Four West Wing Drabbles for tww100
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quaggyThe challenge for tww100 was "Rewind" which meant you could go back and write using any prompts. I got inspired and wrote these today.
tww100 was "Rewind" which meant you could go back and write using any prompts. I got inspired and wrote these today.Title: In Control
Author: Quaggy
Challenge # 143: Blue
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Sam/Ainsley
Notes: I can’t tell if Emily Proctor’s eyes are actually blue or more of a hazel like Janel Maloney’s… but we’re just going to pretend, ok? :-)
He isn’t the same man he was when he left this town. He is now totally confident and in control. He drove his firm’s agenda instead of being steered by it. He found a intelligent, ambitious woman to marry. He even managed to convince Josh to take a vacation.
He finds his downfall in a pair of blue eyes. All he’d been told about the new Senior Counsel was that she’s a Republican and a friend of Josh’s. He should’ve known. How many Republicans does Josh consider friends?
Well, the feeling of being in control was nice while it lasted.
Author: Quaggy
Challenge # 143: Blue
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Sam/Ainsley
Notes: I can’t tell if Emily Proctor’s eyes are actually blue or more of a hazel like Janel Maloney’s… but we’re just going to pretend, ok? :-)
He isn’t the same man he was when he left this town. He is now totally confident and in control. He drove his firm’s agenda instead of being steered by it. He found a intelligent, ambitious woman to marry. He even managed to convince Josh to take a vacation.
He finds his downfall in a pair of blue eyes. All he’d been told about the new Senior Counsel was that she’s a Republican and a friend of Josh’s. He should’ve known. How many Republicans does Josh consider friends?
Well, the feeling of being in control was nice while it lasted.
Title: Post-Administration Novelties
Author: Quaggy
Challenge #51: Post-Administration
Word Count: 100
Character: Jed Bartlet
His body had a tougher time adjusting than he did. After eight years, the abrupt end to all the stress messed up his system almost as much as its introduction did. He enjoys being able to wake up leisurely without the insistent sound of the telephone. Carrying cash again is a bit of a novelty. Pumping gas, however, is an outrage— but that’s due to the price tag rather than the task itself. The world still needs him warn his friends, his former inner circle, even his wife. But, for now, he’s enjoying the mundane existence of a private citizen.
Author: Quaggy
Challenge #51: Post-Administration
Word Count: 100
Character: Jed Bartlet
His body had a tougher time adjusting than he did. After eight years, the abrupt end to all the stress messed up his system almost as much as its introduction did. He enjoys being able to wake up leisurely without the insistent sound of the telephone. Carrying cash again is a bit of a novelty. Pumping gas, however, is an outrage— but that’s due to the price tag rather than the task itself. The world still needs him warn his friends, his former inner circle, even his wife. But, for now, he’s enjoying the mundane existence of a private citizen.
Title: End of The Road
Author: Quaggy
Challenge #16: "I’m just standing in the way."
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Kate / Will
I could follow him, but what could an ex-spy and former Deputy National Security Advisor do in Oregon? Not a lot of employment opportunities for people with my job skills over there.
He’ll stay if I ask. Use me as an excuse to duck the responsibility of a job he’s not really sure he wants. I can’t let that happen. Both for his sake and mine. I like him more than I’ve liked anyone for a very long time, but I’ve got to let him go.
He’s going to set the world on fire. I’m just standing in the way.
Author: Quaggy
Challenge #16: "I’m just standing in the way."
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Kate / Will
I could follow him, but what could an ex-spy and former Deputy National Security Advisor do in Oregon? Not a lot of employment opportunities for people with my job skills over there.
He’ll stay if I ask. Use me as an excuse to duck the responsibility of a job he’s not really sure he wants. I can’t let that happen. Both for his sake and mine. I like him more than I’ve liked anyone for a very long time, but I’ve got to let him go.
He’s going to set the world on fire. I’m just standing in the way.
Title: Weddings
Author: Quaggy
Challenge 135: Weddings
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Josh / Donna, CJ / Danny, Sam / Nameless Fiance
Sam’s wedding was splashy. There were ten bridesmaids, a huge guest list filled with major figures from the political, entertainment and broadcasting worlds, and full page articles in both InStyle and Vanity Fair.
CJ and Danny’s wedding was quiet. Vows were exchanged on the porch of the Bartlet’s New Hampshire home with a handful of close friends, barely a month after Danny proposed.
Josh and Donna didn’t have a wedding. They decided they’d waited long enough and snuck off during their lunch hour to the courthouse.
Some concentrate on the wedding. Others are more interested in the marriage that follows.
Author: Quaggy
Challenge 135: Weddings
Word Count: 100
Pairings: Josh / Donna, CJ / Danny, Sam / Nameless Fiance
Sam’s wedding was splashy. There were ten bridesmaids, a huge guest list filled with major figures from the political, entertainment and broadcasting worlds, and full page articles in both InStyle and Vanity Fair.
CJ and Danny’s wedding was quiet. Vows were exchanged on the porch of the Bartlet’s New Hampshire home with a handful of close friends, barely a month after Danny proposed.
Josh and Donna didn’t have a wedding. They decided they’d waited long enough and snuck off during their lunch hour to the courthouse.
Some concentrate on the wedding. Others are more interested in the marriage that follows.
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Date: 2006-06-05 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-06-05 10:27 am (UTC)Well, the feeling of being in control was nice while it lasted.
Very Sam, that. I can just see the look on his face.
Nice work!
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Date: 2006-06-06 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-06 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-06 10:46 pm (UTC)The Sam drabble was actually about thirty words longer in the first draft. What's absorbing about the 100 word drabbles is trying to get the word count down without changing your message.
But I suppose you're right, the concept of "In Control" would make a good longer fic... the other three, not so much. The problem is that I don't think I'm enough of a shipper to write a Sam / Ainsley fic. I don't really ship them at all. :-)
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Date: 2006-06-09 12:40 pm (UTC)Hee! I could so see him going on and on about that to people who've been paying the higher prices for the past 8 years!
Love that you got your court house wedding in :-)
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Date: 2006-06-09 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-19 03:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-08 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-04 11:40 pm (UTC)and the weddings thing? funny how i can never really imagine them *having* one. weird. but i'm glad someone else shares the sentiment.
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Date: 2009-03-09 02:29 am (UTC)Well, just because they weren't standing next together, doesn't mean they're not together! I mean, Josh and Donna weren't even standing in the same room! :-P
and the weddings thing? funny how i can never really imagine them *having* one. weird. but i'm glad someone else shares the sentiment.
I'm firmly in the "Josh and Donna sneak off to the courthouse on their lunch break". I've even wrote a full fic about it!