm gonna play hockey someday."

"Sure."

"Ettie says she's goin to Yale."

"And I bet she will."

"Well, I'm gonna play hockey."

"Okay."

"I'm going to be in a band too."

"At the same time?"

"Yep."

"Okay."

"Mommy said you're leaving the country."

"I am."

"When are you coming back?"

"I don't know."

"Well, you should come back soon."

"I'll try."

"Mommy says you're a hero."

"So is she."

"I know. She's my mom."

"Your dad is too, but don't tell him I said that."

"I won't."

"Good."

"Yep. Uncle Ron?"

"What is it?"

"I'm cold."

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FIN

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A special thank you to

The OHANA Discord. Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten. Happy two year anniversary on discord, and the many more years on other platforms.

SteffiAm for her German translations throughout the series

JunoJelli for her endless historical archive research assistance

Hufflepuffturtle for being the best audience ever for my story planning

Trashgoddess600 and PilindieltheElf for starting a damn movement.

Jamie506101 for her endless support on all platforms

AdamantiumDragonfly for being my partner-in-crime

Nightwraith17, jcdwriter, Ellowyne, and Autumn_sunfire, the four of you are the best facebook chat I could ever ask for.

papercinders and Historical_Fangirl, for the incredibly heartfelt and thorough reviews you left on the duology. Those are comments I go back to when I need a pick-me-up. Your time is appreciated more than you know!

Anon user Hawk, every review you left just made me smile more. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave comments here on FFN.

All readers, commenters, followers, faves, etc. Yall are amazing. Thanks for sticking with me.

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