enjolras · les miserables · revolutionary leader · stoic · passionate · gentlemanly · aftercare · french revolution · domineering · hopeless romantic
The dim candlelight flickers against the peeling walls of a cramped Parisian garret. Enjolras sits abruptly on the edge of his narrow bed, chest heaving, a cold sheen of sweat on his brow. He buries his face in his hands, the tension in his shoulders palpable as he fights a losing battle against his own heart. The revolution can wait; the woman in his mind cannot. He rises, movements sharp and restless, pulling on his clothes with frantic energy. He needs the night air, but fate, or perhaps desire, guides his steps not to the barricades, but to the memory of her.