7 West Wing drabbles
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tommygirlWest Wing, mostly Josh/Donna...
1) challenge # 46 - screams
Title: Screams
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Spoilers: Set post Gaza
Josh tried not to think about the screams that had radiated through the crowd in Gaza or the way Donna's pale skin had been covered with blood. He still remembered the screams when he was shot. The way the crowd scattered and the scream that stuck in his throat when he realized he was hit. Had Donna felt that same thing in those moments? Was her scream stifled by the pain? If he thought about those things he was likely to go mad, to pull Donna into his arms, wires and all, and keep her there until she woke up.
2) Challenge # 46 - screams (2nd response)
Title: Screams 2
Pairing: None really. Donna POV
I roll my eyes, dropping everything on my desk, when I hear Josh scream for me. He would disagree, of course. He prefers "bellowing." Sometimes he'll even agree that he "shouts", but never screams.
At least not according to him anyway. I disagree as the timbre of his voice echoes in my ears and I rush toward his office. The first time he ever screamed, I imagined him hemorraging on the floor, but I've since come to realize that is Josh's way. Sure enough, he's sitting there with a smile on his face as I enter and says, "I'm the man, Donna."
3) challenge #47 - gains and/or losses
Title: Mourning
Character: Josh
Spoilers: Based off Gaza and season 5 finale
It was never easy. Losing someone. You'd think that Josh had it down to a science, considering the way people disappeared from his life. You'd think he had some sort of control over these emotions running rampant through him as he punched a fist through his window. He could hear her voice, asking him quietly, "Did you call Stanley?" and when he didn't respond, she would add in that unfaltering tone, "Call Stanley."
It wasn't like it changed anything. Donna was gone. Lost in a meaningless way, which was ironic when he thought about how much she meant to him.
4) challenge #48 - ani difranco song title
Title: Dilate (how I love this song)
Pairing: None. Just Josh.
I don't know what I'm doing, how I got here, or where that incessant humming sound is coming from. That's life on the campaign trail and it suits me. It feels right to be jolted awake in the darkness with thoughts from a dream-something about President Bartlet rolling up his sleeves-and experience nomadic confusion.
I love it like nothing else in my life-aside from my job, and being the preeminent force in said job. There is something to waking up in hotel rooms, glancing at myself in mirrors through shoddy eyes from lack of sleep. It's exhilerating.
5) challenge #48 - ani difranco song title (2nd response)
Title: To The Teeth
Characters: sam & josh
"Guns and violence are interwoven in one another. That may not have been the intention, but who cares about that now? We need to worry about getting guns off the street," Sam states. He glances at Josh, who's perusing papers, probably paying no attention because he had Donna read it first. Sam asks, "What do you think?"
"I think we'll take a beating if we go for education reform and gun control, Sam" Josh replies, still not looking at him.
"Let's hold them accountable."
"We can't. Not now," Josh says in a defeatist voice he never had before the White House.
6) response to challenge # 49 - Bird York song title
Title: Wicked Little High
Spoilers: Part of season five.
Pairing: Donna/Josh mentionings
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I wasn’t supposed to be that girl, the one who develops unrequited feelings for her boss or the one who chooses all the wrong men to date while entertaining some sick fantasy that he’ll show up to save me from myself.
Why am I always that girl? First it was Dr. Free Ride and now it’s Josh.
It’s a funny thing, realizing my life is one wrong turn after another and acknowledging that I’m stuck. What did CJ say to me? I could’ve moved on by now.
I should’ve moved on by now.
7) respose to Challenge # 51 - Post Administration Stories
Title: Wanting
Characters: Josh/Donna...sorta
He wanted her. He had wanted for years, probably from the minute he caught her taking a message for him. He had no idea who she was, but that gut instinct he relied on, a sixth sense feeling, screamed that this woman was important so hang onto her.
He knew he ruined her relationships. At first he didn't think it was on purpose. And then Leo, that year at Christmas-shit, which Christmas?-pointed out his habit of wrecking her plans…then he knew.
Now he wanted her and he was fairly certain she wanted him. They could do it now. It wasn't a boss/assistant affair, but a friendship that led to more. Happens all the time.
1) challenge # 46 - screams
Title: Screams
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Spoilers: Set post Gaza
Josh tried not to think about the screams that had radiated through the crowd in Gaza or the way Donna's pale skin had been covered with blood. He still remembered the screams when he was shot. The way the crowd scattered and the scream that stuck in his throat when he realized he was hit. Had Donna felt that same thing in those moments? Was her scream stifled by the pain? If he thought about those things he was likely to go mad, to pull Donna into his arms, wires and all, and keep her there until she woke up.
2) Challenge # 46 - screams (2nd response)
Title: Screams 2
Pairing: None really. Donna POV
I roll my eyes, dropping everything on my desk, when I hear Josh scream for me. He would disagree, of course. He prefers "bellowing." Sometimes he'll even agree that he "shouts", but never screams.
At least not according to him anyway. I disagree as the timbre of his voice echoes in my ears and I rush toward his office. The first time he ever screamed, I imagined him hemorraging on the floor, but I've since come to realize that is Josh's way. Sure enough, he's sitting there with a smile on his face as I enter and says, "I'm the man, Donna."
3) challenge #47 - gains and/or losses
Title: Mourning
Character: Josh
Spoilers: Based off Gaza and season 5 finale
It was never easy. Losing someone. You'd think that Josh had it down to a science, considering the way people disappeared from his life. You'd think he had some sort of control over these emotions running rampant through him as he punched a fist through his window. He could hear her voice, asking him quietly, "Did you call Stanley?" and when he didn't respond, she would add in that unfaltering tone, "Call Stanley."
It wasn't like it changed anything. Donna was gone. Lost in a meaningless way, which was ironic when he thought about how much she meant to him.
4) challenge #48 - ani difranco song title
Title: Dilate (how I love this song)
Pairing: None. Just Josh.
I don't know what I'm doing, how I got here, or where that incessant humming sound is coming from. That's life on the campaign trail and it suits me. It feels right to be jolted awake in the darkness with thoughts from a dream-something about President Bartlet rolling up his sleeves-and experience nomadic confusion.
I love it like nothing else in my life-aside from my job, and being the preeminent force in said job. There is something to waking up in hotel rooms, glancing at myself in mirrors through shoddy eyes from lack of sleep. It's exhilerating.
5) challenge #48 - ani difranco song title (2nd response)
Title: To The Teeth
Characters: sam & josh
"Guns and violence are interwoven in one another. That may not have been the intention, but who cares about that now? We need to worry about getting guns off the street," Sam states. He glances at Josh, who's perusing papers, probably paying no attention because he had Donna read it first. Sam asks, "What do you think?"
"I think we'll take a beating if we go for education reform and gun control, Sam" Josh replies, still not looking at him.
"Let's hold them accountable."
"We can't. Not now," Josh says in a defeatist voice he never had before the White House.
6) response to challenge # 49 - Bird York song title
Title: Wicked Little High
Spoilers: Part of season five.
Pairing: Donna/Josh mentionings
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I wasn’t supposed to be that girl, the one who develops unrequited feelings for her boss or the one who chooses all the wrong men to date while entertaining some sick fantasy that he’ll show up to save me from myself.
Why am I always that girl? First it was Dr. Free Ride and now it’s Josh.
It’s a funny thing, realizing my life is one wrong turn after another and acknowledging that I’m stuck. What did CJ say to me? I could’ve moved on by now.
I should’ve moved on by now.
7) respose to Challenge # 51 - Post Administration Stories
Title: Wanting
Characters: Josh/Donna...sorta
He wanted her. He had wanted for years, probably from the minute he caught her taking a message for him. He had no idea who she was, but that gut instinct he relied on, a sixth sense feeling, screamed that this woman was important so hang onto her.
He knew he ruined her relationships. At first he didn't think it was on purpose. And then Leo, that year at Christmas-shit, which Christmas?-pointed out his habit of wrecking her plans…then he knew.
Now he wanted her and he was fairly certain she wanted him. They could do it now. It wasn't a boss/assistant affair, but a friendship that led to more. Happens all the time.
