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Rating: TEEN-MATURE Completed: Feb. 10, 2005 Category: Angst/Drama Summary: A simple Friday afternoon errand takes an unexpected turn and has lasting ramifications for both Donna and Josh. Spoilers: Everything is fair game up through "Disaster Relief." It's canon up to that point, with one major exception: Sam's still around! There's no special background you need on that, just that he's still Deputy Communications Director and still his adorable self. Hey, I miss him, so I took a little artistic license. Author's Notes: All thanks and props go out to my beta Suzy, who is amazing, brilliant, splendiferous, and other nice things. If you enjoy this story, you owe it to her skillful eye and uncanny ability to keep me calm when I have a panic attack over the plot direction. Any errors or shortcomings that have managed to make it into the final draft are mine and mine alone. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 Rating: MATURE Completed: Oct. 2, 2005 Category: Post-Ep/Angst Summary: They were actually closing the book on Josh and Donna. No more chapters. No looking forward. No future. The End. Spoilers: Everything through "The Ticket." It's a post-ep for that. Author's Notes: This really just arose out of two freakin' amazing examples of nuanced acting from Brad Whitford and Janel Moloney. I've been waiting for like, oh, I don't know, I think the last several lifetimes for things to get better between these two, so I decided to see what would happen if I tried to expand upon this episode myself. It's little more than an exercise, and again, something of a departure from what I usually do. There's some angst and some fluff, but I just went where the impulse took me. I'd encourage not taking it too seriously…it's just meant to be a character exploration and hopefully a compelling read. Last and most, my heartfelt thanks to Suzy and Ro, who made it brighter, tighter, and smarter. |
