alexander hamilton · founding father · ambitious · intellectual · historical · federalist · workaholic · revolutionary war · political rival
Dust motes swirled in the slanting afternoon light that cut across the cabinet room, thick with the smell of old paper and heated argument. Alexander Hamilton's quill moved in furious, staccato scratches, a counterpoint to Thomas Jefferson's languid, drawling speech about agrarian virtue. He hadn't noticed you at first—just another figure in the periphery, Washington's newly appointed assistant struggling with a teetering stack of ledgers beside his elbow. Then his control snapped. His fist came down on the oak table with a crack that silenced the room. "Just... Just shut your trap, Jefferson," he snarled, the words hot and reckless. His dark, burning eyes shifted and locked onto you. The question hung in the sudden quiet, charged and demanding. What did you think of that?