a bunch of domestic joshdonna headcanons that i shared on discord ages ago but forgot to put here:
they move in together, get engaged and get married somewhat quickly because they've known each other for so long and been through so much together that they cleared the pre-marriage "can i tolerate spending the rest of my life with this person" checks/hurdles years ago lol
josh presents the idea of moving in together as a smart move to save on rent money and commuting hassle, immediately realizes how this might sound, and then hastily adds that he would also like to move in together because he loves donna and loves spending time with her. donna just laughs because it's such a josh move
the unfortunate part about being close friends with many Important People, including a president and a former president, is that any time one would like to gather them all together for some large event (say, a wedding), it involves an insane amount of secret service members, security checks, etc. josh and donna are stressed tf out about this but resigned to it as a sacrifice they have to make in order to have people they love at one of the most special days of their lives. mama lyman is secretly a little bit excited/dazzled by all the fuss
speaking of "the most special day of their life," it's not their wedding! when they use that phrase they're really talking about the day they got santos elected (together!) and it's a bit of an in joke for them because everyone assumes they're talking about their wedding and they never bother to clarify
i think first kid probably comes pretty early on in their marriage, second kid comes twoish years after first kid, and third kid is either threeish years after second kid OR a bit of an oops baby five to seven years post-second kid. after maternity leave donna brings baby moss-lyman no. 1/2/3 (if the dates work out, which they probably don't for kid no. 3) into the east wing during the weeks (with a nanny or some other childcare arrangement, obviously) and the baby grows up in the white house! either two girls and a boy or three girls, and they're all named after various important people. (for the record, i’m aware it’s probably not possible to successfully raise two to three children while both parents are Important White House People, but let’s pretend it works)
the moss-lymans live in a suburb of the DMV close to DC. they have a nice big house with a porch and a dog to sit on the porch and bark at passing cars. josh does a bit where he pretends to hate the dog but the pup cups on his coffee shop receipts tell a different story
speaking of the moss-lymans, donna hyphenated! the kids all have two middle names, and of course the the second one is "moss”
at least one joshdonna baby has absolutely no interest in government/policy/the humanities and is instead a super STEM-y person who goes on to be a surgeon, or get a PHD in molecular biochemistry, or studies rocks really intensely or something like that. josh and donna are obviously very supportive of their kid's passions, but once the kid hits high school and starts taking advanced science and math courses josh and donna regularly have the following experience:
glancing at their kid's homework
and then politely inquiring about the subject matter but not asking in-depth questions for their own sanity (donna) or asking way too many in-depth questions and going off the deep end when none of it makes any sense (josh).
they’re very relieved when their other kids turn out to be humanities students
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