#obsessed with this courf!!

[pyromaniacbibliophile]

bricktober day 21- Triumvirate

@lesmis-prompts

I know little about them, be warned

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They met in high school.

Enjolras, determined to change the world through Any Means Necessary. Combeferre, with an eidetic memory, a very clear moral compass and an fervent obsession with the French revolution. Courfeyrac, the definition of Chaotic Neutral, with an utter disdain for royalty and perhaps a tad too much adoration of fire.

Honestly, they were always going to change the world

After high school it was college. There they obtained some others, mostly due to Courf being friends with absolutely everyone. Les Amis was formed then. Enjolras would have been happy to stick with the three of them but found he enjoyed it more than he had thought. Of course, they said there was no leaders, but everyone knew who ruled the society.

After that they found themselves at uni. Enjolras was Poli-sci, Ferre Law, and Courfeyrac was Human Biology. To be honest, though none of them realised it, everyone was mildly terrified of them.

They stuck together. Always. Roommates, best friends, studied together, the whole package. They were one of those rare trios which didn't have a duo. They commiserated in love, Ferre for Eponine, Courf for Jehan, and once he had realised that yes, he did love him, Enjolras for Grantaire.

After so long they worked together as if they could read each other's mind. In fights they were seamless, one unit. In debate they were insane when they worked together but when they argued against each other it could well go on for hours, each anticipating the other's point.

They gained the name Triumvirate. To be fair, it fitted them. To see one apart from the others was almost jarring. Maybe they were a tad codependent, but it worked. They worked.

Enjolras and Combeferre and Courfeyrac. Three boys who had no family but each other, three boys who went by their surnames. Three boys who had seen each others' worst, best, lowest, highest.

The Triumvirate

[cloudatmontblanc]

Assigning Les amis Polish literature I think they would enjoy!!

Enjolras: Undivine Comedy — Zygmunt Krasiński

It's literally set in the French Revolution and it's theme is basically the fight against aristocracy and democracy. It's exactly his kind of thing come on he would adore it and quote it all the time

Combeferre: Master Thaddeus — Adam Mickiewicz

not sure how to explain it, I just feel like he would enjoy it. It's Poland's national epic and he probably learnt the invocation off by heart and cried at the ending. also got recommended it by feuilly

Courfeyrac: Quo Vadis — Henryk Sienkiewicz

It's about the rise of Christianity in Rome and I feel like Courf would DEFINITELY enjoy talking about the Roman Empire in general (also makes fun of nero reading it)

Feuilly: The Peasants — Władysław Reymont

Polish village vibe. EXACTLY HIS KIND OF THING!!!! he is 101% a village boy and I do not care what anyone else has to say. I can also imagine him bawling his eyes out reading it too and rightly so

Grantaire: Dziady — Adam Mickiewicz

Slavic Halloween, Grantaire would absolutely love it and his favourite part is definitely part III, ghosts and blaming God for you country being partitioned is badass

Joly: The Wedding — Stanisław Wyspiański

It's a bit creepy... “ghosts of personae from Polish history and culture, representing the guilty consciences of the living.” oh and the guests at the wedding get hypnotised by a straw-wrap. honestly joly would find it fascinating

Jehan: The Doll — Bolesław Prus

Femme fatale coquette, merchants, floating metals, dilf as a main character, old man yaoi HE WOULD ADORE THIS BOOK (I also recommend it a lot, it's so good, read it)

Bahorel: The Deluge (or the Trilogy in general) — Henryk Sienkiewicz

A whole lot of winged hussar badassery. Duels constantly, Bahorel would love it all. deffo would become obsessed with winged hussars

Lesgle: Vengeance — Aleksander Fredro

This book is genuinely hilarious and he would actually love reading it, that's all I have to say

BONUS!!!

Marius: Ashes — Stefan Żeromski

it's set in the napoleonic wars, that's all I need to say for this one.

[revoltpark]

just some rambling

revolt park😋😋

So when I started the au i was OBSESSED with Les mis. Like hyper fixated on it and everything, and the other thing I was hyper fixated on was South Park, especially the foreign kids. So i made a little au that was Les mis and mainly Gregory and Christophe based. Gregory being enjolras and Christophe being grantaire. It started off as that but I kinda wanted to add the others like pip and Damien and Herbert and Estella and etc. so I made pip and Herbert combeferre and courfeyrac. Well I did some switching up, making mark combeferre after I saw a little headcanon post abt Gregory and mark on Pinterest and made Herbert courf. I didn’t know what they were specifically revolting against since I didn’t make them be in France, plus I didn’t know what to really do with Damien and pip. So I’m the show since Damien is canonically the prince of darkness, why don’t I make a monarchy for them to be against? Therefore the royals. I named the king Lucifer since it was close enough to Satan, Damien’s canonical dad. And for pip, since I was reading great expectations at the time, just made him some poor boy. I didn’t at first add Kenny but i made a couple of small stories with him in it so therefore he would be somewhat important for the plot. Then I added Estella and Rebecca and realized I really didn’t know what to do with the two, since I get writers block when it gets to the two, so for another plot point, I just killed them off. They were supposed to originally be in a friend group with Wendy and Bebe aswell. At first Estella was gonna be Gregory’s adopted sister and Herbert was gonna be their cousin, but I just scrapped all that extra stuff and made the three siblings. There was gonna be a subtle pipbert thing but I scrapped it aswell because I really liked marbert and dip. I also had a horrible time figuring out what the hell gregory was like. I didn’t want him to be stuck up but I wanted to keep him like the South Park Gregory but also a little like enjolras, plus I didn’t know how that’s as gonna work off because with how I had Gregory before gregstophe was going to be REALLY toxic. And I love gregstophe, so we can’t have that happening, though I do love angst. But anyways, I’ll probably do a little info dump on the living situations and the facts about them, I’ve been working on this au for id say about a year, barely. But I put a lot of time into because why not. 

[thatisntverycombefair]

kinda obsessed with courf calling ferre ma boussole (my compass)

[euphraisette]

How the cast of Les Misérables would react to the musical if they were different people who didn’t experience the plot of Les Misérables

Valjean: Thinks it’s a deep and profound work of art but doesn’t learn anything from it he didn’t already know

Javert: Hates musical theater, doesn’t even see it

Cosette: Memorizes the entire soundtrack, takes Marius to see it on their first date

Marius: Has never seen a musical before, immediately becomes obsessed

Èponine: Sneaks into the theater with Gavroche, cries during most of it, has a crush on the girl playing Èponine

Gavroche: Had to use the bathroom and missed Gavroche’s death scene, sings Little People everywhere he goes afterwards

Enjolras: Likes it fine but prefers the book, thinks the show’s too liberal

Grantaire: Has seen the show eight times, can barely remember the plot

Combeferre: Likes it but is normal about it, eventually reads the book and is also normal about it

Courfeyrac: Played Grantaire in a high school production, wants to play Enjolras or Thènardier on Broadway someday

Bossuet: Has memorized the show but has never managed to get tickets

Joly: Was double cast with Courfeyrac as Grantaire but broke his foot and had to play the character with a knee scooter

Bahorel: Skimmed the book in high school and hated it because it was boring, but his go-to karaoke song is Master of the House

Prouvaire: Runs a Brickblr blog, has uploaded slime tutorials of the show, thinks it’s the greatest musical of all time until Hadestown comes out

Thènardier: Has never seen the show, is a scalper

Gillenormand: Not only retweeted the Jubilee plate but also bought it

COURF PLAYING THENARDIER OHHHHHH MY GOD MY HEART

(also poor joly :( and ofc gillenormand would)

[betterto-die-thanto-crawl]

At that, Enjolras beamed, as if he couldn't make the joy obvious enough. But talking about Courf made him laugh. "Wouldn't the others be jealous? Of him, I mean, if he was yours?" Enjolras was blushing, thinking obsessively about the wine, before nodding at what Grantaire said. He raised a finger. "Actually I'd like a shirley temple or aomething like that. A kid's drink. Something fancy, but like he said, alcohol free." He turned to R with a smile and nodded. "That's it!"

"You look handsome." from enj

@betterto-die-thanto-crawl

"Maybe, but you owe me something for making me wear a suit, Apollo." Grantaire said, fiddled with the buttons of the shirt, finished buttoning it.

"I don't get it, why does a dinner date call for a full suit? It's not like you're proposing. Wait... is that what you're doing?" He asked, head tilted slightly as he tried to fix his own tie.

"If you're proposing, don't tell me, because I really want that to be a surprise." Like it wouldn't be regardless.

[plushieinsurgents]

Now I know what the barricade was missing!

A kotatsu!

[williamvapespeare]

not that anyone cares, but i just need to put out there that i have PERFECTED the three characters that make you up meme. i am as follows: chris traeger from parks and rec, the girl from mean girls who has a lot of feelings and doesn’t even go here, baldrick from blackadder.

thank you for your time.

[courfsuggestions]

Do you have a favorite musical (other than um, les mis)?

I really like Hairspray and Grease and musicals with big numbers and a feel-good kinda vibe

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

I have some triumvirate poly headcanons for you since you asked! :)

They all have separate bedrooms, because they value that personal space, but often times end up falling asleep all smushed on the couch together anyway. 

Enjolras sleep talks. It's become a game for Courf and Combeferre to get him to sleep-debate with them, which is fun until he actually wins a debate in his sleep.

There is video evidence of this.

They have a movie night wheel, since they all have such different tastes in cinema, and will never agree on something if they have to argue about it.

They also have to have a dishwashing wheel, since Enjolras and Courfeyrac are liable to forget about shared chores (Enj because he gets swept up in work, and Courf because he's just easily distractible) and Combeferre ends up doing it all. Combeferre insists he doesn't mind, since he's a bit of a clean freak, but since they're all about an equal division of labor, Enjolras in particular had insisted upon the wheel. 

Enjolras doesn't like pet names in relationships, but Courfeyrac loves them. So, Enjolras does his best to refer to his partners with them, at least when they're in private.

Eventually, he gets so used to calling people "baby" that, distracted during a meeting, he says "Thanks baby" to Bossuet when he gives him a coffee, and is so mortified he stops using pet names for a month.

Enjolras and Courf both like being the little spoon. Whenever they do end up cuddling in one of their rooms (combeferre's usually, it's the cleanest, and has the biggest bed) they basically form a spoon train with Enjolras in the middle, and Combeferre acting as the big spoon to end all big spoons.

omg thank you so much I am obsessed with them 😭💗😭💗 luvs of my life

The three of them are the worst to share a bed with- Enjolras is a sleep talker, Courfeyrac gets into bed and starfishes, and Combeferre moves around a lot and lowkey tries to fight people. None of their friends know how they manage to get enough sleep, but they've adapted and always sleep well together, good for them <3

Combeferre and Enjolras are practically the same height (Combeferre is two inches taller than Enjolras and Enjolras gets grumpy if anyone brings it up...) and then Courfeyrac is like, seven inches shorter than both of them. Yes okay maybe they affectionately bully him but they also both think he’s v cute they just refuse to admit it also he’s the perfect height for forehead kisses so everyone wins really

Combeferre obviously has an immune system made of steel by now, but every so often he'll bring something home from the hospital and both Courfeyrac and Enjolras get sick. Combeferre always feels really bad about it so he'll make them lots of soup and wrap them in blankets and give them lots of cuddles to make up for it (they always tell him not to feel bad but he can't help it). And then if Ferre gets sick or burns out from his long shifts they always make sure he gets enough sleep and will watch as many moth documentaries as he wants and practically force him to sleep in because Ferre deserves to enjoy his time off

They love cooking together- Courfeyrac is actually their head chef, Combeferre helps, and Enjolras is there for moral support more than anything because oh god do not let him cook. They also do brunch together every sunday morning and make like, a mountain of pancakes. 

They stay up late into the night planning Les Amis meetings. They’re always like okay we’ll plan this LAST THING and then we’ll go to bed...and then four hours later they wake up in a pile on the sofa 

Enjolras reading out loud on the sofa with Combeferre’s head on his shoulder and Courfeyrac’s head in his lap <3

this is so fluffy but idc I love them thank you for the ask ❤️❤️❤️

[whourfeyrac]

Hello, you said you were bored of proofreading and wanted les mis asks, so well...I'm new in the fandom and I'm obsessed with the boys so: "What personality trait do you like best in each of the Amis?" - I hope didn't get too heavy, lol, and good sociology exam!!

omg okay so i'm also pretty new to the fandom side of les mis so i don't have personality hcs for ALL the amis yet (just my favourites) but here we go

- enjolras HATES being told he's wrong. like as soon as he's made up his mind about something no one, not even grantaire, can change it. it reallyyyy annoys everyone sometimes, but they still love him for it. he's an observer and a listener, so rather than take charge immediately, he will sit back and see what everyone else says and how they feel so he can decide what he wants to do about it next

- courferyac is just the most chaotic golden retriever mf you will ever meet. like he has so much energy that enjolras always makes him deliver messages so it tires him out. but at the same time, he can be really chill around the people that don't like big crazy hyper courf and he knows exactly how to comfort everyone

- everyone thinks grantaire is just kind of there for the sake of it, but he really would die for his friends. like he is the most loyal person you will ever meet and it doesn't even matter if he doesn't believe in your cause, he will still help you as much as he can because he sees how important it is to you (yes this is just him with eniolras but shh he's like this with everyone)

- combeferre is a big time overthinker. like if you give him any situation he'll have all the outcomes and backup plans made within five minutes. this is useful most of the time, but sometimes he needs to relax a bit and stop thinking that everything he does will kill him

- jehan is here for a good time not a long time. he takes every opportunity he gets and makes the absolute most of it. jehan lives by the fact that you never know which day is your last, so he just does anything he wants. he wants to read a book, climb a tree, bake a mf cake? thats exactly what he's going to do and he'll have the most fun doing it

okay thats me done for now, but ill probably come back and add to this at some point when im not about to pass out from a lack of sleep hagshdj

[midasinc]

Do you have any friendship headcanons for Enjolras and Jehan? They're one of my favourite dynamics that aren't explored that much.

oh yk what this IS cute and i agree, i wish it was brought up more often

canon era:

-i imagine them being family friends due to them both coming from wealthy backgrounds. jehan thinks that enjolras is family for like 90% of their life

-jehan can embroider and enjolras has to be careful around them because enjolras will be so invested in his work that he doesn't notice jehan pull out a needle and thread and two hours later, there are tons of flowers all over his sleeves

-enjolras runs a lot of his speeches by jehan bc they know poetry and how to weave it into regular speech to make wording more powerful. jehan thinks enjolras's first draft is always "deathly boring" and makes a lot of edits for him

-enjolras has dinner with jehan at least four times a week. he comes over with bread and cheese and wine and BOY does he have some mf gossip to talk to jehan about. gossip is mostly just something scandalous courfeyrac did, but jehan loves Enjolras Dinner Nights nonetheless

-they both also go to a fencing class together and jehan is absolutely ruthless. enjolras will get a practice pipe to the backs of his knees if he's not careful. it's his goal to some day defeat jehan

-they are both rich boys with no life skills. neither of them have any idea of how to fix a leaking roof or patch a ripped vest or anything of the sort. it's a wonder that they know how to pour wine into a cup

modern era:

-they're still family friends! jehan, courfeyrac, and enj all grew up together

-they're both fuckin' nerds. they're both in the dnd group (with courf, ferre, and feuilly) and jehan is the dungeon master. dnd mornings are at enjolras's apartment every sunday bc enjolras has a table that's an ideal size for all their stuff AND friends

-still obsessed with jehan's poetry in modern era being a rap. jehan and enjolras both really like rap and grew up on old school r&b and hip hop and enjolras goes to a lot of jehan's freestyle battles to watch them absolutely annihilate any other competitors

-jehan is super into nail care and does enjolras's nails for him bc enjolras does NOT take care of his hands. by the time jehan sees enj again, his cuticles are a mess and his nail polish is all chipped and jehan gets very fussy and pulls out their nail files and polish remover

-enjolras emails memes to jehan. he's kind of like a facebook mom. jehan always emails back a laughing emoji bc they aren't sure how else to respond to enj's outdated memes

-they're still rich boys with know street knowledge. they both live off of frozen meals and have no idea how to fix a broken radiator or unclog a shower drain. it once took the two of them four hours to put together an ikea table for jehan's apartment

[carphoegras]

les amis + first names

im writing a courf/jehan anastasia fic and unfortunately i think i will need first names so here are the ideas/hcs i’ve got so far feel free to chime in w opinions/suggestions!

enjolras- yves. ive been obsessed with this one for enjy for like ever and i will not be changing it lmao. yves fits him and i think it rolls well

courfeyrac- im battlin’ with a few ideas for this dude. so far i’m liking marceau, jean-claude, and silvain i want something snappy for him but i just can’t make a decision pls help

combeferre- maxcence/maxime. i feel like he’s an m guy i cant explain it

grantaire- OK! i want something ridiculous and pretentious bc i think its funny, so im leaning towards smthn like baptiste, tho i also like regis or rené

feuilly- also kinda diggin rené or georges for my beautiful boy

bahorel- léon, maybe lucien if we wanna get fancy

joly- probably camille i think it fits him

bossuet/lesgle- alphonse or gustave it gives him some zest a lil umph if i say so myself

obviously jehan’s already done, though i think i wanna make him jean-marie prouvaire

pls help me choose im so awful at this lmao

[restlesswasteland]

Miserables Month Day 20: "Lazy"

Written for the Miserables Month @themiserablesmonth There inevitably reached a point when Enjolras couldn’t remember when he’d last slept.

When he got his mind set on something, consumed by a difficult task or preoccupied with a new undertaking, time lost all meaning. He could spend hours working without thinking to eat, sleep, or do anything human.

He had friends to help him along the way. Ferre and Courf were particularly accustomed to this. Combeferre was a pro at convincing Enjolras to take a nap- even if it was a forty-minute power nap with his head on his desk. Courf fed him snacks, kept his water bottle full and the coffee pot fresh. There was a running joke that Enjolras would’ve starved to death over homework by now, had it not been for the two of them. Enjolras didn’t find it amusing.

Grantaire was not as skilled with a ferociously determined Enjolras, largely due to the fact that they had a near decade of experience that he was lacking.

It had been about a month since Enjolras had asked Grantaire to move into his apartment. It wasn’t a difficult adjustment- Grantaire had practically been living there already.

Until Enjolras found out about a white supremacist rally being planned in Virginia and Grantaire had his first hands on experience with a sleep deprived and obsessive blonde creature.

The first day Grantaire mostly left him to his work. It wasn’t unusual for Enjolras to hole up all day at his desk, and Grantaire knew it was best to just let him work it out of his system.

The second day, he wasn’t entirely sure what to do. He made meals and coaxed Enjolras to eat them, but he was more annoyed at the interruption than anything. He tried to get Enjolras to take a proper break to no avail. He’d been relieved to find him sleeping at his desk at one point, but he was awake and working again within the hour.

By evening on the third day, he was considering calling in reinforcements. Did it make him feel like a useless and shitty boyfriend? Yes. Did the idea of Enjolras working himself to death feel worse? Absolutely.

He opened a new group message to Combeferre and Courfeyrac. Sooooo here’s the thing. Enj hasn’t left his desk for 3 days and I’m not sure if I’m dating him or a surprisingly pro-social-justice demon that’s taken over his body.

Grantaire set the kettle on the stove and while he waited for a response. He could sneak some earl gray onto Enjolras’s desk if he was quiet about it. Might as well hydrate the demon.

Courf had already responded when Grantaire returned to his phone. If you’re looking for an exorcism, you’ll actually want to text Jehan.

Grantaire snorted but didn’t respond. Three dots in the corner of the chat indicated that someone was typing.

How long has it been? Ferre asked, joining in the discussion.

We’re deep into day 3, Grantaire sent back.

And you didn’t text sooner?!!?? Courf sent. The three dots blinked at him again, but he only received about 20 skull and crossbones emojis.

I’ve been feeding him, Grantaire felt the need to defend his boyfriend status.

He’s not a dog, Grantaire, Ferre said, and Grantaire felt embarrassment wash over him.

Well to R’s defense.... he is a little bit, Courf said, and Grantaire was relieved that he hadn’t just made his boyfriend’s best friends into enemies.

Okay but what do I do? Grantaire interjected.

He’s tired, even if he won’t admit it. Tell him he needs to sleep or his work will suffer. Grantaire was both relieved and worried by Ferre’s text. Hopefully he was right, and it wouldn’t take as much convincing as he’d expected. If he was wrong, well. Seems like Grantaire would be shit out of luck.

You got this!! Courf sent, followed by some heart emojis and a few variations of smiley faces. Grantaire appreciated the, albeit useless, support.

Thank you, demon whisperers, Grantaire sighed, putting his phone down. He could do this, he told himself as he poured two mugs of tea. He took a slice of lemon from the fridge and dropped it into his, leaving Enjolras’s black the way he liked it.

He carried the two mugs across the living room to the tiny closet Enjolras used as an office space. He knocked on the door before opening it, not waiting for a response.

The office was a mess, but Grantaire didn’t think it looked any different than usual. He’d been surprised to find out that papers on every surface and a complete lack of a system was Enjolras’s preferred method of organization.

Enjolras, on the other hand, also looked like a mess. That was not the usual. His hair sticking out at odd angles, bags under his eyes, clothes wrinkled from sitting in the same spot for god knows how long. He sat curled up in his chair, legs folded under him as he typed furiously on his computer.

“Hi,” he said, not really expecting a response. Which turned out to be good, because he didn’t get one. He carefully pushed a pile of paper further onto the desk, setting the tea down in its place. “I brought tea.”

“Thanks,” Enjolras didn’t look away from his laptop, but Grantaire was glad to know that Enjolras was still aware of his existence.

“Enj,” Grantaire wasn’t totally sure where to start. Enjolras didn’t acknowledge him. “Enjolras,” he tried again. “Do you think maybe it’s time to take a break?”

“Can you not, right now?” Enjolras said without looking up, and Grantaire winced. He wasn’t offended, he knew this side of Enjolras. It wasn’t purposeful. But it didn’t bode well and he wasn’t looking for a fight tonight.

“Actually, right now seems like a good time, considering you’d say that no matter when I walked in,” Grantaire said, leaning against the wall across from the desk.

“I have to finish this,” Enjolras finally looked up at him. Grantaire was surprised to find that there wasn’t any fight in his eyes. He looked more wrecked than anything.

“You’re not going to finish it like this,” Grantaire said, thinking of what Ferre had told him. “At least not up to your standard.”

That elicited a scowl from the blonde. Grantaire decided to use his momentary distraction to his advantage. He reached out and closed the laptop.

Enjolras’s eyes grew wide. “I was working on-”

“Not anymore,” Grantaire interrupted. “Come on,” he said, setting his untouched tea on the desk beside Enjolras’s. “Bed.”

“This is absurd,” he glared, not making moves.

“What’s absurd is you not sleeping for three days.”

“Three days?” Enjolras looked genuinely surprised. Grantaire bit back a laugh at the almost farcical nature of the entire situation. He just hummed an affirmative instead, crossing the tiny room and holding out a hand to his boyfriend.

When Enjolras just stared at them, Grantaire sighed and took both of Enjolras’s hands in his own, hauling him to his feet. Grantaire looked at the exhaustion on his face.

“Okay, come on,” Grantaire bent down and gripped Enjolras by the backs of thighs, knocking his knees out and lifting him up. The surprise of it caused Enjolras to clasp his arms around Grantaire’s shoulders for stability, his legs wrapping easily around Grantaire’s waist.

“Put me down,” he demanded, though he clung to Grantaire’s neck.

“Not a chance.”

“This isn’t funny,” Enjolras continued his protests as Grantaire carried him down the hall. “I have work to do, Grantaire,” he said, face buried in Grantaire’s neck.

Grantaire smiled a little, glad Enjolras couldn’t see it.

When they reached their bedroom, Grantaire set Enjolras carefully on the edge of their bed. He eyed him warily as he let Enjolras go, half-worried he might just bolt back to his office.

But he didn’t. Instead he glared sleepily at Grantaire, the affect ruined by a yawn. Grantaire smiled smugly, turning to retrieve pajamas for Enjolras.

“Tomorrow is a lazy day,” he announced as Enjolras changed. “It’s Saturday and we’re sleeping in, I’m making breakfast, and we’re going to watch bad tv and lie around. If you’re nice to me, I’ll let you read a book that doesn’t make you want to change the entire world by dinner.”

Enjolras pulled his shirt over his head before opening his mouth to protest.

“Work will still be waiting for you on Sunday, promise,” Grantaire told him. Enjolras frowned, but Grantaire was pleased that he didn’t argue.

“You’re the worst,” Enjolras muttered as he climbed into bed.

“I know, how dare I look after your well-being. Someone should lock me up,” Grantaire said sarcastically, turning out the light and sliding under the covers to join him. He could practically feel Enjolras roll his eyes.

“Lazy day,” Enjolras repeated the words to himself quietly.

“Yes, a foreign concept to you I’m sure,” Grantaire joked. He felt nothing but relief as he wrapped an arm around Enjolras and pulled him against his chest, the blond bonelessly letting himself be jostled around. Exhaustion radiated from his body.

“Now sleep,” Grantaire said quietly, but he was answered with silence. Grantaire felt the boy breathing steadily beneath him. He smiled when he realized that Enjolras was already asleep.

[ferret-not-microwave]

Les Amis Modern AU: What They Wish Others Believed About Them (Part 1).

[I'll do this series in 4 or so Parts].

[I kind of wrote this in response to some general trends in characterising the Amis. There are some stereotypes which I'm not quite comfortable with. ]

Enjolras:

• Wants people to know that he isn't always angry and uptight.

• That he can giggle for hours on end and even snort like a malfunctioning car when supplied with enough puns and Penguin videos.

•That people can walk around him without being on eggshells all the time. He doesn't like the idea of Christmas Capitalism, but that DOES NOT mean that people need to stutter "Chris-sorry-non-denominational holiday party" to him all the time.

• That he does hang out with Bahorel, Joly, Bossuet and Chetta as well. And they know he's scared of nightclub crowds, so they also find nice places to go with him. Enjolras has a photo of them in front of an amusement park carousel pinned on his headboard.

• He's also super unhappy that people think of him as a pretentious wokeboi who never accepts a different point of view. He tries too hard to undo whatever prejudices he has, and frequently cries in the shower when he thinks he has been horrible to someone. He apologizes almost instantly if he fucks things up, and tries his level best to fix the situation.

• That he likes other colours too. Enj has a blanket which is a soft shade of mauve, which he simply cannot do without at night. He also loves porcelain blue, rose gold and emerald green. He had a dark academia phase once.

• That he has had high school crushes. A few, intense ones. Except remembering them hurts him still.

• That he does like his caffeine, but he's careful enough to not overdo his coffee intake. In fact, Enj does take remarkably good care of himself and people around them. He's meticulous in following grocery schedules and house-cleaning routines, and actually enjoys them. He's a brilliant plant parent, second to Jehan.

• That people sometimes wait for him to "open up" and ultimately "reveal" his softboi self. He's what he is, not a coconut. -_-

• The Amis do know all this, and live him for what he is. Just, some others don't believe him. :(

Combeferre:

• Wants people to know that he is not always so "put-together". That there are days when he has crippling anxiety and self-doubt and can't get out of bed, let alone shower and make breakfast. There are also days in which he can't stop himself from crying in the Musain's bathroom, for inexplicable reasons.

• He also has extremely short bitten-off nails.

• He's frustrated when people don't believe that he has ever received horrible feedback on his dissertation drafts and has a few fail grades in his school report cards. The last thing he wants is people brushing off his sadness at bad feedback because "ofc you'll bounce back, duh!"

• He's super scared of brain fart moments, or being cornered with things he's not clever at at all. Like card games. He's clever at some things, not so in others, and is NOT a know-it-all.

• His favourite birthday gifts are never books.

• His temper is actually shorter than people think it is. He can snap fairly quickly when someone is actively being an asshole. He resorts to sarcasm usually, because if he gets angry angry, he starts crying.

• He wishes that people don't look at him simply as an over-serious, nerdy, kind-of-dull Deputy Enjolras. He has a completely different style of leadership to Enj, which often helps the Amis a lot, particularly in non-protest events like fundraisers, awareness campaigns and bake sales.

• He is actually pretty good at displays of affection (even the cheesy kind), which he combines with acts of service.

• He knows when people are absent-mindedly nodding away when he launches into his nerd rants about moths, science, art and cinema. He has reduced his rants to a bare minimum, and most people think it is him being quiet.

• There are days when being the mediator/ "mom-friend" burns him out.

• He's extremely picky while shopping. He'll spend HOURS looking for the perfect sweater vest/cardigan/turtleneck and shirt combination. Even though they are almost always shades of blue, black, white and grey, they often come with neon yellow or pink accents. He DOES NOT like argyle, and barely tolerates beige.

• He has ridiculously dramatic classical music choices. Courf once found his "angry playlist" (it had Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Fifth, Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King, and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries). Ferre often plays it while proof-reading his papers, or after a fight with Enjolras.

Courfeyrac

• He gets really miffed when some people infantilize him. He's the eldest sibling in his family, for fuck's sake, he knows how to take charge and be the adult in the house! And no, he doesn't break things at the drop of a hat.

• He has trust issues. He can make small talk sound like really friendly conversations, but it takes him months to trust people enough to tell them about what he really likes, dislikes, wants and opines. The ultimate trust test? When he finally trusts someone enough to cry in front of them.

• He's just as good a "mom-friend" as Ferre. Taking care of R when he's low? He's there. Applying first aid to all of them after protests? He's got it. Making sure to check on Eponine when he babysits Gavroche? Yep. Goes out of his way to look for Cosette to stop Marius's pining? Yes again. He feels a little low when the same people he had "mothered" over treat him like an overenthusiastic kid.

• He likes glitter. He isn't obsessed with it. And certainly doesn't carry bucketfuls of it, because it can get inconvenient af. His pink colour choices are oddly specific (he loves baby pink, and dislikes Barbie pink).

• He needs his alone-time to recharge. A LOT of it. He walks all around the city in those days, headphones on, blocking out the world. He likes calm classical music then, instead of his usual repertoire.

• He was really good at schoolwork. It's just that he didn't want to walk the academic path for his career. He loves to indulge in loooong, nerdy debates about anything and everything with people. And he ABSOLUTELY rips people a new one when they look at his pink denim aesthetic and try to peg him as airheaded and stupid (if the other Amis don't get to the people first).

• Marius does Courf's nails better than he does it himself. Far better. Also makeup.

• Contrary to popular belief, he doesn't randomly talk to everyone he meets. He just happens to participate in a lot of group events.

• Like Enj, Courf is extremely scared of his own prejudices and problematic sides.

• For the longest time, he hid the fact that he loves wearing makeup, dieting, watching Queer Eye and reading cheesy romance paperbacks because he was super scared that people would judge him. The Amis doesn't, so he showers them with trivia on these.

• Courf is actually really punctual, but on reaching the venue he usually finds someone needing his help, so he dumps his bag in the Musain and runs out again. The bag is evidence of his punctuality.

[mecumpotas]

How each and every one of les amis fell a little for Grantaire: a list

so the other day @cumbercookiebatchs ​ posted something about all of the amis having a crush on grantaire at some point and a few days before that i had talked to @cianaurelien ​ about the same topic so here’s the long ass list I wrote

The first one to fall was Joly. When they met, Joly was a bit smitten because imagine big smiley bear Taire- gah, right? But then Taire introduces Joly to his childhood friend, Bossuet (who found out he was bi thanks to Taire himself) and Joly is completely gone on this man. He’ll always be grateful to Grantaire for the encounter and he loves to tease him on how obsessed he was with his eyes.

The next one is Jehan. Joly brings Taire to a meeting and he’s super nice to everyone. At some point, he starts drawing, and Jehan is very intrigued like oh? you draw? and Taire is all “yeah, want a quick portrait” and Jehan is completely gone. Just. Gone. But then they start becoming friends and somewhere along the way Taire stops being the hot friend and he becomes “my hot big brother Parnasse you should meet him he’s incredible- stop being jealous!”

Courfeyrac does not speak to him until the first time they get drunk together because hot guys are intimidating, okay? And, yes, he gets it, Grantaire is a big bear and he’s friendly as hell and he looks like he gives the best hugs but- “I cant just go talk to him, Ferre! He’s just so- have you seen him and his hands?”

“Yes, Courf, I’ve seen both him and his hands, that’s why I need you to talk to him! Like that, once he rejects you I have my chance to swoop in already knowing what not to say. Don’t look so betrayed, I’ll win thanks to your sacrifice.” That earns him a pillow to the side of the head that makes his glasses almost fly off his nose. In the end, it becomes a bet. Only, “who can flirt harder with Grantaire” ends up becoming “who can flirt harder with the other”.

"I can draw the fliers. Although, if anyone else can draw, I really could use some help.” Feuilly hadn’t taken a pencil in years, but he spoke up so quickly his voice cracked. He spent incredibly long picking out the outfit and deciding how to act and what to say, you know? But then Taire welcomes him with a cup of tea and makes him meet his cats, all named after philosophers he likes, and while he’s saying how much of a little shit Kant is Feuilly wonders how someone can be so nice and hot at the same time.

eponine is a lesbian

Cosette? Cosette is speechless when she meets Grantaire. And she starts flirting, she does, so so so much, but then she witnesses her first Enjolras/Grantaire debate, and she kindly passes the ball onto someone else. Besides, Enjolras’ new friend is so cute with all the freckles and the little, bouncy curls, isn’t he, Chetta?

“Sure. But you’re giving up Grantaire, who looks like that for, well, that? You’re the gayest straight girl I’ve ever seen.”

Marius is straight. He is, really. But Grantaire is too much for his straight heart, too. He’s too enamoured with Cosette to have a life crisis, but a little bit of doubt never leaves his mind, especially when they start going to the beach or running together.

Bahorel flirts shamelessly for months. But then he catches Grantaire sketching Enjolras, and he sees his face when he manages to make Enj laugh for the first time, and his little eyebrows-twitching-with-wonder thing when Enjolras finally says, “I suppose I could have a drink or two, thank you, Grantaire”, and so he kindly goes back to hitting on Feuilly.

Well. What to say. We all know how the last one ends up falling for Grantaire. The only difference? The others got discouraged pretty soon for various reasons. Enjolras? He only gets discouraged once.

Only when Grantaire is staring at him, and then at the ring, and then back at him again, and he’s so silent and his face is unreadable and oh god it’s too soon what have I done what have I done? But then there’s hands on Enjolras’ cheeks and a mouth on his and he can feel tears against his face and falling from his own eyes and yes, yes, of course I’ll marry you, angel. 

It was never in Enjolras’ style to get discouraged before a challenge, anyway. So if anyone could properly fall in love with Taire and manage to get him to love him back, well, it could have only been Enj.