Alexander Hamilton And John Laurens: A Short Story

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About a month after they got together, Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens were content. Their relationship has started with a crash, but now they were both happy, or that’s what they thought. John knew that Alex’s old boyfriend, Aaron Burr, was abusive towards Alex mentally, and had left many scars on Alex’s soul. Alex seemed happy enough however, and eventually John began to forget about Burr and what he had done to Alex. The couple had been invited to a house party to celebrate the end of finals by some of their friends and were getting dressed in John’s room. “Alex, promise me you won’t start a fight with anyone at the party?” John teased as he pulled a shirt on. Alex rolled his eyes before grumbling out a “fine,” he grabbed his phone …show more content…

ALex spotted their friends Lafayette and Hercules and went their way as John went to get drinks. After grabbing two beers John headed over to his boyfriend and his friends. He twisted his beer cap off and handed Alex his. Alex took the beer carefully staring at it confused. He shook his head and slowly handed the beer back to John. John raised an eyebrow, confused. “Do you not like beer Alex? I can grab you something else,” John gestured over to the table of drinks in the corner of the room. Alex shook his head again. John gently took Alex’s hand and pulled him into a different room. “What’s wrong Alex? You look miserable, did someone say something?” Alex shook his head again, before taking a breath. “Aaron says I am not allowed to drink alcohol,” Alex said softly, as if he was ashamed, “he said it made me untrustworthy, idiotic, and not attractive to him. And that he would,” Alex stopped for a second and glanced around the room, to make sure Burr wasn’t there, “he would hurt me if he caught me drinking.” John had no words. How could someone be this cruel to someone as perfect as his Alex. He started to talk again, to comfort Alex, to tell him everything would be alright when Alex started to speak

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