(fic) Thomas Hamilton: A Life.

squid-inspiration:

ok you nerds, here it finally is. 

meet thomas hamilton. he’s born, he lives, he dies. enjoy.

chapter 1 – in which thomas is born, his parents are expectedly underqualified and he turns heads and frustrates his sweethearts at eton.

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Thomas Hamilton was born with two front teeth.

When first lifted to the breast after being pushed out into existence, he bit his mother’s nipple in his eagerness to partake in a world he did not yet know. Florence Hamilton gasped and bit her tongue and hoped that he would be a more docile child once he had had his fill. The doctor advised removing the teeth, since the gums were not developed enough to hold them, and he might choke on them should they loosen.

Alfred Hamilton thumbed at his newborn son’s cheek, inspecting his heir. Thomas grasped his finger with determined, pudgy hands and pulled it into his mouth to nip at it.

“Already biting the hand that feeds you, aren’t you?“ His father handed Thomas back to his mother, whose breasts were aching and heavy because Florence was afraid to give them to her son again.