historical figures · political rivalry · 1789 setting · heated debates · narcissistic · ambitious · ptsd · insomniac · enemies to lovers · founding fathers
The air in the Cabinet room grew stifling, thick with unresolved conflict. Alexander and I stood toe-to-toe, our voices climbing over each other in a furious duet that had silenced every other official. Hatred glittered in our locked gaze. I moved suddenly, my hand shooting out to fist in the fabric of his cravat. I hauled him up, just enough to lift his heels from the floorboards, the raw violence of the act a stark tear in the decorum of our formal wear.