#marblebelow

to be clear, it’s me. I am the trash. Jean has very little to do with this, he’s just trying to make a buck for his poor family. It’s not his fault his main asset is his smokin’ bod.

       my work here is complete. 

YOU CAN ALL STEP THE FUCK OFF AND LET MY GOTH SON LIVE HIS GOD DAMN LIFE

          “With all due respect, Inspector,” Debra enunciates the title, and perhaps she’s a smidgen condescending about it. It’s been a while since she’s had anyone butting in, taking over her cases and leaving her in the dust like she and her team are doing to Javert now. She’s apparently forgotten the feeling of being talked down to. “But this isn’t up to you. The FBI has decided we will be stepping in indefinitely, until the case is solved or we reach a dead end. You should know, it’s not that we doubt your abilities, but--” ah, the infamous ‘but’! “--as you know, this is a very sensitive case. We’d simply like to ensure a.. speedy conclusion.”

           Grantaire probably should know better than to antagonize cops. Probably. Then again, Enj just about made a career out of antagonizing cops, so it was easy to figure out the influence there. He sipped at his coffee, leaning his hip into the counter near the inspector. “So. Was Dunkin closed or are you just all about Musain’s fair trade frappes?”

          her hand is raised mid-sentence, the deadpan expression on her face a clear sign of her disinterest in continuing the conversation... or, at the very least, in continuing to listen to him speak. when he finally takes her rather glaring hint, she lowers her palm but her face doesn’t change.           “I don’t remember asking for your advice,” Norma says, quickly, and  with an emphasizing shake of her pretty blonde head. “And that’s probably because I don’t want it.”

“If you want me so bad, first you’ll have to save me.” A grin flashed in spite of the pain, or perhaps because of it. There was a certain cruel irony to this that really came as no surprise to the burglar— that was the world for you. The two of them needed each other in this moment. Once it was over, they would return to their prior roles; Valjean would reverse the magistrate’s decision and let himself out of prison, Javert would be back on the chase. Until then, he was trapped and even his strength wasn’t quite enough to effect his own salvation.

i will... not put down quite as much as i thought, i don’t like these odds