blood of the martyrs

George Blagden:

les amis 5 songs later:

Grantaire: that being said, heyyyyyyyy

Enjolras on stage: The ppl have not stirred :/

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valjean loves him instantly (how could he not, he’s practically a male replica of his beloved daughter), and soon enjolras and jvj are spending days at a time together, along with cosette, and they discuss everything, have lighthearted banter and debates, sing and dance and laugh their hearts out and love each other to no end.

one christmas eve valjean comes home to a bunch of college kids sitting around his kitchen. cosette and enjolras anxiously tell him that these are their friends, who had nowhere to go for christmas and no family to spend it with, and so they said they could stay here, because the house is more than big enough, and can they stay dad, please??

so valjean has his kids write down each of their friends names and something they like and takes the list to the mall and it’s almost impossible but by the end of the night he’s got a little present for everyone, and he cooks a huge christmas feast with their help (turns out marius and courfeyrac are absolute wizards in the kitchen) and they sit around and drink and eat and laugh and exhange gifts (a few of the amis picked up “host presents” for valjean when cosette and enjolras said they could stay with him) and just have the best old time

Marius plays the piano and grantaire plays the guitar and they all sing ‘have yourself a merry little Christmas’ and “mr. fauchelevent why are you crying”

valjean decides that he now has 14 kids total. he blows his nose into a hanky and tearfully says “everyone, stay as long as you want, im overjoyed that you’re all here, please, consider me your family from this holiday onwards.”

the amis start calling him “dad” as a joke to begin with, but soon enough it just feels so natural to them that he becomes everyone’s dad and he truly couldn’t be happier or love them more. he discusses politics and law with combeferre and listens to jehan read him poetry and arm wrestles with bahorel and has drinks with grantaire and buys gavroche new school shoes

when he learns that Marius and cosette are dating, as are enjolras and grantaire, he’s frustrated because he loves them all and doesn’t know which one to threaten into keeping the other safe