SAM SEABORN/JOSH LYMAN

I’ve Got A Space on my Floor With Your Name On It - 1,597 words, rated g

He hears a knock on his doorframe. He opens his mouth, ready to say something that people would think is very typical Josh that’s actually just very typical tired and anxious Josh (which is Josh most of the time, but the people who matter know he’s not like that; C. J. and Leo and Joey and Donna and… Sam. Sam knows more than anyone.). He lifts his face from his hands, ready to tell anybody, nobody who it is, to leave him alone.

Unfortunately, he looks up and sees his exception. Sam Seaborn is leaning in his doorway with the most sincere blue eyes Josh has ever seen. Josh’s face softens despite everything that’s happened in the past 12 hours.

a quick and lovely read!!

Now More Than Ever - 2,376 words, rated t

It’s inauguration night and Josh is looking at Sam.

the moments right before they get together, so sweet and right!

Rain or Shine - 1,330 words, rated t - includes cj/toby

Two weeks before the election.

i love the writing style in this one, and it just leads up so cutely to the end.

Seven beginnings and an ((un)happily) ever after - 2,259 words, rated m

It’s in Washington State that he realizes he’s not sure it happened at all.

2002 Jeds - Third Place - Outstanding Josh/Sam

oof, be prepared to have your heart ripped out in the best way possible. if you want a super realistic imagining of josh/sam that doesn’t break canon, it doesn’t get more heartbreakingly imaginable than this

All That’s Fit to Print - 14,298 words, rated t

In the midst of speech-writing for a dinner, an article comes out that’s less than good news for the Senior Staff and definitely enough to put Josh through hell.

the coming out fic, and there’s really nothing else i can say about it other than that it’s excellent and if you haven’t read it yet, you are missing out in a big way.

Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - 5,330 words, rated m

A one-shot into an Alternative Universe set a shortly before the fall of Saigon in which Josh and Sam work for the US Embassy in Vietnam.

this has some of the best descriptions of josh and sam’s relationship that i’ve ever read, and though it’s a little cheesy i think we all deserve that once in a while ok

fall into place - 7,132 words, n/r (i’d put it somewhere between t and m)

sam and josh share a bed. what more do you need to know?

such a cute bedsharing fic with FEELINGS included but not overdone! i love!

An Open Letter to the Man Who Loves Him Next From the Man Who Loved Him First - 2,524 words, rated g

Josh writes a letter.

Just in case.

oof this one will GET YOU. it has so many perfect little headcanons of their relationship, and i accepted all of them tbh. it’s also a great example of a writer exercising josh’s writing voice and i think it’s pretty spot-on to how i imagined it.

the weight of love (in your arms) - 1,005 words, rated t

He steals a glance at Josh and sees that his face is carefully blank, intentionally wiped of all emotion.
“Just tired?” Sam asks quietly, and Josh looks up at him.
Josh shakes his head. “Something like that.”

if youre like me and you are obsessed with the moment josh and sam brush shoulders while sam is laying into ainsley about gun control (YES I HAVE A PROBLEM I KNOW), then you will love this fic. it feels like such a realistic moment in their lives.