The West Wing: "Four Times Ainsley Hayes Tried to Explain (And One Time She Didn't Have to)"

[llyfrgell]

Title: Four Times Ainsley Hayes Tried to Explain (And One Time She Didn’t Have to)
Author: llyfrgell
Fandom: The West Wing
Pairing/characters: Ainsley Hayes, minor Ainsley/OFC and Ainsley/surprise
Rating: PG for hints of sexual activity
Disclaimer: Fanfiction is a transformative use and falls under the fair use clause of the Copyright Act.
Prompt: 846. The

Comments

[skywaterblue]

Aw, yay. You managed to do something with Ronna at the end. This is a good progression story... things work out for Ainsley and I'm glad.

[llyfrgell]

Hee, Ronna kind of snuck herself in there - I wasn't planning this as a pairing fic at all, but then it was like "oh hey..."

Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed.

[llyfrgell]

Ainsley is by far my favorite character on the show, so I'm really glad you liked my attempt at writing her! And I'm also glad the Smith portrayal was apparently realistic - my only source for that was someone who went there quite a few years ago, so I was basically winging it.

Thanks for reading!

[such_heights]

Eee! Ooh, it's been ages since I've read West Wing fic, and this is fantastic - so in tone with the show, your Ainsley is divine as is everyone else, and each section is wonderful.

[llyfrgell]

Oh, thank you! I'm ridiculously flattered that you think this was in tone with the show, because you know, Sorkin the genius and all that. And Ainsley's so difficult! But I love her anyway, of course.

Also, icon love.

[sanj]

Oh, yay. I can totally see Ainsley thinking this way. This made me very happy -- thank you!

[llyfrgell]

Hooray, I'm so glad it was realistic for you! Not gonna lie - quite a bit of this story was inspired by people I know in real life, so I was just hoping it'd be believable for Ainsley.

Thanks for reading!

[teaphile]

Wonderful. So very Ainsley.

[llyfrgell]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed.