Fic: the kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts

Title: the kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts
Fandom: Les Miserables
Rating: PG13/T
Warnings: none
Relationships: none
Characters: Éponine Thénardier, Grantaire, Les Amis de l'ABC
Word Count: 1873
Summary: She'd never intended to do it. It just sort of happened. They think she's a boy, and welcome her into their fraternity.

And then she discovers it's liberating.

She hadn't intended to do this - at first it had been an honest mistake. She can't afford clothes that fit well, so she dresses in baggy clothes rather than too-tight clothes. She hates skirts because they restrict her movement (especially when she's, uh, climbing things). She's always layered, because the cold can be deadly, two of her baby brothers died of exposure. Her figure is slim and boyish, unhealthily skinny with malnutrition. Her hair is shorn short because she'd been unable to get the damn bubblegum that a brat had stuck in it while she'd been asleep out.
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