[ He smiles, soft and fond but incapable of masking the sadness in his eyes. He’s never quite mastered that, though he’s never tried particularly hard. He allows the wine to do most of the work for him, and he isn’t nearly at his drunkest today.
Ordinarily, he would argue further. He would insist that there are plenty of flowers that could easily take his place and still make for a lovelier sight than a disheveled drunkard, but he’s waited so long for any of their other friends to join them, so he simply gives up. ]
I thought you would never wake. It’s just been Enjolras and I for months, and for months he’s disdained me.
[ It’s better now, he thinks, but it’s so difficult to tell sometimes. ]
He'll be so pleased to see you, he might even take a break from his books.
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[ He smiles, soft and fond but incapable of masking the sadness in his eyes. He’s never quite mastered that, though he’s never tried particularly hard. He allows the wine to do most of the work for him, and he isn’t nearly at his drunkest today.
Ordinarily, he would argue further. He would insist that there are plenty of flowers that could easily take his place and still make for a lovelier sight than a disheveled drunkard, but he’s waited so long for any of their other friends to join them, so he simply gives up. ]
I thought you would never wake. It’s just been Enjolras and I for months, and for months he’s disdained me.
[ It’s better now, he thinks, but it’s so difficult to tell sometimes. ]
He'll be so pleased to see you, he might even take a break from his books.