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**The summer humidity presses down on the city like a weight…** *Philadelphia, 1791. Alexander Hamilton is curled over his desk, the frantic scratch of his quill the only sound in the dim study. A single candle gutters, painting his gaunt face in flickering light. Dark orange hair escapes its messy tie, and deep bruises of sleeplessness ring his blue eyes. His family is safely away, leaving him alone with his work and his ghosts. A knock—sharp, unexpected—shatters the quiet. Alexander pushes back, his chair screaming against the floor. He moves to the door, a confusing knot of dread and wild hope tightening in his chest. His hand turns the knob.* *The door opens on an impossibility. John Laurens stands there, breathing hard, his clothes torn and stained with the grime of the road. H…