Thanks for the lovely response to my first fic - great to see there are still people reading in this fandom! I now bring you a much longer Jon/"Stephen" fic:
Title: A Man's Best Friend
Pairing: "Stephen"/Jon
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Off-screen pet death (from old age).
Word Count: 19,500
Summary: Jon reaches out to Stephen after the death of his beloved dog Gipper, and things begin to change for both of them.
Notes: Set in a vaguely AU-ish 2008 with fictional TDS/TCR episodes and an OC as a guest. This version of "Jon" is childless and divorced.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction set within the world of the Colbert Report TV show, and any names shared by real people refer to their fictional character counterparts in that world. Depictions in this story are not intended to represent anyone's genuine opinions or real-life actions.
Fic (on AO3):
A Man's Best Friend