The Les Mis Rarepair of the day is...
❤️Old Man Gardening Polycule❤️
Valjean, a tree pruner from Faverolles, always did have a green thumb. When he happens to pass through Vernon on one of his mayoral journeys, he admires the flowers grown by another solitary, quiet older gentleman: Georges Pontmercy, who had lavished all the love he couldn't give to his son on his garden instead.
But there is no time for romance—soon Valjean is on the run once more. Later, he becomes a convent gardener, and love, shall we say, blossoms once more between him and the other gardener, Fauchelevent. After they leave the convent together with Cosette, they soon begin work on a beautiful new garden at Rue Plumet. To help them along, they decide to pick up some reading material, including Flora of the Environs of Cauteretz by M. Mabeuf, which they like so much they befriend the author.
Meanwhile, after reconnecting with his son, Georges Pontmercy has made his way back to Paris...
[Dramatic movie trailer music begins; gravelly movie trailer man voice speaks]
When the winds of fate unite these four men once more
[Music begins to intensify]
Will shake the very foundations of empire
[Rapid flashes of B-roll: the barricade, gunfire, the red flag]
[Cut to a shot of four elderly men in overalls and sunhats, carrying hoes and rakes, advancing up the cobblestones together in slow motion]
[Cut to the four old men gardening quietly together, no sound but birdsong, no sign of anything around them but greenery]
"Jean, your gladioli are looking lovely."
"My utmost thanks, Georges; the compliment is a worthy one from your lips."
"François*, kindly pass the secateurs."
"In exchange for the shovel, if you please, Charles*."
"Orgy later in the greenhouse, gentlemen?"
"If you knock over my prize orchid again—"
*Neither Fauchelevent nor Mabeuf have canon first names so #ThisMod has provided some.
Do you ship it?
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Only unrequited to some extent
The garden of your heart is barren and no cares grow therein
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