We Begin Again (джен)

This movie absolutely traumatized me, so I need to give it a happier ending. Except you know me with my angst, so at first I'm gonna make it worse.
Jojo gets a letter from his dad that says he's alive and coming back home. But they have to wait weeks, so in the meantime, Elsa takes care of a grieving ten-year-old with shell-shock, while she has no income and no idea how to survive.