Comments | black_eyedgirl: West Wing FF: Seven for a Secret (Sam/Toby, R, post-series)

black_eyedgirl

West Wing FF: Seven for a Secret (Sam/Toby, R, post-series)

Dec 03, 2007 02:37

Title: Seven for a Secret
Fandom: The West Wing
Pairing: Sam/Toby
Rating: R
Length: 7000 words
Disclaimer: All belongs to Sorkin and Wells.
Spoilers: Set post-series.
Warnings: Semi-explicit sex, angst.
Summary: Between them there were: fourteen months of silence, two years of absence, one novel, nine short stories, and a resignation that no one ( Read more... )

sam/toby: fanfic, sam/toby, west wing, west wing: fanfic, sorkinverses, fanfic, sam seaborn, toby ziegler

Comments 8

smilebackwards December 3 2007, 22:42:30 UTC

This was lovely. There were so many fabulous lines and it was so quietly poignant. I adore Sam as a writer of children's stories, and the rhyme fit in perfectly.

black_eyedgirl December 4 2007, 21:19:08 UTC

:) Thanks hon, I'm glad you liked it. This one is pretty quiet, you're right - maybe that's why I'm not sure about it still. I did like Sam writing children's books though, I just think it'd be fun for him!

helen_c December 8 2007, 11:07:40 UTC

I fell in love with this one right here, right now.
People and places were easy things to leave, as long as you could leave parts of yourself with them, along the way. The new self didn’t care.
I loved it--Sam's life, in the forest, and Toby trying to piece it all together, and his reaction to Sam's books (the one that failed and the one that's probably going to be a success).

Too many wonderful lines to quote, but this Back when Sam was the token atheist on staff, but wielded the word ‘wrong’ like a flaming sword. is pretty much perfect.

Thanks for sharing!

black_eyedgirl December 17 2007, 01:15:05 UTC

:) I'm so glad you liked it. It's not an especially happy post-series world, but I wanted to play around with it for a while to see what would happen. It's different from the other ones anyway, and I still kind of believe it's as true as them. And the line you picked out is one of my favourites, so thanks for saying so!

hermionesviolin December 29 2007, 22:37:33 UTC

But he knew why Sam had returned to the White House: because Josh had asked him. There was a certain dark satisfaction in knowing that even Josh Lyman’s charms had not been enough to hold Sam in place that last time.

*nods*

Some people will deny nothing so quickly as that another is in love with them. Love holds the universal horror of making us both responsible for another’s feelings, and vulnerable in our own.
- “Season of Light and Darkness” - S.N. Seaborn

What a great insight.

Molly stole the phone back, to make her request for a book dedication. Toby watched the smile creep onto Sam’s face and hover at his lips. “Sure.”

“Sam. She’ll remember,” Toby warned.

“Not this next one, because it’s a little old for you. But I’m writing a story for an anthology - do you know what that is? Good - and I would be honoured to make it for you, Molly.”Honesty and intentionality and integrity and not making promises you can't keep are huge Issues for me, so I loved this bit a lot ( ... )

black_eyedgirl January 1 2008, 02:20:22 UTC

I am entirely convinced that Toby got the information from the President (because I can be a little nutty sometimes), so I'm glad that someone out there agrees with me.

And I'm glad you liked the bit with Sam&Molly, because it wasn't really meant to be there, but they demanded talking time. Especially with not making promises you can't keep, because I can see that being a thing with Sam.

Thank you for the feedback :)

Fic: Seven for a Secret secondsilk February 11 2008, 21:24:46 UTC

I was intrigued by the pairing, so came looking for more. And I do love AUs. I also really like what you've done with the story of Toby leaking the info about the shuttle.
The dynamic between Sam and Toby works really well and the whole hermit like existence (except not) and Toby reading Sam's novel. I got a little bit lost in what had happened with Sam leaving, but I'm probably just being slow. I didn't like the scandal hitting Santos like that, but that's because I like him and it would be such a major thing.

Re: Fic: Seven for a Secret black_eyedgirl February 12 2008, 23:34:05 UTC

:) Well, I'm glad the pairing worked well enough for you to try another one. I love AUs too (did you see the masterlist for the ficathon? There's some lovely stuff there).

I think Sam's leaving is partially deliberately ambiguous, but also ended up possibly more so than I intended, so I wouldn't say you're being slow. It's tied up with what happened to Toby (my own cann on that issue) and then Santos. Who yes, I will admit, was probably exploited as plot a little here! I like him, truly, but I did think that scene left enough room to use it this way, and I wanted to write Sam outside DC.

But I'm glad you liked the rest, and thanks for coming and saying so :)