Starter for eponine @ofrectcngles
“Sacré Bleu! You little miscreant! How dar- ... Gavrouche? What are you doing you little turd?” Courf asked of his young friend, knowing full well the lad had just tried to pick pocket him. He raised an eyebrow at an impudent young fellow, grabbing his arm as he listened to his explanation. “You know if you need anything you can come by my place, I always have jobs for you to do, if nothing else it would keep you out of trouble.” Courf said, knowing full well that Gavrouche would like be turning deaf ears to him. At least they had finally gotten to the point that the boy stopped fighting whenever Courf found him and returned him home.
They were still a ways away from home when courf glanced down at the boy and wordlessly lead him into McDonald’s and told him to order what he wanted, praying Eponine wouldn’t kill him for this later. As they walked out the door and turned the corner, Gavrouche ran headlong into someone else. Courf reached an arm out to steady the person giving Gavrouche a reproachful look for being more interested in his bag of food than the well being of the person he had bumped.
“Mademoiselle, I apologize for my companion and his lack of....” Courf started, before breaking off and giving Eponine a sheepish smile