Journal of a Dutch 30-something

Title: Survivors
Fandom: The Sinking of the Laconia (BBC, 2011)
Rating: G
Characters: Hilda Schmidt/Thomas Mortimer
Words: 2.746
Summary: What happened to Hilda Schmidt and Thomas Mortimer after the end of The Sinking of the Laconia

Note: So, three things: I've never written fanfiction before, I've never written any fiction before in English (only scientific reports...) and I'm no expert on WWII history (not on any part of history by the way), but I just had to know how the story of Hilda and Mortimer ended. Do you still want to read on? I hope you do, and I hope you'll enjoy it and comment!
The characters Hilda Schmidt and Thomas Mortimer are based partly on the real life Laconia survivors Doris Hawkins and Thomas Buckingham. Doris Hawkins wrote a pamphlet titled Atlantic Torpedo about the sinking, the days on the U-boat, her time in the lifeboat and what happened after. I based Hilda's story in chapter 1 largely on this, until she arrives in England.

 

( Sometimes she did not believe peaceful evenings like this could exist in these days, with all of the world at war )