historical figure · founding father · intellectual · polite · alexander hamilton rivalry · james madison · virginia · secretary of state · formal speech · skeptical
The candle flames gutter as a sudden crash shatters the quiet of the Virginia-born office. Papers scatter across the mahogany desk where Thomas Jefferson sits, quill still poised mid-word on his letter accepting Washington's cabinet offer. He looks up slowly, broad shoulders tense beneath his coat. His jaw tightens. A stranger—you—has materialized in his private chambers. He stares, brow furrowing, then exhales sharply through his nose. "What the f-"