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Don't know why but this moment made me laugh so hard

West Wing 4.01

#just the idea that Sam has a built in process for getting accessed in an emergency #and its “Shout into my answering machine”#the west wing #sam seaborne #josh lyman

Any West Wing fans have any headcannons about what class each of them would main in D&D?

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Josh: Sam why isn't Donna jealous of joey lucas when I'm always jealous about her boyfriends cos I'm in love with her

Sam: idk mystery

#That scene is so funny josh clearly says I want her to be jealous and Sam's oblivious #I can picture him in season seven not realising josh and Donna are together until he catches them making out an #And then he goes round the white house like guys an you believe and Santos is like yes they've been living together for 3 months #They have three children how have u not noticed #The west wing #Josh x Donna #Sam seaborne

Sam Seaborne dating a member of the Secret Service would include...

• First of all, he thinks that you are the coolest. thing. ever.

• You are one of the Secret Service members who was selected to travel with the president, so needless to say, you know how to kick butt.

• C.J. was always your secret fangirl, but after your help at Roslyn, Sam can't believe that you do this stuff as your JOB.

• He's always asking about specific martial arts and moves. "Do you know how to snap someone's neck?" And of course he wants to know what you'd do if the White House was infiltrated, or if someone pulled a gun on a staff member. He's just so curious and you're almost relieved when he gets distracted by something else because he can ask questions for HOURS.

• The advantage of working for the same boss is that you go most places together. Sam is usually with the president because he's the main speech writer, and of course you're needed for protection, so you've spent a lot of date nights on Air Force One.

• I mean, let's be real, most dates are on the fly. Sam gets so focused on his work that you have to catch him by surprise when you get the chance. Maybe it's in the middle of a bill being passed, or some international crisis, but the second there's a break, you've got takeout ordered and find a way to corner him in an empty office (last time you tried to have dinner in his, Toby kept throwing the rubber ball at the adjoining window, despite Sam mentioning that he was on a date). When you're busy on an assignment, or because the President is being stubborn and won't go to bed, Sam likes to enter the Oval Office with the excuse that he needs to talk to the President, but he really just wants to see you. After the first three times, the President is sick of it and turns to you. "Just take the night off. Please. I think he's running out of reasons to get in here and I don't want him to resort to giving me weather or stock market updates."

• Because you visit Sam's office so often, you know most of the assistants. And they are HUGE fans of yours, mostly because when you're around, Sam will rant to you instead of them. You hold weekend self defense lessons for them sometimes in the Secret Service gym, and everyone brings snacks. When Sam finds out, he thinks it's amazing, and keeps trying to convince you to let him watch. You insist that it's ladies only. HOWEVER, when one of your friends in the Secret Service gets sick and can't help you with the lessons, you need a volunteer to do demonstrations with. You mention it to Ginger, Sam overhears, and bugs you for days about letting him help you. You eventually relent, mostly because you can't say "no" to those blue eyes. During the first demonstration of the weekend lesson, you throw him to the ground. He stays down on the ground, the assistants giggle, and you hear a weak voice say "I regret this decision."

• Sam loves to recite speeches to you. It helps his creative process, to read it to you. Usually, you don't have to give input because talking it through helps him fix any problems, but when you do offer advice, he listens very intently. Your opinion carries a lot of weight.

• Alternatively, he loves hearing you read. He loves listening to poetry, novels, essays, even the Constitution. He just loves hearing you read. Lazy days (during the rare instances you both have time off) are spent with his head in your lap, your hand in his hair, and a book in your hand.

• Sam has a healthy fear of you --- he knows you can hold your own. But, if anyone every insults you or makes a rude comment, you can hear an angry "HEY!" from across the room. He's there in seconds and he's there to beat down whoever tried to hurt you.

• A lot of people underestimate your political knowledge since you're in the Secret Service. Once, while hanging out with the senior staff, you gave some input and Josh made a comment saying you didn't know anything about the situation. Sam was L.I.V.I.D. It didn't matter that Josh was his best friend, he defended you with INTENSITY. Of course, once Josh got to know you more, the two of you became friends. You're probably the only people keeping Sam grounded.

• Sam doesn't always express his emotions outright (he kinda sucks at saying what he's feeling unless you ask him directly), but when he does, it is so genuine and sweet that you want to melt. Sometimes you find little scribbles among his notes that are about you and your relationship. Like: "I can't think of any word to describe her but ethereal. She can't be from this world." He's only ever written essays and speeches for the most part, but now he finds that he can't help but write little blurbs about you. He never mentions it, but you treasure them when you find them.

• He knows you have to be professional while on duty, but he can't stop flirting with you. He'll pretend he's never met you before, try some slick pick-up line, stand a little too close, the whole routine. You are the classic "she IS the job" kind of person, so your responses are mostly "Thank you, Mr. Seaborne." "Alright, Mr. Seaborne." But you cannot stop smiling.

To summarize, the man can't get enough of you.

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Sam and Josh post series? Also I understand the struggle of moving, so I am sorry

I have written so many of these already, how do I still have 11 requests in my inbox? They are multiplying like the boxes in my new living room! Just one today, I’m too sleepy for more.

Sam is the only reason that Josh survives his first year as chief of staff. Not because Sam is a particularly good DCOS, mind you. His skillset rests neither in personnel management nor in harassing Congress. Half the time he uses the assistant deputies to get most of his work done while he is busy harassing the speechwriting staff into doing better work. Josh relies on Sam because Sam is the only person in the West Wing who is almost as good as Donna at reading Josh’s stress levels and reacting accordingly. He heads off roughly four meltdowns a week in the first three months, after which point things start settling down naturally. And Sam is never overt about it, which is very important. People can’t thing the COS is about to fly off the handle all the time, after all! But sometimes Josh just needs a little space or a minute to breathe to put him back on an even keel, and Sam is very good at attracting attention onto himself when he wants to be.

It takes Josh a little while to warm up to the idea of Sam as an affianced man again, after living through all the trauma and tears of Lisa a decade ago. I don’t have a good name for Sam’s unnamed fiancee, so I’ll call her Erica (not with a K, just for any Night Vale fans out there.) He would rather dislike Erica in advance just in case, but she gets along really well with Donna and the three of them all conspire against him till he’s finally willing to make friends. It takes a little while, and a few too many reminders from Josh that he, too, is a real-life lawyer, but they settle down into a nice couples friendship. Those are important and awfully hard to find. Josh is the best man at Sam’s wedding and Sam is the best man and Josh’s wedding, and Sam’s speech is definitely better but Josh throws a more interesting bachelor party (just ask Charlie!)

After the first year of the administration, Josh caves in to the inevitable and promotes Edie Ortega to Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and retitles Sam Deputy Chief of Staff for Outreach and Planning, which basically means Edie will now take over the work Sam’s been pawning off on the assistants and Sam can officially bother the Communications staff all he likes .Everyone is happier, with the possible exception of Lou, who is hard to read. Sam winds up working closely with Amy for awhile in this capacity. She finds him deeply frustrating because he is almost impossible to wind up and instead absorbs all her best snide comments, thinks about them, and then lets them slide off instead of stepping up to the plate like Josh would. They still get a lot done together before she returns to the private sector.

In the third year of the administration, Josh and Sam overhear a couple of assistant deputies arguing over whether it would be possible to set a fire in the fireplace in the mural room, and realize that they’ve gotten old. It’s a bummer of a feeling, but at least they’ve also gotten a little bit smarter. When Donna gets pregnant that same year, Josh suddenly feels very callow and inexperienced again, it all balances out. Sam tries to volunteer as backup coach, but Donna points out that any crisis that would keep Josh away would keep Sam away too and that doesn’t make much sense. He proclaims himself honorary uncle instead, which works much better. A couple of years later, Sam and Erica wind up adopting her cousin’s two small children as the culmination of a long and complicated family story (all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way!) and Josh returns the favor.

After the Santos administration, Josh and Donna stay in DC while Sam and his family go back to California. With a bunch more years behind him and a new confidence, Sam runs for Congress and wins, then wins reelection. He finally persuades Josh to leave political retirement and help him run for the Senate. The whole Lyman family comes along for the ride, even the kids stuffing envelopes at HQ, and it pays off with a win. Sam is satisfied, for the moment, but someday the kids will be grown and the big office with the round walls will be open again. He and Josh will both be ready for that.

#the west wing #headcanons #fanfic #sam seaborne #josh lyman #hope this was coherent #i'm super tired #frozenwinxqueen

If they’re gonna reboot The West Wing, I guess the only way it’s gonna happen is if it’s the next President after Matt Santos.

BUT WAIT. Didn’t President Bartlet say Sam should run for President? CAN THE REBOOT BE ABOUT PRESIDENT SEABORN AND HIS STAFF? Not sure if it’s possible but also JOSH LYMAN FOR VP?

Okay, I know they probably won’t bring back all the old characters and it will probably be focused on new ones but I can hope.

#the west wing #sam seaborne #josh lyman #tww