Cast
Enjolras- Aaron Tveit
Eponine- Samantha Barks
Marius- Nick Jonas
Gavroche- Daniel Huttlestone
Grantaire- Hadley Fraiser
Combeferre- Fra Fee (I feel like he just makes a better Combeferre than Courfeyrac)
Courfeyrac- Killian Donnely (played Courfeyrac in the 25th anniversary)
Thenardier- Sacha Baron Cohen
Mme. Thenardier- Helena Bonham Carter
Joly- … Eddie Redmayne! But with glasses!
Prouvaire- Alistaire Brammer
Lesgles- Stuart Neal
Bahorel- Iwan Lewis
Feuilly- Gabriel Vick
Cosette- Amanda Seyfried
Jean Veljean/24601- Alfie Boe
This cast list is a mix of movie and the 25th Anniversary concert, and also more than likely final. I would like to thank SleepingwithinWater for their permission to do this story. I got the idea to do a forced arranged marriage form their story Teacher of Man. Tis all for now. Please enjoy.
Chapter One
June 1, 1830
"Sebastien, it will be fine," a man said as another man, much younger than him paced around the room. His brown hair was slicked back and he was wearing a finely made suit. His companion paused to run a hand through his curly blonde hair. His grey-blue eyes shining with worry, anxiety, and slight anger. "It won't go well if you are angry. She will more than likely think you are angry at her."
"Please, Combeferre, just shut up. I have no idea how I'm going to get through this as it is. I don't even know the girls name. You're my only friend, so just please, don't tell anyone about this!" the man ordered. "And for Christ's sake call me Enjolras!?"
"Okay, Enjolras," Combeferre said, stressing Enjolras. "Who would I tell and what?"
"Just, don't tell anyone anything, not about me being married, about it being arranged, nothing! Got it?"
"Yes sir!" Combeferre said with a mock salute and a smirk.
"It's time Sebastien!" and older women with dirty blonde hair that matched her sons called with joy.
"Maman, please just tell me why Pèrearranged a marriage for me? Why did he do something that he knew I don't want?"
"I don't know. All I know right now is that I'm finally assured a few grandbabies!" His mother cried with joy. "Oh grandbabies," she sighed dreamily as she ushered her son out of the side room at the church and in front of the alter. Combeferre wasn't far behind him, already having promised his friend that he would be by his side.
"Just remember," he whispered into Enjolras' ear, "that she doesn't have a choice in this arrangement either and is being taken from her family against her will." He didn't finish but a second before the doors opened and Enjolras Senior walked in with a small women on his arm.
Enjolras could see that she was far too small, malnourished, barely old enough to marry, and most importantly, looked like she was walking to a sacrificial alter rather than a church alter where she was to be married to him. "She looks ill," he muttered to the man beside him. "And as if she hasn't had a proper meal in years."
"Who knows," Combeferre said as she reached the alter and Enjolras senior gave her away.
The priest smiled at her kindly as he began the ceremony. "And do you, Sebastien Gerard Enjolras take Eponine Adelaide Thenardier to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Enjolras took a deep breath and muttered "I do" without turning away from the woman before him. He was looking at her but she had her eyes downcast, appearing afraid to look at him.
"Do you, Eponine Adelaide Thenardier take Sebastien Gerard Enjolras to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do," she said quietly, her voice high, but rough.
"I pronounce you man and wife. Monsieur you may kiss the bride," the priest said. Enjolras bent forward, tipped her head up toward him, and placed a chaste kiss on her lips. The congregation cheered and Madame Enjolras cried, Monsieur Enjolras smirked with pride and hidden accomplishment, and finally, Combeferre just placed a comforting hand on his friends shoulder, knowing how hard this was for him, to be married. Especially to a women that he didn't even know.
As the couple left to sign the papers, Combeferre caught a small boy sneaking out, with a tall man in good clothing, if not outdated. He paid it no mind, thinking them to be from Mademoiselle Thenardier, no Madame Enjolras' family. He had to jog a few steps but caught up with his friend as the witness to them signing the papers. Everyone else had already left for the Enjolras estate for the reception, meaning that Enjolras, Eponine and Combeferre had to share a carriage to the reception.
Neither half of the new couple would look at each other, so Combeferre took it upon himself to make conversation so that the new couple could get to know each other a bit.
"So, Madame Enjolras, are you feeling alright? With this marriage?" he asked. He knew it wasn't a very tactful question, but hoped that it would get her to open up.
"Eponine, please call me Eponine. And, I will do what I have to. Monsieur Enjolras senior bought me to be a good wife for his son, and I will do my job. It was easier and harder to go throught the ceremony than I thought it would be," she explained as she looked up at him.
"What do you mean?" he questioned.
"My father ran an inn when I was a child. We stole from the customers to get by. I was nine when it was shut down because we could no longer use it. I'm seventeen now and ever since, my father has become ruthless in getting what he wants. Monsieur Enjolras senior needed to drive my husband away from helping the poor, so he figured having him marry a poor woman would work. Told my father to either sell me to him or he would go to the cognes. I was bought for 5,500 francs and an additional 1,000 francs because I'm still a virgin," she came clean.
Combeferre saw Enjolras' hands clench, his knuckles white, and his face red. Apparently he wasn't fond of the fact that his new wife was bought for 6,500 francs just to keep him from helping the poor. If anything it made him want to help the poor even more now. At least that's what Combeferre could get from Enjolras' reaction.
"I'm terribly sorry Eponine. But what do you mean that the ceremony was both easier and harder for you than you expected?"
"My little brother Gavroche was there, far in the back. It was nice to have the only member of my family that I actually love, never mind like. But he was there with a member of my father's gang. Montparnasse. It was a message to me. My father knows I willdoanything to protect Gavroche."
"Why does it matter it was Montparnasse?" Enjolras asked, shocking them that he was even paying attention.
"Because, Montparnasse's job is only to kill. Anyone and everyone with no guilt or remorse. I've seen him kill children, and then rape women before killing them just because the man cheated my father. He would kill Gavroche without even blinking. But just to make it worse, he would torture him for hours before killing him, in front of me so that I will always remember."
"Eponine," Combeferre said. "I'm a medical student. And I would like to take a look at you in a few days. You seem highly underweight. And if you can get your brother to come, I would also like to give him his own check up to make sure he's healthy."
"That won't be necessary. I already know I'm underweight, but my father made sure I was healthy so that I could work for him. I picked pockets, lured men in to alleys so that my father could knock them out and steal their money, I would deliver black mail letters or letters begging for help from fake charities."
"Still, I would like to take a look at you. Eat as much as you can at meals until you are used to the portions. I would also like for you to eat some fatty foods. You'll gain weight faster that way. Afterwards, eat less fatty foods and more balanced foods."
"Thank you, I'm afraid I don't know your name," she said with a small smile on her face. She was more than happy to finally have some care about her or health just because. "No one has ever cared for me."
"I am Julius Combeferre. Please call me Combeferre. I am your husband's best friend."
"Well, thank you Combeferre."
"It's my job Eponine. We have arrived. I will leave you two alone for a few minutes, but then you both have to come in."
"Thank you Combeferre," Eponine whispered as he left her and Enjolras alone. "What should I call you, Monsieur?" she asked.
"Enjolras, you shall call me nothing but Enjolras. It's what I prefer to be called. My parents are the only ones who keep forgetting to call me by that instead of my Christian name."
"Of course Enjolras. And please, call me Eponine. I am by no means lady enough to be called a Madame, my name is no longer Thenardier, and calling me Enjolras would be too confusing."
"Of course Eponine. I hope you're ready, because now we need to enter the dreaded world of the bourgeoisie," Enjolras said as he helped her down the steps of the carriage. "Just do what my mother does or what me and Combeferre tell you to do. We won't leave your side. During our forced honeymoon, I will teach you how to act for the very rare occasion that we need to come here and be bourgeoisie. Other than that, you can do whatever you want, especially if you stay out of my way."
"Of course," Eponine said as she took a deep breath and prepared herself mentally for her new life.
End Chapter One