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1. Thorns, too by different_username

   Fandoms: The Thick of It (TV), In the Loop (2009) & The Thick of It  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sam Cassidy/Malcolm Tucker
   • Malcolm Tucker
   • Sam Cassidy
   • Jamie MacDonald
   • Ollie Reeder
   • Missing Scenes
   • sexual awakening
   • Copious amounts of potted plants
   • Malcolm being an oblivious disaster
   • Content Warnings Inside
   • Getting Together
   • Satsumas and coffee and biscuits

   Summary

   Sam looks at her boss in his dishevelled suit, with his hair more grey than brown now, and her heart hurts, because he must be so lonely. She wants to hold him and comfort him. To rub soothing circles on his back and run her fingers through his hair.

   Companion piece to 'Big Mouth'.

   Series

   • Part 2 of a bin bag of monster munch and a ribena

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,344

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   17

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

   269