If anyone notices Enjolras is anything but
composed when he leaves Grantaire’s side,
that person is not Grantaire.He turns away and stalks towards the bar,
ignoring whatever look it is Feuilly and Joly
are trying to implore on him when he orders
another bottle, because fuck glasses, and
really, fuck you too, Bartender, with your
judging glances. Certain gods have already
beaten you to it this evening.
Bahorel is standing at Grantaire’s usual table
and so Grantaire just swerves away from that.
No. He’s not interested in talking right now. He’s
got a bottle in his hand a plan to have fucking forgot
about this by morning. And Bahorel and Jehan and
the rest are not going to interfere.He shoulders open the door out of the bar
and his fingers tighten around the bottle
neck because of fucking course Enjolras
beat him out here.“Hard to celebrate your mortal sins
out here, Apollo. Run along inside,
your friends are looking for you.”

:: { ℑ⋅ℇ } ─ ─ ─ ::
The gods are angry at him.
Zeus is striking him where he
stands, angry at this namesake
of his SON that has none of the
obedience, the subservience HE
had. Enjolras made a despicable
APOLLO, too chaotic by h a l f.
( Grantaire is everything Dionysus
should be– from bottle to wild hair
but there is tension in him that rubs
Enjolras wrong– sparks on skin. )
Blue eyes snap from bottle to
scowl, and his jaw TENSES.
”If they are, they would call me.“
What was it they said? Something
like f i n d e r s k e e p e r s?
( What was it they said about LIARS? )
”Besides– you’re doing plenty
C E L E B R A T I N G there.“
Even on his feet, Grantaire’s terrified to break the spell around them. It can’t possibly be real, but god, he wants it...