"he invites her for some coffee and cookies at the Firehook Bakery next door." - What flavour or kind of cookies, please?
"It’s a wooden beach house, grayed and frayed from summer sun and winter storms, with a muddy patch of garden and a hedge of wild roses surrounding it. There’s an aged fan creaking overhead, and screen doors, and a basketball hoop dangling precariously from one of the walls. The rooms are spacious and furnaced like they would be, lots of wood and quilted bedspreads, and the effect is immediately welcoming and intensely familiar. There’s a kitchen with a large table and a prehistoric fridge," - AW, if the mental pic I'm having of the house is anything to go by it is absolutely gorgeous!
"throwing a coffee mug at him mostly for comic effect -though he ducks, and he’s glad he did because it smashes and leaves an ugly beige stain on the pristine kitchen wall- and slamming the door behind her." - Stupid bint! Throwing a coffee mug at a man that gorgeous! What if it was one he was especially fond of?!
"in the throws of another MS attack," - 'in the throes of'.

This is a lovely piece, sweet and hopeful throughout.

I particularly liked your description of Charlie - "defiant fidelity" is entirely the right way to put it.

i enjoyed that alot. Great writing, great use of language, and brilliant premise. I esspecially loved the fact that it was Leo's house.

toodles

I really enjoyed this. I can't remember if I reviewed on the National Library or LJ, wherever I've read this before but I really enjoyed it. I think it's going in my favourites folder.

You made me teary eyed, seriously.
This sounded so much like Sam it hurts, how he explain their dynamics and how things change with time. Ans when you feel lost you have to return to your roots. His need to have this house (I give you points for making it Leo's house), to have a place not for him, for them. We all have a place where we feel ourselves, free of the burdens of everyday life, a little heaven.
I love this, I do, it's beautiful and deeply moving.

It's beautiful, and I love it.

That was beautiful.

This was so refreshing-not sappy or overly sweet, like so many recent fics, but what could realistically have happened within the spirit of the old West Wing. Hope you write more.

LOVED IT. I usually don't read TWW stories unless they're CJ/Danny (I know, I know), but I took a chance on this one and absolutely loved it. I think you really captured everyone, and how they must feel after Bartlet leaves office. Please continue writing - I'll enjoy reading!

Fabulous. I just love the way you write.