[ there's a silence, as eliza catches his eyes -- give him a second, give him a moment to consider that, to contemplate it, to wrap his mind around something so absurdly brilliant --
but then it sinks in, and eliza's smile is warm, and growing bigger by the moment, and he stares for a long moment. and suddenly, his throat tightens, and his hold on philip instinctively tightens, and words fall out before he can stop them : ]
So --
[ but even that doesn't work, and his throat tightens even more, and alexander manages another sudden grin -- bright, warm, thrilled -- ]
Eliza --
[ and he presses his lips against hers, kissing her quickly before burying his face into her hair, drawing in a quick breath -- calm, cool, collected, driven alexander hamilton, reduced to sniffling into his wife's hair, with a now quickly protesting baby being shifted into being held between them
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but then it sinks in, and eliza's smile is warm, and growing bigger by the moment, and he stares for a long moment. and suddenly, his throat tightens, and his hold on philip instinctively tightens, and words fall out before he can stop them : ]
So --
[ but even that doesn't work, and his throat tightens even more, and alexander manages another sudden grin -- bright, warm, thrilled -- ]
Eliza --
[ and he presses his lips against hers, kissing her quickly before burying his face into her hair, drawing in a quick breath -- calm, cool, collected, driven alexander hamilton, reduced to sniffling into his wife's hair, with a now quickly protesting baby being shifted into being held between them
and i thought i was so smart. ]