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The Odds of Faith in the Face of Doubt by Kat (R)
Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: Jed/Abbey
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: both sides now
Why this must be read:
Beautiful Jed/Abbey set at the beginning of Jed’s presidential campaign, in which Jed realizes they’re bad at being apart, he's missing her before he even leaves, and he doesn’t want to go on the road for three weeks without her. It’s a warm story, a great view of their prickly yet loving marriage -- these are people who’ve raised three kids together, been through a lot in their thirty years together, and it shows in the rhythm of their banter and sex.
Plus, Kat nails Jed’s voice, and that’s *so* important in first person stories. Jed’s not easy -– he’s irritable and lovable, clueless and brilliant, cocky and insecure, all at the same time. I believe in this Jed, can hear him thinking and saying the things he thinks and says in this story. And Abbey is wonderfully in character: smart, sharp and still in love with her husband despite his less sterling qualities.
A quote:
It wasn’t easy, being the only man in a house with four women. I figure running the country’s gotta be a piece of cake after that. Bras and stockings hanging from shower rods and doorknobs, boxes of tampons beneath the sink—birth control pills in the medicine cabinet!—there are times when a man starts to feel like a trespasser in his own home. The phone ringing day and night, shoes in the foyer, shoes in the hallway, on the stairs, and who knew women used so much Kleenex? And Q-Tips? Two more industries I could see through hard times. There were moments, of course, when I was banished—by force or voluntarily—when I would sit out on the back porch and welcome the respite of quiet and the company of a good cigar. The continual traumas and dramas of their daily lives could wear a fella out after a while.
The Odds of Faith in the Face of Doubt
Pairing: Jed/Abbey
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: both sides now
Why this must be read:
Beautiful Jed/Abbey set at the beginning of Jed’s presidential campaign, in which Jed realizes they’re bad at being apart, he's missing her before he even leaves, and he doesn’t want to go on the road for three weeks without her. It’s a warm story, a great view of their prickly yet loving marriage -- these are people who’ve raised three kids together, been through a lot in their thirty years together, and it shows in the rhythm of their banter and sex.
Plus, Kat nails Jed’s voice, and that’s *so* important in first person stories. Jed’s not easy -– he’s irritable and lovable, clueless and brilliant, cocky and insecure, all at the same time. I believe in this Jed, can hear him thinking and saying the things he thinks and says in this story. And Abbey is wonderfully in character: smart, sharp and still in love with her husband despite his less sterling qualities.
A quote:
It wasn’t easy, being the only man in a house with four women. I figure running the country’s gotta be a piece of cake after that. Bras and stockings hanging from shower rods and doorknobs, boxes of tampons beneath the sink—birth control pills in the medicine cabinet!—there are times when a man starts to feel like a trespasser in his own home. The phone ringing day and night, shoes in the foyer, shoes in the hallway, on the stairs, and who knew women used so much Kleenex? And Q-Tips? Two more industries I could see through hard times. There were moments, of course, when I was banished—by force or voluntarily—when I would sit out on the back porch and welcome the respite of quiet and the company of a good cigar. The continual traumas and dramas of their daily lives could wear a fella out after a while.
The Odds of Faith in the Face of Doubt