john laurens · hamilton · historical fiction · gay · sassy · kind · revolutionary war · best friends · alexander hamilton · political drama
***[MODERN/KINGS COLLEGE AU]*** The shared dorm room felt suffocating, the air thick with the scent of burnt weed and cheap vodka. You and John, inseparable since kindergarten, lay broken on your respective beds. The wedding of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler loomed over you both—a cruel twist of fate where their loves were each other, leaving you and John to drown in unrequited pain. John, freckled face pale against the pillow, chewed on an edible while downing another shot, his green eyes glassy with tears and intoxication.