Both Jehan and Grantaire are Romantics, but of a different kind. Learned Jehan, with his wide interests, would probably be irritated at Grantaire’s attitude but I think he would be the first to notice how much of a care Grantaire puts to be seen as this non-believer.
and usually life takes more than it gives, but not today. today it’s given us something. it’s given us a chance. to do what? to give a shit. for once. and not run away.
Since the start of 2014 I have:
Gotten a new piercing.
Dyed my hair.
Ended a relationship.
Started a new relationship.
Been on a long car journey.
Passed an exam.
Cried on someone’s shoulder.
Had a massive fight with a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Received flowers.
Had a Valentine.
Written a letter using pen and paper.
Gone to see a therapist.
Been prescribed medication by a doctor.
Read a really good book.
Gone to the zoo.
Spent too much money on unnecessary things.
Traveled by train.
Cried over someone.
Spent a day out in the sun getting a tan.
Slammed a door out of frustration.
Had an anxiety attack.
Had a BBQ.
Gone to the fair.
Gone bowling.
Seen a film at the cinema in 3D.
Gone on a date.
Helped someone home after they’d had too much to drink.
Stayed up all night.
Talked on the phone for over 2 hours.
Supported someone who’d received bad news.
Watched some kind of live sporting event.
Read an entire book in one day.
Bought a DVD the day it was released.
Eaten McDonald’s more than four times in a single week.
Cried as a result of exam stress.
Met some incredible new people.
Fallen backwards off a chair.
Broken my glasses.
Cried over someone in my past.
Spent hours aimlessly browsing the internet.
Thrown up. (nearly??)
Cried over a film.
Gone out of my way to avoid an ex-significant other.
Fought with someone in public.
Been in a relationship for a year or longer.
mutant!grantaire with chaos magic powers who can change reality and alter probability
mutant!grantaire who after the years struggles to tell the difference between reality and fiction, who sometimes looks at his friends and wonders if they’re fake
mutant!grantaire who drinks to drown out the power and the voices he sometimes hears
mutant!grantaire who has tried to kill himself hoping he’ll wake up in the right universe because he never really knows where he is anymore
combeferre is the kind of guy who picks up the bug when someone goes ‘omg a bug squish it’ and lets it walk around on his hand forever and then says goodbye when it flies off and does a little smile as if his day is 100x better
'dear diary
a ladybug said hello today. six-dotter. named him lucien.’