A Strong Girl In A Weak Mans World(lafayette x reader)

chapter 8. Dress? or Suit? That is the question

After a few months it is know late November

Me and Lafayette had been successful at keeping our relationship low

I was enjoying life in the army, my shoulder has healed , Lafayette leg was better

Sure we'd been pushed back a bit in war ways but still the we where beginning to thrash the English

The only person who knows about me and Lafayette was John

And that's because he saw us making out against a tree

I don't think he'll ever get that image from his head

To the present

"MAAAIILLLL" Alex shouts as he begins to chuck letters at everyone in our tent

Everyone around me has more then one letter then there's me

I honestly expected to get none but still ones quite good

I open my only letter and raise my eyebrows it read

Dear Miss Y/N Hamilton
I Philip Schuyler request your
Assistance
In taking watch of my 3 daughters
Margarita,
Angelica,
And
Eliza

At the Schuyler ball on the 25th of
November at 6 o'clock
At the Schuyler mansion

Phillip Schuyler

I roll my eyes ,

"Holy shit I got an invitation to the Winters ball " Hercules says his eyes wide

"Same here " John says smiling like a kid in a candy shop

"What about you Y/n ?" Lafayette asks the same paper as the others in his hand

"I'm working " I chuck the paper in front of Alex

"Wait what does it mean " Alex says tilting his head slightly

"Philip wants me to do a protection for his daughters for a ball , yey" I say the last part sarcastic , as if I want to spend an evening chasing after his daughters

Angelica doesn't like me very much because the first time she met me I called her a stuck up tart but only because she called me a fleabitten peasant

I get a long with Peggy quite well

And we'll Eliza , she's just of in her own world floating above the clouds

"How big can the risk be ? I've never heard of anyone trying to hurt the Schuyler's " Hercules says

"Only a hand full of people know about the time the house was broken into Peggy had to grab Catherine and jump out the window" I say remembering how close I was to never getting another job from the Schuyler's again , in my defence I was about 19 when that happend

I breath out once more

"And leave it to Philip to give me 5 days notice , does he realize that I have to get practically everything custom made when it comes to these jobs ?" I say looking at my watch deciding that it's probably to late to go into town right now

Hercules eyes light up when I say that

"Oh oh can I pleeeeaaasseee make the dress pleaaseee y/n " Mulligan gives me puppy eyes

"Fuck off Mulligan I'm not wearing a dress" I say as I catch Lafayette smirking at me in the corner of my eye

"Right I've got another meeting to go to, kill me already " I leave the tent and walk towards the forest

Lafayette follows me after around 6 minutes

"Awwww what's a matter Mon chéri? Why won't you wear a dress for me ?" Lafayette says mocking me slightly as we move into what we call the French forest

I sit down under the tree and begin to cry the tears slipping from my eyes almost hot enough to burn

"Mon Cheri I was joking what is the matter?" Lafayette asks alarmed

I gulp down a few breathes if air quickly before saying

"Lafayette I've fought in many battles, hurt many people and killed even more and I've ended up being hurt from each injury from each death and I'm covered in scars because of it , I'm scared that if I wear a dress you'll see it and youll realize your potential for others , for girls who don't swear, girls who don't join the army , girls who stay at home cooking the dinner , girls who don't kill and injure others , girls who aren't on England's most wanted list and ..... I may not be anyone of that but what I am is a girl who would die for you " another hot tear silently slipped down my face as Lafayette lifted my chin and looked me in the eyes

"If you choose to wear a dress or a suit to the ball I would still love you and still be happy to dance with you and kiss you Infront of millions of people, and I would die for you myself if needs be" Lafayette laughs the last part and smiles

"Well how about neither of us die " I smile and stand up

"I can agree with that " he smiles and stands Infront of me a loving look on his face

"Pinkie promise " I stick my pinkie out

"Pinkie promise" he says at my childish antics

That night we hire a hotel room to sleep in together

Okay okay so this is a short chapter I understand that but I've had to make it short so that the reader could have choices as well

Here are what I need you guys and girls and non binary pals to vote on

1)Dress or suit

2) what colour

Okay just to clear things up for you the part where it's talking about y/n being injured it's not from self harm it's from when she's fighting and gets cuts and bruises and scars

(Shit happens )

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