ext_128324 ([identity profile] zinaya.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2005-06-10 11:15 am
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Be Still, by Abigale NC-17 (just to be safe)

Fandom: The WEST WING
Pairing: Josh/Sam
Author Website: http://subtractions.homestead.com/AbbyFic.html
Why this must be read: This is another look into the pairing of Josh and Sam. Told from Josh's POV, and quite well, it captures the characters in a way never seen on the show and leads the readers on a slow build that just gets hotter and hotter.


Somewhere along the lines, Sam has discovered there is a difference between want and need. It doesn't matter to me, it's all shades of desire as far as I can tell. But then I'm not as introspective as he is.

He's decided that the urgent longing we most often feed on is want. But every once in a while, he'll feel the pull of something deeper and more intimate. And he'll ask me for this, giving himself away a little more each time. He's not asking permission. He doesn't have to, because he's secure in the knowledge that I love him dearly. But he doesn't know how much I love this, so different from our usual lovemaking. I've never told him.

I sit up, letting my eyes linger over his body, spread across the bed like a bolt of honeyed satin. He's taught me so much. No one before ever forced me to slow down the way Sam has. This is a man who knows what he likes. And has the patience to share. To Sam, sex is another form of communication, whereas for me it had always been about the sweat and the release. I'm a better man for him loving me.

Be Still