Enjolras: Writing

Enjolras sat in the café re-writing a speech for the rally in two days. It had already been written and read over by some of Les Amis, but he still felt like something was missing. He put his pen down and stretched his arms above his head. He looked around the Musain, it was empty, save for himself and Grantaire who was passed out at his table, bottle still in hand. Enjolras smiled at the sight of his lover, he would finish his speech and then get the man home. He had just picked up is pen again when the door to the café opened. Looking up he saw a familiar little gamin walk in.

"Gavroche," he said, "What are you doing back here?"

"It's cold out monsieur," Gavroche said, walking over to him, "I figured I would sit in here for a bit to get warm before going back to my elephant."

"Well, how about I get you a hot chocolate while you're here?" Enjolras suggested, smiling at the owner of the café who smiled back and set about making the hot drink.

"You don't have to monsieur," Gavroche said, sitting at the table with him.

"It's fine Gavroche," Enjolras smiled, "Anyway, if I spend it on you then I'm not lying when I tell Grantaire I cannot afford to buy him another bottle of wine." Gavroche laughed, liking that he got to see the softer side to his hero.

"Merci," the boy said when the owner of the Musain set the mug in front of him. They sat in silence for a while, the only sounds being Grantaire's soft snores and the scratch of Enjolras' pen.

"Do you think you could maybe teach me how to do that one day?" Gavroche questioned.

"Do what?" Enjolras asked, not looking up from his speech.

"Write," Gavroche replied and Enjolras' head snapped up to look at the boy.

"You don't know how to write?" Enjolras asked incredulously.

"No monsieur," Gavroche answered, "I've been on my own for as long as I can remember and no one ever taught me." Enjolras looked at him for a moment before pushing his speech aside and pulling some blank paper towards him.

"Come here," he said, pushing his chair out slightly and waving the boy over. Gavroche stood and Enjolras lifted the child onto his lap. Enjolras picked up his pen and wrote the alphabet out on the paper, saying each letter aloud as he wrote it.

"Alright, now you try," he said, passing the pen to Gavroche. Gavroche started writing each letter under the ones Enjolras had done. He said each one aloud, only needing to be corrected a few times and looking very proud every time Enjolras praised him for getting one correct. When he was finished he looked at when he had done in pride. He had written the entire alphabet! His letters looked much rougher and messy in comparison to Enjolras', but he didn't care. He'd actually written all the letters!

"That's excellent Gavroche!" Enjolras exclaimed proudly.

"Merci Enjolras!" Gavroche said and he turned around to hug his hero. Enjolras returned the hug and patted the boy's back.

"Come, what do you say to helping me get Grantaire home and we can go over this again at my flat?" Enjolras suggested, "You can stay with Grantaire and I tonight."
"Thank you monsieur!" Gavroche said happily and he hugged Enjolras again.

Alright, so I only have the movie to base the characters off of as I have not yet gotten to the part in the book with Les Amis. So please let me know if they are too OOC. Also, I feel like Enjolras would be a bit more gentle and caring with Gavroche when he is alone.

Also, could someone please tell me if paper if the right word? I know that might be a weird question, but in this time period I don't know if they used a different word for paper.

Thanks for reading!