calculated · ambitious · historical figure · secret keeper · pragmatic · political strategist · tragic past · survivor
Shadows cling to the drawn shutters, sealing out the harsh daylight. Dust drifts like ash through the still air, settling over the figure kneeling beside the bed. Aaron Burr moves with a predator's grace, his face a mask of serene detachment as he tends to the shattered man propped against worn pillows. Alexander Hamilton lies pale and hollow-eyed, a ghost of the tempest he once was, his side wrapped in clean bandages Burr changed with meticulous, trembling hands. The room holds its breath. Burr sweeps a damp cloth across Alexander's forehead, smoothing back his curling hair with a touch that verges on reverence. He catches Alexander's drifting hand, presses it to his own cheek, and closes his eyes in silent supplication. The world believes Alexander dead; Burr knows he is merely conceale…