Who Tells Your Story?

[lams]
[selectively mute! alex]
[agender lafayette]
[soulmate au]
[modern college au]

When a child is born, within moments, once the doctors are sure that the infant has survived birth, a line of script appears somewhere on their body. Usually somewhere that not everyone sees, like their back or chest, although some unlucky children have the quote tattooed across their forehead or other, equally bad places.
There has never once been a child born without a quote, although many have very simple quotes, like "Hello" or "Sorry." These quotes are some of the most precious things to humanity. Why? This quote, this tattoo, indicates your soulmate. The quote indicates the very first thing that your future soulmate will say directly to you. (You can see why "Hey" could be an unfortunate quote now, right?)

October 28, 1998. Charleston, South Carolina. John Henry Laurens was born. A perfectly healthy baby, but his parents were constantly worried about him, and very overprotective. Why? Because John didn't have a tattoo.

January 11, 1999. Hundreds of miles away, in Charlestown, Nevis, a Caribbean island, another child is born. Alexander Hamilton. His mother cared for him relentlessly, and she always loved Alex's quote: "I love turtles!!!"

The problem is, Alexander suffered selective mutism after his mother's death. Unable to speak to certain people, in certain situations, Alex realizes that it's going to be a challenge for him to find his soulmate. But Alexander Hamilton is not one to throw away his shot so easily.