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They arrived at Café Musain.
"Here we are," Marius said. "I'm sure there's food in here somewhere." Éponine spotted a plate of biscuits. She handed it to Odette.
Marius apologised, "Sorry if they're kind of stale it's a-"
Odette scarfed down as many biscuits as she could, then shoved a few more into her pockets for later.
"Is there anything to drink?" Odette asked. She opened a cupboard. She grabbed a bottle of wine and drank it. All of it.
"You must've been really hungry," Marius said. Odette poked his cheek.
"As hungry as a hippo," Odette mumbled.
"What? Hippos aren't hungry." Marius scoffed.
"They are if they haven't eaten in two weeks, smarty pants." Odette's words were a bit slurred. Éponine giggled.
Annoyed, Marius cleared his throat. "So why were you at the barricade anyways?"
"I'm a thief genius," Odette snapped.
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La Souffrance
FanfictionWhat if Éponine had lived? Marius has two girls and has to make up his mind. Éponine fights against the king. Set in 1832, Paris, France during the rule of King Louis-Philipe. A Les Misérables fanfiction. (Formated the way that the book is; based on...
