The Cookie Jar Archive
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Allison

        Storm in my Heart   (Josh/Donna)
              "I barely notice she's there; I'm so spaced out right now."

Amber

        The Musician   (Josh)
                "I’m a musician. It’s something very few people know about me."

Anna Rousseau

        Certain Things   (Ens.)
              "They will continue knowing certain things and not knowing certain things, each day becoming more familiar and attached to one another, never once imagining that in nine months time things will be so much different than they are now."

Another Juxtaposition

      Spinning Teacups    (CJ)
                 "The world is spinning a bit faster than it used to."
      House of Cards  (Josh/Sam)
                "Somewhere he hates himself for letting this happen, night after night, beer after beer, but most of all he hates himself for loving the way Josh says his name as they are a jumbled mess of legs and arms amidst cotton sheets."

August

              not happy   (CJ/Toby)
              "there is an ending, somewhere, in all this"
        Paper Replicates   (CJ/Toby)
              "She wrapped her arms around herself, feeling tired and old and over-dressed for a conversation on the steps of his apartment building."
        The Big Band Period   (CJ/Toby)
             "This is the stupidest thing she has ever done."
      trainwreck (CJ/Toby)
              "you're like a fucking trainwreck, toby."

bluejeans

        Friend of the Father   (Leo)
              "Though a life can disappear, the effect of that life echoes on. "

BJ Garrett

        Laugh and Explode   (Josh/Sam.)
              "I'm probably a very bad son now, but I make him laugh and explode."

Bramble

       Donna's Big, Unwrapped, Microwave Oven Box (Josh/Donna)
                  "You got me something and I want to know what it is -- my big microwave oven box without the microwave."
        I Will Survive or: This Is So *Not* NPR (Josh/Donna)
              "'I hate this song.'"
        Something Warm About the Rain (Josh/Donna)
              "She realizes she can't really hear the rain anymore -- but she knows it's still there."
        The Gentle Art of Head Wounds   (Josh/Donna)
              "So," I start casually. "Josh is meeting Amy Gardner for drinks."

Cagey

     Antiacousticophobia    (CJ/Sam)
               "Sam, do you think there's a word for fear of silence?"

Cara

        Nature Boy (CJ/Sam)
              "'A little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he...'"

CazQ

        Burning Buildings, Burning Bridges (Josh/Donna)
                "What would you save from a burning building?"
        Only in the Cold  (Sam)
                "Here cracks a noble heart."

CGB

        Pilgrim's Chorus (Ainsley)
              "She's not sure how she got here."
        Rub Until it Bleeds   (CJ/Toby)
              "She is cocooning, building up walls."

CretKid

        Bookends  (Ens.)
              "Weather delays are only annoying if you let them be."
        Latitudes  (Sam)
                "You give the people you love some latitude."

Dafna G.

        Dioscorea  (Ens.)
                "I'm just saying, it's past midnight. I doubt they're still talking about the history of the yam."

Dee

        The Mistletoe   (Ens.)
              "Hey... mistletoe."

Ellen Milholland

      Amen    (Post-ITSOTG, CJ)
                 "You feel for a moment like you're stuck in Sam's bad TV drama, because you're praying aloud in this
                hideously sterile hospital room, and because real life isn't supposed to work like this."
        and you were magnificent  (CJ/Sam)
              "And then his fingers are in her hair, and his mouth is hard against hers and somewhere far away the world runs without them. "
      Center of Gravity    (CJ/Sam)
              "He finds her sometimes like this."
     Cuando tú conoces     (CJ/Toby - second in the Total Grilling Trilogy)
                     "The truth is somewhere between the first and fortieth drink."
     Dominance    (CJ/Ann Stark - third in Ruthless series)
                  "'So, what you mean to say, is that I just really want to be dominated?'
                 'That is absolutely what I mean to say.'"
      Irreparable Things (CJ/Sam - sequel to Center of Gravity)
              "What if this is one of those irreparable things that just goes on broken forever?"
        Little Girl   (CJ/Toby)
              "Much later, she said, "I could've done this in California."
             People Living Brightly   (Josh/Joey)
              "Thank you," he says slowly, close to her face, "for dealing in absolutes."
Playful Banter and Lively Foreplay   (CJ/Toby - third in Total Grilling Trilogy)
                 "Toby and I were absolutely, absolutely not having sex."
      Ruthless    (CJ/Ann Stark)
              "CJ was nobody's easy prey, but everyone has a breaking point."
              Smooth Like Glass   (CJ/Sam)
              "She forgets how to breathe."
The Sweetness of Small Victories    (CJ/Ann Stark - sequel to Ruthless)
              "Ann's nails are trimmed very short, and her fingertips are soft as they trace their way up the inside
                 of CJ's thigh. 'God, this is a great dress.'"
             That Music   (Josh/Joey)
                "He kisses her then, roughly and desperately, in relief, perhaps, or because of the pain, or because she is there and isn't as broken as he is."
Total Grilling Experience   (general - first in Total Grilling Trilogy)
                "'I can grill!" Josh whined. 'I am a lean, mean grilling machine.'"

EPurSeMouve

      On Account of Age   (Ensemble)
               "Kids these days."

Allison

     Downtime     (CJ/Josh friendship)
                 "Their friendship was no secret, but most people probably didn't understand the real intimacy
                   between them."
        Flashback (Ensemble)
                    "And anyone who says we don't need stricter gun laws should come and spend a day in this place where
                   running the country means risking your life."

Heather Jarman

      As Chaste As Ice   (Josh/Donna)
                "He knew that she behaved as she did, fully aware that she was in the wrong and yet she did it anyway."

Jae

        A Change in the Weather   (Sam)
              "My story wasn't finished yet, and maybe it never would be. But for the first time in recent memory, that didn't seem quite so frightening."

Jane Harper

        A Family Thing   (Leo)
              "Ain’t nothing but a family thang."

Jess

     Silence    (Ensemble)
                "Maybe that's why I can't bear silence, because somewhere in my mind I equate the absence of
                   sound with my mother. And it's terrifying."

Jo March

        An Innocent Kiss   (Josh/Donna)
              "As kisses go, this was nice. Sweet. Completely appropriate."
     Exit Strategy: How I Spent My Summer Vacation     (Josh/Donna)
                "How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Donnatella Viridis Moss."
      The Benefits of Stamp Collecting  (Josh/Donna)
                "Since my daughter's last name is Lyman, you can see where that part of the fantasy turned out to be pretty much unnecessary, can't you?"
        The Chatterbox   (Josh/Donna)
              "Whenever I get depressed about my lot in life, I think about The Chatterbox. At least I don't have to put up with that anymore. "

Kappagirl and Jadar Allyna

        Unexpected: I Keep on Fallin   (CJ/Josh)
              "Can I come in?" "If I say no, will you actually leave?" "Absolutely not."
        Unexpected: Night so Fine   (CJ/Josh)
              "Mandy's been gone almost a month, and I find myself wondering what the statute of limitations is for getting over ex-girlfriends. And then I stop to remember that Josh is my co-worker. My co-worker with the nice ass. Good lord, how much tequila did I have tonight?"
        Unexpected: Paradox of Loving You   (CJ/Josh)
              "They sat quietly in contemplation, until she spoke. "Toby has this theory . . . about campaign relationships. About why they don't work."
        Unexpected: When it all Rolls By   (CJ/Josh)
              "Tonight is the last time we can be Joshua and Claudia Jean. Tomorrow we are the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Press Secretary."

Kari

      Cloud Watching   (CJ/Toby)
                "She likes to sit and watch the clouds, and when she does, she thinks."
      Rockhopping   (CJ/Josh)
                "In a way, they are rockhopping themselves. Going forward, seemingly okay, but only a trip
                   away from falling into the darkness."

Kat

     Interesting Times   (post-2C, Ensemble)
                "Someday, they wouldn't be involved in any struggle, but someday was a long way off."
        The Woman's Got Soul   (Josh/Donna)
              "It's all about soul. It's all about faith and a deeper devotion. It's all about soul. 'Cause under the love is a stronger emotion…"

Kathleen

      Talk to Me   (CJ/Josh)
                 "CJ wanted Josh to do most of the talking but knew he would eventually get her to open up as well."
      I Never Promised You A Rose Garden    (CJ/Josh)
                 "It's not like you to want to do this. You the one who needs to talk this time? ".
      How We Doing?    (CJ/Josh)
                     "We're not doing so good, Joshua."

Katrina

     May Day     (CJ/Danny)
                "Somehow, after haunting the silent corridors of the West Wing for the last hour, her journey
                   had concluded here. Where it had started. One year ago. The press briefing before they left for Rosslyn."

Kim

     Black-eyed Angels   (Josh)
                "I jumped in the river, what did I see?/Black-eyed angels swam with me..."
        The Guilt of Ziegler (Ginger)
              "'Because he tried to kill me with a boysenberry danish and now he feels amazingly large amounts of guilt.'"

Lacy

        A Sworn Fealty   (Josh/Donna)
              "Because these are the sacrifices I'm meant to make."
        A Woman's Work   (Josh/Donna)
              "When this is ended, I will be one of them -- a woman who's done her work and given her all."
        The Wishing Angel Part 1 2 3 4   (Josh/Donna)
              "Holiday saccharine..."

Lin

      Charmed Life   (Josh)
                 "Do you ever find yourself going around in circles about nothing? Rolling it around in your mind
                    as if it were a piece of fudge, but pondering the what-ifs of life. "

Liz Barr

     Sunset   (CJ/Toby)
                "The sin and this mess we're in, and the city sun sets over me."

Luna (Violet)

        If the Fates Allow...   (Leo)
              "Leo--" Her voice wavered. "There's alcohol in this."
     Ride On   (Sam/Donna friendship)
                "Not knowing everything is all that makes it ok sometimes."
      The Soul Selects Her Own Society    (CJ/Toby)
                 "It was too hot to sleep. It was too hot to be awake. It was certainly too hot to be sensible."

Lyman's Might

             Or Maybe a Goose...   (Ens.)
              "Sometimes, it's just bigger..."
        The Howling of Ducks   (Josh)
                "And, though he's sure those memories are somewhere in his mind, tucked between traumas, he can't
                   remember a time when he didn't question his right to be alive."

Lynn Jepson

        Cold Fog   (Josh/Donna)
              "Snow was piled up inside when she pulled her hand away."

Macha

     An Occasion of Baked Goods   (Josh/Donna)
               "Joshua Lyman is kissing me. And it is incredible."

Manda

      Fragile  (CJ)
              "Never understand that she makes herself unbreakable so they don't have to be."

Marguerite

     Collateral   (Josh)
                 "Josh was still rebuilding, still struggling, undaunted but without direction, and now they were offering
                   him something that could reignite his extraordinary heart. Or send him down in flames."
     Fish Nor Fowl   (Josh/Donna friendship)
                 "You have to make sure you don't hurt these women, ever."
      Fraternity (Post-ITSOTG, Ensemble)
                       "You're closer to Josh and Sam, and even Leo, in some incomprehensible way, than to David,
                    and regret has a stench all its own."
        Gentlemen's Agreement   (Josh/Donna)
              "Like Alice, Josh gives himself very good advices that he very seldom follows. "

        Giselle (Josh/Donna)
              "He didn't know how to lift her up, how to make her a creature of the air."
      In Parting  (Ens.)
                  "No one understood what it was like to be a Beatle except the other Beatles, and it's like that for us, too."
      Percussion    (Post-ITSOTG, Ensemble)
                 "He's stable. Which is more than I can say for the rest of us."
      Transfigured Night With a Strange Communion    (Post-TC, Ensemble)
                 "Leo could taste the subtle flavor of oatmeal. It would be the woman's ghostly visitation to him forever."
        Vidui   (Toby)
              "He chose a pew in the shadows where his face could be hidden from all but God's gaze. "
        Written (Post-ITSOTG, Ensemble)
                       "Like taking an umbrella to make sure it doesn't rain, you write your best friend's obituary to keep
                    him from dying before you get home."

Marie-Claude Danis

     Lucky Girl     (Josh/Donna)
                "And then I can't help but wonder about the girl. He's obviously mad about her, and his indecision
                   doesn't lessen that impression."
        Rumpled Linen (Josh/CJ)
              "'And when we get up, I'll tell you about the guy I ended up sleeping with last night.'"

Melymbrosia

        The Daughters of Abraham   (Ellie)
              "You must get so worried."

Mich

     Much Ado About Politix   (Ensemble)
                     "Now our charms are all o'erthrown,/And what wit we have's our own./
                   Our tale's been told, our story writ,/We're sorry if you thought it shit."
     Precious Jewel    (Josh/Donna - sequel to Lucky Girl)
                     "Why don't you just ask her?"

Michelle K.

        Any Given Day  (Ens.)
                        "But there was a whole 'nother West Wing than the one that's been seen on television. It's a West Wing of various forms of sex. A West Wing of lustful glances between anyone and everyone, regardless of gender. A West Wing where any unresolved sexual tension becomes resolved. "
        Upside Down and Falling Fast    (Post-TFGKY, CJ/Josh)
                 "This has happened before, so she's not surprised when he shows up at her door."
      Only Time   (Post-18th &Potomac, CJ/Josh)
                      "No one said it would be easy."

Misha

Moments (Josh/Donna)
"Sometimes it's all about moments."

N

        1984 (Sam)
              "1984 was the year that I was going to change the world."

not jenny
      and maybe alcoholics    (CJ/Toby)
                 "'So, tonight, after AA, do you want to go out? Maybe get something to eat and talk?'"

N.Y. Smith

     A Season in Hell    (Josh)
                  "The Deputy Chief of Staff sacrifices everything to save the President."

Pares

     The Tallest Orders (CJ/Toby)
                 "He likes her."

Pene

        Tenderness  (CJ/Toby)
                "So it has all come to this"

Perri

     Mend    (Donna/Other - WW/SN XO)
                  "Standing here in the ruins of the only life I know . . ."
     Counting Coup  (Ens.)
                 "At least I know the kid's okay -- if 'okay' is really the word you want to use for someone who's having problems telling up from down and right from left at the moment. "

Piper

     Breaking Point   (Ens.)
                 "Toby Ziegler had sworn to himself a few hours earlier that if one more person asked him that
                   question, said person would get throttled."

Pix

        Catch, Finish, Drive, Recovery (Cliff)
              "He's not a bad guy. He just made a few mistakes, and they won't die down."
      Galatea  (Josh/Donna)
                "The difference is that this time, he wants Donna to continue needing him. He doesn't yet know why."
        The Best of All Possible Worlds   (Donna)
              "I have this life, I think, and then I stop, because sometimes, it's easier to live in my real world than it is to think about what the best possible one would be like."

Pix, Bramble, Kim, and Puck and Zillah

        The Extra-Festive, Holiday Fic   (Ens.)
              "Festive happenings in the White House! Nookie! Cookies!"

Priya Deonarain

        Sleep Dep  (CJ)
                "I was tired."

Punk

      Exit Tax   (CJ)
                 "There is a difference between what you know and what you do."

Ryo Sen

      Event Horizon     (Josh)
                 "I didn't wonder that."
      Exit Strategy: I'd Probably Lie     (Josh/Donna)
                "I miss grade school, sometimes, for the long summer vacations. And the part where your first day
              back to school consisted of writing an account of What I Did This Summer on that great paper with the
               huge lines."
        Of Bubbles Bursting   (CJ)
              "It was the bathroom that sold her on the townhouse."
        Witless: An Innocent Kiss   (Josh/Donna)
              "Donna and I were kissing, and we were surprisingly good at it."

Sabine

      Boy     (Josh/Sam - third in the Statesmen Series)
                 "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop."
      Drunk  (Ens.)
                "Donna is marvelous, Sam's a mixed drink, CJ can dance, Ainsley's having tequila, and Josh is any one of the Seven Dwarves."
     Largest Colonial Building in the World    (Josh, Josh/Sam)
                    "In the summer of 1970, Uncle Roger, who wasn't Jewish, bought the first Chevy
                   Suburban in Connecticut."
      Men     (Josh/Sam - second in the Statesmen Series)
                 "God give us men. The time demands / Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and willing hands."
      Women      (Josh/Sam - first in the Statesmen Series)
                 "And we really all are women here, when all is said and done."

Sary

        A Fear of Rectangles   (Josh)
              "I mean, I wish -- I wish I could say something. But the sooner the President forgets about that incident, the better."
      The Dating Habits of Democrats  (Josh/Donna)
                "Cliff was a Republican. Is. A Republican. And that's a definite problem for me, because I've got this whole Democratic life."
      The Language That Gets The Job Done   (Charlie)
                 "Some nights, I feel too young."
        What's Doing, Claudia Jean?   (CJ)
                "My goldfish died."

Sid

        Knowing the Question  (Charlie)
                "But I would have loved even more to tell her that now I know the question."

S. N. Kastle

        American Girl   (Josh/Sam, Donna)
              "Aren't you a little old for this kind of thing?"
        Nowhere  (Josh/Sam)
                "Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here."
Suki

     Sucker's Bet     (CJ/Toby)
                    "Yeah, whoever has had sex most recently wins."

Tabitha K. Muir

        Mercy on Their Souls   (CJ/Josh)
              "Josh, you came all the way over here in the middle of the night just to give me something I can't open?"

TheRepublican

        Shivers   (CJ/Toby)
              "He said she was gorgeous. She smiles, and shivers."

Valentine

        Happiness Is...   (Josh)
              "My dad used to have this little book. One of those little inspirational things."
        Line Dried   (CJ/Josh)
              "Kind of looks like laundry."

Violet and Cinnamon

        The End Of The Innocence   (Ens.)
              "I don't know what I mean. I'm just saying. I used to be innocent."

Wombat

      Ostriches and Dodos   (Josh)
                "There's something I want to get off my chest - other than this scar that is."