The Miserables Month 2022
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“I’m making a scarf. For Enjolras.”
He reached over to pick up what Courfeyrac had assumed was one of Enjolras’s discarded hoodies that instead revealed itself to be a mostly-complete knitted scarf in the shade of bright red that Enjolras loved. Courfeyrac made a cooing noise. “That’s fucking adorable.”
“Shut the fuck up,” Grantaire mumbled, but he was smiling, just slightly.
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- Part 1 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Les Amis have a bonfire.
That's it, that's the story.
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- Part 2 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Enjolras turned his head to brush his lips against the heart outline tattooed on Grantaire’s left wrist. “This one’s probably my favorite, though.”
Grantaire made a face. “Why?”
Enjolras shrugged. “Probably because it’s the most mysterious,” he said. “You’ve never told me about that one.”
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- Part 3 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Grantaire gets a new pair of trousers.
Enjolras finds them deeply distracting.
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- Part 4 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Enjolras scowled at him. “What are you doing here so early?” he asked.
“Disturbing your thinking time, apparently.”
Enjolras’s eyes narrowed. “Be serious.”
“I am—”
“I swear to God if you say wild I will lose it.”
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- Part 5 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Enjolras resisted the urge to curl his lip at the idea of calling some guy Grantaire was hooking up with his ‘boyfriend’, but he knew the semantic would be lost on Courfeyrac. Besides which, Courfeyrac would almost certainly use it as further ammunition for his belief that Enjolras harbored some kind of romantic feelings for Grantaire.
Which he very well might, but Courfeyrac was the exact last person he planned on ever having that conversation with.
Well, second to last, at least. Grantaire was probably last.
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- Part 6 of The Miserables Month 2022
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What news?” he asked urgently.
Bossuet swallowed, glancing at Combeferre before looking back at Enjolras. “Grantaire,” he said, and Enjolras felt as though the floor had dropped out from under him.
“Where?” he managed, his grip on Bossuet’s arm tightening. “Where is he?”
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- Part 7 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“You know how I’ve always wanted a tattoo?”
Now Grantaire did glance up, amusement plain on his face. “I know how you’ve wanted a tattoo ever since you and I started fucking,” he said.
“I’ve wanted one for longer than that,” Enjolras said stubbornly.
Grantaire smirked. “Sure you have.”
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- Part 8 of The Miserables Month 2022
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This time, Grantaire did not let him interrupt. “Knowing it would be healthier to stay away and actually being able to stay away are, as it turns out, two separate matters.” He shrugged once more, something almost helpless in the gesture. “And while I have always had full confidence in my knowledge, I am nothing if not a weak man.”
Joly pursed his lips. “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak?” he suggested.
Grantaire half-smiled. “Something like that, yes."
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- Part 9 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“What are you working on?”
“Oh, you’ll like this,” Grantaire said, brightening as he sat up. “This is right up your alley. We’re talking corruption, greed, scandal, potential conspiracy and cover-up—”
Enjolras raised both eyebrows in surprise. “Well color me intrigued,” he said. “Who’s involved?”
“Dunkin’ Donuts.”
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- Part 10 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“Look, a shooting star! Make a wish!”
Though Enjolras followed his gaze, he didn’t look nearly as excited. “Are you sure that’s a shooting star?” he asked, somewhat doubtfully. “I’m pretty sure that was just an airplane.”
Grantaire pouted, but quickly rebounded. “Fine, then make a wish on the inbound United Airlines flight from New York.”
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- Part 11 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Courfeyrac raised his voice to be heard above the general noise that permeated the back room of the Musain. “General Lamarque is dead!”
At once, all noise ceased, and everyone turned to look at Enjolras, who drew himself up, his pale face set with determination. “This is the hour for which we have waited—”
But Courfeyrac interrupted. “Enjolras,” he said heavily. "We are discovered."
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- Part 12 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“I don’t think your cat likes me,” the man in red said to her human.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” her human scoffed.
The man in red shot her a somewhat narrow-eyed look of his own. “Didn’t you say she likes everyone?” he asked, somewhat doubtfully. “Even Bossuet, who has horrible luck with animals?”
Her human glanced at her thoughtfully. “Maybe she just knows him better,” he suggested, giving the man in red a playful sort of smile. “Which just means you need to start spending more time here to win her over.”
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- Part 13 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“So why do need Marius’s help?” Courfeyrac asked.
“We need a lawyer.”
Courfeyrac’s smile instantly disappeared, and he pinched the bridge of his nose. “Oh, God,” he sighed. “What did Enjolras do now?”
Combeferre huffed a dry laugh. “Believe it or not, it’s not for Enjolras.”
Courfeyrac’s eyes narrowed. “What did Grantaire do now?”
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- Part 14 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Joly’s eyes narrowed. “What did you do?”
Grantaire took a deep breath before blurting, “I cast a spell on Enjolras.”
“You—what?”
“I cast a spell on Enjolras,” Grantaire repeated, a little desperately. “A love spell, to be specific. And I’m pretty sure it worked.”
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- Part 15 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Joly shifted from where he lay next to Bossuet, glancing at Combeferre. “Combeferre?”
“Hm?” Combeferre said.
“Do you believe in Heaven?” Joly asked, drawing an idle finger against the wood grain of what may have been a table, or a chair, before it was broken apart and made part of the barricade. “Or Hell, I suppose, if you take at face value the Church’s claim that one cannot exist without the other?”
Combeferre stared up at the sky, his brow furrowing slightly. “Honestly, prior to this evening, I had never given it much thought.”
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- Part 16 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“Oh,” Feuilly said, stopping in his tracks in the doorway. “You’re here.”
Grantaire barely glanced up at him. “Try not to sound so disappointed.”
“Not disappointed,” Feuilly assured him, though that wasn’t quite true. “Just, uh, surprised.” He dumped his bag at his easel before adding, a little pointedly, “I honestly wasn’t sure you were aware that the building was open this early.”
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- Part 17 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“I just meant, y’know…” Enjolras waved a dismissive hand. “Make yourself comfortable. Mi casa es tu casa.”
“Glad to see the Duolingo lessons are paying off,” Grantaire said, and Enjolras’s scowl deepened.
“Seeing as how I’m letting you stay here for the foreseeable future—”
“What, I’m supposed to not make fun of you for the next week or two?” Grantaire asked, sitting down on the couch. “That’s a little unrealistic, don’t you think?”
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- Part 18 of The Miserables Month 2022
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We'll Be a Dream by kjack89
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types, The Sandman (TV 2022)
20 Oct 2022
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“Just what?” asked Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, Grantaire’s maker and, in due time, Grantaire was certain, his unmaker.
“Let me see his nightmare through to the end,” Grantaire pleaded. “Let me stay until Enjolras finds himself in your sister’s realm. Let me see if there is any role yet that I have to play in his story.”
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- Part 19 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Grantaire took a deep breath. “I need you to remember that the handcuffs were your idea.”
Enjolras’s eyes narrowed. “Why?”
“Handcuffs, I might add, that don’t come with a safety release,” Grantaire added, clearly avoiding the question. “Which, had we used the pink fluffy ones that I have, would not have been the case, because those were meant—”
“Grantaire.” Grantaire fell silent and Enjolras gave him a look before repeating, “Why?”
“I lost the key.”
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- Part 20 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“Grantaire, my darling, you must tell me your secret,” he declared.
Grantaire, who had very clearly opted for the easy costume idea of dressing as Enjolras, arched an eyebrow. “My secret to what?”
“Convincing Enjolras to let you throw a Halloween party this close to Election Day,” Courfeyrac said airily.
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- Part 21 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Instead, he found a brand new message from user Revolution1832: Hey, have you made a plan to vote?
Despite himself, Grantaire was intrigued, and even more despite himself, he couldn’t quite stop the smile that lifted the corners of his mouth, a smile that only grew when he clicked on the guy’s profile and saw how hot he was.
He settled back against the couch as he typed out his response. I am fascinated to know what your response rate is.
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- Part 22 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“I’d be a lot happier if you called in sick to work.”
Enjolras laughed, kissing Grantaire again. “I wish I could,” he said, laughing again as Grantaire peppered his face with kisses. “Ok, one last kiss and then I really do have to go.”
“Better make it a good one, then,” Grantaire said.
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- Part 23 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Grantaire didn’t look up. “You said you’d be home at six.”
Judging by his tone, that was the crux of the matter, and Enjolras sighed. “I know, I’m sorry, but—”
“Is your phone broken?” Grantaire interrupted.
Enjolras tried very hard not to snap at him. “You know that it’s not.”
“Then I don’t particularly want to hear whatever excuse you’re planning on giving me.”
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- Part 24 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“Ah, Combeferre, talk some sense into Courfeyrac, would you?”
Combeferre glanced up at them, brow lifted in what might have been amusement. “I have yet to be able to thus far,” he said evenly. “But on which topic would you have me try?”
Courfeyrac huffed a sigh at being suddenly outnumbered as Enjolras said, “You do recall Courfeyrac’s idiot roommate? The twit has decided that he is in love.”
“Ah.”
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- Part 25 of The Miserables Month 2022
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Marius eyed Enjolras warily. “I thought things were supposed to be better once they started dating.”
“Better, sure,” Courfeyrac said with a shrug. “But they’re still them, so…”
He trailed off, somewhat ominously, and Marius heaved a sigh. “I wish there was something I could do.”
Courfeyrac gave him a sideways glance, a small, thoughtful smile hovering on his lips. “Maybe there is.”
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- Part 26 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“Anyway, Feuilly was working on setting up the exhibit space and this sculpture caught his eye and he thought we should check it out.”
Though Enjolras nodded, he still couldn’t stop his brow from furrowing as he questioned, “Why?”
Grantaire shrugged, leading them towards a sculpture in the corner of the room. “Partially the subject matter, which he seemed to think you’d particularly appreciate,” he hedged, which led Enjolras to believe there was a larger, less savory reason.
His eyes narrowed. “And partially…?"
Grantaire shrugged again, looking a little uncomfortable. “Well, he says it looks like you.”
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- Part 27 of The Miserables Month 2022
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“And what happens when I’m not?” Enjolras interrupted, his voice tight.
Grantaire’s expression shifted slightly. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, what happens when I’m old?” Enjolras asked sharply. “What happens when my hair turns gray and my face is full of wrinkles and you can no longer call me Apollo, the embodiment of youth, with a straight face?”
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- Part 28 of The Miserables Month 2022
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When Enjolras’s soulmark had first appeared on his eighteenth birthday in bold block letters against his ribs, he breathed a sigh of relief as he read the word in the mirror.
Not relief that he had a soulmark. But relief because the nickname that appeared on his ribs wasn’t a common one.
In fact, as he traced the five letters with his finger, he felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
After all, under what circumstances would anyone ever call him ‘Apollo’?
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- Part 29 of The Miserables Month 2022
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A third reporter stepped in, and Enjolras vaguely recognized her as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, not one of the more sympathetic outlets to his political views. “But Congressman,” she started, “don’t you agree that what might be good for your constituents doesn’t play well in some of the more conservative-leaning districts in the country?”
Enjolras huffed a light laugh. “Doesn’t play in Peoria, in other words?”
“So to speak.”
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- Part 30 of The Miserables Month 2022
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It did not take him long to find him, bathed as he was in the early light of dawn streaming through Grantaire’s window. Grantaire’s eyes traced his naked figure appreciatively, marveling at how the golden light seemed to emanate from the man’s pale skin, transforming him into something ethereal and radiant and unspeakably beautiful.
Of course, that may partially have been Grantaire’s bias towards the man in question showing.
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- Part 31 of The Miserables Month 2022