Past Life Lessons (A Lams Fanfiction)

Meeting the Laurens Children

To say that Alexander was actually prepared to meet John's siblings would be one of the biggest lies he had ever told in his life, which was saying a lot.

The lot of them were crammed into the booth, with an extra chair at the head of the table for good measure. It was pretty rough at first, not for John and the rest but mostly for Alex. It was obvious how close all the siblings were and he didn't want to mess any of that up. He was fine with slinking back and disappearing behind his cup of black coffee.

Apparently nobody else was as keen as Alex was about that plan.

"So how long have you two been a thing?" Martha asked, glancing between the two men as she did.

John's cheeks became a light shade of pink as he stared intently at his own cup of coffee, Alex wasn't doing much better, he was trying not to make eye contact with anyone and was very keen at looking out the window to see the falling snow.

Every one of the siblings look between their brother and Alex to see who would break first, who would be the first to answer the question. It was a few painful minutes, with each and every single one of them dying to know the answer.

"About four months now..." Alex let out shakily, he remembered exactly what day they had finally gotten it together but nobody needed to know that.

"You guys have been together for four months and you didn't tell us!" Henry exclaimed, he was the second oldest son coming in at fifteen years old. He had stood up and slammed his hands on the table, some of the other patrons in the store looked over at them.

"Sit down Hen," James said as he pulled his brother back down into his seat. After the little stunt the rest of the kids looked back over to their eldest brother for an answer once again.

John was a little nervous, he shouldn't have been. He knew that his siblings loved him and that they would always be there for him, just, he never really talked about any of his past boyfriends with them before. Sure there were the times that he needed Martha's assistance in making sure that their father wouldn't find out but besides that there wasn't much conversation between them. This was completely new territory for all of them.

"I didn't want to involve you guys because I didn't want you getting hurt. You all know how dad is and I didn't want him to put any blame on any of you. If I kept you in the dark then you had plausible deniability." His hands got shaky again, which Alex noticed immediately. He took it upon himself to thread their fingers together, he was learning quite quickly that that made John calm down, at least a little bit.

John looked up at his siblings with a pained expression, 'what didn't they understand', he thought to himself. Their father was a ruthless man and every single one of them knew that. Getting any of them involved with John's boyfriend was a bad idea. Especially this one.

The moment that the name Alexander Hamilton left his lips John knew that it was going to be rough.

Maybe his dad could forget the past lives for a moment and realize that Alex was a college student who was trying his best, even if he hadn't cooled down at all. Literally not at all.

James spoke up, "Fine whatever, but you better tell us everything!"

John had to chuckle a little at his younger brother's excitement, it made him want to forget all about their father. And wasn't that the idea in the first place. He didn't want to waste any time worrying about their father when he could be having conversations about what was new in his younger siblings' lives. That's what he went to the coffee shop for.

"Where do I start," John turned to Alex who had been oddly quiet, which was very weird for him.

Alex took the hint that this was his time to speak, "Well I sort of met John because he was in the dorm next to mine and then I saw him at this coffee shop. This girl who works here, Eliza, berated me for the longest time to just talk to him. During all of this I didn't even know that I was a reincarnate."