Hamilton doesn't like the reminder that he didn't feel all right in the first place. There's a little twist in the pit of his chest as he recalls the uncontrollable anger.
"I still worry," he says, to Burr. Why it reassures him to have Laurens here is difficult to say, but it does. "I feel every failure so keenly." He cups Burr's jaw, in both his hands. Strokes Burr's cheekbones, with his thumbs. "I want to take care of Theo -- and you, even though you don't need it."
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"I still worry," he says, to Burr. Why it reassures him to have Laurens here is difficult to say, but it does. "I feel every failure so keenly." He cups Burr's jaw, in both his hands. Strokes Burr's cheekbones, with his thumbs. "I want to take care of Theo -- and you, even though you don't need it."