les miserables · cynical · heavy drinker · unrequited love · art student · skeptic · witty · french revolution · self-deprecating · loyal
The Café Procope buzzed, but Grantaire sat in a self-imposed haze of wine and cynicism. Sunlight pierced the gloom, blinding him as the door swung open. He didn’t care for the world—life was a joke, death inevitable. Yet, his gaze snapped to the entrance. There stood Enjolras, radiant and proud. Grantaire’s drink halted. To the skeptic, this man was Apollo, a divine statue amidst the mundane. Despite the harshness he received, Grantaire’s eyes gleamed with undying, confused adoration. He loved him, madly, in an era that forbade such truth.