Hey! I'd love to see a comfort hug for Marius and Courfeyrac! I love your writing :)
Thank you, anon!<3 Also, I’m sorry I this took so long but at least it’s just in time for Courfius week! (Cw for watching a ghost story I guess?)
Fridaynight is movie night at the apartment and even though Marius would be fine withletting Courfeyrac pick the movies, for equality’s sake they take turns. Thisweek it’s Marius’ choice and he’s very proud of his pick. Because Courfeyrac isvery fond of horror movies and for once Marius – who really isn’t that into allthe screaming and the chasing – has managed to bring something that actuallycounts as ‘scary’. Maybe it’s not quite horror, but it’s a proper ghost movieand an old favourite. It’s beautiful. And romantic.
They’re snuggledup on the couch, keeping snug under one of Feuilly’s knitted comforters, butboth with their own bowl of popcorn. Marius prefers salted and Courfeyrac makesa strange, caramelized molten sugar concoction. They settled on making separatebowls long ago. Especially since eating Courfeyrac’s caramel popcorn is arather noisy and sticky affair. Not that Courfeyrac seems to be finishing his,come to think of it.
Mariusglances sideways at him and to his surprise Courfeyrac’s eyes are very roundand rather wet.
On thescreen spectral hands stop just shy of touching their flesh-and-bloodcounterparts and Courfeyrac makes a sorrowful noise at the back of his throat.
“Are youokay?” Marius asks, slightly alarmed.
“Yes,”Courfeyrac swallows. “It’s just… It’s sad.”
Mariusblinks. People die in Courfeyrac’s movies all the time, gratuitously so.
Courfeyracsniffs and says in a voice that sounds dangerously wobbly: “They’ll never getto be together again.”
“But sheknows he didn’t forget her now,” Marius points out cautiously. “That he didn’tleave her on purpose.” He loves the ending of this story. It’s painful, but sobittersweet and beautiful. So very, deeply romantic. Lovers that never get tokiss and will love each other for ever even so…
“He nevereven got to hold her,” Courfeyrac hiccups and there are actual tears rollingdown his cheeks now.
Mariusgives him a helpless look. He never meant to make Courfeyrac cry. He doesn’t think he’s ever seen Courfeyraccry. Not like this.
“I’m sorry,”he flounders, thinking of the right thing to say. “We can turn it off if—”
“No!” Courfeyrac protests. “I want to see howit ends, I just- Marius, she can’t even kiss him goodbye.” He wipes at his eyeswith his sleeves.
“You reallydon’t have to finish watching it if you don’t like it, I can tell you how itends,” Marius offers.
“Are youkidding!” Courfeyrac gasps. “It’s beautiful.”He sniffs loudly and Marius is relieved that he at least didn’t make a badchoice. He really does love this movie.
Lightfloods the screen, the string section of the music picks up again and tearswash down Courfeyrac’s face before either of the characters has even said aword. But apparently Courfeyrac doesn’t mind crying, so Marius supposes it’salright. It’s still hard to see though and it feels very strange to not do somethingabout it.
Mariuslooks at the screen, at the smiles full of star-crossed longing. It is sad, in a way. Courfeyrac makes thatsorrowful noise again and because he has nothing to say anymore, but he doesneed to do something, Marius reachesout and wraps his arm around Courfeyrac’s shoulder. Courfeyrac makes the noiseagain, but he leans into Marius embrace, resting his wet face against hisshoulder for a moment before looking back at the screen. So Marius just hugshim close and lets him cry, smiling a little in spite of himself. He is gladwhen Courfeyrac manages to laugh through his tears during the finale though,because while Marius is certainly more than happy to be holding Courfeyrac, he’smuch more used to being shaking with laughter than with sobs and he’d reallylike to keep it that way.
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