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Josh Lyman x Original Character, kind of messed up timeline, and brief Sam Seaborn x Original Character.
A foreign relations expert is brought in during the early days of the Bartlet Campaign, she's smart and quick and as exhausting as all the others. Josh thinks he's in love.
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War & Peace by miabicicletta for krazykitkat, onekisstotakewithme
Fandoms: The West Wing
20 Oct 2025
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He read the message again:
It’s been too long, Daniel. Come. I'd like to run a few things by you.
He ran a hand down his face. His head ached all of a sudden. His whole body was sore, which was a sign the pain meds had worn off. He felt tired and empty. He cursed to the empty room.
‘Cause eight thousand miles, two years, and a new administration later it mighta been…But he could still recognize a summons from Abbey Bartlet when he saw one.
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Summary: What happens when you let Sam and Josh out on the town?.
Spoiler: Set somewhere between "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" and all points after while Sam was still around. Take your pick.- Language:
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Being the daughter of the President’s Chief of Staff was challenging, but being in a relationship with the Deputy Chief of Staff was just as difficult, if not more when your father and the team don’t know.
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Josh barrels through crisis and traffic to Donna’s labor, surviving a crash and choosing family over the West Wing’s urgent bill. Bruised but present, he strategizes remotely, the vote squeaks through. At home, he and Donna juggle sleeplessness, tenderness, and laughter, learning teamwork and limits. Fatherhood reframes power as presence.
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Jed Bartlet. Country music legend. One half of the legendary duet The Bartlets. He recently purchased Columbia Studios with a radical plan to alter the landscape of country music, competing with the fancy new Gold and Platinum record label down the block. He is on top of the world-but with a big secret. What happens when that secret is made public in the worst way? Meanwhile, the people at the Bluebird Cafe just starting out struggle to make a name for themselves. Mentorship, turf wars, scandal…it’s all part of the game in Nashville: Music City USA.
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The West Wing - box in your heart by Deputy_of_Boogaloo (SamsTownWrites)
Fandoms: The West Wing
16 Oct 2025
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A look at CJ and Leo during the "Bartlet for America" campaign. CJ comes to share the hotel rooms with Leo, following Josh and Donna becoming a couple. What starts innocently as a friendship, leads them both into something more serious. With them both figuring and exploring their feelings for each other, it all seems to break apart with Leo's relapse shortly before the November Vote. Romance // changed canon so it fits my story, Leo gets an early divorce and Donna/Josh an early match. // I took the "there was only one bed" plot and made the most of it
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Donna is quietly falling apart but still wants to keep it together. As her mind and body turn against her and she searches for answers, she decides to only let a few people into her new world. And as much as she wants to trust Josh, right now, that’s too much to handle.
Josh can tell Donna isn’t herself, but he doesn’t know what’s going on or why she doesn’t interact with him like she used to. Instead, he sees her choosing other people and can’t figure out if it’s something he did or if the problem runs deeper than that. He still cares about her; he just has to learn how—and when—to step in.
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Josh met Donna in the winter. February, to be exact.
They’d spent countless winters together since then. Although that’s not true, actually—Josh counted every single one.
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Josh and Donna, through the seasons.
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Day 10 - dislocation Whumptober 2025
Snow, lights, and a cocky first lap: Josh’s holiday skating date with Donna, Sam, and Mallory goes sideways—literally—when a nasty rut sends his knee out of commission. Cue ER banter, marshmallow triage, and a very bossy care team who refuse to let him limp his way back to workaholism. From ambulance quips to midnight cocoa, the group turns disaster into a makeshift tradition, then navigates rehab: hinged braces, stubborn pride, and patience with a co-pay. It’s found family in mittens—sharp, warm, and a little chaotic—as Josh learns that slow isn’t failure, help isn’t weakness, and next year’s lap can wait.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2025
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They were like the Gordian knot, she thought, so interwoven that the only way to untie them would be to cut them apart.
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(probably not) one drabble per day in october!!
day one: samjosh
day two: rosslyn
day three: fire drill
day four: congressional christmas party
day five: ryan and josh at dinner
day six: samjosh after therapy
day seven: samjosh after therapy pt 2
day eight: josh during noel
day nine: josh cj emailing
day ten: illinois primary -
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Carol never knew people could bleed that much.
CJ tries to commit to suicide and fails. Carol is the reason she's alive; Leo helps her stay that way, whether she likes it or not. A long road ahead with the right people in your corner is more bearable than it seems at the start.
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Back in college, CJ stole a donkey in Cabo and got arrested. It doesn't cross her mind that Toby now has a way of knowing that about her.
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Donna, an aspiring author hoping to publish a memoir, is doing a book reading at a local library. Josh, a high school English teacher, comes with his friend Sam and is captivated by Donna's story, seeing and hearing something special in her. She's also drawn to his clumsiness and awkward conversation, making for a first meeting filled with butterflies and excitement for what might lie ahead.
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The Santos Administration tries to get its feet under it with an international crisis brewing in Kazakhstan; a Senate helmed by their least favorite member of the GOP; and two chiefs of staff that have been through more pain and grief than most people their age.
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- Part 3 of We're the future
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Josh Lyman goes to Harvard University in '81 where he meets his roommates, Christopher Wick and Oren Dahan. He hits it off instantly with Chris, the kind of guy you'd trust to hold you up for a keg stand, but struggles with Oren, who's pretty closed off. But when they get him out of his shell, he and Josh become closer than Chris and Josh ever were.
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Senator Sam Seaborn has been in politics for most of his life. Despite having a career filled with everything from small problems to huge scandals, he never expects the words that leave out of his best friend's mouth on one fateful afternoon that will change the history of the country he's always loved.
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A Sam Seaborn runs for President fic.
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You join the Bartlet campaign to help with digital marketing and outreach, back in 1998. Your parents are long time friends of CJ Cregg and she invites you to join the campaign and later The White House senior staff as deputy press secretary working under CJ. You and Sam Seaborn hit it off, becoming great friends and coworkers. Because he'd never be interested in someone like you. Or so you thought.
Author's note: This will be an AU where the internet is a little more advanced than it was in 1998. Addionally, I am also making up the "deputy press secretary" role. These are all for plot reasons so just roll with me.
This was inspired by Tumblr's @dancethroughthethunder's one shot An Incredible Man and kudos to them, that was an awesome one shot!x
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The "Bartlet for America" victory celebrations get a little out of hand.