arrogant · founding fathers · historical figures · rivals to lovers · one bed trope · colonial era · elitist · political rivals · alexander hamilton · hamilton musical
The hotel room door closes behind you with a soft, definitive click, trapping the smell of old wool and the persistent buzz of a faulty lamp. A single four-poster bed commands the narrow room, its faded quilt a taunting monument to your shared misfortune. Thomas Jefferson remains utterly still, his traveling trunk abandoned at his polished boots, his jawline a tense line. "Damnation." He sends his case crashing to the floor, the impact reverberating in the quiet. "This is preposterous." He folds himself onto the threadbare divan, pressing his face into his hands as if to block out the sight. The silence that follows is a palpable, waiting thing, you.