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Sam Seaborn spent fourteen years, his entire life, learning how to stand on his own two feet.
He grew up in the shadow of his father’s iron fist and his mother’s quiet, eroding will to live. Yet before she died, his mother left him with a secret. A secret that would lead Sam to people who would show him what a real family looked like. Not one built on expectation and punishment, but on firm, unrelenting love.
But will Sam allow himself to trust and finally unearth the truth his mother carried to the grave?
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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, who was eerily similar to the guys he'd been friends with in his hometown, but struggles with Oren, who's pretty closed off and a little rude. But when they get him out of his shell, he and Josh become closer than Chris and Josh ever were.
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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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And it hurts. It hurts because Josh might not wake up.
And if he doesn’t, Sam won’t even get to grieve him properly. He’ll have to stand at the back of the room, hands folded, shoulders straight, playing the part of “colleague.” He’ll have to give the world nothing.
Because what he and Josh have? It lives in the space between shadows. And no one ever mourns a secret.
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The Santos Senior Staff discuss disastrous dates.
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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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A Future Together (Triumvirate Realized) by HarmonyLover for vialethe
Fandoms: The West Wing
02 Jan 2026
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When Sam comes back to the White House, Donna and Josh have some realizations. They aren't complete without him, and nothing is going to get in their way this time.
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Toby and Josh finding out about Sam’s father. Set on the Wednesday before Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail
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The West Wing - act of innocence by Deputy_of_Boogaloo (SamsTownWrites)
Fandoms: The West Wing
02 Jan 2026
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Unable to let the fact go that Leo got his divorce papers delivered, Margaret pays him a visit in his hotel afraid he'll break his sobriety. What starts with worry turns into banter, thoughtful conversations, and brings them closer together than they have expected. // Romance
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There's No Place Like DC For The Holidays by mlea7675
Fandoms: The West Wing, The Fosters (TV 2013), Army Wives, Madam Secretary, This Is Us (TV), Dawson's Creek, Once Upon a Time (TV), Reba (TV), Blue Bloods (TV), Degrassi, Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
02 Jan 2026
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In Washington, DC, the month before Christmas, everyone faces the eternal question of love: from puppy love to forbidden love to everlasting love, from love standing right in front of you to love where you least expect it.
In other words, a Love Actually-inspired multifandom crossover.
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It is discovered that Sam Seaborn is actually the long-lost biological son of the President and First Lady Bartlet.
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Josh and Donna celebrate their first Christmas Eve in the Santos Administration.
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The West Wing - box in your heart by Deputy_of_Boogaloo (SamsTownWrites)
Fandoms: The West Wing
31 Dec 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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Josh gets shot at Rosslyn, and Donna takes care of him, putting herself in charge of his care and recovery. Season 2 AU where Donna gets a promotion, cares for Josh, and the two of them realize they both have feelings for each other much, much earlier.
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War & Peace by miabicicletta for krazykitkat, onekisstotakewithme
Fandoms: The West Wing
29 Dec 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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***No longer in progress***
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take it on the chin by hushtheseus
Fandoms: VKCU (Vienna Kai/Kota Cinematic Universe), Gilmore Girls (TV 2000), The West Wing, Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid, Back to the Future (Movies)
28 Dec 2025
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Back to the game, back to Max. Richie has been to a few of Max’s games before, and he always hates it when they're all so close together. It feels like there are so many opportunities for somebody to be shoved too hard. Maybe somebody falls the wrong way, snaps a bone in two. That’s Richie’s worst case scenario, excluding the unthinkable.
Max is a little too involved in this scuffle for Richie to be comfortable. It doesn’t look like it’s supposed to be happening. This doesn’t look like friendly competition. Richie stands up and presses his hands against the glass, trying to take in a full breath and only managing shaky half ones.
An opposing player shoves Max hard and Richie feels his heart jolt. Josh tries to stifle a gasp. Everybody else stops talking to look. Max staggers a little, his disorientation apparent even from all the way down there. He doesn’t shove back. Richie’s heart would’ve swelled with pride if he’d had the time.
The same player shoves Max again. This time he crashes into the field like he weighs a tonne. He doesn’t get back up.
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richie goes to a lions game with all of the white house executive staff and watches his boyfriend eat dirt
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"What's Take Out the Trash Day?"
"Friday."Our weekly 1000 words-or-less prompt exchange for fun (writing gifts) and profit (getting gifts)!
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scared of what losing feels after we dare by Luppiters for JessBakesCakes
Fandoms: The West Wing
27 Dec 2025
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CJ exhaled sharply through her nose. “Well, then, I guess I’d better get used to killing those stories. But there won’t be that many.”
Josh and Donna, and some of the stories about them that almost made it to print. -
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The holiday break is about to start and CJ is preparing for a business dinner. It's only a business dinner. Danny is bringing his notebook.
Post-ep for "In Excelsis Deo".
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Hold On To The Memories, They Will Hold On To You by love_letters_to_fandom for onekisstotakewithme
Fandoms: The West Wing
27 Dec 2025
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CJ & Danny have a surprise, and have brought the Bartlets and Josh & Donna out to California for New Year's to tell them.