lol I skipped the thing where they meet Maria bc I think maybe these college students should go to classes??? Also this is a few months later, they've been dating for a while now.

TW: hate against women, LGBTQ+ and the use of slurs

Alex's POV

I left to go to my law class with John at 8:00am and took my spot at the front and John took his next to me. Professor Washington chose the seating plan himself but because he thought I was an amazing student he let John and I choose. The whole class hated me for a few days because of it but now love me. Unluckily, Thomas Jefferson decided to act like even more of a dick than he usually was and sit beside me.

He honestly couldn't do much though since even though John was a pure angel on the outside, he would beat Jefferson into a pulp right on the spot with no regrets if he ever wanted to.

"Hamilton" Jefferson smirked, dropping his books on the desk next to me.

"Jefferson" I glared.

"Laurens" he said, taking a glance at John, who was decorating his book with more turtle stickers.

"Asshole" John retorted.

"Hello class I am Mr. Washington as you already know. Today we'll be debating, and because the universe decided it hated us so much, it chose Alexander and Thomas to debate"

I smacked my head into the table groaning.

"Sir is it possible I could-" I started.

"Hamilton, come up here, Jefferson, you too. I had you all prepare debate notes for the topic of the Financial plan that was portrayed in the 'Miranda' musical and now Jefferson and Hamilton will debate"

"Hamilton is an arrogant, son of a whore, bastard, fag, useless, immigrant who steals our jobs and our mates so he can have sex with them!" Jefferson frantically waved his arms around.

"Jefferson, I do believe this debate is about the financial plan, not about how petty you can possibly be" Washington glared at him "and foul language like that shall not be tolerated. What about we debate on LGBTQ+ rights? You both seem to have opinions ready on them. Freestyle it"

"The lgbtq+ community are only people who have chosen to love others. Why should genitals matter? If genitals matter so much then is it that people only see sex in relationships? Why does someone else's choices in life affect another human being? For example, my boyfriend, John Laurens and I, in no way have any effect on Jefferson's life. The only change is that Thomas, by choice chooses to try to tear it down out of the pure pettiness he has obtained, a level of petty so high, not even his hair could store it. We call America The Land of the Free yet we make the LGBTq+ community feel literally closeted, the people of colour community feel like they are different in a bad way and we make women feel like they cannot do what they dream. The people who treat others like this, do it by choice and love is love is love is love is love is love is love, no matter who they may be" I smile goofily and Laurens and the class applauds me.

"Jefferson?" Washington ushers for him to start.

"What even is bisexual? Someone who can't decide. Pansexual? Someone who believes you can be born in the wrong body and would choose to date them? If you have a dick you're a man, you play football, you look good. If you're born with a vagina, you keep yourself skinny for men, you wear short clothing, you cook, you take care of the children and groceries and you have sex with men. This so called, "community", of people disturb this. There's a reason two men and two women can't have a child" Jefferson folded his arms looking proud and snorted when someone threw a pencil at him and the class booed.

"Women birth the children, women are the reason any of us are standing here, women-"

"The only reason, Alex, you're standing here, is because your whore mother and her boyfriend forgot to use a condom" Jefferson snarled. I gripped onto John's desk and he squeezed my hand. I breathe in, stay calm stay calm stay calm

"I continue, men like you, take women for granted, you see them as objects instead of the reason you're alive or happy. Where would you be with out your mother? Nowhere"

"You're right Alexander, your mother died and left you, now look at you, you're a fag immigrant. Your family left you, your friends will leave you, your boyfriend will leave you, just like your father left you"

Before I could make a smug response, John had pushed his desk forward and kicked Thomas right in the nuts and pushed him against the wall.

Washington was eating a packet of chips and recording the situation in amusement, which I couldn't blame him for.

"You talk about him like that ever again and I will punch you so hard your tiny, selfish, insignificant brain will pop right out of your head. You say anything more like that about my boyfriend, my best friend and your blood will be on the walls of my dorm you piece of shit" John let go of him and sat back in his desk, continuing to draw turtles and smiling like a four year old, as if he didn't even remember what happened.

"John gets an A, Alex gets an A and Jefferson gets detention for the rest of the month and a D. Obviously not the D because even if he was gay, he wouldnt get any good job boys"

The class cheered and John and I high fived while Jefferson stormed out of he class.

- lunch

"Guys you will never believe what happened in law class today" I smiled, holding my food tray in one hand and John's hand in the other.

"We saw, George posted it to his Instagram, twitter and Facebook!" Hercules laughed, scrolling through his phone.

"On that note, good on you John, you scared Jefferson shitless! And Alex, your argument for women's equality and lgbtq+ rights was astounding, I couldn't of said it better myself in fact" Angelica was happy as ever, she was very passionate about these subjects."

"My photography teacher showed us it during class and his excuse was 'Washington had good zooming technique'" Peggy explained, taking in a mouthful of Mac and Cheese.

John's POV

I was in the middle of explaining how good it felt to scare Jefferson so much when I got a text. From my dad. I stared at the screen, shocked, not again, he can't come back into my life again.

"John? Baby? John?" Alex was shaking my right shoulder. "What's up?"

Dad: I heard that you have a boyfriend now, why don't you bring him over, and we can have a good old chat, fist to face.

"I'm fine"

"Right, we'll see you later guys" Alex said, our friends all nodding understandingly.

Alex took me back to the dorm where we sat on my bed, staring directly at each other.

"Honey, what's wrong?" He asked, wiping my tears away with his thumbs as his hands cupped my face.

"My father" I couldn't bare to say anymore, so I showed Alex the text. His eyes widened like saucers as he read it.

"Oh baby I won't let him hurt you"

"I don't care if he hurts me, I care if he hurts you"

"John, I care if he hurts you and only you, I will do everything in my power to protect you from him. Promise me you won't go out without somebody else?He can't get to you inside the college, he's disowned you and not your father anymore and wouldn't be allowed in" he reassured me.

"Alex! I CARE if he gets to you. You can't just be ok with that? How can you let him? LISTEN TO ME, he's worse than what I've told you, he WILL get to you, as long as I'm around you. STAY SAFE and you can only do that if you're not with me. I'm not breaking up with you baby but please don't come near me. I'm going to stay with Hercules and Lafayette, don't come to their dorm."
I picked up my backpack and stuffed it with some clothes and my stuffed turtle and slammed the door, leaving only a sobbing Alex behind the door.

He wouldn't get to Alex if I wasn't with Alex would he? Would he?

I leaned back against our dorm door, hanging my head back and tucking my knees to my chest.

Is just staying next door and inside good enough?

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Weren't expecting that were ya? I mean u probably were it's a v cliché plot twist. I'm sorry I'm just not v creative lmao