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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 1,000 words Rating: G Genre/Tags: Tag to ITSOTG Part II, Smooch of Victory, Introspection, Ambiguous Relationships Summary: The adrenaline of the day is wearing off, despite the dread for both the President's and Josh’s lives weighing heavily on her heart. Written for the TBW Summer of Spins challenge Originally Posted: 11 September 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 1,000 words Rating: G Genre/Tags: Longing, Pre-Canon, State Dinner, UST, Flirting Summary: CJ was a vision in champagne, sneering at him with barely hidden contempt. At this point, he shouldn’t be surprised she managed to find him in a crowded room just to rib him. Written for the TBW Summer of Spins challenge Originally Posted: 11 August 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 10,267 words Rating: Hard M/Not quite E Genre/Tags: Only One Bed, Alternate Universe, Porn With Feelings, One-Night Stands, Angst and Fluff and Smut Summary: That surprise quickly fades into another feeling altogether: C.J. doesn’t want Danny Concannon to save her. She doesn’t want him to act like they are anything resembling a couple. It’s bad enough he’s conveniently at the same place at the same time. Bad enough that, to any casual observer, he looks like her partner after a divide and conquer approach to this situation. An alternate version of just wrong enough to make it feel right. Originally Posted: 21 June 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny, CJ & Josh, implied Josh & Danny Word Count: 1,595 words Genre/Tags: Secret Crush, Pre-Show, Bartlet for America Campaign, Silly Summary: Her current predicament does not make sense. … Only, in a way, it kind of does. It’s easier to fool herself into believing it does not. What if it was CJ with the initial crush? Originally Posted: 08 March 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 2,319 words Genre/Tags: Post-Season 7, Romance, Domestic Fluff, Reminiscing, Pregnancy, Summary: Some time ago, they discovered that the best way to calm the baby down when she was restless was to have Danny speak to her. Two characters remember their first kiss differently, for the TBW SVD Prompt Meme. Originally Posted: 16 February 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny, a little CJ & Josh Word Count: 7811 words Genre/Tags: Post-Season 7, Romance, Fluff, Airport Scene, Silly Jokes Summary: It was unlike any other Sunday, even after eight years of days that weren’t like any other. Yesterday had been the end of an era, and today was the first day of the rest of her life. Wasn’t that surreal? January 21, 2007 in CJ Cregg's life. Originally Posted: 21 January 2024

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 4970 words Genre/Tags: Season 7, Romance, Delayed Gifts, Silly Fluff Summary: “I should have some sway – and you’ve been known to sneak into places you’re not supposed to.” Before he can protest, she’s quick to add, “I can also give tours to friends and family, so just… shut up. This is fine.” Originally Posted: 31 December 2023

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): Everyone & Everyone, CJ/Danny, Jed/Abbey, Zoey/Charlie, Josh/Donna, Jed & CJ, CJ & Donna, Danny & Josh, etc. Word Count: 16894 words Genre/Tags: Season 7, Romance, Secret Relationship, New Year's Eve, Family Feels, Hints of Future Canonical Angst Summary: When Abigail Bartlet comes into the Oval Office as you are talking to the President and announces that it’s time to stop working for a (half) day and bid a proper farewell to the year, you listen. A New Year's Eve party, with lots of food, hijinks, and random trivia courtesy of the President. Originally Posted: 22 December 2023 (Collection revealed on Dec 24th)

My gift fic to @onekisstotakewithme for the 2023 TBW Holiday Fic Exchange. Go read everyone's amazing stories 💜

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny, CJ & Margaret Word Count: 6964 words Genre/Tags: Season 7, Comfort, Romance, Sick CJ, Domestic Fluff Summary: C.J. had caught a cold, the rare phenomenon that happened once every year like clockwork (sometime around Thanksgiving, but before the second week of December was done). C.J. comes down with a cold towards the end of the Bartlet administration, and Margaret sends her home to rest. Luckily for her, her boyfriend is there to take care of her. Originally Posted: 29 September 2023

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Summary: Election Day, 1998. As the votes come in, the staff of Bartlet for America waits with one question in mind: Who will be the next President?

Words: 3302

Happy anniversary to "The West Wing" which first aired on this day in 1999.

Thank you all for reading! 💜

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An Idea, Whose Time Has Come

"Could always run for President." ~ It’s been twenty years since CJ Cregg joined Jed Bartlet’s campaign, and with another election looming, Danny makes a suggestion: CJ should run for President. So she does. And on the campaign trail, along with a new staff, a hostile incumbent, and a familiar rival candidate, CJ also has to grapple with the legacy and impact of her twenty years in public service – good, bad, and ugly – while preparing for the most important election of her career.

Rating: Mature

Relationships: C. J. Cregg/Danny Concannon, Everyone & Everyone, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss (background)

Chapter 1/20: "An Idea"

Read it here!

A very very happy birthday to my dear friend (and first new west wing bestie) @miabicicletta 💜🥳

(Expect slightly more sporadic updates on this one, folks! I just wanted to get the first chapter up 🥰)

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 6009 words Genre/Tags: Season 3, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Friendship/Love, Late Night Conversations Summary: What comes next, after the job of your life? After messing up the one opportunity you’ve been waiting for your whole life? She’s barely had time to process why she feels she should quit while she’s ahead, before any other avoidable blunder damages the President’s reputation in any way. Originally Posted: 24 July 2023

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 500 words Genre/Tags: Only One Bed, Season 4, UST, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Pining Summary: “Hey, CJ. I have a room reserved nearby. They might have more – come with me?” CJ swallows her surprise at the familiar voice – one she hasn’t heard since after Inauguration; one that both calmed and unnerved her. Res-pun the @twwpress Wheel of Destiny :) My prompts: season 4, the Only One Bed trope, and the Bartlet Farm. Originally Posted: 14 July 2023

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 500 words Genre/Tags: Only One Bed, Bartlet for America Campaign, UST, Unresolved Romantic Tension Summary: She is so tired, and about to head to bed on this night off before they head to South Carolina tomorrow. A surprise knock on the door interrupts her plan. She has just jinxed her quiet night, hasn't she? For the @twwpress Wheel of Destiny challenge. My prompts: writer's choice (for the season wheel), and the Only One Bed trope. Originally Posted: 9 July 2023

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“Can we watch something else together?” C.J. implores, and if he didn’t feel for her, he would find the moment absurd. “I don’t like watching myself. At least with the briefings' playback, I knew they weren’t edited to create some… story. Not in this case.” “I want to watch it. The way I see it, they are highlighting the first female Press Secretary and her extraordinary work in the position. Pretending otherwise would be disingenuous.”

I usually don't link to this story and its chapters, since they are usually the betaed version of the ficlets posted here but… I didn't post this one-shot here (an Access coda of sorts). You can read it over there now!

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 13.1k · 4 chapters Genre/Tags: Friendship/Love, Fluff, Humor, 3+1 of sorts, Secret Relationship, Romance Summary: The last thing their nascent relationship needed was people spreading true rumors about his relationship. Especially if C.J. didn’t want them out there. Three times that Danny keeps his newfound relationship with CJ secret from the press, and one he doesn't. Originally Posted: 25 May 2023-5 June 2023

All four chapters now posted 💜

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Fandom: The West Wing Relationship(s): CJ/Danny Word Count: 2.5k Genre/Tags: Friendship/Love, Fluff, Humor, 3+1 of sorts, Secret Relationship Summary: The last thing their nascent relationship needed was people spreading true rumors about his relationship. Especially if C.J. didn’t want them out there. Three times that Danny keeps his newfound relationship with CJ secret from the press, and one he doesn't. Originally Posted: 25 May 2023