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Three Times by August (R-ish)
Fandom: WEST WING
Pairing: Josh/ Sam
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unwinding
Author Website: Sometimes August
Why this must be read:
Perhaps the most uniquely poetic writer in West Wing fandom. August hasn't been recced here enough and she's a West Wing author you really *should* read. Probably better known for her cj/toby stories, "Three Times" is one of August's rare forays into boyslash - and it's so delicate and enticing, you wish she'd do it again. Often.
Josh/ Sam to me is one of those difficult, heart-breaking relationships, two people who can never be on the same page at the same time, always missing the right moment. You'll get all of that here. Trust me. I would not lie to you, kiddies.
So they had talked carefully around it. About the Syrian attack, about the President, about the new computer Sam was thinking of buying. And the had drinks kept coming, and Josh had kept drinking because it was easier than letting there be a real silence in the conversation.
And when 'Pale Blue Eyes' had started playing in the bar, Josh was pretending not to notice the angles of Sam's collarbone as he drank from his beer.
"It isn't just about you." Sam had said, quietly, finally.
They'd never discussed it, he and Sam, this thing between them that seemed to upheave Josh's life once every few years. And being in a bar, sitting at a table with someone else's empty bottles in front of them was not going to change that. But for the first time in a long time, he had felt like he could have reached out and pulled Sam to him.
And later that night, as he had scaled Sam's body, as he had gripped Sam's wrist, as he had let Sam scale him, Josh decided that he didn't care. And he was too tired to think about whether he would, or not, in the morning.
Three Times
Pairing: Josh/ Sam
Author on LJ:
unwindingAuthor Website: Sometimes August
Why this must be read:
Perhaps the most uniquely poetic writer in West Wing fandom. August hasn't been recced here enough and she's a West Wing author you really *should* read. Probably better known for her cj/toby stories, "Three Times" is one of August's rare forays into boyslash - and it's so delicate and enticing, you wish she'd do it again. Often.
Josh/ Sam to me is one of those difficult, heart-breaking relationships, two people who can never be on the same page at the same time, always missing the right moment. You'll get all of that here. Trust me. I would not lie to you, kiddies.
So they had talked carefully around it. About the Syrian attack, about the President, about the new computer Sam was thinking of buying. And the had drinks kept coming, and Josh had kept drinking because it was easier than letting there be a real silence in the conversation.
And when 'Pale Blue Eyes' had started playing in the bar, Josh was pretending not to notice the angles of Sam's collarbone as he drank from his beer.
"It isn't just about you." Sam had said, quietly, finally.
They'd never discussed it, he and Sam, this thing between them that seemed to upheave Josh's life once every few years. And being in a bar, sitting at a table with someone else's empty bottles in front of them was not going to change that. But for the first time in a long time, he had felt like he could have reached out and pulled Sam to him.
And later that night, as he had scaled Sam's body, as he had gripped Sam's wrist, as he had let Sam scale him, Josh decided that he didn't care. And he was too tired to think about whether he would, or not, in the morning.
Three Times