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[evergreenxbess]

Madam Secretary - The funniest moments of Mike B

[fncreature]

just finished my binge of madam secretary and now like. what the fuck do i watch and also I need to write about these sad old men

[dorothydalmati1]

Family Guy Season 3 Episode 15: Ready, Willing, and Disabled

Written by Alex Barnow & Marc Firek

Directed by Andi Klein

Storyboard by Won Ki Cho & Greg Colton

Animation directed by Mike Frank Polcino

[inc-madam-secretary]

Mike B: Wait, so you… like me back?

Nadine: There’s no denying that I have feelings that can’t be explained in any other way.

Nadine: I briefly considered the possibility that I had a brain parasite, but that somehow seemed a little too far-fetched.

Nadine: The only conclusion was love.

[ancient-queen]

Surprise, surprise...

Mike and Nadine

[imaginingyourfandom]

“You could always just give me an exclusive, if what I’m writing is bothering you so much?” You tried.

Mike scoffed, “Nice try, I see what you’re doing and you’re not going to get what you want, no matter how cute you are.”

“Darn it, I was so close.”

“Absolutely,” he sarcastically spoke. 

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[madamsecretaryupdates]

NEW DESCRIPTION!

[kimheeaes]

Mike, this is my new policy advisor Kat Sandoval.

[not-all-the-prayers]

[cowboybuckleys]

[icedteaandoldlace]

Every scene involving Blake being annoyed with Mike B and his dog are even funnier when you watch them with the knowledge that Blake has a cat.

[inc-madam-secretary]

Elizabeth: You have to apologize to Henry.

Mike B: Fine.

Mike B: “Unfuck you” or whatever.

[ancient-queen]

Nadine and Mike B.

Checking him out. This is cute.

[sundayinthcpark]

msec for the ask game :')

blorbo: jay whitman !!! idk why but that man is my FAVORITE i’d do anything for him

scrunkly: stevie mccord !!! i didn’t rlly like her ending but she’s still my BABY

scrimblo bimblo: kat sandoval god i love her but i periodically FORGET SHE EXISTS i’m so sorry

glup shitto: LUCY KNOX the whole reason i started the show actually i love her

poor little meow meow: MIKE BARNOW. he’s a pain in the ass but y’know what i kinda love him.

horse plinko: russell jackson, but that’s not me saying i dislike him either. oops.

eeby deeby: lmao conrad dalton i’m not even sure i have a reason i just fucking HATE THAT MAN i’m so sorry.

all of this is slightly iffy because i haven’t seen the show in a while (that’s gonna change soon i swear i so very badly want to rewatch it) but yeah !!! also my fully apologies to ms. daisy grant and ms. nadine tolliver i love them i’d die for them but i wasn’t sure where to fit them >:(( and of course i love the mccords but i had the same issue with them lmao because neither bess nor henry fit any of the categories super well :// rip

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[tinykings]

Madam Secretary!

oooh thank you can't wait to make some people MAD

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

Morejon, of course

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Elizabeth McCord, because I do find her adorable

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

Is Michael "Mike" Barnow underrated? I'm gonna guess he is because he's the asshole.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

Walter Novack, cause he's adorable

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

Russell Jackson, because he's a dick, and he's very pathetic

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

Dimitri. Because he deserves more torment.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

Stephanie "Stevie" McCord, because I find her super duper annoying

[pillar--of--salt]

Prompt #164 Nadine and Mike

164: “Why can’t they see they’re meant for each other?”

//

The intern let Mike Barnow into Nadine’s office not because she was too stupid or too careless to know better, but because she asked Maggie first and Maggie said to let him in. 

As much as Nadine tried to play off her interest like indifference (a convincing show, to be sure), the truth was that it pleased her that Mike wanted to please her—Maggie could see it. And so she told the intern to allow Mike to wait in Nadine’s office. She thought Nadine could use the nudge.

Maggie had been the assistant to two senior congressional aides and then to the chief of staff of the Labor Secretary before she made the switch to State. Nadine Tolliver wasn’t nearly as dependent on her assistant as any of those men, and she was by far the least needy. The downside of this, though, was that Maggie often found herself trying to play mind-reader when Nadine did not ask for half of the things an assistant expected to be asked for. Merely guessing at what her boss could need. Fortunately, she was pretty good at guessing.

It appeared to Maggie that Nadine never really understood the full scope of what an assistant’s job was supposed be. She rarely asked Maggie to make coffee runs or pick up her dry-cleaning or manage her social appointments—all things Maggie had done for her previous bosses. And that was all good and fine; it freed up more of her time to focus on the diplomacy-related parts of the job which, she supposed, was Nadine’s intent. But in this one thing, this thing with Mike Barnow, Maggie was going to take initiative, steer the ship just a little, because it seemed like something Nadine needed. 

Assistant’s prerogative.

Maggie’s desk in the bullpen was situated at a poor angle to see into Nadine’s office, but if she leaned back in her chair she could see a little. She glimpsed as Mike stood outside the door and looked jittery. He adjusted his cuffs and collar and smoothed down his tie before slipping inside. 

A few minutes later, she wandered down the senior staff hallway. She glanced inside casually to see him stretched out on the couch, careful and perfectly still as he waited for his moment. Waited for Nadine to show up. 

Maggie paused. He might scare her half to death waiting like this, actually, and she wondered if that would pose a real problem. At baseline, Nadine was a really jumpy woman.

But she decided to keep walking. It would probably be fine. She liked that he was making a gesture here, putting a little effort into the set up. It wasn’t so grand of an overture that it would embarrass Nadine, but it also wasn’t nothing at all. The man had shown up; he would say his piece and then leave the ball in her court and as far as Maggie was concerned, that was good enough. 

Knowing her boss, Maggie would probably have to take it upon herself to make sure the ball got tossed back in any kind of timely manner. She thought about how she might want to do that without pissing Nadine off. 

.

Later that morning, as Mike walked out, he didn’t go right down to the Secretary’s office. He waited for Nadine to go into her meeting, and then he made a detour past Maggie’s desk. 

“Maggie, right?” 

“Yes, sir. What can I do for you?”

She was surprised but more than pleased by the information he wanted out of her. What kind of flowers did Nadine like? Did she have a favorite restaurant? He sounded nervous as he asked them, though he tried to hide it behind his usual bravado. 

It made Maggie feel like she’d made the right decision this morning after all. 

She answered his questions the best she knew how, and then sent him on his way to the Secretary’s office. 

.

Later-later, she stood side-by-side with Blake near the SVTC room. They were observing. They were waiting for the elevators to open. 

“Just wait for it.”

“I don’t think—“

“Just wait.”

Mike was on his way out, sort of. His meeting with the Secretary was long over and done, but he seemed to find one excuse after another to linger. Mostly because Maggie had mentioned to him, casually, that Nadine had no lunch plans and if she got out of her meeting with Harriman on time, would have an entire hour free. So Mike lingered. His eyes darted toward the elevator bank every time the doors dinged. He couldn't be more obvious. 

When Nadine finally appeared on the seventh floor, his whole demeanor seemed to change. She made a beeline for her office, hardly noticing him, and so it surprised her when he fell into step beside her. One of his hands drifted to her lower back as they walked. 

Maggie grinned triumphantly. “There it is,” she said. She and Blake watched until the pair were no longer within view. 

“Is he taking her out?”

“If she’ll let him,” Maggie said, and then huffed. “Why is this so difficult? Why can’t they see they’re meant for each other?”

“He sees it,” Blake said. “He’s just waiting for her to see it, too.”

“He’ll be waiting awhile.”

“Yeah.” Blake patted her shoulder. “But you did good. Just keep meddling.”

“She’ll murder me if she ever finds out,” Maggie said. Just because she had a close working relationship with Nadine didn’t mean she wasn’t afraid of her. 

“But this is for her own good.”

“It might not be for my own good, is what I’m saying.”

“I don’t think she’d hurt you,” Blake said reasonably. 

“You think?”

“She knows good and well she has no time to break in a new assistant.” He shrugged. “That keeps you safe.”