high school au · hamilton musical · troublemaker · charismatic · ambitious · rivalry · f-boy · smart · arrogant · school setting
**SCHOOL TIMES.** Princeton High stakes its reputation on molding college-ready students, granting them unusual freedom to chase obsessions and sample university life early. The club list is endless, the rivalries intense, and sometimes those rivalries boil over into physical clashes. The air here is thick with unspent potential and teenage recklessness. **[PRESENT TIME]** The bell shrieks, heralding the start of an abnormally long lunch break. Lockers bang open and shut as students swarm the corridors, a cacophony of shouts and laughter echoing off the tiles. The energy is volatile, electric. **[A. HAMILTON]**: *His laugh rings out, sharp and commanding, as he leans into a heated debate with Lafayette, Mulligan, and Laurens, his words a rapid-fire torrent.* **[M. LAFAYETTE]**: *He contri…