“So
my roommates wrote a book, and they are fucking geniuses,”
Grantaire says on a phone call that is supposed to be them arguing
about Grantaire’s illustrations for the latest middle grade book she
has him working on. Musichetta should have known when he actually
agreed to the phone call without bribes that he was going to
instantly derail it.
“Oh?
Do they have an agent?”
“I
… guess that’s me? I don’t know if they’re going to submit
anywhere, but it’s fucking charming and it’s for our age bracket, and
I will draw whatever illustrations you want, I will draw whatever
cover art you want and I will not complain about any of it, just give
it a read.”
Musichetta
sighs. “You are not an agent.”
“I
could be!” he says, mock offended. Or she hopes he’s not actually
offended, anyway. “Come on,
just give it a try. It’s about space.” He lowers his voice. “There
are puns.”
She
is far more predictable than she ought to be. “Fine, fine, send it
over,” she says, and Grantaire is feeling so triumphant about it
that he lets her talk him into all sorts of edits on his
illustrations that normally he would whine about for half an hour at
least.
It’s Inktober AND I just missed Courferre week AND I have Courferre requests in my inbox?? The perfect storm. Here are some sketches I had lying around. 🙂
Bossuet has an impressive collection of beanies. He needs to protect his lovely bald head, doctor’s order! What would he do if his precious wits started to freeze, eh?
Bossuet and Musichetta each hold one of Joly’s hands when they walk outside, because Joly doesn’t have the best blood flow in his fingers and gets cold quickly. It’s also very cute.
They also hold hands in case of black ice. At least if one of them falls, they’ll either be held back or share the embarrassment. That’s what love is all about.
Each of them has a favourite tea when cold temperatures hit. Musichetta like her brew with kick, so ginger and lemon keep her warm. Joly is a jasmine green tea kind of man. Bossuet hoards boxes of orange cinnamon black tea by the dozen.
Joly loves the snow, but he doesn’t want to catch a cold outside. Plus he doesn’t manage well with his leg in the snow. So Musichetta bought him a snow globe for him to have snow all year long. And Bossuet take him on sleigh hikes when they go in the country, pulling the sleigh along the path with Joly in it.
The lower the temperature gets, the more stylish Musichetta becomes. She has a whole collection of pretty jumpers that Joly and Bossuet “borrow” to keep themselves warm and cosy
They offer each other pairs and pairs of fuzzy socks thoughout winter because a) Bossuet keeps losing or tearing them b) Joly collects them
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