Formerly SkatingThroughLife35 on A03; now known as The_Finest_Bagels_and_Muffins. Multi-fandom blog, though mostly focused on The West Wing these days. Chief of Staff at the In This White House Discord server. Ask me anything!
Other/secondary: New Amsterdam (no longer active, but you can check out my Sharpwin fics if you're so inclined), Gilmore Girls, The Princess Diaries (Mia/Nicholas)
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Congratulations to everyone on finishing The West Wing Pride Month!
What a phenomenal month this has been! Here's to all of the creators and supporters who have participated throughout. And as always, if we've missed something, please do reach out.
The works of the past two weeks are listed below:
Trust Your Hearts by The_Finest_Bagels_and_Muffins / @drelizabethgreene
Prompt Fill: Queerplatonic, T, (F/F) Carol Fitzpatrick x Donna Moss
find a reason tonight by AllTheWorldIsBlind / @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Unconventional, T, (F/F) CJ Cregg x Andy Wyatt
transition (ronna/cindy) by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Transition, Ronna Beckman, Cindy
glorious in the feast of our creation by starlingkick
Prompt Fill: Transition, G, (F/F) (Gen) Ellie Bartlet x Vic Faison
Pardon me, is everybody there? by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Comphet, G, (F/M) Sam Seaborn x Lisa Sherborne
weâll never be strangers by eggsbenedictontherocks
Prompt Fill: Comphet, T, (F/M) Josh Lyman x Donna Moss
everybody knows heâs just her type by AllTheWorldIsBlind / @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Comphet, G, (F/M) (Gen) Danny Concannon x CJ Cregg
to ourselves and our posterity by violet_storms
Prompt Fill: Childhood Crush, T, (F/F) Ellie Bartlet x Mallory O'Brien
Only the Unlucky of Us Get to Do It by TheCoub
Prompt Fill: Coming Out, T, (F/M) Toby Ziegler x Tabitha Fortis
How Wonderful Life Is by The_Finest_Bagels_and_Muffins
Prompt Fill: Coming Out, T, (Multi) Carol Fitzpatrick x Donna Moss, CJ Cregg & Carol Fitzpatrick, CJ Cregg & Donna Moss
coming out (matt/bruce, + helen) moodboard/drabble by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Coming out, Matt Santos x Bruce, Helen Santos
to the nines by eggsbenedictontherocks
Prompt Fill: Gender Expression, T, (Other) CJ Cregg x Donna Moss
don't say yes (run away now) by BroadwayBaggins
Prompt Fill: Comphet, T, (F/F) Ellie Bartlet x Andy Wyatt
itâs just in my nature by AllTheWorldIsBlind / @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Euphoria, E, (F/F) (Other) CJ Cregg x Andy Wyatt, Andy Wyatt x Original Female Character
Like a Mood Ring Changing Colors by RobinsonsWereHere / @divorcedlizbartlet
Prompt Fill: Coming Out, T, (F/F) CJ Cregg x Elizabeth Bartlet Westin, Ellie Bartlet x Andy Wyatt, Ellie Bartlet & Elizabeth Bartlet Westin
and nowadays it's politics by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Coming Out, T, (Gen) Diane Frost & Toby Ziegler, Andy Wyatt & Toby Ziegler, Diane Frost & Andy Wyatt
Heels and New York Times Reporters by Phantom_of_the_Office
Prompt Fill: Gender Expression, (Gen) Jenny McGarry x Leo McGarry, Leo McGarry & Karen Cahill, Leo McGarry & Original Male Character(s), Abbey Bartlet & Jed Bartlet & Leo McGarry
ain't no winners in a game like this by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Guilt/Regret, T, (M/M) Sam Seaborn x Toby Ziegler
sam, lisa, and musings on why a marriage never happened by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Guilt/Regret/Forgiveness, Sam Seaborn, Lisa Sherborne
discretion is a virtue by eggsbenedictontherocks
Prompt Fill: Coming Out, T, (Multi) CJ Cregg & Donna Moss
call it casual by eggsbenedictontherocks
Prompt Fill: Anticipation/Euphoria, T, (F/F) CJ Cregg x Donna Moss
cowboy au and 'cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other' by willie nelson by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Secrecy
Eleanor Bartlet x Andrea Wyatt moodboard by @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Secrecy, Ellie Bartlet x Andy Wyatt
confidant by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Secrecy, T, (F/F) Ellie Bartlet x Andy Wyatt
CJ Cregg and Andrea Wyatt in Pride and Politics moodboard by @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Unexpected Sparks, CJ Cregg x Andy Wyatt
Paris Paloma's unreleased song by @bartletslesbians
Prompt Fill: Minor Character, Andy Wyatt x CJ Cregg
hiding place by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Hurt/Comfort, M, (F/F) Ellie Bartlet x Molly O'Connor
ten-foot chain by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Kink, (M/M) Sam Seaborn x Toby Ziegler
Any sailor worth their salt knows knots moodboard by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Kink, Kate Harper
"Superstitious. One of my Election Day good-luck routines." moodboard by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Kink, Josh Lyman x Bruno Gianelli
this particular self by violet_storms
Prompt Fill: Minor Character, G, (Gen) Molly Morello & Donna Moss
she was a playboy (brigitte bardot) by fauchevalent
Prompt Fill: Kink, (F/F) (Gen) Helen Santos x Andy Wyatt, Amy Gardner x Donna Moss, C. J. Cregg x Andy Wyatt, C. J. Cregg & Amy Gardner & Donna Moss & Helen Santos & Andy Wyatt
Andy Wyatt and red ribbons by @melvilleswamoursea
mind-body problem by violet_storms
Prompt Fill: Alternate Universe, T, (F/M) (M/M), Jed Bartlet x Leo McGarry, Abbey Bartlet x Leo McGarry, Abbey Bartlet x Jed Bartlet
cj and 'my only child', the highwomen by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Family Planning, CJ Cregg
a kindling of sorts by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Family Planning, Prompt Fill: Public/Private Lives, T, (Gen) Jules "Julie" Ziegler & Toby Ziegler, Toby Ziegler & Ziegler Family, CJ Cregg & Andrea Wyatt & Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman & Toby Ziegler
cj/andy and "if she ever leaves me" by the highwomen by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Public/Private Lives, CJ Cregg x Andy Wyatt
birds all sing, as if they knew by starlingkick
G, (F/F) (Gen) Millicent Griffith x Evelyn Baker Lang
after the party by muldxr
Prompt Fill: Single, (F/F) Mallory O'Brien x Elizabeth Bartlet Westin
leo and deployed drag shows by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Drag, Leo McGarry
sir john marbury and his days as a panto dame moodboard by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Drag, Sir John Marbury
of america by violet_storms
Prompt Fill: Pride, (F/F) CJ Cregg x Andy Wyatt
Spreading Love, There Is No Need to Fear by quartforshort
Prompt Fill: Pride, G, (Gen) Huck Wyatt-Ziegler & Original Character
ellie's coming out announcement and 'proud' by heather smalls video by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Prompt Fill: Pride, Ellie Bartlet
Donât Take It Away From Me by arborealstops / @cowboyspones
G, (F/F) Kate Harper x CJ Cregg
the text wing pride edition pt.1, the text wing pride edition pt.2 by @yes-i-am-that-bb
liz/kate goodbye earl au edit by @yes-i-am-that-bb
lesbian margaret's family planning and quiet pregnancy thoughts by @yes-i-am-that-bb
Margaret has added another entry to her diary! This takes place the night before Bartletâs first inauguration and itâs her last normal day of life for (unknown to her) the next seven years:
From the Diary of Margaret Hooper - January 19, 1999
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Finally got to post my fic for TWW Tropes fest. Chose the prompt âfound familyâ and wrote this Leo and Margaret oneshot where Leo (and Mallory!) come visit Margaret when sheâs recovering after emergency surgery.
Thanks @jessbakescakes for running this! I hope everyone likes it!
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Feeling like crap this morning due to no sleep. Up and canceled my first mammogram that I had booked for next month not because Iâm anti-medicine but because I really donât want to go through with a callback if they ask. Honestly the whole thing just doesnât seem worth the stress for me.
Canât wait to go out later and grab a sleep aid at the drugstore to knock myself out tonight.
Back for more Donna/Carol for @twwpride and the prompt Coming Out! Also wrote this for Day 17 of the 2026 @februaryficletchallenge with the prompt âqueer.â
Donna and Carol have been dating for about a month now and are having a harder time keeping their feelings and actions private, so they decide to share their relationship with the person who cares most about both of them.
Me when I know Iâve been spoiled for ages for C.J. and Danny getting together and Iâm still yelling at the TV screen for her to not do it and not accept the date and to have higher standards.
A few days late posting this but excited that I wrote for @twwpride for the first time!
A Donna/Carol oneshot for the prompt âQueerplatonicâ where Donna is trying to figure out how to label her relationship with Carol. Carol has an idea that will help them both show off their commitment to each other as both friends and partners.
Thanks to @bartletslesbians for the patience in explaining this concept to me and @broadwaybaggins for the continued support!
I would love any feedback on how you think I interpreted this concept. Comments welcome!
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Finished the second part of my Leo/Jordon angst fic today! Still love writing fics about what I think happened in their relationship from mid-Season 3 until early Season 4.
If you liked this, today is my birthday, so I would definitely appreciate the gift of comments if you feel inclined!
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If you want some West Wing fics to read this weekend I have you covered!
If youâre looking for something easy breezy and shorter, Margaretâs diary has a new entry, detailing her visit to the White House before Bartletâs first inauguration.
Or, ICYMI and/if you want some angst, check out Part 1 of my newest Leo/Jordon fic, When You Need Someone, Let it Be Me.
After getting a phone call with an abnormal mammogram result, Jordon is spiraling and trying to find the strength to take the next steps and get answers. With otherwise limited support available in DC and not wanting to keep doing this alone, she calls Leo and asks him to come over and talk.
TW: Talk of possible cancer and the fears associated with that but nothing graphic.
Comments and feedback welcome!
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Sharing a Leo/Jordon snippet for WIP Wednesday this week. This is part one of a two-parter where Jordon is struggling after an uncertain test result and asks Leo to come over and talk. Set late Season 3.
Excerpt below the jump due to a potential TW for discussion of cancer.
She shifted again, putting her hands on the table. âRight as I had started to eat my lunch, my doctor called and asked to talk about my mammogram. I was surprised; I usually get a letter with the results, but I said OK. She told me there was an abnormal finding in my right breast, and that it may not be cancer, but we canât be sure without more testing. I didnât even know what to say at first. Now sheâs recommending I go for a second mammogram--they call it a diagnostic mammogram--and an ultrasound. I feel like I should be calm and do the adult thing and schedule it, but Iâm not ready. I told her I needed to check my calendar and see what I could rearrange, but I didnât do that. I was so panicked that I got my stuff together and told my admin and paralegal that I had an emergency. I couldnât stay at work after that, you know? I donât know how to be calm when thereâs even a slight possibility of cancer.â
âI donât think you can be,â he said quietly. âBut youâve been alone all afternoon just waiting for me? Does any of your family know?â
âNo. I donât want my mom or one of my sisters to freak out and jump on a plane before I get any definitive news. Itâs a lot.â
âI can imagine.â
She bit her lip, realizing he didnât know what to say and was trying to not make the situation worse
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Not to overlook the second place pairing in my poll, here is an excerpt from the Jed/Abbey ficlet Iâm working on. Set as a canon divergence of the shutdown arc in Season 5 (and post Zoeyâs kidnapping) when Jed makes a deal to avoid the shutdown and goes to New Hampshire himself to convince Abbey to come back to DC.
Thanks to @broadwaybaggins and @unseenacademic for asking for this one! More below the cut:
âAnyway, I know this was supposed to be a short getaway, but I wouldnât call it that. We really need to talk.â
She closed her book. âYou know, I was thinking last nightâŚthis has to be the longest time weâve gone without speaking since weâve been married. And Iâve been plenty mad at you in your career even when you were still the governor. After everything that happened and not feeling like myself, I decided it was best to come up here with Zoey for a while so we could decompress in private.â
âAnd you were wishing I could come but also knew I couldnât leave.â
âYeah. Thatâs what hurts me the most. If we were anyone else, we could get through this as a family. This was one of the first times I really believed I was on my own as a parent. Not only am I worried about Zoey, I knew this could do a number on your MS. Sometimes I get tired of being the worrywart of the family.â
âDoes the Shareef situation complicate things?â
Abbey sighed. âAs soon as I said that, I wanted to kick myself. You always told me even back here that there were always going to be meetings and decisions you couldnât tell me about, and I always understood that. But itâs different when itâs our child. I shouldnât have blamed you.â
âIt was the cherry on top of the last couple of years where Iâve been caught up in some sort of breaking headlines. The MS, destroying the evidence with the assassination, and now a kidnapping.â Jed shook his head. âOnce you said you were coming here, I questioned if this was even worth it. I thought about resigning for a few minutes.â
âYou would never.â
âI know. But I was worried you were coming this close to asking for a formal separation or even a divorce.â
So I was out last night and forgot about the poll I posted for WIP Wednesday. So Iâm making WIP Thursday a thing.
The winner was Donna/Carol! A little F/F snippet after the jump ahead of Pride Month.
Donna smiled softly and began playing with the buttons on Carolâs pajama top. She still felt shy about going this far, especially since she was about 95% sure Carol wasnât wearing anything underneath. But she undid two buttons anyway and slipped her hands into the collar and shoulders.
âYou want to finish what we started in the basement?â Carol teased, leaning in closer.
âOh, absolutely. Iâve been thinking all day about how close we came to actually doing something at work that we might regret later. And right now I would not regret anything.
âBut just one other request. Could we shower after this? I loved when you washed my hair over the weekend and helped me with my lotion afterward. Your hands were so warm, but in a good way.â
âI would do anything to make you happy.â
With that, Donna laid back on the couch and sighed as Carol lifted her tank top and began kissing her stomach, which excited her the very first time they got close and hadnât gotten boring since.
This was hardly the worst way to spend the rest of the night.