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Unspoken Attraction (1/1)
Category: Drama, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: The beginnings of a possible attraction between Ainsley and Sam.
Spoilers: "In This White House"
Return (1/1)
Category: Episode Related, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/7/01
Summary: This is, not so much a sequel, but happens in the same universe as Remorse.
Spoilers: "17 People"
Forever Me (1/1)
When It Works (1/1) - co-written with Luna
Adeste Fideles (6/6) High Treason (1/1)
Roo
We'll Be Fine, Okay? (1/1)
Waiting to Exhale (1/1)
B
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG 13 | Archived: 5/28/01
Summary Sam takes Ainsley to a family reunion in NC
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/7/01
Summary: We met Ainsley perfect family - here's Sam's highly disfunctional one. Sequel to Bi-Partisan Banter.
Spoilers: Anything with Ainsley
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Josh was right, there was fallout. Big fallout. Sequel to Payback.
Category: Romance, Episode Related, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/19/01
Summary: Sam visits Ainsley after Dateline airs.
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/28/01
Summary: Sam is called home to deal with a family crisis.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Payback's a bitch - or is it?
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/22/01
Summary: Response to 'why did they take so long to get the coffee?' challenge.
Spoilers: "17 People"
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: G | Archived: 11/2/01
Summary: The edge does not wait.
Spoilers: "On The Day Before"
Category: Drama
Rating: G | Archived: 10/4/01
Summary: "That's my office over there and the President works in that round room over there and nobody else really matters." Slash of a different sort. Sam/Jed.
Spoilers: "The Midterms"
Category: Episode-related, Drama, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 10/4/01
Summary: What did Sam say? Akin to a post-ep for "The Fall's Gonna Kill You."
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
C
Category: Drama, pre-White House, L, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/3/01
Summary: Drunk and cradling a pint glass, Sam wonders whether he should have asked his father if there was something he knew about relationships that no one else did.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, DM
Ratings: PG | Archived: 3/3/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/5/01
Summary: A sad and unexpected take on ITSO2G
Spoilers: ITSO2G 1&2
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/16/01
Summary: Sam muses after his run-in with a new perspective. Post-ep to "The Stackhouse Filibuster".
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going To Emergency, Somebody's Going To Jail"
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: G | Archived: 12/16/01
Summary: A little reassurance never hurts.
Category: Episode Related, SG
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/4/01
Summary: "And all you wanted was somebody who'd care ."
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Series, Romance, CJC
Rating: PG, language
Summary: Sam and CJ discover that there is more to each other as they start a relationship.
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/8/02
Summary: "Love is a leap, but I've never met anyone I could make the jump for."
Spoilers: "Manchester", "The Women of Qumar", the film "Kate and Leopold"
Category: Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/11/01
Summary: A little heart to heart can often do the most good. (Sam POV.)
Spoiler: "Manchester: Pt 1" "Lord John" "The Drop In" SGTE, SGTJ "In the Shadow..."
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/3/01
Summary: "A little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he..."
Spoiler: On the Day Before
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: Post Ep for Gone Quiet
Spoiler: Gone Quiet
Category: Romance, DM, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/11/01
Summary: A series of pranks that goes way too far.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "17 People"
Category: Drama
Rating: G | Archived: 7/9/01
Summary: Sam waits to leave for the President's post-Dateline press conference.
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Humor, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 7/10/01
Summary: I couldn't sleep, so I wouldn't let them either.
Category: Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/16/01
Summary: We all have our ways of coping. Some just aren't as healthy as others.
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/19/01
Summary: Sam muses about his wild past.
Category: Humor
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/10/01
Summary: A little Sam musing.
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/10/01
Summary: intentionally left blank
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/10/01
Summary: Sam's not having a good day and it's up to his friends to keep him sane.
Category: Drama, DC
Rating: G | Archived: 2/10/01
Summary: Danny helps Sam get over his writer's block.
Spoilers: "The Portland Trip"
Category: Romance, OFC
Rating: PG
Summary: She breezed in like a cold blast from the North and Sam's life will never be the same.
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/15/01
Summary: "Here cracks a noble heart."
Spoilers: Through Season 2
Category: Episode Related, Drama, Margaret
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/18/01
Summary: Hopes, efforts, ripped papers, and burger runs. Sam, Margaret, Inter-Manchester.
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/16/01
Summary: Well, that would destroy my story. Let's just say that on WW, there are couples supported by actions, couples we interpret as liking each other, and couples that only enter my twisted mind.
Category: Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/30/01
Summary: Some things just don't stay hidden. Sequel to From a Distance.
Category: Drama, Episode Related, Margaret
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/17/01
Summary: Not everything is all consuming. Some things twist and twine through everyday life.
Spoilers: "2 Cathedrals"
Category: Crossover Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/11/01
Summary: Lee and Amanda come out of retirement to help Sam find a hit man.
Category: Romance, Episode Related, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Sam and Donna get to know each other better.
Spoilers: "20 Hours in LA"
Category: Romance, DM
Rating: PG
Summary: Sequel to After Tonight.
Category: Romance, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/18/01
Summary: Donna thinks about Sam after "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/5/01
Summary: You give the people you love some latitude.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
D
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/17/01
Summary: "Take comfort in your friends..."
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: It seems we stood and talked like this, before.
Spoilers: "17 People"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: G | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: What fun would that be?
Spoilers: "In This White House"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: G | Archived: 1/1/01
Summary: They may not be so different.
Category: Drama
Rating: G | Archived: 4/14/01
Summary: Left blank.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen", "Noel"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/28/01
Summary: Some Sam musing.
Spoilers: Up through "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 7/5/01
Summary: Lord, deliver us!
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/3/01
Summary: "Why don't you change partners and then/ You may never want to change partners again"
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/12/01
Summary: A little watching from across a table at dinner.
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/28/01
Summary: "I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater/ And the party has now begun"
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/21/01
Summary: "I always wanted a relationship like theirs..."
Category: Romance, Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG
Summary: Companion stories alternating between CJ and Sam's point of views through the season's final arc, starting from "The Fall's Gonna Kill You".
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/21/01
Summary: A quiet sailing trip takes a dangerous turn, leaving Sam Seaborn's life hanging in the balance.
Spoilers: "Take This Sabbath Day" and "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"
Category: Drama, Episode Related, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam's fear of being a burden leads him down a dangerous road.
Spoilers: Big ones for "Noel"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/30/01
Summary: A presidential favour, a limousine trip, and Sam ends up in trouble.
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/4/01
Summary: Pre-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/12/01
Summary: Sequel to He's Your Father.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail".
Category: Drama, Challenge, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 6/22/01
Summary: A mistake in judgment could prove dangerous for Sam. Response to the pills challenge (2).
Spoilers: Takes place on the Saturday following "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
E
Category: Drama, Episode Related, Romance, Challenge, MOB, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "The best laid plans of mice and men do oft go astray." Response to challenge #12.
Spoilers: "Enemies", "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics", "What Kind Of Day Has It Been?"
Category: Death Story, Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/14/01
Summary: The characters react to an unforseen tragedy.
Spoilers: Post "Somebody's Going To Emergency, Somebody's Going To Jail", and "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, CJC
Rating: R | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: He finds her sometimes like this.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: "I want someone who's not afraid of me or anyone else. In other words, I want someone who's not afraid of themself."
Category: Romance, Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/21/01
Summary: "She forgets how to breathe."
Spoilers: Takes place during the car ride back from the Kennedy Center during "Galileo."
Category: Drama, CJC
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/30/01
Summary: "She wasn't surprised that this wasn't nearly enough to fix the shattered parts inside her."
Spoilers: Set two weeks after "Two Cathedrals".
Category: Humor, JL, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/5/01
Summary: "I can grill!" Josh whined. "I am a lean, mean grilling
machine."
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/23/01
Summary: The ramblings of a single guy.
Category: Slash/JL, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/19/01
Summary: Josh confronts Sam about a loss he doesn't want to face.
Category: Slash/JL, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/19/01
Summary: Josh's thoughts about Sam take an unexpected turn. Sequel to Warning: Contents Under Pressure.
Category: Humor, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/26/01
Summary: Kids today.
Spoilers: Minor one for "The Stackhouse Filibuster."
F
Category: Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/23/02
Summary: He needs to fix his own holes first...
Spoiler: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/23/01
Summary: Mallory helps Sam write his Dear Jackass letter. Sequel to Dear Jackass.
Category: Episode Related, Drama, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/16/01
Summary: Sam finds someone who can relate. Post-ep to "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail".
Spoilers: "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail" and "The Stackhouse Filibuster"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/25/02
Summary: I find a need to be the demon/A demon cannot be hurt. (Song by Guster.)
Spoilers: Through "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/16/02
Summary: There's nothing more depressing than throwing it all away.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/29/01
Summary: There are so many colors in the flower, and I see every one.
Spoilers: Through "Manchester"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Where does Mallory go when she can't fall asleep?
Spoilers: "He Shall from Time to Time", "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Someone isn't feeling well...
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/7/01
Summary: The journey of a wordsmith... With apologies to Harry Chapin.
Spoilers: "The Portland Trip"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, L
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/19/01
Summary: Lessons learned... the hard way.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You", "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/5/02
Summary: He's had a bit of a life.
Spoilers: Through "Bartlet for America"
Category: Episode Related, Romance, MOB, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: What Sam's really thinking.
Spoilers: Pilot, "Take This Sabbath Day", "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "Lies Damn Lies and Statistics", "In This White House", "Galileo", "17 People"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/1/01
Summary: Sam Seaborn, the Patron Saint of... yeah. Lost Causes.
Spoilers: Through "The Women of Qumar"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: G | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: He could be the perfect partner. He could take it in his stride. He won't have to lead or follow. Perfect partner by her side.
Category: Romance, Holiday, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/1/01
Summary: Mallory has a plan.
Spoilers: "Galileo"
Category: Romance, Episode Related, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/7/01
Summary: Sam vents about politics, family, and life in general.
Spoilers: Pilot, "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", "Galileo", "The Leadership Breakfast", "The Drop In"
Category: Romance, MOB, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/6/01
Summary: It's not what you think.
Spoilers: Through "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, MOB
Summary: Sequel to Insomnia.
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Spoilers: Pilot, "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"
Category: Series, Drama, Romance, pre-White House, L, JL
Rating: PG
Summary: The history of Sam and Lisa, with a little Josh, Leo and Bartlet on the side.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Drama, Romance, MOB
Summary: A holiday tale...
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Spoilers: "20 Hours in L.A.", "In This White House"
Category: Drama, Original Character, pre-White House, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam and Josh are on a long flight to Dublin, Ireland for preliminary work on peace talks. While on the long flight, Sam can't stop thinking about his past. This is told entirely from Sam's point of view and takes place after "Chance Meetings" and "It's Not Over Till It's Over." (These stories can be found on the big TWW Archive.)
Category: Drama, L
Rating: PG | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: It started with a little pink plastic jewel ring.
Spoilers: Pilot, "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
G
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: G
Summary: Sam has one more phone call to make...
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: Death Story, Drama, Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/14/01
Summary: Set in the future. Inspired by the James Taylor song (see title).
Category: Episode Related, Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/27/01
Summary: Ainsley helps get Sam through the events in "Two Cathedrals".
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Humor, TZ, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/24/01
Summary: Sam and Josh team up to curtail Toby's ball throwing habit.
Spoilers: Minor one for "Ellie"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/23/01
Summary: A chance meeting helps move things forward in Sam's love life...
Spoilers: Mallory and Ainsley episodes.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/29/01
Summary: Sam is told about the President's illness and goes to see Ainsley afterwards...
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Drama, Challenge, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/20/02
Summary: Sorry, no one dies in this story. Response to challenge # 21.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Romance, AH, JL/DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/13/01
Summary: Sam and Josh drown their sorrows while Ainsley and Donna bond.
Spoilers: "And It's Surely to Their Credit", "The Lame Duck Congress", "Bartlet's Third State of the Union", "The War at Home"
Category: Romance, AH, JL, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/13/01
Summary: Josh and Sam decide to tag along on Donna and Ainsley's double date--without being invited. Sequel to Nothing Will Ever Come of It.
H
Category: Episode Related, Drama, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/15/01
Summary: Sam and CJ, in a short missing scene in Manchester.
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/20/01
Summary: Sam ponders. Post-ep for "The Fall's Gonna Kill You".
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Drama, LS
Rating: G | Archived: 1/29/02
Summary: Sam. Lisa. Sam and Lisa. Coffee.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of the Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: He didn't get shot. His best friend did.
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?", "In the Shadow of the Two Gunmen"
I
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/12/01
Summary: Sam muses about his relationship with his boss.
Spoilers: Through "Bartlet's Third State of the Union"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam has a Q&A session at Princeton while Judge Mendoza causes another problem for the White House.
Spoilers: "Celestial Navigation"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/12/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: "By day, they churn butter..."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen", "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Episode Related, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/25/01
Summary: Post-ep to "The Drop-In".
Category: Romance, DM
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Two friends turn to each other for comfort, and an unlikely romance blossoms.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen", "The Midterms"
J
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Episode Related, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: An ongoing series of self-contained stories that interweave both with canon West Wing storylines and each other.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Humor
Rating: PG-13 | Archived 1/4/01
Summary: Sam's a popular guy. Everyone thinks so.
Spoiler: Bad Moon Rising
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Things always seem worse in the middle of the night.
Spoilers: "Noel"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/8/01
Summary: Sam looks for a second chance. (Song "Part Two" by Brad Paisley)
Spoilers: Pilot, "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet", "Lies Damn Lies and Statistics", "What Kind of Day Has It Been", "Galileo"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/8/01
Summary: Sam reminisces about his relationship with Ainsley.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/26/01
Summary: Valentine's Day.
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam has an early morning emergency.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Personal problems don't wait for when it's convenient.
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 3/19/01
Summary: Even Sinatra said, "Man, the cocaine is too much."
Note: This story is a sequel to a decidedly non-Sam-centric but very good piece called Where I Lived, and What I Lived For which was written by both Jessica and Luna.
Category: Humor, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: "We're going to write this speech."
Category: Romance, OFC
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sam is presented with memories and people from his pre-White House years.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/23/01
Summary: Some wounds are old, some are new. But they'll never heal if you keep scratching at them.
Spoilers: Anything with Mallory or Ainsley, plus maybe "The Leadership Breakfast."
K
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG
Summary: Response to a challenge to explain Sam's pill-popping during the Al Kiefer lunch.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Re-writing Rosslyn and the aftermath if Sam had been shot instead of Josh. "Travesty" - let's say it together.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/14/02
Summary: His office is colder now.
Spoilers: "H.Con-172"
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/3/01
Summary: He doesn't think that's home.
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/8/01
Summary: Response to Roo's post-ep challenge.
Spoilers: "The Drop In"
Category: Challenge, Drama, general
Rating: R (language) | Archived: 11/5/01
Summary: Somebody's going to emergency. Somebody's going to jail.
Spoilers: Through "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Note: This is also in response to a one-part cliffhanger challenge. Which means it ends with a cliffhanger. You've been warned.
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/17/02
Summary: They're never going to reach the stars.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/18/01
Summary: You gotta learn to read the signs.
Spoilers: Through "Bartlet for America"
Category: Drama, JL, TZ, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Josh isn't having a merry Thanksgiving.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/5/01
Summary: "And with no language but a cry."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: R (language) | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: Go back to the beginning.
Category: Drama, JL, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/24/01
Summary: You know what they say about looks.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/2/01
Summary: There are some things you can count on. Pre-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail".
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Post-Ep to "Noel".
Spoilers: "Noel"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/17/01
Summary: Why people do the things they do. But not quite so universal. This is more why Sam calls his father and why he goes to Josh's office for a banana in "The Stackhouse Filibuster".
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/28/02
Summary: He's been on the shore.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/11/01
Summary: In this office...
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals" - seriously.
Category: Drama, pre-White House, JL, L
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Possible history for Josh, Sam and Lisa but not really, because it's totally wrong.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen", "The Crackpots and These Women"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/11/01
Summary: "Here's a night pities neither wise men nor fools."
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Episode Related, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/30/01
Summary: "We are what we repeatedly do."
Spoilers: "The Women of Qumar"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/17/01
Summary: Not with a bang or a whimper. (Missing scene from "Two Cathedrals.")
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/2/01
Summary: (do something, have to do something)
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: Missing Scene from "The Leadership Breakfast"
Spoilers: Go on and guess.
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/12/01
Summary: "Be subject to one another."
Spoilers: "War Crimes"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/24/01
Summary: Two guys, a beer, a telephone conversation.
Spoilers: "The Drop In"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, Cathy
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/6/01
Summary: Not everything changes.
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, Episode Related, AB, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/6/01
Summary: "We don't know what the injury count is, yet."
Spoilers: It's kind of a post-ep to "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: "These are fractious times." Sequel to Something Wicked.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Drama, Cathy
Rating: G | Archived: 2/15/01
Summary: "She's like my younger sister, except she gets paid. And she frightens me. But I love her." Sequel to Third Man Down.
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/1/01
Summary: "I think you're missing the point of Halloween."
Category: Episode Related, AH
Rating: G | Archived: 1/17/02
Summary: Sometimes what isn't said is louder than what is.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Drama, L, JL
Rating: PG-13 | archived: 12/28/01
Summary: Christmas time brings bad memories for Sam.
Spoiler: ITSO2G, 6 Meetings Before Lunch, Enemies, Five Votes Down
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/8/01
Summary: Sam talks on the phone and finds out too much. Pre-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sequel to Solitude with Dignitude.
Category: Drama, Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/4/01
Summary: "He claims he's fine, but I know damn well he's not…After all, he's
got a really bad poker face."
Spoiler: "Noel"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/17/01
Summary: Missing scene from "Manchester".
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: "He's the one who got us where we are right now. Not Bruno. Leo."
Spoiler: The Indians in the Lobby
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/26/01
Summary: Nadie es leal.
Spoilers: "Ways and Means"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/9/02
Summary: "Let's take a bet on how long it's gonna take them to tell us what the HELL is going on here because, after all, it's not like we need to know."
Spoilers: "H. Con-172"
Category: Drama, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/30/01
Summary: Delayed reaction.
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Post-ep for "Noel"
Spoilers: "Noel"
Category: Episode Related, LS
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/16/02
Summary: "Look what can happen if you put all your effort and resources into something."
Spoiler: 100,000 Airplanes
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Mallory sees the picture of Sam and Laurie.
Spoilers: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics", Pilot
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: "As much as it pained him, he wanted out. He wanted out so desperately that he couldn't fathom sticking around even another five DAYS, let alone five YEARS."
Category: Drama, MOB, LM
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: A hard time for Sam leads him to do less than good things. And Mallory’s help is unwelcome in his eyes.
Category: Drama, JL, MOB
Rating: PG-13 | Archived:1/13/01
Summary: Sometimes, new challenges confront us…Sometimes, we confront them
Category: Episode related, LS
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/16/02
Summary: "I used to be so entranced by her..."
Spoiler: 100,000 Airplanes
Category: Drama, L, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/09/01
Summary: "You don't want her mad at you for all eternity, do you?" Sequel to Wherever You Will Go
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/3/01
Summary: So now here I am, being treated like the kid sitting in the front of the classroom answering questions and doing work while the rest of the class snickers because there's a big ol' "Kick Me" sign on his back.
Spoilers: "The Drop In"
Category: Drama, Episode Related, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/28/02
Summary: "You're a good deputy, Sam…"
Spoiler: 100,000 Airplanes
Category: Cross-over with "Crossing Over with John Edward", MOB, LM
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Companion to Of Love and Loss.
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/05/02
Summary: "'Guys like you'…I'm one of 'em."
Spoiler: "Two Bartlets"
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/29/01
Summary: Josh can't hold his liquor.
Category: Episode Related, JL, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/2/01
Summary: Sam drowns his sorrows.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Mallory reflects upon her meeting with Sam again.
Spoilers: Pilot, "Mr. Willis of Ohio", "Enemies", "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" (all minor), "Galileo"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Mallory tries to fall asleep.
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/15/01
Summary: Abby remembers. Sequel to Unspoken.
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Lady and the Tramp as adapted to Sam and Mallory
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: A lonely man in the bar describes a conversation he overhears between two friends.
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/7/01
Summary: "A good reason not to outlaw the penny?"
Spoiler: War Crimes
Category: Romance, Episode Related, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Post-ep to "Galileo". Sam/Mal. Need I say more?
Spoilers: "Galileo"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/3/01
Summary: Sam goes to see Mal in community theater.
Spoilers: "Galileo"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam’s thoughts as he watches Josh struggle to stay alive.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/1/01
Summary: "These things were not lost in vain. These things... they were lost for a cause..."
Spoilers: "On the Day Before"
Category: Drama, Romance, MOB, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Mallory is the victim of a school shooting.
Spoilers: "6 Meetings Before Lunch", "Enemies"
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/30/01
Summary: Whether or not to protect special friends that Zoey can't know about.
Spoiler: Women of Qumar
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/17/01
Summary: "I remember we used to have morals...they must be around here somewhere..."
Spoilers: "Gone Quiet"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/29/01
Summary: Sam comes to an understanding about the Victor Campos meeting.
Spoilers: "Ways and Means"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Despite spoilers we’ve received, and the fact that the show must go on... a season one finale.
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/6/01
Summary: Sequel to the story Adeste Fideles
Category: Drama, pre-White House, JL, L
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: The end of Sam and Lisa. From Josh's POV.
Category: Drama, Romance, MOB
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Intentionally left blank, but it's from Mallory's POV.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: We all know history repeats itself...
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Decisions have to be made.
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam reflects in the wake of the shooting at the Newseum.
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/11/01
Summary: "They talk like it was done openly and honestly, like we were all brought into the Oval Office... Like it wasn't done in deceit and dishonesty and secrecy."
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: "But no matter how strategic my words were, no matter how much I tried to control my tone of voice, she still ended up looking up at me with those sad, dark, questioning eyes that blinked back tears.'
Category: Romance, MOB, AB
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/11/01
Summary: Abby reflects.
Category: Drama, LS, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/31/02
Summary: "But adventure calls/with unknown voices/pulling you away/be careful or you may regret/the choice you make someday..."
Spoiler: 100,000 Airplanes
Category: Drama, L, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/3/01
Summary: "And maybe I'll find out/A way to make it back someday/To watch you,
to guide you/Through the darkest of your days"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/12/02
Summary: "This book makes us look pretty bad."
Spoilers: "H. Con-172"
Category: Humor, Romance, MOB, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/22/01
Summary: Sam and Josh have a little fun, and they get a little punishment.
Spoilers: All Mallory episodes, "The Crackpots and These Women", "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/3/02
Summary: Sam discovers the Piano Man... and a lady in waiting.
Spoilers: All Mallory episodes, "And It's Surely to Their Credit"
Category: Romance, MOB
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 7/5/01
Summary: Mal and Sam go on a date, with some interesting developments. Sequel to Another Slice of Cheese.
Spoilers: All Mallory eps, "The Crackpots and These Women", "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/16/01
Summary: Mallory appears in Sam's office to offer him comfort, friendship, and a hint of something else.
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/1/01
Summary: "I am not a child...but I am an easy target."
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/1/01
Summary: Sam muses.
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Episode Related, Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/9/01
Summary: Sam's POV during "Bartlet's Third State of the Union".
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Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG
Summary: Sam falls hard for exactly the wrong person.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Sometimes it takes only little time to fall in love.
Spoilers: "In This White House"
Category: Romance, Episode Related, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/9/02
Summary: Set after "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail". After the exhausting day, Sam seeks comfort from the one person he knows can help. But he never expected what was made that night.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/23/02
Summary: A snowy night, icy roads and suddenly two lives hang in the balance.
Category: Romance, AH, J/D
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/22/01
Summary: A long talk between two friends make them understand that they just might be the luckiest men in the world.
Category: Romance, Episode Related, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/10/01
Summary: After "Two Cathedrals".
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Drama/Humor, Mrs. Landingham, CJC, DC
Rating: G | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Response to dancing challenge.
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/26/01
Summary: Follow-up to the Necessary Measures Series.
Category: Drama, OFC
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: A wave of giggles came over me but I drew no stares from the other patrons littered through a bar named Seventh Circle.
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Romance, Series, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/19/01
Summary: Follow-up series to the I Hope You Dance stories.
Spoilers: Though Season Two
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/3/01
Summary: "Promise me you'll give fate a fighting chance."
Category: Romance, Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG
Summary: Companion stories alternating between CJ and Sam's point of views through the season's final arc, starting from "The Fall's Gonna Kill You".
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Romance, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/25/01
Summary: Sequel to the Hello, Dollface Series.
Spoilers: Through season two, but not the MS scandal.
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/16/01
Summary: Thus started a long line of promises to myself and who I would turn out to be.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/24/01
Summary: Response to a challenge which asks what happened between Sam and Ainsley that is causing Sam's writer's block and what and how did he cure it?
Spoilers: "The Portland Trip" and "The Lame Duck Congress"
Category: Romance, Challenge, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/26/01
Summary: Sam and Ainsley are stuck in the basement during a thunderstorm.
Spoilers: all Ainsley episodes
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/19/01
Summary: When Sam gets sick, he knows he has a 'big brother' to count on to help him.
Category: Drama, DM
Rating: G | Archived: 5/22/01
Summary: Someone asks someone else to help the other one get home.
Category: Drama, Episode Related, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/14/01
Summary: Sam helps Toby get through a rough night. Post-ep for "17 People."
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/3/01
Summary: Sam’s thoughts after the events that took place in “Noel”
Spoilers: "Noel"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Sam's reaction to finding out about Jed's MS. Post-ep for TFGKY.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG
Summary: He loves her. Now what?
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Series, Romance, CJC
Rating: PG
Summary: C.J. and Sam's friendship could turn into something more.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/25/01
Summary: How does Sam react when his father makes an unexpected visit? This all takes place on Saturday, after SGtE, SGtJ ended.
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: AU, Drama, OFC, general
Rating: R
Summary: Sam's friends and family learn what he's been keeping from them. First person-POV series dealing with a difficult period in Sam's life.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Drama, AU, OFC
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, cracks form in the walls.
Spoilers: Through "Bartlet for America"
Category: Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/2/02
Summary: "There are moments in time when you just know that things are going to happen."
Spoilers: Through "On The Day Before"
Category: Drama, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/10/01
Summary: "A sudden smell and a certain view sparked a case of deja vu...."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/18/01
Summary: There's this whole complicated process. We should appreciate that.
Category: Episode Related, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/25/01
Summary: Post-ep to "The Drop-In". We've got to pull together.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: G | Archived: 1/1/01
Summary: They may not be so different.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG
Summary: Valentine's Day.
Category: Episode Related, Drama, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Boom. Wham. Zip. Zowie.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam has an early morning emergency.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Personal problems don't wait for when it's convenient.
Category: Episode Related, Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/1/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Slash/JL, pre-White House, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: You say you're off to the mountain top...
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/25/01
Summary: Down these mean streets a man must go.
Spoilers: "Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/9/01
Summary: "Not knowing everything is all that makes it okay, sometimes."
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: Vignette - "The freedom of the open sea"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/21/01
Summary: How to make breakfast.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "The Fall's Gonna Kill You", "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 3/15/01
Summary: Doubt in a familiar place.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: G | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: No shop talk.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/25/01
Summary: People say I'm crazy, doing what I'm doing. Sequel to Jessica's Small Change.
Category: Humor, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: "We're going to write this speech."
Category: Drama, Humor, (very) Pre-White House
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/15/01
Summary: Homework.
Co-Written by Josh
Category: Romance, L
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/13/01
Summary: "Each iteration demonstrates increasing complexity."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, L, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam rediscovers the comfort and love of his former fiancee in the aftermath of "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, L, JL
Rating: PG-13, possibly R for Violence | Archived: 2/4/01
Summary: A Washington murder-mystery in the midst of the Bartlet re-election campaign entangles, Sam, Josh and the Crew. Sequel to Comfort Through Trials.
Category: Drama, Future, AU, L, JL
Rating: R | Archived: 2/25/01
Summary: Sam runs for President. Sequel to Fade to Black.
Category: Drama, AU, Future, L, JL
Rating: R | Archived: 3/21/01
Summary: The United States finds itself on the brink of war as President Seaborn and his Senior Staff grapple with more pressing issues. Sequel to King of the Mountain.
Category: Drama, AU, Future, L, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 3/26/01
Summary: An epilogue to the Josh, Lisa, Sam stories. Sequel to The God of War.
Category: Slash/JL, Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/14/02
Summary: "Want to put on our coats, scarves and mittens and go play in the snow?"
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Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/4/01
Summary: Post-ep "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail".
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Most people don't like facing their mortality. Some find out they have no choice.
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/13/01
Summary: An explanation of how Sam learned something he didn't want to know from a slightly different point of view.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/4/01
Summary: Like taking an umbrella to make sure it doesn't rain, you write your best friend's obituary to keep him from dying before you get home.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: "He's good. He's fine. He's doing great. But he's not the only one to still hear the sirens."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of two Gunmen", "Noel"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: "But you've both seen the worst of each other, and you can go through this like you went through everything else."
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Slash/JL, Romance
Rating: G | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: A lazy sunday morning. Short, Sam POV.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: G | Archived: 6/20/01
Summary: Sam and Ainsley take a break. The title explains itself.
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: The staff tries to deal with Mrs. Landingham's death.
Spoilers: Set during "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Episode Related, Romance, AH
Rating: PG
Summary: Sam and Ainsley's changing relationship during the MS storyline arc.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Drama/Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/7/02
Summary: The West Wing is once again educated in the value of Fire Safety.
Spoilers: "The Leadership Breakfast"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/16/01
Summary: The Senior Staff takes a sailing trip in Bermuda.
Spoilers: Better understood with knowledge of season 2, particularly "The Leadership Breakfast", "Noel", and "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Series, Drama, Romance, CJC
Rating: PG
Summary: A developing romance between Sam and CJ
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Interactive Angst (see note on story), Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Sam's first days back after vacation don't go as planned.
Category: Drama, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/30/01
Summary: Another bad day in Sam's life.
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/24/01
Summary: Sam learns why Toby seems newly fascinated with toys.
Spoilers: Minor one for "Ellie"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/9/01
Summary: Sequel of sorts to Revisting the Past.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/6/01
Summary: The White House Staff deals with Bioterrorism.
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/1/01
Summary: A little post-ITSOTG angst.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/16/01
Summary: A friend in need...
Category: Episode Related, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/14/01
Summary: Post-ep "17 People"
Category: Drama, JL, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/26/01
Summary: Road trip.
Spoilers: Through season two.
Category: Drama, general
Rating: G | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: When Sam falls ill, his work mates remember their first meetings with him.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/25/01
Summary: Sam from Ainsley's POV.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/25/01
Summary: Ainsley from Sam's POV - a companion piece to Thoughts of Confusion.
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/25/01
Summary: Ainsley ponders Sam's passion (Ainsley's POV). Sequel to Thoughts of Confusion.
Category: Drama, General
Rating: PG | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: Sam and Josh are caught in a hotel fire.
Spoilers: Everything up through "The Leadership Breakfast" (set two days later)
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG
Summary: It's been a month and a half since the fire and well, nobody likes the new daily routines. Sequel to Ghosts in the Smoke.
Category: Drama, Romance, LS, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/29/02
Summary: The price of reaching for the stars from the perspective of someone who was left behind.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Drama, OFC, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 6/15/01
Summary: An old friend of Sam's returns, bringing up buried issues for Josh and Sam just as the Bartlet Administration is faced with increasing troubles in Congress and a surprise attack from an old adversary. (This story is novel-length.)
Spoilers: "The Drop In", "The Leadership Breakfast", "Noel", "The Midterms", "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/8/01
Summary: Sam talks to his father. Post-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Romance, DM
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/4/02
Summary: "Maybe this year will be better than the last."
Category: Drama, L, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/7/01
Summary: Sometimes even after you've said goodbye, it's hard to let go.
Spoilers: Minor ones for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" and "In This White House"
Category: Drama, L, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: " He had moved on with his life and had even found love again, but in one moment he realised how much he had needed to say one last goodbye." Sequel to A Chapter Closes.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" and "Bartlet's Third State of the Union".
Category: Romance, DM
Rating: PG
Summary: Donna and Sam's relationship changes forever after one forbidden moment.
Spoilers: listed individually
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Category: Drama, pre-White House, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 11/4/01
Summary: 1984 Democratic Elections
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 10/23/01
Summary: Post - ITSOTG moment.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Drama, Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Ainsley is sent to deal with a certain bad-boy congressman.
Spoilers: "In This White House", "And It's Surely to Their Credit", "The Lame Duck Congress"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: Continuing where Into the Jungle left off - with both Congressman Patterson and Sam and Ainsley's relationship.
Category: Episode Related, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/19/01
Summary: Sam looks for someone to talk to.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "18th and Potomac", small ones for "The Leadership Breakfast"
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Category: Drama, L, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam's ex-fiancée comes back to town, just as his relationship with Mallory is heating up.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Tyler spends his first Thanksgiving with his father. Sequel to His World Turned Upside Down
Spoilers: "In This White House"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Excerpts from the private Journal of the former Deputy Communications Director to President Josiah Bartlet are revealed here for the first time.
Spoilers: "The Drop-In", "18th and Potomac" and "Two Cathedrals".
Category: Slash/JL, Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: This was originally written for the June challenge which was to involve children in some manner. Since father/son relationships have been pretty important to both characters, what if...
Spoilers: Pilot, "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" , "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail".
Category: Slash/JL, Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/24/01
Summary: When Larry shows up at the White House, mass confusion
ensues, and the boys learn a lesson in parenthood.
Category: Slash/JL, Romance
Rating: PG | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: They're baaack! Two men and a baby are on the road to only Toby knows where. Sequel to In My Son's Eyes.
Spoilers: "Crackpots and These Women", 'Celestial Navigation' and "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, TZ, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/15/01
Summary: Post-traumatic stress has far reaching effects.
Spoilers: "Noel"
Category: Challenge, Drama, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/19/01
Summary: Response to challenge #6. Toby has a medical crisis. How will Sam react?
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/06/01
Summary: Suffice it to say, Sam was not having a merry Christmas.
Spoiler: ITSO2G, Noel, SGTE,SGTJ, War Crimes
Category: Drama, pre-White House, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Exploring the path that brought Sam and the others to the
White House.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Episode Related, Drama, TZ
Rating: G | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Sam's reaction after his meeting with the President and Leo.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: G | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: "It's just that there are some things you're certain of in life."
Spoilers: "17 People", "The Fall's Gonna Kill You", "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, LM
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/2/02
Summary: Leo, Sam, and a big block of cheese. A post-ep.
Spoilers: "100,000 Airplanes"
Category: Episode Related, Humor, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/7/01
Summary: She may have seen a peach there, and later he would watch her eat it.
Spoilers: "17 People"
Category: Humor, General
Rating: G | Archived: 3/13/01
Summary: CJ, Sam, Ainsley, filet of sole, Toby, a raft, some other people, and a room with a glass door, in the great tradition of experimental dinner theater.
Category: Drama, Humor, DM, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/2/02
Summary: It's lobsters and Sam.
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Category: Series, Drama, L, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: How does Sam cope when he loses his fiancée?
Category: Episode Related, Drama, TZ, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/3/01
Summary: The staffers try to cope with the death of a friend.
Spoilers: "What Kind of Day Has It Been?"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: R (Violence) | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: The brother of Simon Cruz ("Take this Sabbath Day") is back to seek revenge on the White House staffers.
Spoilers: "Take This Sabbath Day"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sam is the victim of a drunk driver.
Category: Drama, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Ainsley finally learns the identity of the gorgeous man she "stalks".
Spoilers: "And It's Surely to Their Credit"
Category: Drama, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Something's wrong with Sam
Category: Slash/TZ, Romance
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Sam has a secret.
Category: Humor, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam and Josh's mundane late night trip to the ice-cream store turns out to be an interesting one.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam is not having a good day.
Category: Humor, MOB, LM, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Mallory invites her parents over for dinner. Poor Sam.
Spoilers: Little ones for any episodes with Mallory or Jenny.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: It's the hottest day of the hottest at DC, and everything Sam does seems to go the wrong way.
Category: Humor, Romance, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam can't sleep.
Category: Humor, JL, CJC
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam and Josh try to drown their sorrows.
Spoilers: "Galileo"
Category: Humor, MOB
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam pays Mallory a late night visit.
Category: Humor
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam finds out the secret plan that Mrs. Landingham and the VP plots together.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/4/01
Summary: Well, S.A.M. stands for Secret Agent Man - what more do you need to know?
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam is having a horrible week, and it is about to get worse.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam has an emergency speech writing session.
Category: Humor, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/010
Summary: "They're he-ere." "They may be." That's a quote from the X-Files, just so you know, from waaaaaay back in the totally rockin' first season.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of 2 Gunmen"
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Everyone forgets Sam's birthday.
Category: Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Sam and Toby have a boxing match.
Category: Series, Romance, AH
Rating: PG
Summary: Sam and Ainsley's thoughts on the events of the past couple of days.
Spoilers: All Ainsley episodes
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Ainsley's doing a favor for her sister and Sam agrees to help, not knowing what he's getting himself into.
Category: Series, Drama, CJC, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: Series of Sam and CJ friendship stories.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Drama, Challenge, JH
Rating: R (Language) | Archived: 6/12/01
Summary: While on a short road trip, a character all-too-rarely seen on the show spends some quality time with Sam Seaborn. An answer to Red's neglected characters challenge.
Spoilers: Through "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, Death Story, JL, TZ, CJC
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/23/01
Summary: An answer to Red’s "Neglected Characters" challenge: A minor character reflects on some changes in his life and an important experience involving Sam.
Spoilers: ITSOTG, Noel. Just for the record, Bob Shanahan has been mentioned twice on the show (ITSOTG, Noel), but his title/job/duties have never been stated, nor has the mysterious man ever appeared on screen.
Category: Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/21/01
Summary: Dithyrambic: any wild frenzied or emotional speech or writing.
Spoilers: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
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Category: Slash/JL, Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: If the flight was supposed to land at midnight "local time," Josh didn't go home until after 3 a.m. A little late-night phone action seemed in order.
Spoilers: "The Portland Trip"
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Episode Related
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 10/5/01
Summary: "Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here." Or, what do you get if you throw a hundred lawyers overboard?
Spoilers: "Take This Sabbath Day"
Category: Humor, General
Rating: G | Archived: 3/13/01
Summary: CJ, Sam, Ainsley, filet of sole, Toby, a raft, some other people, and a room with a glass door, in the great tradition of experimental dinner theater.
Category: Slash/JL, Drama, Pre-White House
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: In 1989, to the soundtrack of bad 80s rock, Sam met Josh in jail.
Category: Drama, Humor, DM, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/2/02
Summary: It's lobsters and Sam.
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/13/01
Summary: "The balance had shifted and Sam was back at the shore while everyone else had boarded the ship."
Spoilers: Two Cathedrals
Category: Slash/JL, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 8/16/01
Summary: "Life just kept throwing him curveballs, and he'd never been that good a catcher."
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Slash/JL, Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: "The wind so cold it burns/ you're burning out."
Spoilers: "18th and Potomac"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/01
Summary: The staff considers this and that, and waits for the news that might come.
Spoilers: "Galileo"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/01
Summary: The conversation continues.
Spoilers: "In this White House"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Bad Moon Rising"
Category: Episode Related, Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/01
Summary: Sam and Josh vs. a pumpkin pie.
Spoilers: "Shibboleth"
Category: Episode Related, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/9/01
Summary: After "17 People," the ice begins to melt.
Spoilers: "17 People"
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 2/1/01
Summary: Sam tries to write a speech.
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/19/01
Summary: After "Two Cathedrals," the staff bounces around ignoring a pending grand jury investigation.
Spoilers: "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Episode Related, Humor, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 3/1/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Ellie"
Category: Episode Related, LM, DM, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 11/10/01
Summary: Post-ep "War Crimes"
Spoilers: "War Crimes"
Category: Episode Related, Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: Post-ep to "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: Episode Related, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/30/01
Summary: Post-ep to "The Drop-In".
Category: Drama, general
Rating: G | Archived: 7/9/01
Summary: Sam and Ainsley try to nail down a tricky veto statement for a popular bill, while elsewhere in the world a newly brokered mid-east peace deal begins to fall apart.
Category: Drama
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/16/02
Summary: And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me, he'd grown up just like me. My boy was just like me.
Spoilers: From "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, DM, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 5/17/01
Summary: "I'll be here in the office when you're done." A post-TFGKY, fill-in-the-missing-scene ficlet.
Spoilers: "17 People", "Bad Moon Rising", "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"
Category: AU, Drama, OFC, general
Rating: R
Summary: Sam's friends and family learn what he's been keeping from them. First person-POV series dealing with a difficult period in Sam's life.
Spoilers: listed individually
Category: Humor, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: "This is a whole new side of you, Sam, a whole new depth to your geekiness. I mean, I knew you were a nerd, but this--this defies all expectation."
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/21/01
Summary: Sam's acting evasive. Josh wants to find out why.
Spoilers: "20 Hours in LA"
Category: Episode Related, JL
Rating: PG | Archived: 1/20/02
Summary: Sam receives a surprise phone call and a visit from a friend.
Spoilers: "Take This Sabbath Day"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: Post-ep to "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL, TZ
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/15/01
Summary: Post-Ep to "Take This Sabbath Day".
Category: Episode Related, Drama, general
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 2/4/01
Summary: How does Sam react to Leo's dressing down in "He Shall, From Time to Time"?
Spoilers: "He Shall, From Time to Time"
Category: Drama, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 12/14/01
Summary: Sam goes into the dark and a friend needs to help pull him out.
Spoilers: "Manchester"
Category: Episode Related, Drama, JL
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/28/01
Summary: Sam's reaction to the events of "Noel".
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", "Noel"
Category: Crossover, "Quantum Leap"
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 9/21/01
Summary: A little over a year after Rossyln another incident occurs taking Sam's life and that of one other. This starts a chain of events that lead not only the nation but the world down a dangerous path. Dr. Sam Beckett leaps in to try and right that wrong.
Spoilers: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", "Noel"
Category: Drama, Episode Related, TZ
Rating: PG | Archived: 6/30/01
Summary: When the staff gets back to the White House after the press conference, Sam slips away to be on his own. Toby finds him and they talk.
Spoilers: Through "Two Cathedrals"
Category: Drama, Romance, L
Rating: PG | Archived: 7/3/01
Summary: "She said baby, it's three am I must be lonely." (Song by Matchbox20.)
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
Category: Humor, CJC, JL
Rating: G | Archived: 6/10/01
Summary: A day out on the ocean blue.
Spoilers: "Take this Sabbath Day", "Take out the Trash Day"
Category: Humor, Holiday, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/31/00
Summary: The staffers try to make Thanksgiving Dinner.
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Category: Episode Related, Romance, AH
Rating: PG | Archived: 4/7/01
Summary: Post-ep "17 People"
Spoilers: "17 People", "In This White House", "Bartlet's Third State of the Union"
Category: Romance, AH
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 4/26/01
Summary: Ainsley sends Sam a card.
Spoilers: All Ainsley episodes.
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Category: Humor, CJC
Rating: PG
Summary: Who would have guessed?
Category: Drama, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 10/24/01
Summary: Sam begins writing a fundraising speech and trouble ensues.
Category: Drama, LM
Rating: PG-13 | Archived: 1/11/02
Summary: Possible explication of why Sam took pills, uses glasses and his stoic behavior.
Spoilers: "20 Hours in L.A.", "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"
Category: Drama, Episode Related, general
Rating: PG | Archived: 12/26/01
Summary: For Morgan Ross the discussion is not over.
Spoilers: "Ellie"
Category: Drama/Humor, OCs, general
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The past hits Sam's door, brings him a message of an outstanding subject. Sam tried to solve the problem and he will put his life in danger when attempting it.
Spoilers: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"