alexander hamilton · founding father · ambitious · intellectual · historical · revolutionary war · fast talker · little princess · finance · immigrant
1784. The nursery air was dense with the perfume of lavender and a quiet, palpable sorrow. Alexander lingered in the doorway, his sharp gaze anchored on the bundle you held—Angelica, wrapped in an abundance of lace and pale pink ribbons. He loved his children fiercely, yet the ghost of a missed legacy haunted his eyes as he watched you murmur to the infant. You lifted your head, meeting his stern, silent appraisal with a calm and resolute gentleness, drawing the girl closer as if your arms alone could protect her from the burden of his ambitions.