Another Interlude
"Alex," John sighed at his boyfriend. "You can't just start a mob. We've been over this."
"John does have a point." Hercules, their other boyfriend, pointed out.
"I am sorry to agree mon petit leon." Lafayette, their significant other, added. "What would you even do?"
"Be gay and commit crimes!" Alex exclaimed.
"Your outfit is a crime." Jefferson snorted at Alex who was wearing his lime green frock coat.
"Like you can talk." Madison scoffed at the magenta frock coat his boyfriend was wearing.
"Talk less, smile more." Burr advised him.
"That doesn't even make sense." Thomas complained.
"Burr rarely makes sense." John added.
"What are you even doing here Burr?" Alex asked in annoyance. "Don't you have to go be indecisive in court or something?"
"You invited me." Burr reminded him.
"Come to think of it, why are Jefferson and Madison here?" Alex whipped around as if he only just realized that his self proclaimed arch rival and his boyfriend were there as well. The three of them were lawyers but Madison had a private practice so it was very rare for him to face Alex in court. Jefferson, on the other hand, was a prosecutor and Alex, as a defense attorney, had faced Jefferson in court multiple times. They had very different ideas of what constituted justice.
Burr shared a practice with Alex but he didn't often state his opinions and as a consequence was not a lot of help when Alex and Jefferson got into arguments about their differing views about how the law should be applied. "You invited them too." Burr informed Alex.
"I would never do such a thing!" Alex said dramatically.
"Babe, you told me last night that you invited them." John said. He was also a lawyer but he worked with Queenie and Padmé at CPS.
"Lies and slander!" Alex declared.
"Mon petit leon, I was there. John does not lie." Lafayette told him. They were also a lawyer but they decided that when they had moved to town that two lawyers in the relationship was enough so they started working as a baker with Jacob at his bakery. Hercules, of course, had a tailor shop in town.
"I feel like I should also point out that that one mob, Tierney's I think, that's their motto. Be gay, do crime." Hercules interjected before Alex got too worked up and started jumping on tables. They had only just gotten their new coffee table after Alex had jumped on the other one and broke it.
"How do you even know that?" Jefferson asked him suspiciously.
"I hear things." Hercules shrugged.
"At a tailor's shop?" Jefferson asked incredulously.
"You would be surprised." Hercules replied.
"At a tailor's shop though?" Jefferson repeated.
"Yes," Alex rolled his eyes. "We've already been over this Jefferson. Now if you are just going to act like an idiot then you can leave. I don't want you a part of my mob anyway."
"First, Alex, there is no need to be rude." Lafayette interjected.
"But it's Jefferson." Alex practically whined.
"I have to agree with Alex on this one." John added.
"Can you not talk about me like I'm not here?" Jefferson snapped.
"John, did you hear something?" Alex asked mockingly.
"Not a thing." John said nonchalantly.
"Boys," Lafayette scolded Alex and John.
"Just drop it." Hercules advised Lafayette. "You know how they are."
"Fine, but only because I have to get to work." They sighed.
"Oooh, can I come with you?" Alex jumped up suddenly.
"Of course, but is there a particular reason why?" Lafayette asked in confusion. They didn't mind Alex coming along but usually it was a struggle to get Alex to leave his work long enough to go anywhere.
"I was craving a cinnamon roll." Alex shrugged.
"Oh, bring me back one." John requested and Hercules nodded in agreement.
"Ok," Alex nodded and turned to their visitors. "That means that you should leave too." After a lot of grumbling from Jefferson and Burr the three of them stood up and Alex opened the door. He let them go through first and then he and Lafayette followed them out.