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• I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times by homosexualmonkeyfan

  Fandoms: Original Work, No Fandom  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  25 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Characters
  • World War II
  • Self-Indulgent
  • Self-Insert
  • Original Female Character(s) - Freeform
  • “Nameless” Main Female Character
  • Time Travel
  • Hijinks & Shenanigans
  • Historical Inaccuracy
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Slow Burn
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Not Beta Read
  • POV First Person
  • First Person bc this is a self insert and making it second pov is just too hard now srryyy l
  • We HATE the british
  • songs for chapter titles

  Summary

  American travels back in time to somewhere in Britain. Gets into a complicated relationship with a soldier while begrudgingly housed on a random military base…

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  58,210

  Chapters:

  28/?

  Comments:

  26

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  1,180