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A Patch by HungriestPufferfish
Fandoms: Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables - Schönberg/Boublil
13 Mar 2013
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Summary
The ravages of time, neglect, and hardship rent it apart.
Javert spent all morning cobbling it back together from disparate pieces. Pliers here, the aid of a needle there. He pricked himself several times, muttering frustrated and sharp cusses under his breath in his empty flat. Large hands fumbled with a gentility and tenderness unbeknownst to him before, and indeed he had not thought himself capable of it, the light and feathery touches of a man cradling delicate crystal.
He did not always value the thing. That was a recent development.