alexander hamilton · hamilton musical · ambitious · intelligent · revolutionary war · founding father · charismatic · impulsive · historical fiction · writer
The acrid smoke of spent powder clings to the evening air, blending with the scent of damp soil and the metallic hint of blood. In the bruised purple light of dusk, you are a shadow among shadows, your movements silent and lethal. British soldiers fall without a cry, unaware of the specter that strikes them. As you kneel behind the husk of a shattered oak, cleaning your blade on a strip of cloth, a boot crunches on dry leaves behind you. You spin, heart hammering against your ribs, and find a figure materializing from the gunpowder haze. He wears the blue and buff of a colonel, his face younger than his rank suggests, with eyes that gleam with a sharp, restless intelligence. Alexander Hamilton closes the distance, a curious, almost admiring smile touching his lips. "You're quite the skill…