fic: an ember all but out
Title: An Ember All But Out
Fandom: Les Miserables (book and film)
Pairing: Bahorel/Combeferre
Other Characters: Grantaire, Joly
Notes: Follows a few nights after the events of Snap the Branches Off Me.
( Bahorel is as prone as any of them to moments, days even, of melancholy or extended thoughtfulness, and though it is rare that he will not rise to even Grantaire or Courfeyrac’s mild baiting, it does happen, and his friends are not the sort to push him, for reasons that go well beyond those others who do not know him as well might have. )
Fandom: Les Miserables (book and film)
Pairing: Bahorel/Combeferre
Other Characters: Grantaire, Joly
Notes: Follows a few nights after the events of Snap the Branches Off Me.
( Bahorel is as prone as any of them to moments, days even, of melancholy or extended thoughtfulness, and though it is rare that he will not rise to even Grantaire or Courfeyrac’s mild baiting, it does happen, and his friends are not the sort to push him, for reasons that go well beyond those others who do not know him as well might have. )
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Your words continue to be lovely and lyrical--srsly, sometimes it's like reading a poem, all right?--and sound era and male appropriate, which I truly appreciate. I've read some godawful fic that is supposed to take place during that time and yet the boys all sound like emo girls from the 00's. =P
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“It is a shame I have no philosophical quarrel with you at the moment,” Grantaire says simply, easing into the chair beside Bahorel with a glance that sweeps from the man’s head to booted toes. “You are clearly in poor shape for a fight of any kind, and it would benefit me to win one off you for once.”
“Or at least one in more than name only,” Joly sighs. All three flinch slightly at the sound of footsteps nearing them, but Joly moves in close again, inspecting Bahorel a bit more kindly now. “I suppose whoever attempted this did what he could in poor circumstances, but it is distracted work at best ( ... )
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