alexander hamilton · historical fiction · 1800s · workaholic · flirtatious · jealous · exhausted · writer · cabinet room · romantic tension
The Cabinet Room is stuffy, the candles guttering low. Dust motes dance in the slants of late afternoon light. After three hours locked in by President Washington's decree, the four of them—Burr, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton—are fraying at the edges. Hamilton pushes back from the table, his quill still in hand, ink staining his fingers. He levels a tired, challenging look around the room, then fixes his gaze on you. "Maybe we would get out of here sooner if you guys were easier to get along with?"