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The Long Hot Summer by Dee (R)
Title: The Long Hot Summer
Fandom: The West Wing
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Rating: R
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Dee's Josh and Donna fanfics
Why this must be read:
Even though the series barely referenced Josh's recuperation post-ITSOTG, it's clear that he would have been off work for a long time - and that Donna would probably have been the one who ended up running around after him. Dee takes that idea and runs with it. The Long Hot Summer is almost epic in scopic as it deals with Josh and Donna's changing relationship as Josh slowly returns to health - and the jarring end of their unusual intimacy. There have been a lot of Josh/Donna fic based around this premise, but I genuinely think this has to be one of the best. She has a great grasp of the characters and the dialogue is excellent.
Extract
I've known Josh Lyman for a little more than two years. Not so long for two people to have known and worked together, but long enough for me to pick up on the little things. The way his eyes drooped. The way his shoulders sagged and his mouth got tight.
But if I think about it, I recognized those things about him on like day two. He'd been running himself ragged on the campaign trying to do his job and everyone else's just because he thought he could. I remember thinking that was one tired guy. I should help him. It's one of the reason's I picked him as my boss. I watched CJ and Sam. I discounted Toby immediately, knowing he would take one look at me and think: flake. But I picked Josh because… I did.
Fate. It wasn't a word I used loosely. A true romantic, I believed very much in the power of Fate. If I was using the word in conjunction with Josh it meant that I was supposed to be with him… forever.
Assistant to Josh Lyman … for eternity. It was a sobering thought.
Then it occurred to me. Maybe this was why I picked him. Maybe this was what I was meant to do. It's possible that Fate knew all along that Josh was going to get shot and that he was going to need help.
And I was going to help him. His mother, who I had met only twice before, but had talked to on the phone a countless number of times, was not doing well with this. She couldn't be in the same room with him without breaking down and it occurred to me that it hadn't really been that long since she'd struggled to care for her husband while he
fought and lost his battle with cancer.
So when it came down to who would stay with him in the room, and one of us was definitely going to stay with him, the choice had been easy. Of course the nurses said no one could stay with him in the IC unit. I told them that I had been assigned by the Secret Service as a special agent to protect him. I don't know why, but they didn't
believe me. So I called in the big guns.
By order of the President of the United States of America and Josh's mom, Ruth, I was allowed to stay with Josh.
The Long Hot Summer by Dee (link goes to the main page of the website. Click on 'Read the Fanfics' and then scroll down for The Long Hot Summer and the sequel Loyalties)
Fandom: The West Wing
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Rating: R
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Dee's Josh and Donna fanfics
Why this must be read:
Even though the series barely referenced Josh's recuperation post-ITSOTG, it's clear that he would have been off work for a long time - and that Donna would probably have been the one who ended up running around after him. Dee takes that idea and runs with it. The Long Hot Summer is almost epic in scopic as it deals with Josh and Donna's changing relationship as Josh slowly returns to health - and the jarring end of their unusual intimacy. There have been a lot of Josh/Donna fic based around this premise, but I genuinely think this has to be one of the best. She has a great grasp of the characters and the dialogue is excellent.
Extract
I've known Josh Lyman for a little more than two years. Not so long for two people to have known and worked together, but long enough for me to pick up on the little things. The way his eyes drooped. The way his shoulders sagged and his mouth got tight.
But if I think about it, I recognized those things about him on like day two. He'd been running himself ragged on the campaign trying to do his job and everyone else's just because he thought he could. I remember thinking that was one tired guy. I should help him. It's one of the reason's I picked him as my boss. I watched CJ and Sam. I discounted Toby immediately, knowing he would take one look at me and think: flake. But I picked Josh because… I did.
Fate. It wasn't a word I used loosely. A true romantic, I believed very much in the power of Fate. If I was using the word in conjunction with Josh it meant that I was supposed to be with him… forever.
Assistant to Josh Lyman … for eternity. It was a sobering thought.
Then it occurred to me. Maybe this was why I picked him. Maybe this was what I was meant to do. It's possible that Fate knew all along that Josh was going to get shot and that he was going to need help.
And I was going to help him. His mother, who I had met only twice before, but had talked to on the phone a countless number of times, was not doing well with this. She couldn't be in the same room with him without breaking down and it occurred to me that it hadn't really been that long since she'd struggled to care for her husband while he
fought and lost his battle with cancer.
So when it came down to who would stay with him in the room, and one of us was definitely going to stay with him, the choice had been easy. Of course the nurses said no one could stay with him in the IC unit. I told them that I had been assigned by the Secret Service as a special agent to protect him. I don't know why, but they didn't
believe me. So I called in the big guns.
By order of the President of the United States of America and Josh's mom, Ruth, I was allowed to stay with Josh.
The Long Hot Summer by Dee (link goes to the main page of the website. Click on 'Read the Fanfics' and then scroll down for The Long Hot Summer and the sequel Loyalties)