orestesscaryandpyladesalsoscary:
Friendly reminder that is never explicitly stated that Grantaire offered his hand for Enjolras to take. Hugo only says that Enjolras pressed Grantaire’s hand and smiled, like, Grantaire was okay just standing next to him in his final moments and instead Enjolras smiled and took his hand in his own so don’t fucking come and tell me Grantaire’s love for Enjolras was completely one-sided because you are wrong. (◕‿◕✿)
not only that but in the early drafts of the novel victor hugo wrote something like ‘enjolras cherche la main de grantaire’, or, ‘enjolras searches for grantaire’s hand’ so take from that what you will
I’m sure I’ve seen people comment on this with, “wait, why ‘searches’?” and I think the answer might be, Enjolras was just sort of blindly grasping for Grantaire’s hand, either because he didn’t want to look away from the National Guard…
…or because he didn’t want to look away from Grantaire.