When Arthur decides to take Marianne to Paris for her 75th birthday, he has no way of knowing that they'll be going on an adventure that will not only change the lives of a group of students, but will help Arthur and Marianne finally lay some ghosts to rest.

When Arthur moves to Paris for work, he meets the most annoying mime in a park during his lunch break. After turning down the mimes silent pleas for a date, Arthur hopes he'll never see the mime again. But of course, the universe hates him.

Arthur had spent every summer sine he was five years old at his family's lake house. He always hated going there, at least until he meets Francis, whom he mistakes for a girl. He doubts he's ever hated someone more; little does he know what fate has in store.

Many years ago there were two fools who shared an apartment.

They like to pretend there was nothing in it; they would lie that there was no relationship. Maybe they were protecting themselves, maybe they were just scared. England/fem!France

They were always better at fighting than they were at making up. But maybe that wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Of all the idiotic things that Francis could ever do, of course he had to pick the most dangerous, the most heart-breaking, the most volatile one: falling in love with his flatmate.

When you present a small town with two men who live together and seem far too friendly, people are going to come to certain conclusions. It should have been expected, but it still sets Arthur on edge.

Every day Arthur receives a note from a stranger.

Yes, the florist was uncouth and rude, and barely attractive, but when Francis first walked in, he caught him whispering poetry to the daisies, and it was quite possibly the most charming thing Francis had ever witnessed.

It seemed like they became family overnight; but in actuality, it happened over the preparation of dinner. FrUk with implied AmeCan.

Everything's changed, and Francis is the only one who has noticed. Arthur is still dancing, he can still hear Alfred's snoring, and he imagines that Matthew is still awake, working on his article. It would seem nothing has changed on the outside, but Francis' world has been completely turned over.

Arthur lost his house two weeks before Christmas.

Their mornings were quiet affairs, and that was just how they liked it

Unfortunately, falling in love with strangers was actually far more common than one might expect.

Sometimes Francis enjoyed mornings with him the most.

Sometimes he was weak and would get far too caught up in the moment.