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The Smile Fades and Saint-Just's Heart Cracks by secondjulia
Fandoms: French Revolution RPF, French History RPF
11 Dec 2025
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Maxime just blinks bemusedly at the innocent little bottle as though it couldn't possibly threaten his virtue.
Everything I have is yours, Saint-Just had ordered sternly that first night, afraid that Maxime would reject any shred of comfort — the tiniest slice of fruit or soft sheets or unscented lotion. Saint-Just never had the heart to refuse him anything anyway. And it is a good sign that Maxime has grown comfortable enough in this twenty-first century penthouse to explore the hidden reaches of Saint-Just's bathroom cabinet.
And he wants…
"Let me show you," Saint-Just's lips betray him, because this is still a very,
very
bad idea.
Robespierre discovers the dry shampoo powder, which is weird. Because one of the first little practical details that Saint-Just had taught him about the modern world was that nobody powdered their hair anymore.
For complicated reasons, this is difficult for the Archangel of Terror.Part of my Revolutionaries in the Modern World series, but it's not necessary to read the others/read in any order
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- Part 6 of My Revolutionaries in the Modern World
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12 Dec 2025
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Saint-Just holds the cold, trembling hand tight as he wends through every dark alley and side street he can find. The route is twice as long as it would be if they went along main streets, but it’ll be far less alarming for a man who’s just stepped out of the Place de la Révolution 1794 — as Saint-Just well knows from experience.
He punches in the code — nothing to be done about that; twentieth and twenty-first century living has made him soft, but not decadent enough to have a doorman. The old building had a physical key for a long time, but Saint-Just upgraded the security a couple decades ago. Not for himself as much as for the hundreds of tenants whose standards are a bit more recent than the Enlightenment.
So the revolutionary painter David was so devastated about not being able to die to save Robespierre & friends that he spent the rest of his life pouring all his energy into painting them, an act of devotion so intense that it created a kind of magic...This is the Origin Story for the My Revolutionaries In The Modern World drabble series!
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- Part 1 of My Revolutionaries in the Modern World
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12 Dec 2025
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“您有自渎过吗？没有。啊，您真是...”
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02 Dec 2025
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French version of Midwinter Break
Antoine n'avait jamais vu son ami aussi fatigué, et Maxime, lui, n'était pas indifférent à son attention. En fait, il était même plutôt intrigué.Bookmarked by SomeFlamingTown
02 Dec 2025
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Robespierre looks around at his colleagues. He pushes his spectacles up his forehead and rubs his eyes. He's more tired than anyone should possibly be after spending so much time at home in bed, and he'd like to think he's misheard — misunderstood, misinterpreted — what's been said. But he knows he hasn't.
They're trying to get rid of him!
Year II is heating up. The Committees and the Convention are rife with dissent. And some people are starting to turn their ire on one of the most prominent faces of the Revolution. Instead of killing everybody, they decide to just take care of Robespierre.
And by take care of, I mean…
See that he has someone at home who'll make sure he eats well, gets enough rest and some gentle exercise, takes a proper break from work, and really recovers from the stress of politics.
Incidentally, Camille is hosting a young man from Blérancourt, who's been stymied in his efforts to get elected and is eager to help the Revolution however he can…
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28 Nov 2025