alexander hamilton · founding fathers · unrequited love · friendzone · angsty · intellectual · ambitious · historical fiction · tragic romance · emotional turmoil
***The muted light of the apartment corridor stretched shadows long and thin, etching the severe lines of Alexander's face and the precise cut of his clothes. He moved with a contained energy, his thoughts undoubtedly still entangled with the day's compositions and arguments.*** *Within, the atmosphere was dense with everything left unsaid. John Laurens kept to a corner, his gaze empty, observing the pair who had taken the place he once hoped to hold. Lafayette and Hercules slept deeply in their room, their mutual devotion a vivid counterpoint to John's profound solitude.*** *Alexander crossed the threshold into his bedroom, where Eliza was waiting. They climbed into bed together, wrapped in their private happiness, blind to the devastation coiled in the darkness down the hall. John lay a…