Title: Stay (4/4)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Nothing that hasn't been in the story already.
Characters/pairings: Jon, "Stephen", Sam/Jason, Scarborough, Aasif
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: Senateverse. Stephen comes home.

(See also the author's notes for research and commentary.)

( 'Look at this! Would I have let someone perpetuate this horror on my beautiful hair for anyone less than our soldiers?' )

Title: Stay (3/4)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Gay stuff, more peril
Characters/pairings: Jon, "Stephen", Rob R., Sam/Jason, Scarborough, Aasif
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: Senateverse. Morning Joe weighs in; Stephen makes a purchase; soldiers give nonanswers about DADT; Jason checks in from Tehran; Jon gives nonanswers about Stephen.

Note that this was written, and takes place, more than a week ago, before things fell apart in our!Iran. I would hold off on posting, but I don't know if there will ever be a "good time" to post it, so here it is. And please keep an eye on the news, if you aren't already.

(Yeah, I know, that may be a superfluous request to make of TDS fans. Still.)


( Okay, so it looked kind of like a muffler. But the local vendor he had bought it from assured him it was a gun. At least, that's what Stephen assumed the man had said. He just hoped Sweetness wouldn't be jealous. )

Title: Stay (2/4)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Shocking haircuts, mortal peril
Characters/pairings: Jon, "Stephen", Rob R., Sam/Jason, Scarborough, Aasif
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: Senateverse. While Jon follows along at home, Stephen embarks on a whirlwind tour of Iraq, complete with a haircut courtesy of Commanding General Rob Riggle.

Yes, I did put Senateverse!Rob in the Army instead of the Marines. Military readers, please don't kill me.


( 'You're not going to make me give up my exfoliating loofah, are you? Or my raspberry-scented hair gel?' )

Title: Stay (1/4)
Rating: PG
Warnings: Yelling, Googlebombs.
Characters/pairings: Jon, "Stephen", Rob R., Sam/Jason, Scarborough, Aasif
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: Senateverse. The blogosphere loves how Jon carried himself in that hearing against CNBC. Stephen is less approving. But when Jon reacts by accusing him of not caring about anyone but himself, he'll have to take drastic measures to prove otherwise.

Carries on the Emmy Rossum song naming theme. (The lyrics don't match very well this time, but the title will keep coming up.)

( 'Have you really not Googled yourself in the past eight hours?' )

Title: The Lepidopterist
Rating: PG (sexual references)
Characters/pairings: Jon, liberal!"Stephen", Larry, Rob R., John-O, Wyatt, Aasif, Jason, Kristen, an elephant
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: More from the liberal!"Stephen" AU. In which Stephen is inquisitive, Jon runs low on forks, and Larry is not as scary as he thinks he is, but every bit as devious.

(Precedes A Modest Proposition, which is why Stephen by that point has a bit more of a clue.)


( 'I'm a Zen Taoist Wiccan Discordian, but it's not quite the same, you know?' )

Title: Purple Hamster Means No
Rating: PG (sex talk, references to harassment)
Characters/pairings: Jon/"Stephen"
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: A quick dialogue-only ficlet. Stephen tries to explain his kink. Jon is a little slow on the uptake.

( 'The thing you've got to understand is that 'no' doesn't mean 'no'.' )

Title: Clear Blue Day
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For doctorv, who wanted "the one where they get married."

( Jon strolls, hands tucked in his jacket pockets. Stephen sort of flutters. )

Title: The Gravitas Never Fails
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon, "Stephen", BriWi
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For sarcasticsra, who wanted "Jon and Stephen discover they have a mutual crush on Brian."

( 'Don't be ridiculous, Jon. This is not a slumber party.' )

Title: The Essentials
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For misstewart, who wanted "planning a vacation."

( Jon, who knew that Stephen's original plan for 'roughing it' had involved hauling an entire cabinet of fine china up the side of a mountain, decided not to take any chances. )

Title: The Rainbow Agenda
Series: TDS/TCR, Death to Smoochy
Characters/Pairings: Jon, "Stephen", Sheldon
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See the index.

For seagullsong, who wanted an AU where Jon and Stephen are on a popular children's show, preferably with ridiculous costumes. The crossover was inevitable. (Inspired by this Sesame Street clip.)

( 'Have you seen the lyrics?!' continued Stephen, while an intern zipped him into his bright orange eagle costume. )

Title: A Modest Proposition
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Swearing, violence against tables, past violence against people, rage, some blood.
Characters/pairings: Jon/liberal!"Stephen"
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Summary: I know, I know, I planned this to be a happy month. But sometimes you can't help being upset.

Trouble is, the alternate-universe liberal version of "Stephen" doesn't think he's allowed to be. No matter what happens with Proposition 8.

(Please be warned that this is all kinds of angry.)


( 'Sure, America came pretty close to turning into a fascist dictatorship under the Bush regime, but at least being gay has stayed legal!' )

Title: Karaøke Night
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Sam/Jason/Rob Riggle, John-O/Larry, Kristen/Demetri, Aasif, Wyatt, the Wørd
Rating: PG-13 (language, lead-ups to sex)
Disclaimer: See the index.

For stellar_dust, who prompted: "The Wørd moonlights at a karaoke bar (as, of course, the bouncy ball that follows along with the words). Stephen has no idea. And then the whole TDS gang shows up for Rob Riggle's farewell bash..."

Which led to a ficmix, using songs from the TDS gang's playlists.



( Wyatt plans to improvise, playing fast and loose with the timing, giving the lyrics his own sexy, sexy rhythm. The little ball on the screen hits every word exactly as he says it. )

Title: Campaign Strategy
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon, "Stephen", shoutout to Rahm
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See the index.

For zelkovaserrata, who wanted more of the Senateverse, and prompted "flirting lessons."

( 'Come on, Stephen, don't do this. You're endorsing my opponent. I know.' )

Title: Nice Red Uniforms
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon, "Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For seagullsong, who prompted "NOBODY EXPECTS THE COLBERT INQUISITION!" (Depends on you having seen the sketch.)

( 'Angry, loud, unreasonable interrogation based on unflinchingly dogmatic beliefs is your whole schtick.' )

Title: Grey, And Oh So Large
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", an elephant
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For punkishgrin, who wanted Jon and Stephen riding an elephant.

( 'And after all I've done for their population growth, too!' )

Title: With The Stars In His Eye
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", audience
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For stellar_dust, who prompted "Stephen scores the last ever tourist trip to the International Space Station." Title is from Alan Parsons Project's Day After Day.

(Since this is light sci-fi, I feel compelled to mention that today is Towel Day. Douglas Adams fans, represent!)

( 'For more on this story, we turn to our Senior Space Correspondent...' )

Title: Into The Rain
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See the index.

For zelkovaserrata, who wanted "sexy accents. And trenchcoats."

( It was as if the night itself had simply grown a pair of headlights. )

Title: Services Rendered
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", Computer, ????
Rating: PG-13 (offscreen sex)
Disclaimer: See the index.

For punkishgrin, who wanted something with Jon and Computer, suggesting that "perhaps 'she's' helping Jon live out his fantasies about Stephen virtually, and Stephen finds out."

( For a second Jon saw the wireframe rendering on the table in front of him. )

Title: Peachy Keen
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon, "Stephen", cats
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For anais_rhys, who wanted "tiny babies and/or furry animals." (I went with kittens.) Sequel to Anchor's Pet.

( 'I will take videos of the kittens being adorable, and use them to draw traffic to the Colbert Nation website. Once we have enough cute cat footage, we will crush YouTube, which will in turn destroy Google, which will then surrender its position as ruler of the world to the Nation.' )

Title: Long Time No See
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Future Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.

For seagullsong, who wanted something on "that moment when you lose your glasses and can't find them because you CAN'T SEE."

( Jon couldn't see his husband's face, but he knew Stephen was smirking. )