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Oh definitely Enjolras!

He wakes up earlier than Grantaire, because the early bird get the wor..king democracy and fight against inequality going and all that. Plus, Grantaire is exceedingly cute with his face nuzzled against the pillow. It’s not like Enjolras can resist. He begins by softly running a hand through his hair, clearing off Grantaire’s forehead, and leans forward to kiss his precious boyfriend’s face.

9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

Oh lord. I guess there was, especially at the planning stage?

The original deal for Forget me Not was supposed to be a Oneshot in which Enjolras lost his memory and was not himself for a while, not remembering anyone. And then one night he would have been sat on the couch next to Grantaire, looking at him and saying very slowly:

“I’m in love with you”

And Grantaire freaking out like ???? What???? 

“I’m in love with you. I don’t know much, but that I do know’.’

What is your country most infamous for in history?

Grantaire and Sleeping: 

Okay so Grantaire suffers from meloncholia in the brick, and to somewhat the similar extent in the musical too. So its pretty safe to say his sleep pattern is fucked up. He has managed to reign it in a little in the past few months mainly due to his recent switch in medication, and regular working hours. It still doesn’t stop him from going a few days on less than two hours sleep, and it only really happens when he’s trying to work his way through a creative block or three, but he’s more careful about it. He did however do a 5 day stretch without having a decent nights sleep to finish his dissertation, and so that Joly could study the affects of a lack of sleep for his coursework too. When he does sleep he sleeps like the dead though, you can find him curled up like a cat. Everyone has a picture of him sleeping in a weird place as his contact picture on their phones. (Courf’s idea)

Grantaire and his soft spot:

Okay, I could probably write an entire essay on this one. Grantaire for all his protests about being a nihalist, and a ‘fucking delight’, he is just a big ball of mush. Here’s a few of his soft spots. 

Kids. Grantire fucking loves kids, like they’re so pure and not as jaded as him, but also they can be the shadiest little fuckers ever. He finds it hilarious, and the kids love that he’s honest with them. When all the Amis start having kids, Uncle R is their favourite because he tells the best stories, and takes them the best places. Don’t annoy him when you’ve asked him to babysit though, he’ll show your child the best time, fill them full of sugar and hand them back. Kids love him.

Cats. Grantaire has a special kinship with cats. They have humanity trained around them. It amuses him no end that Enjolras can emote such drastic change in others, but in reality his life revolves around his grumpy ginger cat, Crookshanks. He has a plan that if the Les Amis decide to turn criminal, he and Musichetta would run a cat cafe as a cover for whatever illegal activities that they decide to run. 

Sweets: Massive sweet tooth. His Grandmother used to run a bakery, she taught him how to make cakes and do sugar work when he was small. He made the mistake of making Combeferre’s Birthday cake three years ago, a scientifically accurate model of jupiter. He is now in charge of everyone’s birthday cakes. 

Out of his friends, he has the softest spot for Marius. Marius insists he wasn’t scared of R when they first met, because of his loudness and his confrontational attitude to Enjolras. But once he got past his prickly exterior (I’m not a cactus Pontmercy) they actually became quite close. They both take a German class on Thursday night, where they’re trying to learn more langauges, for one point to be useful to ‘The Cause’ and mainly on Grantaire’s part to fuck with people. (Grantaire speaks; French, English, Spanish and Italian fluently. Musichetta is teaching him arabic, he speaks passable Polish, and learning German with Marius and Mandarin from Marius. Marius speaks French, English, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish. Chetta is also teaching him Arabic, learning German with R, and R is teaching him Italian in return)

Oh wow, if I could draw I WOULD cause I have the layout SO CLEAR IN MY HEAD for Forget me Not! Wait, scratch that, I draw it, but like… architect style, so bear with me here :

So now that we’ve established that I 1) can’t draw and 2) have no grasp on perspectives :

Courf and Ferre have always occupied the same room even though they weren’t together at first. Courf just ~~sacrificed himself~~ to sleep in the same room as Ferre

It seems like there’s a lot of void but no there isn’t

For instance, if one of them decides to go pee at night they have to Total Wipeout their way to the bathroom

The kitchen is very cramped but they still manage to stock food for 10

#oh my god? #what’s with that face #please cover urself monsieur this is indecent

Shhhh don’t point it out or he won’t let down his guard again!

Time to SHINE :

Enjolras often gets worked up online by trolls, bigots and douchebags in general. He doesn’t know where to draw the line and gets into heated arguments with them. To clear his head, he goes out and strolls around Paris for a bit, admires the buildings, the life of the city. If they’re still open, he’ll take a coffee at a café, sat at the terrace

Combeferre either calls his mom or draws a Vitruvian man. He can’t lie, he’s a mama’s boy that one, and he’ll talk for hours with her just to think about something else.

Courfeyrac puts his pjs on, blasts his favorite playlists throughout the flat and dances his ass off for hours. He’ll sing, he’ll take the broom for a microphone, he won’t give a fuck, this is his time

Grantaire’s first reflex would have been to grab the nearest bottle, once upon a time. But he’s learning to get past that. Actually, he gets more stress from withdrawal than anything else. Generally, he puts a huge canvas against a wall and throws paint balls at it. Both artistic and therapeutic

Joly deals with stress very badly and drinks mugs after mugs of tea, so much that he goes to the bathroom every 5 minutes. He’ll also ask for hugs from anyone in his vicinity. He’ll wear Bossuet’s jumper or Chetta’s scarf for comfort

Bossuet indulges in massages. The man has so many knots on his back he could make a fucking rope out of them. So Chetta gladly takes out the massage oil that smells like vanilla and caramel and gives her boyfriend one hell of a back rub

Jehan don’t really get stressed that often cause they’re like… zen royalty. But a mild inconvenience can never survive a hot bath with at least 2 bath bombs, soothing music and candles

Bahorel indulges in the most pretentious coffee orders possible because FUCK IT he DESERVES THIS, he’s being putting up with assholes since.. well 2 hours since he woke up but STILL

Feuilly goes to the pet store or cat cafés. Anywhere where there’re animals he can pet. He’ll tell that freaking cute kitten all about his bad day and the kitten will UNDERSTAND because kittens ALWAYS understand