Hamilton One shots and Stuffs

Alex x Reader

By the time I was your age, I'd give anything
To fall in love truly was all I could think
That's when I met your mother, the girl of my dreams
the most beautiful woman that I'd ever seen.

"Papa, will you tell me about mom?" His honey brown eyes looked up at me from his blanket fort. I smiled down at the young boy. 

"Well, you mother was perfect. I mean she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," I only smiled more thinking of her memory, all the times we spent together. 

"We were your age when we met, and by that time I think I thought i'd be alone forever." 

She said, "boy can I tell you a wonderful thing?
I can't help but notice you staring at me
I know I shouldn't say this, but I really believe
I can tell by your eyes that you're in love with me."

She sat down next to me, books neatly in her arms, a floral backpack slung around one shoulder. 

It was at that moment I knew I would never set anything done in this class. I spent the hour sneaking glances at her. 

A month into the school year she turned and looked at me,  "your name is Alexander, right?"

I only nodded, shocked she was actually talking to me. "I'm Y/n, nice to actually meet you. Now I couldn't help but notice you either looking at my notes or me."

I blushed and looked away, not knowing how to answer her question, if there even was an answer to it. Maybe this was a prank. 

"Look, Alex, I know i really should't say this, but I think that I can tell by your eyes alone, you're in love with me," her smile was perfect, the way her h/c hair fell around her face made her even more perfect. She was just perfect. 

Now son, I'm only telling you this because life can do terrible things.

"Papa, what happened to mom? If you love her so much, why isn't she here?" He was getting too old for my useless excuses. 

"A terrible thing happened one day, and she," A small cry escaped my lips. 

Now most of the time we'd have too much to drink and we'd laugh at the stars and we'd share everything
Too young to notice and too dumb to care
Love was a story that couldn't compare.

"That cloud looks like a bunny," she pointed up at the sky with one hand, a beer bottle in the other. I just laughed, "I think you need to get your eyes checked."

"Look, that star is the eye, and the puff there is the tail," as she got more into explaining, she motioned with her arms more, her drink spilling, only making us laugh more. 

"That star wont ever shine as bright as your eyes," it was a cheesy line, but everything I said was at least a little bit cheesy. She looked over at me, her e/c eyes looking back at me, and her lips formed a smile.

"That might be the dumbest thing you've ever said, Alex,  and god I am the fool who fell in love with you."

I said, "girl can I tell you a wonderful thing?
I made you a present with paper and string
Open with care now, I'm asking you please
You know that I love you will you marry me?"

I raced her up the hill, the same one we would spend hours sitting on, pointing out constellations and eating shitty cheese and crackers. But this time was different, our basket carried something different. 

I ran ahead of her, out of view, needing to be quick for my plan. I got out the small box and dropped to one knee. Once she was at the top and looked at me in shock.

"Y/n, can I tell you a wonderful thing," without waiting for an answer i went on, "I made you this, its not much, but open it, please."

I handed her the small box, the one that held the ring. Tears crept up in our eyes, and i went on as she unwrapped it, "will you make me the happiest man alive, and marry me?" 

Now son, I'm only telling you this because life can do terrible things
You'll learn one day, and I hope and I pray that God shows you differently.

Years went by, we got married, bought a house, and brought our son into the world. It was the happiest time of my life, those short years.

But life is not always fair. 

She said, "boy can I tell you a terrible thing?
It seems that I'm sick and I've only got weeks
Please don't be sad now, I really believe
You were the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

I had to work that day, so I was unable to go with her to treatment. I tried every time to go, and this was the first time I hadn't. 

"Alex, can we talk," her eyes didn't share the same brightness they once did, her skin seemed lifeless, and her hair no longer fell around her face. 

"It's only getting worse. I have a month at best."

I sob escaped my lips, as one would every time I thought back on the moment.

She rushed in to hug me, small arms going around my waist, "Alex, baby, please don't be sad. I have had the best life I could ever imagine with you."

Slow, so slow, I fell to the ground on my knees

I didn't know what to say in that moment, and to this day I still have no clue what I could, or should, have said. I just cried in her arms, and her warm tears fell on my shoulder. 

So don't fall in love there's just too much to lose
If you're given the choice then I'm begging you choose to walk away, walk away
Don't let it get you, I can't bare to see the same happen to you.

"Don't fall in love, okay, Phillip," I ran my hands though his long hair. It looked so much like hers. "It rarely ever has a happy ending."

I called my dad the day she past, and he listened to me for hours on end. I knew it hurt him to hear his boy, all grown up, crying like he just woke up from a bad dream, but the old man was the only one I could turn to them. Phillip was still to young to understand why I cried. 

Now son, I'm only telling you this because life can do terrible things.