Hangin' On the Telephone by laylee (G)

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Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: None; Casey McCall, Isaac Jaffee, gen
Author on LJ: laylee
Author Website: None; fic archived in her LJ memories and on snarchive

Why this must be read: one of the things that lifts Sports Night out of the run-of-the-mill is its secret weapon: Isaac Jaffee. His is the formidable brain behind the show and, to a great extent, also its heart and its soul and its conscience. He runs his studio with an iron hand, always ready to smack down anyone who gets uppity – but at the same time he's strongly supportive of his people, and will fight the network tooth and nail for them. Hit by a stroke midway through season one, he comes back fighting, strong as ever. He's the surrogate father many of us dream of; the Sports Night crew are lucky enough to have him. Oh, and he has the world's most evil sense of humour.

Here, it's some time post-series, and Casey has left Sports Night to move to Chicago and head a show of his own. He's a little lonely, has lingering doubts and insecurities, and misses what he's left behind – but, luckily for him, there's help and advice just a phone call away, from a man who understands exactly how he's feeling.

This was written in December for the sn_holidays challenge. I don't, as a rule, rec challenge fics, on the grounds that they'll already have reached a wider audience than something posted only in the author's blog, but, since this was quite a teensy challenge – and since the fic itself is so damn good – I'm making an exception here.

Hangin' On the Telephone

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[laylee.livejournal.com]

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[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

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I hope lots of people are following the link, even if not many of them comment - yours was one of the best of the sn_holidays fics. Isaac-fic is always a wonderful thing!