Don't Know Much About Gravity - Ellen Milholland (PG-13)

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Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: Josh/Sam
Author on LJ: quasiradiant
Author Website: Quasiradiance.com
Why this must be read:

This fic is the West Wing part of larger multi-fandom triptych (which can be found here) but stands fine by its self. It's beautifully written and presents a deep but complicated relationship between Josh and Sam. It's not too long but still describes how their relationship devloped and coped with the obstacles that got in its path, like Sam's engagement and Josh's attraction to people like Joey Lucas and also includes some nice descriptive passages as well.



Because Josh's eyes said everything that his mouth couldn't, and Sam felt the strange pull in his chest like a laugh or a sob or the tug of a harness and he'd said okay. He left his carefully constructed life, and he let Josh pull him off the edge of the world.

To anyone else, this would've been crazy, and it was a little crazy even to them.

But there was Josh's mouth, and the lines of Josh's calves against dark sheets, and sunrises and sunsets and those things people never question like love and taxes and how the Earth spins just fast enough so that no one goes flying off. And then, there were the things they never spoke of, like Sam and Laurie or Josh and Donna or Josh and Joey, because it would have hurt too much, and because those things never really meant what they seemed to mean.



Ellen really has a wonderful way with words in this fic and its well worth the read.

Don't Know Much About Gravity

Comments

[strangelette.livejournal.com]

Ah! Thank you! I had lost the link to her fic site and wasn't having any luck with search engines.