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  1. Public Bookmark 39

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    “Perhaps, after tonight, the law no longer drives me as it has all my life. And if the law does not drive me, I do not know what will.”

    “I know you, Javert. You may not like it, but I know you. I know the sense of purpose you speak of. That kind of drive doesn’t just go away. I believe that kind of passion conveys more about the person who feels it, rather than the cause of the passion. Even if it wanes with time, even if it is a source other than the law that moves you, you will find that drive again. You will find something to direct it to.”

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    Months after Valjean pulls Javert from the Pont au Change, they both find themselves without purpose. Valjean becomes hopeless without Cosette to care for. Meanwhile, Javert's growing doubt about his place in the police force leaves him aimless. But Javert and Valjean's lives have always been irreversibly intertwined. As they learn what it means to change and be changed, they may find that their lives are meant to intertwine in a way neither of them ever expected.

    In case anyone needed another post-Seine Valvert slow burn ;)

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    09 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    "The priest said there is no beast on the plain."
    "The priest is an idiot, Jean," his sister answered. "I know you heard the beast in the fields. I know you hear the voices in the hearts of some people too."
    "The priest said it's the wind. Because I've worked in the field for too long."
    "Jean, you don't have to be ashamed of that gift! It may not be easy but it can be useful, it kept us safe so far.

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    There are monsters in the world and in the hearts of people; only not every human can hear them.
    Jean Valjean had this ability. Madeleine has it too, and he can hear them howling inside Javert's chest.

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    09 Nov 2025

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    After a few minutes, Robert glanced toward the showers, then back at Waterboy. "You look like you could use a cooldown. A shower might help wash it all away - literally, in your case." He grinned, the expression fond and teasing. Innocently, he kept his hand on Waterboy's shoulder, the other reaching for the front zipper of the wetsuit. "Here, let me give you a hand with that. These things stick like glue when they're wet."

    Waterboy's eyes widened, his mouth opening in a frantic attempt to warn him. "W-wait, Robert, I-I don't- Hold on, i-it’s, it's not-" But Robert's voice overlapped his stutters, warm and reassuring as he tugged the zipper down a few inches. "Relax. We've all been there. Just breathe."

    Ziiip.

    The zipper slid smoothly at first, exposing a strip of pale skin.. And then, Robert froze. There, trailing down from Waterboy's navel, was a faint happy trail of dark hair, leading southward without any barrier. No boxers, no briefs, nothing. It made sense, in hindsight - The guy was a constant fountain; underwear would just turn into a soggy mess. But logic didn't prepare Robert for the sight, his hand still gripping the zipper tab, eyes locked on that unexpected reveal.

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    31 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 77

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    Curse him. Curse his name and this supposed gift he’d given of life. Even Javert’s final thought, submerged willfully in the cold waters of the Seine, was littered with the remnants of Jean Valjean. Let him be free. Let the water wash away the curse inflicted on his soul. Let him die now, too tormented to wait in agony for a natural death, even if it meant the remainder of his soul would go to Lucifer’s domain. Let his eternal life be one of misery, as he deserved. Perhaps Valjean would meet him there, but Javert did not think it so.

    Rescued from the Seine by a determinably anonymous benefactor, Inspector Javert struggles to cope with the consequences of being left alive.

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    25 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    In terms of how likely his feelings were to be reciprocated, Javert estimated his chances to be low. Valjean was probably gay, for he never looked at a woman with those eyes, yet Javert had never seen him look at a man that way either whenever they were hanging out together - which was quite often recently.

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    Cosette invites Javert to her Halloween party that Valjean will attend too. The problem is that they are both very much in love and blind, but Cosette's gift will be of help!

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    23 Oct 2025