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crack_van2006-05-18 05:29 pm
lakester.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-05-18 05:29 pm
Entry tags:
Catch, Finish, Drive, Recovery by Pix (PG13)
Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: Donna/Cliff
Author on LJ:
Author Website: Fic listed here and here
Why this must be read: Donna and Cliff's chances were positively nil. She was a Democrat; he was a Republican. He was counsel for the hearings investigating Bartlet's MS deception; she lied during her testimony and he read her diary. Instead of taking the Donna(and Josh)-centric approach to these events this fic shows their liaison through Cliff's eyes.
It's a neat, outsider's take on these events. For a character with relatively little screentime the author gives Cliff has a remarkably clear voice. The motivation Cliff gives for Josh's part in this - anything happens I don't like - is something I'd really not considered, but that definitely works in the context of a guy trying to do his job well - just playing for the other team.
"Hey," he said.
Donna had been leaning in her doorway, looking down on him as he stood on the steps to the front door.
"Hey yourself. Let me guess: you were in the neighborhood, and you happened to come by?"
"Yeah. I figured I'd just randomly ring doorbells until good-looking women consented to talk to me."
"And then you got lucky."
"It took a lot of doorbells," he cracked.
Catch, Finish, Drive, Recovery
Pairing: Donna/Cliff
Author on LJ:
Author Website: Fic listed here and here
Why this must be read: Donna and Cliff's chances were positively nil. She was a Democrat; he was a Republican. He was counsel for the hearings investigating Bartlet's MS deception; she lied during her testimony and he read her diary. Instead of taking the Donna(and Josh)-centric approach to these events this fic shows their liaison through Cliff's eyes.
It's a neat, outsider's take on these events. For a character with relatively little screentime the author gives Cliff has a remarkably clear voice. The motivation Cliff gives for Josh's part in this - anything happens I don't like - is something I'd really not considered, but that definitely works in the context of a guy trying to do his job well - just playing for the other team.
"Hey," he said.
Donna had been leaning in her doorway, looking down on him as he stood on the steps to the front door.
"Hey yourself. Let me guess: you were in the neighborhood, and you happened to come by?"
"Yeah. I figured I'd just randomly ring doorbells until good-looking women consented to talk to me."
"And then you got lucky."
"It took a lot of doorbells," he cracked.
Catch, Finish, Drive, Recovery