She may be onto you now. Just make sure all your work is up to date and any other tidying is done. Look to see if there is anything else you can do.
Ask her for suggestions for what to do during your down time because some nights it is a bit of a struggle to stay alert. She will be impressed with your initiative.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.