Fandom: WEST WING
Pairing: Will/Joe Quincy
Author on LJ:
_aerye_Author Website: http://home.comcast.net/~aerye/Why this must be read: This one just makes me grin. I like Will; he's interesting, and I think it's a shame he doesn't get more fic written about him. Here he is, though, getting to shine a little, generally proving why we love him even with a hangover. :) It's not a long fic, but the author really manages to pack a lot into what's otherwise a fairly unremarkable premise, and you've got to give props for that, especially when it's all so spot-on. This is the kind of story that can actually be spooky; you might well be going "nah, I don't think it happened in canon", but then the story's so good it forces you to think that this is exactly how it would have happened anyway.
Personally, I'm giving the dialogue credit for the believability in this case - it's always important in Sorkin fic, and here, it rules. Read it and laugh. And also admire how effortlessly Aerye pulls it all together: I wish I had that kind of breezy, easy style. It's a joy to read.
Jose Cuervo: or How Will Bailey Stopped Worrying and Started Dating a Republican (can also be found, with prettier layout,
here)