âEVERY TIME WEâRE IN THE ELEVATOR YOUâRE ON YOUR DAMN PHONE and it makes it really hard to hit on youâ AU with Hamburr (if you're okay with the ship. You can pick another one if you'd like.)
Warnings: Language mostly.
Alexander Hamilton lived in an old apartment building in New York City.
Or at least, he was about to. He had just moved in, brand new to the entire city. It was a bit daunting but if anyone could handle it, it would be him. He was Alexander Hamilton and he was going to do it all.
He walked into the building and glanced around, it was your typical apartment building, nothing special about it at all. Bare walls, minimum effort at decor, worn floors, but at least it had an elevator. Hamilton appreciated the fact that he could just ride down the lift and not have to worry about tripping on the stairs in a sleep deprived state and dying.
The fiddled with the gleaming key in his hand. He lived here now. He really was in New York and surviving. Well, only one way for it to really sink in, he had to flop on to his new bed. Hamilton stepped forward and jabbed the up button for the elevator. He could take the stairs but he had luggage and that didnât sound fun for the tenth floor, so elevator it was. The doors slid open, classic elevator music bidding him welcome as he stepped inside and repeatedly jammed the doors close button impatiently. The door started to slide close when a voice called out, âWait! Hold the door!â The stranger shoved his foot between the doors, preventing them from closing. He flashed a smile in greeting at Hamilton as he entered before whipping out his phone and typing away importantly.
âWhat floor are you heading to?â Hamilton asked, getting ready to push the according button.
âTen,â came the reply.
âOh, thatâs my floor too!â Hamilton said excitedly.
The person glanced at him and back at his phone, âI donât recognize you, just move in?â
âThatâs right, the name is Alexander Hamilton.â
The man looked up from his phone long enough to firmly shake Hamiltonâs hand, âAaron Burr. Pleasure.â And right back to his phone.
The elevator opened and dumped them out onto their floor, cutting off any further attempt at conversation. Burr immediately put away his phone, wished Hamilton well, and set off in the opposite direction Hamilton was going.
Well. Wasnât terribly bad for first encounters. Plus, he was handsome, bonus points.
Hamilton settled into his new life in New York, constantly at work, running back forth from his apartment to his office. Some would call him a mad man.
He made some friends though, Mulligan was the first person he really became acquainted with, he was his next door neighbor. Mulligan had come over one day with a welcome basket and gave him a quick tour of New York. It wasnât long before they were hanging out every Saturday night.
The strange thing was that the guy Hamilton had met in the elevator, Aaron Burr, seemed to work at the same law firm that he did so they always seemed to end up on the elevator at the same time on their way home. Hamilton always left obnoxiously early so he didnât see him in the morning, but every evening, just like clockwork, Hamilton would step into the elevator and right as the doors would begin to close, heâd hear a familiar shout asking to hold the door.
Which is why Hamilton wasnât surprised when it happened again today. âWait! Hold the door!â Then a foot would be jammed in the elevator doors and heâd step inside, smiling slightly in greeting.
âAlexander,â he said happily.
âAaron Burr, sir,â Hamilton nodded. Then two seconds later, Burr would whip out his phone and get lost in the sea of letters he scrolled through. It was starting to get annoying. Burr seemed like a cool guy and Hamilton really wanted to get to know him, not to mention he was kinda hot.
âSo whatâre you doing tonight?â Hamilton asked.
âNothing really. Going over a case,â he replied distractedly
Burr typed away at his phone
A moment of silence. âSo?â Burr asked.
âYou wanna get some drinks?â
Why was this so hard? Hamilton was usually so smooth but it was as if the guy didnât even realize Hamiltonâs attempts.
âOkay.â Hamilton decided the rest of the ride would be better in silence.
The doors slid open and Burr walked out and set off down the hall with his normal brisk pace, Hamilton watched until he rounded a corner before going to his own apartment.
Weeks passed much in the same manner as before, Hamilton flirting and getting nowhere. He started to blame the phone, it was the only explanation.
âHey Mulligan, you know a guy named Aaron Burr?â
âBurr? Yeah, he lives on the other side of the hall. What about him?â
âNothing really, I just run into him all the time. What do you know about him? Is he married? Kids? Friends? Something?â Mulligan knew everything about everyone, Hamilton didnât know how but it was really impressive.
âYeah, heâs single, no kids, and no friends that I know either. I dunno much about him, heâs always on his phone.â
âTell me about it,â Hamilton grumbled.
The next time Hamilton found himself standing awkwardly in a silent elevator, he decided to experiment. He wasnât entirely sure if Burr actually heard what he was saying and just automatically replied on autopilot. Hamilton started counting the floors on their way up, why was this elevator so slow?
âYouâre kinda hot.â
âI actually kinda like youâ
âWe should hang out some and get to know each other sometime.â
âGo back to your place one night.â
âSounds like a plan.â
âLay on the couch with me in your lap?â
âHave an extreme make out session.â
âHow about you just fuck me against the wall right now?â
âSome other time maybe.â
Holy shit, this guy was completely oblivious. Hamilton began to wonder what would happen it just started stripping.
The doors slid open and Burr walked off. Hamilton sighed.
Even more time passed and Hamiltonâs attempts proved fruitless. Today was the day he lost patience.
It was just like any other day, Hamilton stepped into the elevator and this time held the door open until Burr appeared, âWait! Hold- oh, thanks, Alexander.â
The doors closed and the ride began in silence like always.
âHey, Iâm making some hamburgers, wanna come over, crack open some colds ones and help me eat them?â
Hamilton wasnât entirely sure Burr actually heard what he was saying and was too busy scrolling through his phone doing god knows what.
Thatâs it. âEVERY TIME WEâRE IN THE ELEVATOR YOUâRE ON YOUR DAMN PHONE and it makes it really hard to hit on you!â Oh shit. Hamilton snapped his mouth shut, he really needed to learn to keep it closed.
Burrâs head snapped up and he almost dropped his phone from the sudden outburst of yelling and looked at Hamilton. âW-what did you say?â he asked.
âNothing,â Hamilton mumbled, looking at the wall next to him.
âNo, what do you say?â
âI said, âEvery time weâre on the elevator, youâre on your phone and it makes it really hard to hit on you.ââ Hamilton said reluctantly.
A light pink blush dusted his cheeks and Hamilton felt as if he were entirely red, but in reality, he was only blushing slightly. Way to make it awkward Hamilton. Congratulations.
âUh, what was that you were saying about hamburgers?â Burr broke the silence.
Hamilton grinned, âYou wanna come over and have some?â
Burr smiled back, âIâd love to.â