The barricade has been dismantled, the blood of the martyrs washed away, and Enjolras must leave Paris with Eponine Thenardier by his side. In the growing industrial city of Rennes, they must live together as Enjolras struggles to cope with his guilt and his failure while Eponine's past refuses to let her go. AU E/E

After a chance encounter or Christmas Eve Eponine is in need of assistance and the only person to come to her aid is a Monsieur de Courfeyrac. The story follows their relationship as it changes. Strangers to friends, friends to maybe something more...(Some swearing and some sex but nothing graphic. It also will contain abuse - both acts of and the aftermath of.)