100 Words: West Wing

by Quaggy

100 word drabbles from a variety of prompts. Multiple characters and pairings both canon and of the "what on earth were you thinking?" variety . Pre-series through post-series.

10. Oral Fixation

Title: Oral Fixation
Original Published: Oct. 1, 2006
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Candy

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You categorically refused all drugs.

Standing with your back to the wall didn't work. Even after Donna stopped slamming you with the door.

Yoga didn't work, either. You keep up with it, even though you live in fear that Toby will someday find out, because your doctor likes what it does for your blood pressure.

But somehow popping a hard candy into your mouth sooths your nerves and draws you back from the edge before you can hear the National Symphony Orchestra start to warm up.

Stanley clearly knows his Freud. You just don't know what that says about you.