By: chipmunk
Characters: Leo, Mallory, Josh, Sam, and Will
Pairings: Implied Sam/Mallory
Rating: MATURE –warning P,V&SC (See Rating Chart Below)
Spoilers: None really
This is not strictly cannon by the show.
Doesn't matter the year or the situation.
Disclaimer:
Without Prejudice, the names of all characters contained here-in are the
property of NBC, WB, Bravo, A John Wells Prod., from TV show, The West Wing.
They are the creation of Aaron Sorkin.
No infringement of these or any copyrights is intended, and are used here without permission.
No monetary benefit is received or anticipated.
They own them; therefore, they do not belong to me.
I only borrowed them , with my humble thanks to them.
Any Original Characters developed by me and found in this or any of my fics, belongs solely to me.
Acknowledgement: A 'grateful' and 'enormous' thanks, to the actors and actresses,
who portray these characters 'brilliantly' and bring them to life in my head.
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Archived at: Http: http/ This is set in Lee's 'Lyric's' sandbox! With her, long ago, permission!
This is a part of a multi-writer/multi-fic setting that just faded away. I found my part just waiting in my WIP folder, so I finished it instead of leaving it hiding in the dark. Some of the other writers may also have their part hidden away! Let's hope they dig them out and join them to this one.
This one is for you Lee! I hope life is good to you and that's the reason you've been so quiet lately!
Setting: All that can happen, at a formal dinner and dance at the White House, simultaneously.
Summary: Someone insults a McGarry! Bad idea!
Mallory's in the hallway crying, muttering and mad. Leo's with her and wanting to know what happened. "Just tell me, Baby, please." He rubs her back and he leans in close to her face, to try and calm her, plus to give her some privacy. There is a White House function going on in the next room, now at the dancing part of the evening. He can tell that his little girl is upset and a rolling conflict of emotions. He knows that she honestly got that from his McGarry side of the family.
She tells him that she was just groped by a drunken senator. "Even worse, Dad, it was done to show off in front of the Senator's friends, out on the portico." She decides to tell her Dad just what the Senator actually said and she quotes with distaste in her voice, "Well, well, McGarry's baby girl has grown up into a real babe." Last, she softly reveals through clenched teeth, with anger and even a touch of pain, "Then he man-handed me!"
Leo is furious and ready to kill. Hugging his daughter to his chest, to comfort her, he starts to boil and then struggles to hold in his roar, "Son of a Bitch," as his mind wraps around what just happed to her. Telling Mallory just what he'll do to the little prick, when 'he gets his hands on him'.
Donna steps into the hall and catches the gist's of Leo's quiet rage and she rushes back inside to find the guys. She really needs help with this. Donna finds Josh first and tells him, "There's a problem, Mallory's crying and 'it's family'". Warning him, "Leo looks like he might really kill someone," before she rushes back out to hopefully help Mallory.
Josh nods and turns to scan the room. Looking for the rest of the McGarry clan in attendance. He knows that Donna isn't joking with him, when she says, 'it's family.'
He makes a slight, but fast detour on his way to the hallway and finds Sam and Will huddled together. Josh tells them in a clipped tone, "There's a problem! Donna says that Mallory's in the hall crying and 'it's family'." He immediately turns and heads for the hallway.
Sam's in a panic, till he can see Mallory with his own eyes, so both men are quickly on Josh's heels. All three making a straight line to the hallway. Reaching Leo and the girls, they find Leo is spitting mad. He wants to kill a Senator with his bare hands.
Sam is relieved that Mallory seems more mad than hurt and he wraps his arms around Mallory, to calm her. He has never seen her Irish temper at this level before. Mallory repeats to the guys and Donna what happened. She's not embarrassed to repeat it, this is her family and she's as mad as her Dad, crying mad.
Once they hear what just happed to Mallory, the guys are soon as furious as Leo. It's definitely, 'family' now.
Josh asks through clenched teeth, "Were is he? Were is that Asshole?"
Mallory replies tersely, "Probably still gloating outside on the portico."
After sweeping his eyes over his guys, Leo spits out, "That bastard did this to get to me and now he gets me. He's mine!" Leo is looking straight at Sam, as he ends his promise.
Sam nods, then looks at Mallory face to see her reaction, as he answers Leo. "Fine, as long as I get a turn." He's thinking the guy is lucky Mallory was raised to know better than to cause a fight, at a formal function. The Senator's definitely lucky it's not a casual event. Leo raised her right! She's a lady or Leo wouldn't get a chance at him.
Will is just as mad, but reminds them, "Hey guys, lets keep the 'killing' quite, we 'are' at the White House."
Josh is wearing a groove in the floor, "Lead the way, Leo. Your guys have your back."
They make a wedge-like path though the crowd, straight for the portico. Leo's in the lead, all striding in step, faces set in hard anger.
Once through the doors, they find the Senator still outside bragging to his friends.
With a finger pointed firmly at the culprit, Leo states with venom in his voice, "Senator Brown, you're mine," as he stops in front of him and his friends. Leo's 'McGarry' men flanking either side of him and one covering his back.
"Ah, Daddy's little boys. I see you brought enough flunkeys… to do your dirty work for you." The Senator gets cocky with his buddies watching, "I'm not impressed with 'Leo McGarry'. His girl was an easy pushover."
Sam and Will fume along with Leo, all not wanting to fistfight just a few feet from the Oval Office. They were hoping to get the Senator to take it out onto the grounds.
Josh pipes up, "We're just here to see our 'old man' whip your ass and to cheer him on." Josh gives a cold chuckle, "He can clean the ground up with you any day in a fair fight." He leans forward to warn, "That's if he keeps if fair? Nam kinda broke him of that."
The Senator blanches. He realizes he made a real enemy tonight and not just in politics, by the looks of it, more than one.
From behind the McGarry clan, standing with Donna, Mallory has made her decision and she moves through the middle of her clan. Mallory easily parts them, till she's right in front of the Senator and barely pausing, she immediately knees him the groin. The Senator drops like a rock. Mallory bends down, so he can hear her as he gasps for breathe and curls into a ball. " I take after my father, Senator, I don't fight fair either!" She turns away, satisfied that she evened the score and rejoins her family.
Leo and Sam, both put an arm around her to leave. Donna is now waiting by the door and follows the threesome. Josh and Will, covering the their flank, turn back, just in case. Josh steely states to the Senator and his friends. "Never, mess with the McGarry clan!" They turn to follow Leo; completing his circle of kids.
The End
Blessings !
chipmunk
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Rating System!
CHILD - suitable for all ages
YTEEN (younger teens) - some content may not be suitable for children
TEEN - suitable for teens and above
MATURE - suitable for mature readers
ADULT - adults only
P — Profanity
SC — Sexual Content
V —
Violence
GV — Graphic Violence
GS - Graphic Sexual Content