#otp: i wouldn't stop for red lights

[all-that-jazz-93]

Queen of Hearts, by We The Kings is the ultimate Josh/Donna song change my mind

[theycallme-thejackal]

Oooo for the fic rec thing, Josh and Donna (do they have a ship name idk) I’d love your recommendations if you have any

*cracks knuckles* Let's do this.

lots of recs under the cut

I love this one so much so I'll brave fanfic.net for it:

A little smut in this one, but mostly just good plot (there's also a smut-free version if you search Rush - MATURE Version):

Some shameless self promotion:

Some cuteness:

Some Santos Administration fluff and humor:

aaaaaand for some sexytimes because we all know me...

[punkeropercyjackson]

I hate........how sexualizing teenage superheroes is the norm in the superheroes fandom at large.Forgive me for traumadumping ig but i have really strong feelings on this as an autistic adult with a special interest in superheroes at large themselves and itself as a genre

My first hero spin was Big Hero 6.By the time it came out,i was 13 so i was allowed internet access no problem and naturally i went looking all over for content of literally everything about it but my favorite character was Hiro so he was what i searched for the most and he was LUDICRIOUSLY objectified and fetishized for his wasian heritage and when the series came out,he got an official love interest named Karmi who's 16 to his 14 and she got tons of hate from Hiro x Gogo and Hiro x Honey shippers despite them not only being college aged to his again,FOURTEEN years but we got explicit ages for them in season 2 when the Nerd Gang minus him gratuated from SFIT so they're canonically TWENTY ONE(i feel it's an important sidenote that Karmi's brownskin with a hooked nose and her VA is indonesian/chinese mixed so her heritage is obvious and as to how it contributed to her reception vs easian Gogo and blonde light-eyed Honey)

My second one was Bnha and there's been tons of discussion about the base's problem with the UA students and Himiko and i thank everyone who's posted about it deeply but my specific one is that my otp of the series was and will always be Shouto and Momo aka Todomomo even if i'm not nearly as into Bnha as i used to be because they were the first ship i actively made content for and it lasted years and that combined with me headcanoning them as bi4bi,t4t and autistic4autistic helped my egg crack and realize my own autism big time so their relathionship eternally has a big place in my heart

This means i've witnessed grown ass people saying Shouto almost touched Momo's boobs in that cap where he stopped her during their Aizawa fight(and his hand didn't even land on her chest)as a running thing and same for him acting as a macho man who rules over her body so she can't wear what she wants or exist near other men,including BAKUGOU who Momo HATES IN-TEXT,or have conflict with him because he'll just 'put her in her place as his woman' and Momo who's thee 'silk hiding steel' character and has adultification trauma that triggers her anxiety as the plot of the Todomomo starter 'Yaoyorozu Rising' with Shouto helping her with words of affirmation,healthy communication and good boundries on both sides that became the foundation of their dynamic throught the whole franchise,manga and extras,is reduced down the 'the class mom to Iida's class dad' as if she's ever even looked in his general direction and when she's rightfully earned her place as Shouto's best friend alongside Izuku himself and that is INSANELY imppressive taking into account her limited screentime.All i wanted was them being goth bf x pastel gf and getting to heal their inner child together and what i got was a nsfw Todomomo week on twitter and a certain artist drawing Momo/Dabi as an 'April Fool's' joke MULTIPLE YEARS in a row because he's also a Todoroki so it's also Todomomo lololol and i also did her with Natsuo and Fuyumi,i'm so funny!The only good thing to come out of that i started spite headcanoning Momo and Dabi as found siblings and platonic soulmates and realized i was actually on point

Then i watched Batman:Under The Red Hood when i was 19 and Jason became a character i selfship with romantically so i did the logical thing and started reading comics,starting with his.Did you know it's canon that while he dosen't exactly hunt them down specifically,he hates pedophiles and incesters so he once targeted a teacher because he was csa'ing one of his student's and expressed disgust at the thought of kissing any of his brothers based off them being brothers?You wouldn't know either of these things off fanon alone,you'd think he was creepy older guy who seeks out younger people on purpose when he dosen't seek anybody out period and that's his canon relathionships coping mechanism and it's also canon he couldn't talk to girls and pushed a guy off a roof for running a sex ring as Robin.As ROBIN,a fucking 11-15 year old Jason had that much of a moral backbone and willingness to take action in it yet everyone thinks he'd date a CHILD,even HIS OWN UNDERAGED SIBLINGS,with taking advantage of them as the appeal

I absolutely loved Into The Spiderverse as an afrolatino like Miles who was a troubled kid like he is too and i thought Gwen was super good too and Peter B's another character i selfship with romantically so naturally i was hyped for Across and the first thing the fandom did when the trailer dropped?Make a hyperpopular meme where that sweet,soft,wholesome scene where Gwen gets cheeky and looks through Miles' sketchbook and sees he's so in love with her he dedicated it's entierty to her just existing as herself into him seeing her as nothing but a sexual object with degrading features she does not have and it was a sick joke on Gwen because the boy she loves just wants her for sex and not even for what she actually looks and that just makes it even worse!!!Then there's the equally pure implied thing they did of her either stealing Hobie's sweaters because he makes her feel safe after her abusive dad kicked her out for being trans or him giving them to her to borrow as affection that ALSO got twisted into Gwen being nothing but a sex object,by people who see Hobie's age interpretation not even as a minor but in his 20s unlike how actual Ghostpunks do!!!!!!!,and don't think i haven't seen the Margo shit calling her 'thicc' and turning the girls into Miles' 'harem'

And the thing that made realize this is that it's always been like this is when i went looking for Teen Titans screenshots,first Starfire and Blackfire for me and my little sister and then ones of the animated Titans in general for my little brother because he did an edit-redraw of our DC self-inserts together using one so i got excited at how good it was and decided to ask for a few more since we have friends who have DC ocs too and we're all doing a canon rewrite fixit with them but the first results were fucking incest softcore porn and TOO DAMN MUCH horny Bbrae fanart.One of the friend's in question is like another brother to me and he's 17 and he thought there was nothing wrong with Jason/The Fenton Siblings because when i said find it triggering just in general,he tried to explain that i was 'making the wrong assumption' because a lot of people age up Danny and Jazz and he'd learned that from older DPDC fans.They literally groomed him and i'm so glad i met him and helped him unlearn that shit before he could get hurt

That's not normal.NONE of that is normal to involve children even if fictional because they're meant to be exactly like REAL kids mentally and physically and you get upset at the real ones for being upset by you doing this to them and even harrass them for it and i've had to directly defend another one of my little sibling's from harrasment from 'fandom elders' because he dared to have an opinion that 'dosen't follow the rules'.I'm sick of this,i can't stand this,this needs to DIE.There's no exaggaration over ten times the adult superheroes than they're are kid ones and you fucking ship them with eachother instead just sticking to the adults for smut.Batman and Robin were seen as a couple in ye olden times by a group of gay people not because Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson harbord secret romantic feelings for eachother since conception or intended to later on but because that specific gay people were irl pedophiles who used being gay as a defense

I don't care if i sound childish or if nobody who this is aimed at cares,i hate all of you for this.I hate you for tarnishing my special interest,i hate you for violating the history of superheroes and the creation of sidekicks and kid heroes as role models and escapism fantasies for real kids,i hate you for beyond disrespecting that superheroes as a WHOLE were created by jewish folks and that Clark Kent,the FIRST superhero,is the protector of all innocents with a deep love for children and gets especially angry when they're hurt and is a fundemental trait he has to have or he's NOT Superman or Clark Kent Kal-El or Superdad,i hate that the sexualization of underaged supers and them being abused as 'romance' by their fucking pseudo-parents is a long running punchline.I hate you with my entire heart and soul and actual comics reading knowledge

[exclectical]

Mama

THEME: Kloktober 2023: OTP PAIRING: @chordsykat's Caj and Skwisgaar WARNINGS: Adult Content

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Some things about stardom she would gladly show him. Thousand-count bedsheets. Hand-built pick-ups. Foie gras.

But then, there were some things she wasn't so eager to share.

"Not trying to kill the mood, but you might double-wrap." she said to him, her eyes dancing across his naked body. He felt she was sizing him up like they were about to fight. But they never fought. Not once.

"You's okays?"

"Yeah."

The pause in the air while she looked at him stopped him opening the condom.

"You're very beautiful." She said.

It was improbable that a celebrity of her caliber would think he was anything special. Her body was tight and toned, long and bronze. He felt spindly and sickly as the moonlight shone in on them from the tinted tour bus windows.

"You 'ave to be one of the best looking men I've ever laid eyes on." She said, emphasizing the point. "And now I'm sharing a bed wit' you. I am a lucky girl."

He blushed, thinking of how quickly he'd gone from a bit player in her opening band, to her friend, to this very moment. The memories burned through his consciousness. Nights of longing from afar turning to companionship. Her lithe form cutting against the red glow of the floor lights, of the two of them sharing the stage for the first time... her instinctive vocal inflection, his imperious guitar picking. He felt like they could conquer the world when they were together... and not just with music.

Now, to be on an equal terms and invited into her own bed! He felt her body press into his embrace, then she laid back, basking in the moonglow. The embodiment of her namesake. The imposing individual that was her stage personification giving way to how small she was, bare and exposed on the silky sheets.

He let her lead the dance. She guided his hands over her breasts, down the lines of her ribs, and further still. He was blundering, undisciplined and too fast with his fingers, but she let out a moan of such urgency he could only feel driven to push further.

"I can bare no more skin. But you are welcome to my soul."

"Yous doesn't hast tos."

"I mean it. It's not somet'ing I give to just anyone."

She touched his face. She kissed the hollow of his sternum and drew her tongue from there to his collarbone.

Something in the way she let him fumble and be imperfect made him feel more exposed than he felt in his nakedness. But it was different. It was oddly comfortable. Growing up, he was always taught that perfection was necessary. His mother wouldn't have it any other way.

To be loved, you had to be perfect.

His mother would know, too. Serfetta, in her youth, had it all... and she lost everything the moment she conceived him. Her body was forever changed as it carried a child to term and her life after his birth was even more difficult to manage with another mouth to feed. He had made her suffer because he had made her imperfect.

Or had he?

It was raw and dirty to be allowed to touch someone a little too rough. To have them respond in a way that gave room for mistakes and stranger still, encouraged them. The human spirit in conflict against divine rigidity. It was alluring, obscene, intoxicating.

They didn't even manage to get one condom on before their joined fever crashed into an explosive coupling and a frantic, needful climax.

"Oh, mama..." He whispered.

She took a deep breath, nuzzled his forehead and gave it a kiss.

The moment was over, but she held him in a way that said something else was only just beginning. He'd hoped so, at least. He hoped he hadn't disappointed her.

"Give me a minute to catch my breath. It's rare that someone beats me so completely in the area of stamina."

He blinked and was shocked to see they'd been at it for over an hour. Hard to believe but time had lost its place in the heat of their passion. She curled herself around him like a leopardess.

"I want another shot at impressing you." She said with a wink.

THE END

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Finished in time for my second Kloktober ever! 😘

[ellayuki]

08052022 - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

just how far we’d travel (both you and I know)

Tsubasa Chronicle Month - Day 8 - OTP

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There’s something so tender about the way Kurogane brushes the hair out of Fai’s face, the way he cups Fai’s cheek like he’s something precious, the way he presses the lightest of kisses to the corner of Fai’s returned eye. 

Once, Fai would have made fun of him for it, would have teased and taunted, and hid behind his masks from the show of complete vulnerability and adoration. 

That version of him is gone, though, for the most part. There’s no part of him that can make light of a moment like this, now. He doesn’t want to. Not anymore. 

“Kuro-sama…” he breathes out, his fingers catching in the light cotton of Kurogane’s shirt. “Kuro-sama, I…” There are words, many of them, fighting their way up his throat, and Fai doesn’t know which of them to say first.

Kurogane hums against his temple. “You’re an idiot if you think I don’t already know.” 

Fai doesn't whine, but it's a close thing. "Doesn't mean I can't say it, Kurorin. Maybe I want to say it."

"I'm not stopping you from saying it, mage," Kurogane huffs, and the fingers on Fai's cheek slide through his hair to the back of his head. Fai wraps his own arms around Kurogane's middle, nuzzles into the skin on the inside of the ninja's forearm. Wishes Kurogane's metal arm wouldn't currently be a useless wreck so that it could wrap tight around him. “But every line on your body tells me you’re struggling to find the right words and I’m telling you, you don’t have to."

From somewhere behind him, out through the open balcony doors of the room the Queen of Clow Kingdom has bestowed upon them, Fai can hear birds chirping merrily. Somehow, it reminds him once again that they're free now, and alive, and that their lives are finally their own to live however they wish. "I love you,” he says at last, pulling back and looking Kurogane in his red, red eyes. “And whenever you wish to return to Nihon, if you'll have me, Kuro-sama, I'd like to go with you." 

Kurogane looks at him, eyes clear and trusting and full of… yes, full of love, Fai knows now. They’ve always been full of love for him, even when obscured by exasperation, and distrust, and pain. “Youou,” he says, and it makes Fai blink, because- “My real name is Youou, just like yours is Yuui.” 

And Fai’s breath catches in his throat. To hear that name in that voice, said like it’s a blessing and not… He shakes his head, focuses on the other part, the more important one. “Youou,” he tries it out, carefully, reverently. Tears he hadn't been aware of gathering at the corners of his eyes spill down his cheeks. “Mn, it suits you.” He leans his forehead against Kurogane’s collarbone, overwhelmed. “It suits you, but…”

Fingers card through his loose hair. “But?”

Fai laughs, just a few light huffs of air he can’t stop. He looks back up with a smile. “But Kuropon is still Kuropon.”  

And the smile that stretches on Kurogane’s face then is the most beautiful thing Fai has ever seen in his long, long life. 

“I love you, too, you goof,” Kurogane says, before swallowing Fai’s shocked gasp, with the most breathtaking of kisses.

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

12 DAYS OF FICLETS, DAY 3

Josh x Donna, The West Wing. Also on AO3.

Prompted by @shanebiebs, #67 - “I did the dishes.”

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“Hey,” Josh whispered, fingers tracing Donna’s arm until she woke up.

"Hey.” She brushed damp hair away from her eyes to blink at him. “When did you get in?” 

“A little while ago.” He kicked off his shoes and settled on top of their blankets. “You look terrible.”

“Well, it’s nice to see you too,” she replied, groaning when she sat up.

“I just meant you look flushed.” 

Josh leaned in to press his lips to her forehead. “Yeah, you’re really warm.”

“It’s the flu, it’s going around. The First Lady sent me home early yesterday.”

“Well, that sounds like a smart call.”

“I was trying to sort out that thing with the Peruvian minister’s wife. Fox is blowing it way out of proportion, and if we don’t get it under control the rest of the press is going to pick it up and before you know it, it’ll be the Poutine Scandal of 2009 all over again.”

“They can figure it out without you, Donna. This is why you have sick days.”

“I hate taking sick days.”

“I know.”

“I hate being sick.”

Josh smiled. “I know.”

“Wait, you should get away from me,” she realized. “The First Lady is already out a Chief of Staff--the last thing the White House needs is to lose its COS too.”

“I’ll be fine. I got my flu shot this year, remember?”

“That’s no guarantee, Josh. I got mine too.”

“Good point. Why do we get flu shots if we’re just going to get the flu?” he wondered, ignoring her protests and stretching out so his shoulder was pressed against her hip.

“They work most of the time.”

“Tell that to your fever.”

“Well, fever or not, I have things to do. I guess it’ll have to be a remote work kind of day.”

Josh’s arm snaked around her back and held on. “Not so fast. You got sent home, Donna. Be home. Rest.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “This feels like a real role reversal, and I’m not sure I like it. Since when are you the one telling me to be more responsible?”

“Since I earned that privilege and a whole lot of others, when we got married.” Josh grinned, kissing the fingers that were closest to his face.

“Think of it this way,” he added. “The sooner you get better, the sooner you’re back at work--and you’ll get better faster if you do nothing but lie around for a couple of days.”

“Yeah, yeah.” She could’ve protested more--Donna was a champion whiner when she was sick and being bossed around--but the truth was, all her arguments would’ve reminded her of Josh, the way he used to make it difficult to take care of him while she was his assistant. 

She knew from experience that was not a great look.

Sighing, she patted his hand. “Alright. I do need to get myself some breakfast though, and see if we have any juice.”

“You stay here. I got it.”

“You just got home,” Donna protested, but Josh was already sitting back up. His fingers looped around her wrist as though he expected her to bolt, though the fuzzy state of her head made Donna think she would wobble if she tried to stand. She wasn’t going anywhere.

“I did, but it’s fine. I’ll see what I can heat up for you, no big deal. And I’ll look for juice.”

“Oh god,” Donna said before he stepped away. Josh froze.

“What? What is it?”

“Sorry, nothing scary. I just remembered what a disaster the kitchen is. With everything at the office, and the way I’d been feeling all week, the dishes weren’t a priority and they kind of took on a life of their own. Mountain status. I meant to get to them before you came back.”

She aimed an apologetic smile his way. “Even if you do find decent leftovers in the fridge, I don’t think you’ll find a clean dish to put them on.”

“Is that what you’re worried about?”

Josh leaned in, ignoring the clamminess of her skin and how pink it was, and folded her into a careful hug.

“Not worried, exactly, but it’s going to be a while before I can--”

“I already saw the kitchen when I got home, Donna, before I woke you up.”

He kissed the top of her head. “I did the dishes.”

[selinameyer]

You’re not a very nice person. You gotta get to know me.

[justanotherwannabeclassic]

I think some people wanted something more overtly romantic, which I get, but I thought the way the writers did it made sense under the circumstances. Especially because they had just barely become friends again. I think it might've been different had they gotten together right after season 4.

I agree, Nonnie! I can understand why people would want something more overtly romantic. It was Season 7, and for quite awhile, Josh and Donna were TV’s best “will they/won’t they” couple. This had been something that was building since season 1! (It’s because of this that I can’t take anyone who says Captain Swan is slowburn seriously, sorry guys) But...I think it worked out for the best.

What I liked about Josh and Donna getting together at that point was that they came together as equals. Even though Josh was technically Campaign Manager, Donna had discovered a greater sense of self and found a career she was good at outside of him. They’d both grown up quite a bit, which I think was incredibly important to making their relationship last long-term. As much as I wanted Josh and Donna to get together post-Season 4 Inauguration, there was too much of a power disparity for their relationship to be successful.

But, wow, even if they weren’t together, Josh and Donna had some super romantic moments early on, didn’t they? “If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for redlights” to him throwing snowballs at her window to flying to be by her bedside during an international crisis...WOW!

But, yeah, ultimately I’ll take awkward!Josh and Donna, because they still flew away together in the end. 

[the-origin-story]

Origin Story Text Posts and Onion Headlines Part 9

Kira: one of these days i'm going to roll my eyes too hard and i'm going to go blind, i just walked into this room at a party and someone yelled "dibs!", I'm sorry you must be at least a level 4 friend to unlock my tragic backstory, I'm developing all these feelings it's disgusting., how ones one turn their emotions off, idc (I do care), This Shit Again, i hope common sense is the next cool trend, no offense but i hate myself and i hope i die in my sleep, i need a tall boyfriend so he can get things for me off of tall places. i changed my mind boys are demons ill get a ladder, "your eyes hella red u been smokin??" no I been crying bitch leave me alone, why do ppl think its ok to waste my time, who let me adult I can't adult, japanese legend says that if you shut the fuck up you wouldn't be so annoying, "yall need to chill" says me, who isn't chill not even a little bit., here i am, cuter and more kissable than ever, and how many kisses am i receiving? zero, why doesn't anyone appreciate my sarcasm and bitterness as much as i do, what the hap is fuckening, current mood: angrily bisexual., buying clothes that aren't black is hard, are those feelings get them away from me, girlfriend: why don't you take off that battle armor and slip into something a bit more.....comfortable me: i am most comfortable when i am impervious to most forms of physical attack, "I need to you to totally straight with me-" *nervous bisexual laughter*, i can't stop laughing at the fact that i used to think that i was straight me a heterosexual, ever wonder how different your life would be if that one thing never happened, Youve heard of Best Buy, now get ready for... me (the best bi), ATTENTION! The rumors are true! i AM beautiful AND hilarious at the SAME TIME. yes it is a lot to take in take ur time my beauty is timeless, Fact: Bisexuals are open to everything. Coffee dates, crowded parties, underground robot fighting rings, secret witch covens. We're open minded., bi people are are wonderful and magical and their identity is so so valid pass it on, Your Safety Is Our Second Concern, anyway sorry I sound really gay and bitter, list of things i'm handling well currently 1., my life's resume: i tried, anyway *goes to push my glasses up my nose by the bridge and accidentally gets fingerprint on lens* fuck okay hold on, do you ever just look at someone and think "I'm glad your parents had sex", If I had a dollar every time someone called me ugly I'd have 0 dollars bitch you thought lmao, I may be short but you're still beneath me

Jean: me 300 times a day: im so done, that person you just called a nerd? they are a giant nerd. you made a good call on that one., "if u like someone just tell them!" yeah sure goodbye, why does life feel like i'm playing on expert difficulty, the robot apocalypse will be caused by people talking about the robot apocalypse so much that the robots will think that's what we want and they're just trying their best, i want to give him (Becket) things like blowjobs and self esteem, I am awake but at what price, me: *discussing w/ myself in my head* me: my thoughts exactly, I'm like four days past my bedtime, no offense but some of us *looks pointedly at self in mirror* need to fucking chill, reasons to date me: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: please lol, "its dark im scared" don't worry bae i got this *stomps foot* *sketchers light up*, me: *talks for 30 minutes straight on a subject no one cares about just because i love sharing information*, me:*lies down* things:*continue to happen* me: lieS DOWN HARDER*, friend: you look stressed me: haha yeah it's the stress, it's raining but it's not men so what's the point

Cypress: is it gay in here or is it just me?, im the seductive malicious forest spirit your parents warned you about, me: hangs out w/ little kids and tries to reach them self love and feminist ideas, I am a dream girl I already know, i'm a good person i don't deserve to be mistaken for a heterosexual, *me flirting* hey wanna suffer together, "sit up straight" how dare you i'll sit as gay as i please, Area Women Not Listened To Again, "women are weaklings!" i'm strong enough to carry your corpse to the woods, I'm in love with this girl. She's gorgeous, smart, talented, funny as hell, and totally badass. That girl is me. boy: says something sexual or flirtatious me: right...anyway, "you can't wear that!!!! people will get the wrong impression!!!" the impression that i am a hot babe with an ass that just won't quit??" honey that ain't wrong that's just a fact

Becket: am i a complex carbohydrate because i am slowly breaking down, I'm usually that person who has no idea what's going on, no offense but what the fuck am I doing, eyebrow game strong?, more like eyeBAG game strong. i'm fucking exhausted. haha lol, au where i'm not crying, i expect the minimum and am still disappointed, INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE who are simultaneously GIANT DORKS are my ULTIMATE WEAKNESS, me: knows exactly what i have to say me: stutters and fucks up a 5 word sentence, me, a sensitive and very emotional person who cries easily and can't take any criticism: i wanna fight someone

Liam: im fluent in talking shit, is it morally okay to pray that your crush's relationship doesn't work out, I walk this broken road on the boulevard of broken roads Don't know where it broke but it's only me and I broke the road, can you not date people that are not me? it's rude., i think i stole all of the wrong personality traits when when making my identity because no one fucking likes me??, hot people who know they're hot are the worst and can't be trusted, I thought you were in love? just with myself, *avoids even people i love w all heart*, I may look calm but in my head I've killed you three times, Child Development Experts Say Boys Not Fully Mature Until Avenging Father's Murder, i bet you thought you'd seen the last of me, i try not to sound like an asshole but it's really hard because i am an asshole, why are 15 year olds so angry

Bean: wanna make a secret handshake it involves us touching our mouths together for three hours, don't look at me i'll fall in love with u, Do you ever look at a person and get the urge to just drop everything and yell I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU, here's a little song i like to call "i cherish our friendship so i won't tell you i would totally have sex with you if you asked"

Cyra: IF YOU SAY ONE MORE WORD I'M GOING TO GRAB YOUR FACE AND kiss it because you're cute , do you ever just want to hold someone in your arms for about 37 years, QUICK. PUT YOUR LIPS ON MINE IT'S AN EMERGENCY, @god thanks for making girls so pretty, they're just really cute and in love, my kink is a happy n fulfilling relationship, my seduction style is is genuinely caring about your life & wanting you to improve & be happy, otp: smol and tol, you can't be hot and just expect me to act normal

Jean and Kira: I'm Always Open To Feedback I Can Get Defensive About And Ultimately Ignore

The Squad: Group Of Good-Looking People All Headed Toward Same Place

[thatnamewill-probably-change]

FLUFF: “You look really cute in that.”, 21 - “I made you some breakfast.”, 2 - “I bought this because I thought you’d like it.” !!!!

6 hours later. Here you go, buddy. Hope you like it.

For the first 100 days or so of the Santos presidency, it was not a strange occurrence for Joshua Lyman, Chief of Staff to President Matt Santos, to wake up Donnatella Moss, Chief of Staff to First Lady Helen Santos at 4 in the morning so that he could kiss her goodbye before heading to the office.

Even once this time period had passed, the chances of them waking up together still wasn’t as high as either of them would have liked. Donna had also been slowly but steadily turning Helen Santos into a political player of her own right, so it wasn’t entirely Josh’s duties that led to this happening.

So when Donna Moss woke up one morning to find Josh’s arms wrapped around her and his brown eyes gazing lovingly at her, it was predictable that she would take the opportunity to get closer to him and try to go back to sleep. Waking up together was something so special that she didn’t want it to be over.

She could feel him chuckle and kiss her forehead.“Good morning, Donnatella. It’s not a nightmare, it is actually morning.I’m pissed too, don’t worry.”

She opened her eyes and promptly rolled them at him, getting a fully dimpled smile at her in return.“What are you doing here? Don’t you have meetings and briefings today?”

He shook his head.“Nope. Rescheduled them. Today it’s just you and me.”

Donna was touched, “You rescheduled meetings for me?”

“Well, Margaret did. Maybe due to an order by the President that I wasn’t allowed to come in or else I would have to help him construct Miranda’s new doll house that they got her. But I was going to do it anyway and Sam and Lou have it under control. Plus I called your assistant and she said you were going to be off today so–.”

She laughed, “Well, the fact that you decided to spend it with me has to count for something. But if you are off, why are you awake?”

Josh grinned, “Because I have a surprise for you.”

Josh kissed her head and rolled out of bed as agile as possible (or in his case, as agile as a newborn deer), and strutted out of the bedroom into the other part of the apartment. Donna sat up and couldn’t help but be reduced to tears as Josh came back in with a tray of pancakes, eggs, and sausage, a cup of coffee, and a flower, before he set it down in front of her

“I made you some breakfast and yes, I read the instructions on everything before I did it and I cleaned everything up. And”, he cheekily added, “I even brought you some coffee.” He looked up and was immediately stricken by the tears running down her face.

“Donna? Is everything okay?”

“You made me breakfast?” She whispered

Josh was confused at her reaction and quickly began to panic.“Do you not like this? I can—um— make you something else. Sam said that pancakes were something that Ainsley loves to have when she gets breakfast in bed so I just assumed—. I should have just waited until you were up and we could have gotten brunch or something. Donna? Do—Don’t get emotional or anything, I can fix it.”

Donna laughed, “This is one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me. Although, since meeting you, that list has gotten a lot longer. I love it Joshua.”

Josh smiled and blushed.“I’m glad. I love you so much Donnatella, I really do And I know we don’t get to spend as much time together as we’d like, but I just want you to know I’m trying.”

Donna smiled and kissed him softly. “I love you too, Joshua and I know. Now get over here and eat some of these pancakes with me.”

“I have some more in the kitchen that I’ll grab in a second. But didn’t you notice something else on your tray?”

“What?Oh, the flower? Yeah, it’s really pretty”

“No, I mean the coffee. I brought you coffee and everything. Something, you never did.”

Smack

“Ow, what the hell!”

“You drive me crazy you know that, Joshua Lyman?”

“But you love me.”

“Yes, I do. Now go grab the rest of the pancakes, if Sam was the one going you instructions then there are a ton of them out there.”

Josh walked back to the kitchen and was about to grab the plate of pancakes, until he was suddenly possessed into going to where his backpack lay and pulled out the letter from President Bartlet inviting him to Manchester for Thanksgiving in two months. He also pulled out a receipt for a jeweler in Connecticut.“Hey, Donna! What do you think about going to Manchester for Thanksgiving? Any problem with that?”

“I don’t think so. Why? What brought this up?”

“Nothing. I just got a letter from President Bartlet enclosed with an invite and I think we should go. You can buy that dress that you loved so much in that Vanity Fair magazine that that one actress wore. You would look really cute in that.”

“I would look really cute? Josh, you have been spending too much time with Miranda. Now get in here so we can eat and potentially do some other things.”

Josh laughed. The strong bond that he had with Miranda Santos, President Santos’ daughter, was something that surprisingly came out of the Santos administration. Donna wasn’t surprised though; she knew how much he loved kids even though he seemed like the type of person to not like them. It wasn’t abnormal to see Miranda in Josh’s office after school when Josh wasn’t too busy just hanging out or having a tea party with him while he argued with recalcitrant senators who,  despite Sam’s haggling, wouldn’t budge on an issue.

“Okay. Okay, I’m coming.” He put the letter on the dining room table but put the receipt back in his backpack. Hopefully, in two months when they went up to Manchester, he would get to show her something that he bought for her that she would like.

[queenofthenorths]

It was bound to happen sometime.

[annemarieyeretzian]

20 favorite fictional couples: Josh and Donna, The West Wing (1999)

“If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights.”

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

find somebody who looks at you like josh lyman looks at donnatella moss after she says she wouldn’t stop for red lights 

[selinameyer]

do the j/d relationship meme thing 👀

makes the bed in the mornings: donna obviously 

has sole possession of the tv remote:they decide together what they're gonna watch beforehand but josh always ends up with the remote at some point and changes the channel to cnn

is the bigger cuddler: they're both cuddlers but JOSH is the bigger one (donna is really surprised by it at the beginning of their relationship) 

does the laundry: donna 

mows the lawn: josh... he actually grows to love it... it relaxes him 

shops for groceries: c'mon... obviously donna... josh never managed to actually do grocery shopping. the only thing you could find in his fridge was milk that had gone bad

comes home drunk at 3am: josh... he tries to be extra quiet when he comes home so that he doesn't wake donna but he obviously fails and she eventually gets up and makes sure he gets changed for bed and takes an advil and drinks some water 

makes breakfast: they both usually get breakfast on their way to work but donna tries to get josh to eat some fruit for breakfast sometimes 

remembers to feed the fish: lmao they'd be dead by the end of the week if josh was responsible for feeding them 

decorates the apartment: DONNA bc josh is a mess and doesn't care about decorations 

initiates duets: josh :-) (usually when really sappy ballads are on and he's slightly intoxicated) 

falls asleep first: donna... josh loves revelling in the feeling of her in his arms for a while before he drifts off to sleep 

[justanotherwannabeclassic]

Post-first time Josh and Donna are the most adorably awkward people on the planet.