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   When They Know What We Know by JessBakesCakes

   Fandoms: The West Wing  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Josh Lyman/Donna Moss
   • Josh Lyman
   • Donna Moss
   • Sam Seaborn
   • Leo McGarry
   • Jed Bartlet
   • Mandy Hampton
   • C. J. Cregg
   • Toby Ziegler
   • Josh Lyman's Mother
   • Zoey Bartlet
   • Charlie Young
   • Abbey Bartlet
   • Joey Lucas
   • Ainsley Hayes
   • Secret Marriage
   • Idiots in Love
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Friendship
   • Flashbacks

   Summary

   Josh and Donna were married in secret before President Bartlet took office. As they move through President Bartlet's first term, it's getting more and more difficult to keep their marriage under wraps due to crafty political maneuvers, observant friends and co-workers, and at times, their own missteps. Josh and Donna learn to navigate (secret) married life, balance the personal with the political, and grow together as a couple as they try to keep their relationship from the public.

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   English

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   41/?

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   Bookmarked by BagoBabe

   20 Jul 2026

2. Public Bookmark *

   Running by andyoureturntome

   Fandoms: The West Wing  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Josh Lyman/Donna Moss
   • Josh Lyman
   • Donna Moss
   • Matt Santos
   • Helen Santos
   • West Wing Ensemble
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Happy Ending
   • self-indulgent in the extreme
   • like so self-indulgent it's embarrassing
   • but hey this is The West Wing
   • where soaring rhetoric actually can change hearts and minds
   • and where one can feasibly start running for president a month before the primaries
   • politics takes a backseat
   • because ugh American democracy is on fire and we're all terrified/exhausted
   • also because the primaries are a system only slightly less stupid
   • yet infinitely more convoluted than the electoral college
   • and also because it's all about the FEELINGS

   Summary

   Matt Santos is running for president. Josh and Donna are just running away.

    

   Augmented canon for seasons six and seven. Ventures into AU territory from 6x18 on.

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   English

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   86,260

   Chapters:

   8/?

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   Bookmarked by BagoBabe

   15 Jul 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Waiting for Update

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Stopped at chapter 8, keep checking for more.