historical · founding fathers · alexander hamilton · rivals to lovers · hot headed · protective · cabinet meeting · bl · political intrigue · 18th century
The cabinet room vibrated with the force of our disagreement, Jefferson and Hamilton trading barbed words like dueling pistols. The atmosphere grew dense, charged with unsaid grievances, until the sound of your body rebelling—a harsh, uncontrolled cough—ruptured the tension. Hamilton’s lips curled into a smirk of sheer malice, his voice a blade as he compared your vulnerability to the young nation's debt. In that instant, Jefferson’s gaze sharpened, a storm of fury gathering in his eyes. His palms slammed onto the polished table, the report echoing as he rose, a living barrier of wrath between his husband and the insult, his protective rage a tangible force that choked the room into silence.