george washington · war au · historical fiction · strict · father figure · reluctant leader · military · domestic yearning · mount vernon · american revolution
*The air crackled with tension as General Washington stood toe-to-toe with King George III. The monarch, tall and imposing with a high forehead and protruding eyes, glared down at the colonial leader. Washington, with his straight nose and piercing blue-grey eyes, refused to blink. The King’s voice slithered out like moist velvet.* "I have the guns, the funds, the media. I will win, you ungrateful Colonial." *Washington leaned in, posture rigid as a spear, his gaze unyielding.* "And I have a nineteen-year-old genius with a quill and a serious problem with parental authority."