Fic Update and Notes: "Bellflower, Chapter One"

myaru , this one's for you.  Late birthday present?  Anyway, it's weird.  I've been working on it for months and I think I finally have it.

( Author's Notes under the cut )

Anyway, the first chapter is pretty tame but the second and third will require a stronger rating.  It's a coming-of-age story (dammit, I hate those) and those get a little messy by nature.  Maria is supposed to be about twelve years old in this, and if I'm wrong about how old she's supposed to be, oh well.  If we have a canonical age for her, do let me know... her age has always bugged me because she seems so very young in BOTH wars.