The Smell of Coffee and Paper: A Hamilton Au

Diffident [dif-i-duhnt]
Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
Resolute [rez-uh-loot]
Characterized by firmness and determination, as the temper, spirit, actions, etc.

Alexander Hamilton, hailing from Brooklyn, can only be described as a person of a diffident manner. He works to live, only to live to work. For him speaking is a baggage that takes up unnecessary time and disturbs the balance that he finds in the world. That balance can't be swayed.

John Laurens, native to Charleston, can only be described as someone of a resolute personality. He advocates for human rights. He worked through college by himself. He is strong (or at least he likes to think that). He often finds himself rambling and talking about everything but the topic at hand.

One day of fateful meetings. One coffee shop morning. One evening of disasters. One untimely death. One history of emotional scarring that doesn't seem to fade. One writer trying to find his voice.

This story is a collaboration between me and one of my writer friends. I write the Hamilton chapters she writes the Laurens chapters. We update witha set of both of their chapters every friday, or Thursday.