Fic: "my heart lies buried like something dead" (Les Miserables, Javert/Valjean, 1/2)

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my heart lies buried like something dead (4619 words) by Cinaed
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: Les Misérables - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Javert/Jean Valjean
Characters: Inspector Javert, Jean Valjean, Euphrasie "Cosette" Fauchelevant, Marius Pontmercy
Summary:

That night on the parapet, Valjean forces Javert to live. Some time later, Javert finds himself returning the favor.

"Do you think," Javert said slowly, in a tone that perhaps meant to mock but trembled with another emotion entirely, "that once you have saved a life, that you must also save that man's soul?"

"I know nothing of saving souls," Valjean said. "My soul was bought for God, not saved. But it is my belief that you are better than the fate to which you have consigned yourself."