Just Jump

[gonnafeelgood]

Just Jump

Sports Night, Dana Whittaker, PG-13, ~1,000 words

For kudra2324. Thanks to octette and arsenicjade for the betas and for telling me that this could have been a much longer story and putting up with my stylistic weirdness when it comes to tense, respectively.

Posted for 14valentines, [Day 1] Body Image

Comments

[melodyunity]

Wow. This was just wonderful.

[gonnafeelgood]

Thank you so much!

[kassrachel]

Oh, wow. WOW.

This is fabulous. I love the way these two stories are intertwined, I love this insight into Dana's character, and the hinge point -- when she realizes Lenny's smile isn't condescending; he's just smiling, and she's going to jump -- is incredibly powerful.

[gonnafeelgood]

Thank you thank you thank you! I totaly wanted that to be the hinge point, but I didn't want it to be something that you were beat over the head with, you know?

I was afraid of bridge jumping, I'm terrified of heights. But I had a Lenny, you know? And I think he was good for me.

Thank you so much for the feedback.

[azurejay]

Shiksa feminista! \o/

This is really awesome. Oh Dana ♥

[gonnafeelgood]

HEE. I figure that if Sorkin can reuse stuff, so can I.

Thank you so much!

[kudra2324]

It’s almost like she can feel Isaac over her shoulder, his carefully modulated smirk.

carefully modulated smirk. <3<3<3

feeling less stupid than she would have if she hadn’t said anything but more stupid than she thought was strictly necessary.

i love this phrasing.

[gonnafeelgood]

It was one of the first descriptions I wrote in this story because I LOVE. ISSAC. SO. MUCH.

<3<3<3<3<3

[gonnafeelgood]

Thank you. Dana is tied only with CJ Cregg for my favorite Sorkin women - I love that other people were interested in her, too.