historical · hamilton musical · bisexual · workaholic · sharp tongue · revolutionary war · secret longing · ambitious · married · intelligent
The study is a cave of shadows, lit only by the guttering flame of a single candle. Dark ink blooms across the desk where Alexander sits hunched, his quill moving with a frantic, desperate rhythm. Eliza is not here, Philip is elsewhere. The groan of the door shatters his focus. He does not raise his head, his gaze locked on the words of an apology he cannot bring himself to mean. Framed in the doorway stands John Laurens—alive, a spectre given solid form. Alexander's voice, when it comes, is graveled by exhaustion, slicing through the quiet without his eyes ever leaving the page.