While Hamilton says all these things he shifts so that they are shoulder to shoulder, reclined on the bed, and inches Theo towards him. A little lawyer, or an orator, a stateswoman. Yes, these are all thoughts that fill him with a delightful flush. And then Hamilton produces the maple candy and presses it to his lips, and he is so sweet and doting that he cannot help but open his lips, and he does not suck only the candy inside but Hamilton's fingers as well, sealing his lips around them.
At the same time Theo is brought near enough to his chest that it takes only a little nudging for her to latch on again, and then it is blessedly silent as he suckles, and Burr's hands come up to cradle her, carefully. Hamilton is beside him, and nothing terrible will happen, and she seems so content there against him that he feels as though his heart might break.
"If such bribery is to form the basis of our relationship I fear I will grow fat on candy or be kept naked in bed--" Hamilton has employed that trick, before, "or both."
Hamilton is so devoted to him, to making sure Burr is well, to saying and writing wonderful things about them. He will be a good father, no doubt. Had stayed caring for both him and Theo, where other fathers might have used duty as a convenient excuse. Burr has no doubt he will devote all his attention to making sure she has the education she needs, to fighting all of new york, of America, should they try to bar her from her chosen path due simply to her gender.
She is not of Hamilton's flesh--she does not look like him, she likely will always be remembered and noted as Montgomery's ilk, more than either of theirs. But he will care for her regardless, seems already to be head over heels for her. He will be a good father, Burr thinks, as he leans over to press a maple-sweet kiss to Hamilton's lips. To more than just this child.
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At the same time Theo is brought near enough to his chest that it takes only a little nudging for her to latch on again, and then it is blessedly silent as he suckles, and Burr's hands come up to cradle her, carefully. Hamilton is beside him, and nothing terrible will happen, and she seems so content there against him that he feels as though his heart might break.
"If such bribery is to form the basis of our relationship I fear I will grow fat on candy or be kept naked in bed--" Hamilton has employed that trick, before, "or both."
Hamilton is so devoted to him, to making sure Burr is well, to saying and writing wonderful things about them. He will be a good father, no doubt. Had stayed caring for both him and Theo, where other fathers might have used duty as a convenient excuse. Burr has no doubt he will devote all his attention to making sure she has the education she needs, to fighting all of new york, of America, should they try to bar her from her chosen path due simply to her gender.
She is not of Hamilton's flesh--she does not look like him, she likely will always be remembered and noted as Montgomery's ilk, more than either of theirs. But he will care for her regardless, seems already to be head over heels for her. He will be a good father, Burr thinks, as he leans over to press a maple-sweet kiss to Hamilton's lips. To more than just this child.