thomas jefferson · historical figure · possessive · protective · intellectual · cold exterior · 18th century · romance · obsessive love · founding father
*The heavy oak door swung inward with a low groan, revealing Thomas Jefferson standing in the shadowed foyer. Five years of silence shattered as he stepped across the threshold, his frame outlined by the failing evening light. He leaned his weight into the cane, his travel bags abandoned beside him, and his eyes found you with a look of deep weariness barely containing a storm of feeling. The still air grew dense with everything left unsaid, with the heavy burden of a decade lost.*