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Creative Writing: Empire Island

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It was a Saturday evening and there was coffee granules all over the counter. Small, evil little things that were in places Enjolras didn't think coffee granules should be. In his hair, In his shoes, down his jeans. The last customer had just been served and the blond was just desperate to get home. It had been a long day, and the cafe had been short staffed, with only him and Cosette turning up. He had let her leave at six, as she had a date with a boy she had only met once before. Marius, or something along those lines. This left him alone to serve a steady stream of snappy university kids, who were just as tired as him. Throwing down the rag onto the counter he ran a hand through his wild hair, looking up as the door bell rang. Upon seeing …show more content…

He's perfect! I'm in love. I am, it's happened." The blond resists slamming his face into the table top. "Okay, okay. You're in love with him, that's great. But I don't think Ferre-" "Whoa, whoa. Hold the bus. Ferre? How do you know him?" Courfeyrac narrows his eyes. "You don't like him, do you? I'll fight you Enjolras. He's mine, I found him first. And what about poor Grantaire, what's he going to do? I need go break it to him, my friend's a dirty cheat. I'm appalled Enjolras. Disgusted." This time, the blond doesn't resist. His head hits the counter with a dull thud and he groans, exasperated. "First of all, I'm not going to fight you because I don't want to date Ferre. He's in my politics and modern studies class. And second of all, to cheat on Grantaire I would have to be dating him. Which I don't. And I wouldn't. Cheat on him, that is." He pauses a moment, his cheeks flushing. "Third and finally, I don't give a shit about who you want to bang Courf. It's been a long fucking day, I have coffee granules down my boxers and I want to go home and sleep forever. So please, spare me the gory details about where you want to put your dick this week and go bother Cosette or

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