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QUICK QUESTION!
I’m sorry I know it’s been a while😅
BUT
If I wrote things about The West Wings characters
(Current hyperfixation)
Should anyone be down to read them or would it just be self-indulgent???
#the west wing#josh lyman#sam seaborn#josh lyman x reader#samseabornxreader#tww fic#the west wing fanfic#fanfic
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honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
Song- Like Real People Do by Hozier
Pairing- Josh Lyman x gn!reader
Warning(s)- None
Summary- Josh and the reader pretend to be a fake couple for Sam and Ainsley's wedding.
Wordcount- 1,809
“I can’t believe I agreed to this,” I mumbled as Josh stood next to me during cocktail hour.
“Look just a few more hours before we can end this,” he told me before leaving to take pictures.
“A few hours too long,” I sighed.
*Few Weeks Ago*
Tossing my bag on the couch and slipping my shoes off, I took off my jacket and headed into my kitchen to see what I had left in the fridge. Filling my plate up with the last of deli meats and sliced cheese, I poured myself some wine before sitting my butt down on my couch. While on the TV, I scrolled through the channels until I landed on a random show. Getting into the mood of relaxation, it was soon interrupted when there was rapid knocking on my door. Letting out a groan and getting up from my couch, I went up to my door and opened it to see a curly haired brunette standing there.
“What do you want Lyman?” I questioned him. “I was about to relax.”
“I need a favor,” he walked into my apartment.
“You always need one, not surprised,” I took a gulp out of my glass of wine. “What is it this time?”
“I need you to be my partner,” I choked on my wine when he told me. “Be my fake partner just for two or three days.”
“Why?” I refilled my glass of wine.
“Because I may or may not have told Sam that I started dating someone and I had a plus one to his wedding,” he explained.
“How drunk were you when you told him?” I chuckled in disbelief. “I know that you can’t handle your alcohol well.”
“I wasn’t, I just blurted out that I was dating someone for some reason,” he threw his hands in the air.
“And your first choice was to ask me?” I raised my eyebrow.
“Do you really think that asking Amy was a good idea?” he questioned.
“You do have a point,” I agreed with him.
“Look, just think it out and let me know,” Josh told me.
“Fine,” I agreed.
“Thank you,” he thanked me before leaving my apartment.
Letting out a sigh, I laid down on my couch debating what just happened.
*Present Day*
Just imagine everyone’s reactions when they saw me at the wedding. I mean all of them were happy to see me but were shocked when I told them that I was ‘dating’ Josh. It’s good that I’ve known the senior staff for a while so it isn’t really that weird talking to each other. All of the girls who weren’t part of the wedding party were asking me questions about my relationship with Josh.
Josh and I created a fake story on how our relationship started. Josh and I spent an evening out together a few months ago and we enjoyed each other’s company together. We decided to spend the evening going out in DC or the neighboring states a few times before we confessed our feelings for each other. After our second date, Josh asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend and I said yes. We’ve also set some rules about PDA where we don’t kiss each other on the lips but cheeks and forehead/top of the head kisses are fine along with hugs.
“I can’t believe Sam and Ainsley managed to get this venue,” CJ awed.
All of us were in Napa for Sam and Ainsley’s wedding and they managed to score the most gorgeous winery for their wedding.
“Excuse me ladies,” I heard Josh as he wrapped his arm around my waist.
“Josh, I’m surprised that you didn’t trip on your feet when you walked up and down the aisle,” CJ joked which made me laugh.
“Oh we still have the reception,” Josh chuckled before sipping his drink.
“What number of drinks is that?” I looked at him and raised my eyebrow.
“My first one,” he replied as I raised my eyebrow again. “I promise, Sam didn’t even let me drink when we were getting ready.”
“Good,” I stole the beer and took a sip of it before giving it back to him.
“I’m just here to tell you ladies that you can head in and sit down,” Josh told us. “And I’ll see you later at our table.”
Josh placed a kiss on my cheek, which caused me to blush, before he left. Facing back to the girls, I saw the look on their faces.
“What?” I questioned.
“Nothing, I just never imagined Josh being so in love with someone,” Donna explained. “That man drowns himself in work but now he’s leaving work at a reasonable time.”
“Yeah, being in love with someone changes them,” Carol added.
“Yeah, it does,” I nodded my head.
Love does change people, even though ours is fake.
We all headed to the seating chart and saw that we were sitting at tables near each other. I sat down at my seat at my assigned table and greeted some of the other guests that were sitting in the same table as Josh and I. Soon the wedding party was introduced along with the newlyweds who went straight to their first dance. Josh sat down in the empty seat next to me and greeted Sam and Ainsley’s family members who were sitting with us.
“So how do the two of you know each other?” One of Ainsley’s aunts questioned.
“We were childhood friends,” I answered.
I mean it’s not a lie, Josh and I did become friends when we were kids. Despite him being a few years older than me, we became immediate friends when my family moved two doors down from his family. Our schools were close to each other so we would walk together and he would drop me off at my school first since it was the first one on the way. When we were done with school around the same time, we would go to the local corner store to grab some snacks before heading home. Things did change when he went to high school but at least once a week he would pick me up and take me to either the corner store we went to or another place. When Josh went to college, we still kept in contact and hung out when he’s home for vacation. We did the same thing when I went to college on the West Coast. Despite the distance and time zones, we still managed to keep our friendship alive.
After we graduated, Josh started living in DC while I stayed in Connecticut running a PR firm before I got asked if I was willing to move to DC to help do some PR for some politicians. I accepted the offer, told Josh, stayed with him for a little bit before I found my own place. Sometimes he would bring me to parties at the White house if I was free and one of my favorite moments was getting drunk off of wine with Mrs. Bartlet.
“How long have you been together?” One of the cousin’s asked.
“For a few weeks now,” Josh looked at me and placed a kiss on the top of my head.
Food was placed down in front of us and we continued the conversation as we ate. Halfway through the meal we changed the subject onto Sam and Ainsley since the day was about them. Josh got up from his seat and headed to where Sam and Ainsely were sitting to do his best man speech. He started off with introducing himself and soon proceeded telling the story on how he knows the both of them. There was laughter throughout the crowd as he told the story of him and Sam almost burning the White House down.
“Seeing the two of them grow from friends, to best friends, to soulmates has made me reflect that being in love with your best friend has its perks,” Josh said while looking at me.
I felt my heart drop to my stomach when he said that. I mean there’s no way that he’s in love with me. There’s no way I was in love with him. I mean it was just a phase and I was just a pre-teen. It was all puppy love. Him being in love with me is crazy and vice versa. Wait, am I even still in love with him?
Excusing myself to the restroom, I headed out of the reception venue, which I thanked that the restrooms were there, and headed to the vineyard to catch my breath. I paced back and forth reflecting back on what just happened.
“Y/N?” I heard Josh and turned to face him.
“You told everyone that you were in love with me!” I blurted out. “Are you out of your goddamn mind?”
“I mean I wasn’t lying to them,” he told me.
“What do you mean ly-” I paused as the realization came to me. “No you’re not. There’s no way you are.”
“Ever since you went to college I realized it wasn’t just a two and a half drive where I can easily see you.” He walked closer to me. “It was a five hour or more flight to wherever you were. When you decided to move to DC, I was so happy that everyone questioned why I was happy. You were moving and I figured it was time to tell you how I felt but I didn’t even after I got shot.”
“You getting shot was the second time I fell in love with you.” I told him as I chuckled when tears started to form. “I thought I was going to lose you and I didn’t want to lose my best friend. I just couldn’t handle that feeling.”
“But you didn’t,” he gently caressed my cheek. “I’m here alive and well. You’re not going to lose me and you never will.”
He tilted my head up and started to move closer to him. I placed my hand on the back of his neck and our lips started to move as they touched. A mix of butterflies and fireworks started to explode in my stomach. My heart started to flutter as we continued to kiss.
“Joshua Lyman, I’m so in love with you,” I told him after we detached our lips. “Ever since I was a pre-teen.”
“Y/N L/N, I've been so in love with you too ever since I met you,” he said before kissing me again. “Now, I heard there’s dancing and cake waiting for us.”
“Alright,” I grabbed his hand and we walked to the reception to the dance floor. “You’re taking me out on a date when we get back to DC right?’
“Oh you bet,” he answered as he wrapped his arms around me.
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why they lost their minds and fought the wars
They got married because it made sense. And besides, they were a package deal. They were CJ and Toby, Toby and CJ, where you found one you found the other.
a cjtoby secret marriage multi chapter au / read here on ao3
#cjtoby#CJ x Toby#the west wing#the west wing fanfic#tww#tww fanfic#my fanfic#we’re back babbyyyyyyy
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fic: and secure the blessings: amy/liz
written for @twwpride day 6, “rare pair,” and @sapphic-september 2023, “phone call.”
wordcount: 4,270 // rating: T
tags: childhood friends, growing up together, pining, politics, not actually unrequited love
#the west wing#the west wing fanfic#amy gardner#liz bartlet#sapphicsept2023#sapphic september 2023#twwpride23#my fic
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A new day means another west wing fic that I've written for @twwpride.
Day two's prompt was Found Family and/or Distance.
This fic covers both exploring the off screen life of one of my favorite characters we don't get to see nearly enough, Ellie Bartlet. I've always empathized with her, especially her semi-strained relationship with her family of origin. I got to thinking about the snapshots of her we do get to see, particularly the moment in "Eppur Si Muove " where she and Jed are in the kitchen. The disconnect in understanding there was painfully familiar for me. Combining that strained relationship with the general assumption both from the audience (at the time and now) and The Bartlet's that Ellie was gay, i was drawn to consider what her life looked like beyond the edges of our screens.
As soon as I asked the question, her whole life unfolded before me. A girlfriend named Piper well on her way to Ph.D. in Literature. Someone who gave her space to unpack the pressure of her life, someone who would hold her in the moments over overwhelming anxiety and encourage her in ways I'm not sure she got all the time. Someone to smooth the edges. Basically someone who would love her the way she deserves to be loved.
Without any further preamble:
Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it
Pairing/Relationships: Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character, Ellie Bartlet & CJ Cregg, Ellie Bartlet & Sam Seaborn, Ellie Bartlet & Jed Bartlet
Rating: M
WC: 3334
Summary: An photo that has the potential to blow up everything she's built for herself.
Ellie faces an impossible choice.
Or Ellie is going to be outed by a sleazy photographer in 24 hours.
Tags: the press being garbage, Lesbian Ellie Bartlet, Angst, happy-ish ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Blackmail, threatened outing, LOML Universe, Anxiety, Canon Typical Yelling from Jed, nosebleed mention but no blood, Explicit language, Pet names, comfort
See y'all tomorrow with Day 3! (If I can find the time to finish it.)
#the west wing#tww#twwpride23#the west wing fanfic#ellie bartlet#sam seaborn#cj cregg#jed bartlet#abbey bartlet
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Fluffy February Day 8 || Moving in Together
pairing: donna x josh
wordcount: 413
contains: discussion of food, weight loss
Calling Josh’s place a bachelor pad might be too generous. In his defense, he’d hardly been there in a year, sleeping on buses and in Holidays Inn during the campaign. But things were different now. He was no longer a campaign manager, and no longer a bachelor.
“Okay, I think that’s the last of my clothes,” Donna says, dropping a box on the hardwood floor of his bedroom. It hadn’t been too difficult to clear space for her– he’d lost so much weight on the campaign that half of his suits didn’t fit anymore, anyways. They were at the tailor, for now. He’d throw them away if it meant she’d stay forever.
“What else?” Josh asked.
“That’s really it. I have a box of books in your backseat that it would be nice if we could make some room for,” she tells him.
“Of course we can,” he assures her. “You don’t have any furniture or anything that you want to bring here?”
She lets out a sad little half-laugh. “No, Josh. Everything you have here is far nicer than anything I ever owned. It wouldn’t match, it’s all third and fourth-hand, there’s no need to bring any of that here.”
“Donna, if you want it, I couldn’t give a damn if it matches. This is your place as much as it is mine, now.”
“I know, hon, and I appreciate that. But my stuff is old and beat up. We really don’t need to move it just for my emotional benefit.”
“I’m a big fan of doing things solely for your benefit,” he teases. “What if we bought some new stuff? We can get new furniture, if you want, or if you want to do something smaller we can get some new curtains or update the kitchen? I just.. I know there’s been a lot of change for you in the past year, and a lot of it was my doing. I don’t want you to feel like I’m moving you into my place. I really want it to be ours.”
“You’re a very sweet man, you know that?” Donna smiles, bringing her hand to his face.
“That’s what the ladies all tell me,” he confirms with a boyish grin.
“It might be nice to spruce up the kitchen a little bit. Maybe we’ll actually learn to cook for ourselves instead of spending another four years eating takeout.”
Josh chuckles. “I might be hopeless, but for you, I’ll give it a shot.”
tagging: @spacecowboyhotch @honeybrowne @rousethemouse @angelfxllcm @infinite-tides @gspenc @anlin2058 @zetasaturno99 @realdirectionx @witheldclouds @sbeno22 @el-vs94 @hausofwhores
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“Wait for Me”
I’ve always wanted to write a prequel story about how Josiah Bartlet met Abigail Barrington and withdrew his ambitions to become a priest. For any die hard WW fans out there, here’s my interpretation ♥️
http://archiveofourown.org/works/40597572
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Fandoms: The Rookie, The West Wing
Pairings: Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss
Rating: General
Summary: Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen are tasked with providing a VIP ride along to Senator Sam Seaborn and his staff members/friends Josh Lyman and Donna Moss-Lyman.
A/N: Written for @chenfordsource Bingo Prompt: Politician AU
#chenfordbingo2021#chenford fanfic#chenford#the rookie fanfic#the west wing fanfic#the rookie#the west wing#Lucy x Tim#Josh x Donna#Lucy Chen#Tim Bradford#Josh Lyman#Donna Moss
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a joshdonna holiday sequel fic
#joshdonna#josh x donna#donna x josh#tww#the west wing#tww fic#my tww fic#fanfic#my tww fanfic#ao3#ao3 fanfic#fanfiction#the west wing fanfic#josh lyman#donna moss
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Weekly Writing Round Up - 11/28 -12/4
Fics: (more like chapters of fics)
Like Ribbons on Wrists - Chapter 4
A Silence Full of Sound - Chapter 1
#the west wing#josh lyman#pedro pascal#leo mcgarry#donna moss#Marcus Moreno#marcus moreno x oc#marcus moreno fanfiction#we can be heroes fic#we can be heroes#the west wing fanfic#fanfiction#sam writes#icymi#weekly fic round up
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i made instagram profiles for anna and sam (including sam's congress instagram) from my fic it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this
#sam seaborn x reader#sam seaborn x oc#sam seaborn imagine#sam seaborn#the west wing x reader#the west wing fanfic#the west
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cjtoby pre canon angst
“I bought a ring,” Toby said, “I’m going to propose to Andrea.”
It was like all the air has been sucked out of the room, the room the just fucked in, the room they lay side by side in bed. CJ felt a flush of heat, something akin to shame pricking at her cheeks.
“How’s a woman like you,” he’d said, small talk, “Single?”
“I’m not really the marrying type,” she said, laughing, years ago.
It had been such an inconsequential thing, she hadn’t thought twice about her answer, but now the memory weighed against her chest.
“Congratulations,” CJ whispered.
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Creator Spotlight: Week 10
Welcome back to the TWW Author Spotlight! For every spotlight, we’ll ask each featured author the same ten questions (as well as questions you submitted on Twitter!). Today we are so excited to be talking with @thefinestmuffin on twitter/thefinestmuffins on AO3!
1) What are your top 5 desert island fics by other authors?
Ahhhhh, I need a top 20, because there are so many AMAZING fics in this fandom! At the end of the day I went with the completed fics that I reread the most and my top, fuzzy-feeling comfort fics:
When A Woman Loves A Man (Who Loves A Woman) by BeneathAnOrangeSky
I remain in absolute awe at Lucy’s craft and prose. All of her fics are just so gorgeously written (honestly I had such a hard time choosing - go read all 4 of them post-haste), and this one is simply perfection. I love the alternating points of view and the way the story stays canon-compliant while absolutely deepening the impact of canon in very believable and resonant ways. This depiction of the Minsk Candles Debacle makes me laugh out loud every single time, the diary scene has SO MUCH EXQUISITE TENSION, and the Holy Night-related scene makes me want to fling myself into the freaking sun even though I’ve read it at least a dozen times.
turns the flicker to a flame by fairwinds09
Fairwinds09’s writing is so delicious and evocative, and I feel really captures the nuance of the Josh/Donna relationship in the most simultaneously real-feeling and sensual way possible. I absolutely salivate for a War Crimes arc AU, and this fic just truly delivers on that process so beautifully. There’s so much tenderness! I also am a devotee of the Josh Lyman Is Into Feet But Not In A Weird Way school of thought (the canon evidence for this is STRONG), and this story highlights that with so much subtlety and sweetness.
where the lovelight gleams by JessBakesCakes
This one was written specifically for me, and so I feel a little selfish for including this one on this list when Jess has so many other incredible, next-level fics on offer (Almost Honest and i like shiny things (but i’d marry you with paper rings) are also both definitely up there for me!), but I just love it so, so much and the comfort it brings me is hard to overstate. There’s so much Josh/Donna boyfriend-girlfriend era deliciousness here, and Donna being unrepentantly horny for Josh in a goofy Christmas sweater (AND HOLDING A BABY, RIP ALL OF US) is so funny and sweet and soft (and also SEXY, let’s be clear) to me. I have reread this one million times (will reread one million more), and it always makes my heart feel so full. Jess’s fics have impeccable vibes and always make me smile so big and feel SO GOOD!! Plus, a Wisconsin fic always does my midwestern heart right! Elite Christmas fluff, do not miss it.
wherever is your heart (i call home) by mikaylawrites
WISCONSIN FIC MY BELOVED!! MIkayla is such a wonderful writer and this story just had me by the heartstrings from moment one. Come for the Moss-family-brings-Josh-custard-when-they-meet-him vibes, stay for the childhood bedroom scenes (including ONLY ONE BED, most prized of tropes!). Honestly it’s all just so sweet and tender and poignant, and these over the years glimpses of Josh and Donna in Wisconsin absolutely do me in (meant as the highest of compliments). Also I went to school in Wisconsin so all of the little local touches fill me with joy!
The Professor Josh series by hufflepuffhermione
Ope, am I cheating if I include these as a series? Alli’s Professor Josh fics cheer me up so much, and I just absolutely adore them. Present Day Josh/Donna makes me SO HAPPY, and Alli’s vision for it here feels so perfect to me. There’s something about the pandemic being included in the setting that just really… helps all of the sweetness land for me in a resonant way, and I can’t even tell you how much I’ve smiled and cried my way through these since they came out. These fics are so sweet, so funny, and so capture where I feel like the Moss-Lyman family would be! These might be the stories I’ve reread the most in fandom - truly my bad day recovery go-to!
2) Do you have a favorite character to write? Favorite ship(s) to write? Are there characters or ships you'd like to write more of? (shout out to @sam_writes_fics for asking a similar question!)
I think I write Josh the most naturally (and I love writing him), but I really adore writing CJ, which I don’t do enough of and would love to do more of. Josh/Donna are definitely my favorite ship to write, and are the closest thing I have to a TWW OTP, but I’ve also written a tiny bit of Josh/Sam and CJ/Toby and am definitely open to writing other pairings. I would love to write something more CJ-centric, and I’d love to write some CJ/Kate Harper some day!!
3) Tell us about your writing process (setup/location? Night or day? Snacks/beverages? Computer/phone/notebook? Music or silence? Anything else you want to share is welcome!)
I’m chronically ill and I do most of my writing from bed on my laptop with a lap desk. Inspiration hits me whenever the heck it wants to and is wildly unpredictable (plus I have a pretty classic case of inattentive ADHD, ahaha), and my migraines limit how much I can read or write, so I have to strike when I can. I need to daydream on a concept a lot before I can actually write: vibe with friends, think while driving, mull on it in the bath, listen to a song or playlist on repeat while staring at my ceiling. I need music to generate vibes, but I can’t actually write while listening to most music.
To write, I need silence or white noise. I motivate myself with caffeine or a treat. I sprint to keep myself focused but don’t really care about the word count. I try to just get scenes down as I’m inspired to write them, which means I often hit an annoying point where I have to go in and make myself write all the filler and connecting parts I struggle the most with. I’m a recovering perfectionist and I have a pretty thorough editing process, and I usually spend a lot of time messing with wording.
There was a period of time where I tried to get more disciplined about my writing process, but I realized quickly that I need to just embrace it: I type 100wpm but I think/write slow, I need to reread it/read it aloud/think about it/rewrite chunks A LOT to be happy with it, I am allergic to writing in order, and if I have ANY limitations placed on me I tend to freeze up and get stuck. I do best when I let myself write whatever I feel inspired about and don’t worry too much about finishing things in a particular order. And all of that has to be okay, because that’s how I can 1) actually write and 2) enjoy it!
4) What writing advice do you have for others who may be reading this?
The most important advice, and I realize the Fight Club-esque irony of this, is to take writing advice with a grain of salt/don’t interpret it as the letter of the law. There’s no one correct way to write so you should embrace the style/process that works best for you and using adverbs (or whatever dogmatic rule you might find on tumblr or writing blogs) doesn’t mean you’re a bad writer. Lookout for dogma and only adopt what genuinely helps and feels good to you. Also, listening to podcast interviews with professional novelists I admire has helped me internalize that there are SO MANY ways to write and helped me embrace my fiddly, slow-writing, out of order, touch-and-go writing process.
The one concrete piece of advice that has actively helped me the most is reading my story out loud during the editing process for flow. It helps me catch parts that are clunky or don’t flow well or don’t make sense, and I cannot recommend it enough!
5) From where do you usually draw your inspiration? (Other forms of media, music, tropes, etc?) (Shout out to @unpennied for a similar question!)
A lot of ideas just come to me unbidden - I’m a big daydreamer - but I’m definitely super inspired by music and sometimes poetry, and just vibes (images, aesthetics, feelings, etc.). all i ever wanted (was a life in your shape) was partially inspired by seeing a picture of Brad with his son and Janel with her niece on the same day, and those images combined with the song prompt just kind of mutated into their whole own thing. I also love tropes and in general I have a lot of fun with I guess what I’d call creative games like, “What would the characters be like in this AU?” or “How would this trope work with this pairing?” Also, honestly, in TWW I’ve got a real “but MAAHM, I can fix them!” mentality about Josh and Donna, like any episode with a missed romantic opportunity is liable to inspire me to write a canon-divergent or fix-it fic.
6) What is the fic you've written that you're most proud of and why?
I think it’s gotta be Oversight. I’ve gotta be honest, I initially felt really daunted writing an exchange gift fic for beneathanorangesky, who is both one of my closest fandom friends and one of the TWW writers I admire the most. I’d always wanted to write a Season 3 War Crimes arc AU (there’s so much potential there, IMO!) but it also felt really hard to get right or at least like something that it could be easy to get wrong. And I was SO SCARED about including Donna’s diary entries, both because it felt really critical to get the voice right and also because I know generally fandom doesn’t love first person POV. Structurally and scope-wise, the story felt pretty ambitious to me, and that was before I knew I would be whipping out 13k of smut at the end that covered the murky and hard-to-nail terrain of Jealous Josh (oooops, LOL). At the end of the day I worked really hard and very carefully to craft this one into what I hoped it could be and I am proud of how it turned out!!
7) What's the fic trope/concept/AU you'd read 1000 of? What's the fic trope/concept/AU you'd write 1000 of? (shout out to @donnamossburner for asking a similar question!)
I can never get enough of fake dating and only one bed! Also Joshua “Praise Kink!” Lyman until the day I die, please. And I guess I’d write 1000 canon divergence AUs, but I’d also love to write more fake dating!
8) Is there anything you'd like to try writing-wise that you haven't yet?
I’d really like to write original fiction, but fanfiction is so comforting and community-filled that it’s hard for me to make myself pull resources away from it towards original work. But since my disability has made it difficult to work and all I seem to be able to do reliably lately is write smut, I have been strongly considering starting an original erotica Patreon… 👀
In terms of fic, I would love to write more CJ-centered fic! Just in general, I love epistolary stories (fic and otherwise) and would love to try one someday!
9) What's your go-to Starbucks/coffee shop/other drink order?
I have to confess that I was briefly a barista and also lived for over a decade in the PNW, aka I’m kind of a coffee snob. I’m a sucker for independent roasters and housemade syrups, LOL, and I have a lot of fun trying new things. My current summer fave from my local coffee shop is cold brew with maple syrup and oat milk, and in colder weather I love an oat milk latte with cardamom syrup or a dirty chai. There was a little roaster in the town I used to live that had an amazing latte with housemade almond cashew milk and sometimes I just think about it longingly. When I’m having a “treat yourself!” moment at Target in the middle of errands, I will definitely get an Iced Toasted Vanilla Shaken Oatmilk Espresso (a Starbucks order with so many adjectives that it’s impossible to place it without feeling shame) or a PSL with coconut milk or oat milk.
10) Do you have any current projects you'd like to promote or anything upcoming you'd like to tell us about?
@jessbakescakes and I are co-hosting Trope Soup fest, which just revealed! People can continue to claim prompts and post fics for it after the reveal date, so feel free to jump in!
If I DO get it together to start an original erotica Patreon, I’ll be posting a google form in the near future and would love all of your opinions on what you’re looking for/whether or not you’d be interested! And I’m working on a combo of fics and original stories for NaNoWriMo, so hopefully I’ll have stuff to post soon!
On the horizon:
The next (red dress!) chapter of between the shadow and the soul, which I swear I haven’t abandoned
A follow-up AU to all i ever wanted (was a life in your shape) where J and D get it together post-Strawberry Farm (~5k done so far)
My present day Josh/Donna (~8k and counting) which I’ve been plodding away at for over a year but have been really inspired about lately.
Submitted questions (some questions have been edited to avoid repetition!):
From @sam_writes_fics: what’s a fic that’s been sitting in the back of your mind forever and you hope one day you can finally write it?
SAM when I tell you there are SO MANY of these and honestly a lot of them ARE partially written.
There’s one in particular called Horseshoes and Hand Grenades that is SO CLEAR in my mind (and I have like 8k written) and it’s about all of the times something almost happened between Josh and Donna through the lens of a small transgression getting press attention and CJ interrogating them in an AU season 6.
My brain has also been absolutely commandeered by a fluffy and funny Totally Platonic Sperm Donor J/D plunny so hard (and Jess has encouraged me so enthusiastically, lol) that I somehow have a full outline and a pregnancy calendar for Donna so … I can’t make any promises, but we’ll see!
From @sam_writes_fics: favorite character to read??
Joshua No Middle Name Lyman. I both kind of am him and I also want to bone him, so I simply cannot get enough. But also, and maybe this is a cheat of a second answer, it’s hard to find but I LOVE when fics have the whole ensemble banter and it’s so on pitch that I can just hear and see it in my head!
From @sinistercherubs: you get to talk to (1) tww character irl for 5 minutes, who is the character and what would you say to them?
Oh my gosh, this is such a good question and so hard!! There’s a temptation here to meddle with shit: like tell Simon Donovan not to go into that convenience store, or tell Josh to get it the heck together at one of :spins wheel: at least ten times, but I imagine that just like time travel that bit probably gets messy. At the end of the day I am a simple disaster bisexual, so I’d probably just want to flirt with CJ. Though if I had to pick a Josh Lyman intervention moment, I would go to him during Donna’s recovery and tell him that Colin is NOT in the picture, morning shows are the ones sending her flowers (not that it’s any of his business), and that our poor girl needs a longer medical leave from work and for a certain best friend/boss/crush (you, you absolute ding dong) to dig deep and show up for her.
From @donnamossburner: If you could rewrite an episode of tww which episode would it be? And what would you write to occur?
If I could rewrite a whole arc it would be the Toby thing in s7. He was done dirty, it had a long -erm impact on the show’s post-canon relationships, and IMO it betrayed a deep misunderstanding of the character on behalf of the writers. If I could rewrite it, if I were keeping a leak at all I would not have Toby be the one leaking, but rather have there be some misunderstanding/miscommunication/falling on swords going on between him and CJ and it ultimately comes out that he didn’t fucking do it because of course he didn’t.
My shippy answer is: I would either rewrite the end of Inauguration: Over There so that we get a Josh/Donna kiss OR rewrite another ep later in s4 to tie up that arc and get them together under Sorkin, as they ought to have been. Although I guess I kind of DID already rewrite this in often a sweetness, ahahaha, albeit in angsty fashion.
From @donnamossburner: Is there a trope you haven’t written / read a lot of that you’d like to see more of in the fandom?
I’d love to see more Bisexual! Josh actively explored. And actually, I’d love to write more Bisexual Josh, ahahaha. And more present day JD always, please, in all ways. Also, I’m just saying, if there were more JD pegging fics I would definitely read them (and also have one vaguely in the works!).
From @mlea7675: What’s your favorite post-series HC?
I don’t really have set headcanons across all story universes, but I’m a huge believer in the Congressional Representative Donna Moss-Lyman and Professor Josh agenda!
From @unpennied: How and when did you get into the ww?
I am… old, so I first watched TWW on tv with my best friend’s family while I was in high school. They got the DVDs as they came out, so we’d have marathons together, and they’d have me over to watch new eps together too, and let me borrow the whole set for comfort rewatches when I had mono in college. The last episode of TWW aired, no lie, on the day I graduated college (with a poli sci minor)! I was a huge fan, but I wasn’t active in fandom culture back then.
I’d rewatched a bunch over the years (esp the first four seasons), but my rewatch in early 2021 is what pulled me into active stan culture for TWW. I didn’t have the heart for it during the Trump years, tbh, but once Biden was safely inaugurated I hit play out of curiosity to see how my old fave held up. I started listening to TWWW along with my watch and then (because I was active in other fandoms by now) started looking at fics out of curiosity. And welp, here we are!
From @JessBakesCakes: Do you have any headcanons about fics you've written that didn't make it into the fic itself? If so, which is your favorite?
This was in the fic but never spelled out: I gave Donna’s siblings in all i ever wanted (was a life in your shape) ascending alphabetical names in age order (like the Bridgerton siblings, iykyk lol) and also had the hc that her parents traded Irish and Italian names (Adam, Ben[volio], Connor, Donna[tella]) because we know from The Supremes how they go about compromise, ahaha. Also, this is so tiny and silly, but in by the chimney with care I headcanon that Donna and Josh have a kind of running gag about the bougie grocery store (you know how things sometimes start out ironic but then just become… absorbed into your Couple Landscape?) because there’s no way in hell Josh would ever just randomly call that on his own, LOL.
From @S4MWILSON: fave season?
Season 2 really said all bangers and it cannot be denied - that’s probably my favorite. But I also love the campaign arc in seasons 6-7!
fave ep?
17 People is a work of art, and not just for JD reasons. 20 Hours in America and Dead Irish Writers are also up there for me, and (I almost count the post-Sorkin years as their own thing, LOL) The Supremes is one of my favorite later season eps!
cast member you’d most like to hang out with?
So hard to choose, they’d all be a delight! I think I would have a lot of fun with BWhit and Amy at a dinner party, like I feel like it would be fun, easy, and interesting to talk to them both!
character you’d most like to hang out with?
CJ, be my Gal Pal™, if you are reading this I am free on Thursday night, please come hang out with me on Thursday night when I am free.
underrated duo (ship or platonic)?
Kate/CJ for underrated ship, Donna & Toby for friendship
long fic or short fic ?
Honestly it’s easier for me to read and finish short fics because I have chronic migraine and can’t read the way I used to. But I love all of them, oneshots and epics!
easiest character to write?
Josh Joshua Josh Josh.
fave fic tropes?
Only one bed, fake dating, mutual pining, slow burn, coworkers to lovers, BANTER (and Professor Josh)
fave thing abt Fanon tww?
Gotta be the Harvard sweatshirt
and funniest scene ?
Some of the cold opens omfg, like there are a handful I put on when I need to laugh: the cold open for The Midterms, also the cold open for The Leadership Breakfast. And that moment in Privateers never fails to SEND me.
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Today marks the start of @twwpride! Which means I'm back with another West Wing Fic. I'm so excited to be taking part in this event, read/watch/admire everything everyone participating has created, and share everything I have to made for each day.
Day one's prompt was Coming Out and/or Pining. This fic covers both and the all too familiar experience early in one's journey of discovery when you're unsure if someone likes you or they're just kind. The anxiety that comes with finding someone after years of boxing up the attraction society discourages all too often. (Especially, in the time and place Donna grew up in.) And what happens when you meet someone willing to hold your hand through it.
Without any further preamble:
At least we were electrified
Pairing: Donna Moss/Original Female Characters
Rating: M
WC: 2320
Summary: Donna has a crush on her roommate. Little does she know her roommate feels the same.
As their time as roommates comes to an end, they both finally come clean and hook up after an event Donna accompanied her roommate to.
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, LOML Universe, Friends With Benefits, One Night Stands, Fade to Black, Lesbian Donna Moss, Closeted Character, Self-Discovery, Kissing, Mild Smut like very mild smut, Explicit Language, Anxiety.
See y'all tomorrow with Day 2!
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that problem when you as a fic writer get into a tv show and you can already tell that you won't be writing fic about it bc it just doesn't have the cracks for your brain to force itself into yet you know you're going to want to binge it anyway because ReasonsTM so basically your brain is calling an effective hiatus for the next however-long-it-takes-to-watch-this-damn-show-and-consume-relevant-fanfic-for-at-least-a-few-weeks
#currently this is applying to the west wing#but this has also applied to:#shadow and bone#school spirits#west wing#pacific rim#house of the dragon#lockwood and co#the witcher#star wars#avatar the last airbender#the flash#julie and the phantoms#yuri on ice#ouran high school host club#big time rush#ned's declassified school survival guide#how to get away with murder#(at least my annual re-binge)#leverage#sense8#fanfic
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It sucks that my father can never know that fanfiction exists because there's so much MASH and West Wing fanfic that I know he would love
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