CHANCE TO MAKE IT REAL

Josh and Sam work together and fall in love, lose touch and find themselves.
A first-time story. Also, the next time, the time after that, and the time they got it right.
Not necessarily in that order.

The full story [153 K]

By chapter:

  1. Sam. 2001. Excuses only satisfy the ones who make them. [14k]
  2. Josh. 1997. After the rain. [21k]
  3. Sam. 1991. Bar-room politics and a first taste. [14k]
  4. Josh. 1991. The big picture versus the details. [16k]
  5. Sam. 1994. Of drunkards and balconies. [20k]
  6. Josh. 1994. Of conquistadors and hotel lobbies. [18k]
  7. Sam. 1997. Absolutes and that guy. [23k]
  8. Josh. 2001. Survival skills. [30k]
  9. Sam. 2001. Somebody's Going... [4k]
And then :

NEW: American Girl, a DonnaPOV sequel of sorts. What it feels like for an assistant. [44k]
NEWER: Decorated, a MirandaPOV response to American Girl, by Ellen M. [43k]
NEWEST: Funny Girl, a JoshPOV sequel to Decorated [8k]

in the tall grass

notes:

RATING: R, but mostly not.

SPOILERS: Up to and including Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail.

THE SHORT LIST: Thanks to my editors extraordinaire: Jae, for all kinds of backup and thickening the plot, and Sabine, for economics lessons, good D and incidental music. And thanks to Mango House Counsel T1 for locations and the Prom Queen's duet.

DISCLAIMERS: Not mine. Originally posted 8 May 2001.

SOURCE INFO/ADD'L THANKS: Dialogue, characters and stolen plot lines are Aaron Sorkin & Co.'s. They are used without permission but with good intentions. Soulful looks are courtesy Bradley Whitford and Rob Lowe (and a few inspirational stares from Charley Lang) and are poorly reproduced as written words. * Bruce Springsteen rules! This story literally would not have been written without "Thunder Road." * What I didn't rip off from Aaron or Bruce came from The Graduate, which was instrumental to the Grand Gesture. * Edith Wharton wrote, " You despise my ambitions; you think them unworthy of me." * Please visit our sponsors: www.grapefruithead.com/ourboys and www.geocities.com/jaegecko/ * I highly recommend The Adams-Jefferson Letters, edited by Lester J. Cappon. * Michelangelo Signorile's Queer In America mapped the '91 political landscape, www.signorile.com. * International freedom of press info is courtesy The Freedom Forum, www.freedomforum.org, and Reporters Without Borders, www.rsf.org. * Two bears in a forest and much more: www.AesopFables.com. * At a crucial moment, David Whitford conjured the spirit of his brother -- and Josh -- for Esquire (May 2001), and got me unstuck. This one's for assertive people rendered passive by their accomplishments. * Zeke explained the laws of physics and never asked why I was taking notes. * Dafna played Where's Pete? * Anna tried to sneak past Capitol security guards with me. * And, of course, as always, for Chris.

FEEDBACK: *Please.* Love it? Hate it? Just write: snk@wearemany.net

 

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