Title: The Great Divide (3/3)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: More swearing, more gay stuff, ladle violence
Characters/pairings: Jon/"Stephen", references to ensemble, potato pancakes
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Summary: In which Senator Colbert is all over the emotional map, and Senator Stewart is Zen with a side of Zen topped with a creamy Zen frosting.

Features shoutouts to everything from A Colbert Christmas to Stephen's Twitter (stephenathome) - again, rissaofthesaiya provides specifics. For the lead-up to this, see the Senateverse index.

(By the way, if anyone else wants to play around in this AU, have at it! No reason one author should have all the fun.)


( Help me calm this hurricane )

Title: The Great Divide (2/3)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild swearing, gay stuff, violence against BlackBerries, inaccurate medical information*.
Characters/pairings: Jon/"Stephen", references to ensemble
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Summary: In spite of the increasing friction (of the non-steamy kind) between them, Senator Stewart and Senator Colbert manage to visit the result of Colbert's lone bipartisan effort.

Was supposed to be two parts, but it went and grew on me. Continuation of the Senateverse.

Have purloined the STEPHEN WRITES IN ALL CAPS trope, because it is delightful. Also, this part refers to tons of clips, which rissaofthesaiya was kind enough to hunt down.

*Object permanence is not actually a concern correlated with the autism spectrum. When that comes up in the story, "narrative convenience" takes precedence over "what is, technically, true". Don't use this as a source for your autism research, is what I'm saying.

( See the war behind your eyes )

Title: The Great Divide (1/3)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Language, sexual harassment, epic skate-off
Characters/pairings: Jon/"Stephen" (preslash), references to ensemble, cameo by Rain (RAAAAIN!!!)
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Summary: Continuation of the Senateverse. Stephen Colbert (R-SC) has the worst record for bipartisanship in recent history. Jon Stewart (D-NY) did convince him to cross the aisle one time, but does that mean they'll be able to survive a three-week vacation together?

Title, again, is from an Emmy Rossum song [lyrics]. Rather than hire lots of OCs, Jon has borrowed his household staff from the Möders family.

( Reach across the great divide )

Title: With Painful Steps And Slow
Rating: Painful sort of R
Warnings: Grisly imagery, swearing, h/c with a lot of h
Summary: An alternate version of A Colbert Christmas (so, spoilers, obviously). What if Jon hadn't shown up until the end...and the last guest hadn't shown up at all? (Title is from here.)

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( 'A real man doesn't need help to survive one night in the wilderness with nothing but his wits and an electronic weapon of the future to protect him! Besides, the phone's out.' )

Title: A Colbert Carol, Stanza V: The End Of It
Series: TCR
Rating: G
Genre: Uplifting Christmas tale!

Summary: Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.

Title: A Colbert Carol, Stanza IV: The Last of the Spirits
Series: TCR
Rating: G
Genre: Uplifting Christmas tale!

Summary: Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.

Title: A Colbert Carol, Stanza III: The Second of the Three Spirits
Series: TCR
Rating: PG for icky imagery
Genre: Uplifting Christmas tale!

Summary: Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.

Title: A Colbert Carol, Stanza II: The First of the Three Spirits
Series: TCR
Rating: G
Genre: Uplifting Christmas tale!

Summary: Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.

Title: A Colbert Carol, Stanza I: Stewart's Ghost
Series: TCR
Rating: G
Genre: Uplifting Christmas tale!

Summary: Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.