A/N - This is my first time attempting Fan Fiction. I hope it's ok. Please review as this will help me. I hope you enjoy the story and this will eventually be a romance, I haven't decided entirely on the main character's love interest as I'll see where the story goes. This is based more on the TV series and I don't mean any disrespect to Band of Brothers, I therefore also don't own any of this apart from my main character and her story. I will try to remain as factually correct as possible, but I may skip in and out to suit my character's plot. Thank you for reading.
Somewhere in France, 1943
Dawn had broken and Captain Lewis Nixon took in the beautiful colours of reds and orange from his jeep. The air was cool and crisp with the usual burning smell that he had now become accustomed to since arriving in France. Despite the smell , he acknowledged how beautiful this part of the day was in the midst of war. As the light shone down, he was formally able to take in the scenery which unfortunately was nowhere near as pleasant as the sky. His driver approached the French village with caution, slowing down as they drove alongside the first bombed building. Nixon observed the furniture still standing in some of the upstairs bedrooms and sighed at the sight of a charred rocking horse.
"Sir, shall I stop here?" Private Cooper asked
Nixon nodded and took a sip from his flask and climbed out of the jeep.
"Flash" a voice just above a whisper called
"Thunder" Nixon replied in an equally lowered tone.
A British Officer stepped out from one of the crumbled buildings straightening his red beret. "Seems daft using the call signs when we saw you coming, but we'll keep the formalities, you could have been Jerry in disguise after all" he said with a smile.
"I agree" Nixon replied
"Brigadier Hashdon, Red Devils, jolly good to see you here in one piece old boy"
"Likewise Sir" Nixon said stepping forward "Captain Nixon, E company, 101st airborne"
"Can't say we're too pleased with your arrival though, taking our best away from us"
"Yeah, sorry about that, but the Americans are curious, we want to see if it works and can train our own"
"It'll work Captain and you Americans will wonder why you didn't try it first" The Brigadier turned around "Jones! Get Fin over here" he ordered.
"Yes Sir" A call came, but no soldier appeared to claim the voice.
Nixon looked up to see a shadow of a figure stand up on a roof from a barely standing building a few houses down. The figure made their way effortlessly across the bombed roofs, sliding over rubble and easily making jumps between gaps that seemed far too big. As they came closer the light shone on them and Nixon smiled as the figure dropped down to the ground from a height which could have caused a serious leg injury, but the figure landed in a crouch, rose and sauntered over in Nixon's direction.
The Brigadier walked over to the soldier and placed his hand on their shoulder and said something into their ear that Nixon was unable to hear. The figure nodded and with the Brigadier approached Nixon.
The soldier stopped and looked up at Nixon and smiled through their blackened face, tucking a strand of blonde hair back under their red beret.
"Captain Nixon, pleased to introduce you to Corporal Cara Finney" The General said with pride, with a protective hand still on the soldier's shoulder.
"Pleased to meet you Corporal Finney" Captain Nixon said smiling from ear to ear, extending his hand out. Through the blackened face he could see that she was a looker, her blues eyes sparkled and her lips were full. Looks are not important in war, but he always appreciated a lady that was easy on the eye.
"You too Sir" Corporal Finney replied taking Nixon's handshake.
"We'd best get going, we have a boat to catch" Captain Nixon ordered
"Yes Sir" Corporal Finney turned to the Brigadier and shook his hand "Thank you Sir, hopefully I'll be back with the Red Devils again.
"I'll certainly be looking out for a transfer as soon as possible Fin, you take care now, we're going to miss you" he replied
"Bye boys! Waho Mohammed!" Corporal Finney called as the rest of the Red Devils appeared scattered around the village "Waho ,Mohammed!" they called back.
Corporal Finney walked forward and jumped into the back of the jeep with Nixon.
"So, Corporal Finney, how did you not break your leg jumping down from that house?" Nixon smiled
"I know how to fall and land, Sir"
"You didn't jump down?" Nixon asked confused
"I never jump Sir"
"You jump out of planes Corporal" Nixon stated
"I fall out of planes, who in their right mind is going to jump out of a perfectly good plane Sir?"Corporal Finney smiled mischievously "and please call me Fin, Sir"
"In that case, when there's no brass around, call me Nix" Nixon smiled broadly at Fin, he already liked her a lot.
Aldbourne, England
"Ahh Lew! You made it back in one piece!" Lieutenant Dick Winters laughed as Nixon strolled into the Officers lounge swigging from his silver plated flask
"Of course, without a doubt" Nixon winked
"Well, don't keep us in suspense, is she here?" Winters urged sitting up straight in his chair and drawing the attention of Harry Welsh and Officers from Fox and Dog Companies.
Nixon drew a big smile, making his way over to the brick fire placing and resting one arm on the mantle, he took another swig from his flask "She sure is and what a treat I brought Easy!"
"You were supposed to get the best, not the most prettiest!" Harry laughed
"Harry! I take offence! She just so happens to be both!" Nixon laughed back, placing a hand on his heart and looking hurt.
"Where is she?" Winters asked
"I put her in with the nurses for now until we introduce her to Easy. She's very excited to be here, she hasn't been back in England for nearly a year!"
"A year!" Harry exclaimed "Wow!"
"Are you thinking she should be put in Easy's barracks?" Winters inquired, noticing that quite a few officers from Fox and Dog company had stopped talking altogether.
"Her idea, says she needs to bond with them. She said the Red Devils became her brothers and that's what she needs to ascertain with Easy"
"Don't think Sobel will go for it" Harry answered
"Sink will ok it, he wants this experiment to work" Nixon replied
"We'll have to set up some sort of privacy curtain for her" Winters thought out loud
"Already discussed it with her, she said there was no need, in fact her exact words were 'there are no female quarters on the front line, besides half the British Army has seen me in my underwear, no problem adding a few Americans to that!'" Nixon laughed, joined by Harry and some of the Fox and Dog company officers.
Winters frowned "What about showers?"
"Yeah, that'll have to be separate, even the British drew the line there, it's a God damn shame" Nixon added with Winters furrowing his brow at him. "Right I best go get her, meet you over at Sink's office?" Winters nodded and Nixon left swigging from his flask as usual.