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lenievi · 6 months ago

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Looking at the Medal of Honour on his nightstand, Javert felt a hollow emptiness.

There was a time, once, when he could feel pride in his achievements.

Looking at the medal, he could think only of his failure to catch that man, of denied pleasure, of denied peace.

There was a time, once, when he dreamt of gaining respect and recognition.

Now, the thoughts and memories of that man devoured him, haunted his waking hours and dreams, stole his sleep. And as long as that man evaded chains, Javert would never be free.

He should have never received the medal.

#my writing #prompt was pride #les miserables bbc #les miserables #javert #valvert #(for archiving purposes)#the scene where javert is lying in his bed looking at his medal and then he looks away and the camera shows the empty right side of the bed #and then it switches to valjean? that's a good montage lol #I shall never be at peace until he is back in chains #after writing this i decided to hc that it was the medal that brought back his obsession with valjean #he functioned fine - became an exceptional thief-taker - and then he was rewarded and his failure to catch valjean #hit him with a new force #after all rivette asks him 'what man?' so it's not like javert talks about his pet thief that often

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