If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

Dated mid-November, 2009:
After coming to a very important decision, Combeferre seeks of Enjolras to tell him about it. Though the conversation starts out a bit rocky, it ends on a more positive note than anyone might have accept and all are grateful.

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Dated December 28, 2009:
Sometimes, no matter how much one plans, things ( Read more... )

Enjolras really wasn't the reveling, celebrating sort. He'd spent most of the month ignoring the festive surroundings and making his way in and out of the compound with little glancing around, almost affronted at the ridiculous changes the cold weather had brought with it, and though Noël was now all but over, he continued this practice, bundled up ( Read more... )

For the first time in his experience, Combeferre could not make the bookshelf cooperate. There had been times in the past when finding the correct book had taken time and patience, but never before had it been quite so unhelpful as this. He had been standing before it for nearly half an hour with no luck whatsoever ( Read more... )

Enjolras rose early as always, showered and dressed and had breakfast as always, but today there was something different about him, a sort of restless energy. Once again he had worked on a speech for today for weeks, and for the first time since losing the election (and truthfully for some time before that) he felt clear in purpose and light in ( Read more... )

Dated June 6, 2009:
On the anniversary of his death, Combeferre and Thomasina visit what is left of the barricade sitting on the beach. They talk of the past and what has been lost, but they also look to the future.

[ HERE | Completed | G]Later that day, Combeferre and Enjolras talk on the beach. Their conversation quickly turns to politics, and ( Read more... )

Dated April 29, 2009:
Enjolras finds Guy on the first morning of Opposite Plot and gets him to share his wine. He makes it worth Guy's while.

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Geoffrey took the stage one again, as a representative of the Council and, well, of the stage, to introduce this round of political speeches ( Read more... )

It was not unusual to find Enjolras spending his afternoon in a corner of the Hub, surrounded by books and absorbed in reading or writing. What was less usual was the titles of the books--Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage, Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu, La Philosophie dans le boudoir, among other of de Sade's works. Also ( Read more... )

There was rare occasion to see former Queen Anne Boleyn in anything but a dress, but such events did occur, especially out here where so many of her friends encouraged her. While the idea of wearing pants everyday filled her with a deep horror, there were of course, times when they were necessary. This, ugly and hot and making her drip sweat down ( Read more... )