welcome to congress
Jul. 19th, 2015 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
California's 48th has been red for as long as most people can remember but Sam runs a good campaign on the issues and tries his best to deflect everything his opponent throws at him. There's the usual mud-slinging, most of which is fixated on the fact that Sam had once accidentally dated a call girl and then not-so-accidentally continued his friendship with her after he knew her chosen profession.
He thinks it helps that Ainsley's by his side. She makes an excellent candidate's partner and while she's still just his girlfriend, he has a ring in his pocket that's burning a hole and he thinks tonight is the best time to do it. He'll propose to her now, before they call it, and no matter what happens, hopefully she'll be with him through it all.
"Ainsley? Could I borrow you for a moment?" Sam pitches his voice a little lower, just enough to be audible above the excited din of the ballroom they've rented out to hold their party in. It's getting down to the wire, with the votes, and he's still deadlocked with the republican candidate. It might come down to the last few precincts before one or the other of them pulls away.
"Away from the cameras and the people? There's something I wanted to ask...talk to you about."
He thinks it helps that Ainsley's by his side. She makes an excellent candidate's partner and while she's still just his girlfriend, he has a ring in his pocket that's burning a hole and he thinks tonight is the best time to do it. He'll propose to her now, before they call it, and no matter what happens, hopefully she'll be with him through it all.
"Ainsley? Could I borrow you for a moment?" Sam pitches his voice a little lower, just enough to be audible above the excited din of the ballroom they've rented out to hold their party in. It's getting down to the wire, with the votes, and he's still deadlocked with the republican candidate. It might come down to the last few precincts before one or the other of them pulls away.
"Away from the cameras and the people? There's something I wanted to ask...talk to you about."
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Date: 2015-09-15 11:02 pm (UTC)"Well, of course. Anyone on my staff has to be familiar with going across the aisle," Sam says, giving her a slow, soft grin. "Bi-partisan works for us so there's no reason that it shouldn't work for my entire staff."
And he trusts Ainsley's judgment as much as he trusts his own.
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Date: 2015-09-16 01:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-09-20 03:53 am (UTC)"Yeah, something that I can wear something casual and look approachable," Sam says, winding his hand in her hair and tugging her up close for a kiss. "Something you can be proud of and want to put on the coffee table."
It's a random thing but he's a little distracted at the moment. A lot distracted.
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Date: 2015-09-20 10:13 pm (UTC)"Sam," she says, voice a touch husky, "take me to bed."
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Date: 2015-09-21 10:28 pm (UTC)"Better than looking like a yachting enthusiast," Sam says, finishing up with a completely random thought. He kisses her as he backs her up toward the bed, unwilling to break contact with her even though it would make getting into bed a hell of a lot easier.
God, he's never been in love with someone as much as he loves Ainsley and he's just happy she's agreed to be his.
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Date: 2015-09-23 01:07 am (UTC)There'll be time to worry about that later, though.
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Date: 2015-09-24 07:53 pm (UTC)"I look much better when I'm your fiance," Sam says, sliding his hands under her to lift her up into his arms. There isn't far to go to get to their bed but Sam wants to make it romantic and special because this is their first time together as an engaged couple and he's still high on the election and all the ramifications of it.
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Date: 2015-09-26 04:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-09-27 07:07 pm (UTC)"Really good idea," Sam says, thinking that if someone interrupts them, he can't be held responsible for the inevitable sound bite that follows. He's really into getting to spend some time with his fiancee since the next four years of their life isn't going to have a lot of quiet time. He guesses that's the choice you make when you become a career politician.
He lowers her down onto the bed and follows, lips finding hers for a kiss.
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Date: 2015-09-27 11:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-09-29 12:01 am (UTC)"Yeah? I was hoping you would," Sam says. He's pleased that his choice pleases her and that he hasn't screwed up the first step in what he hopes is a long and happy relationship.
"What else would the future Mrs. Seaborn like?"
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Date: 2015-09-29 02:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-10-02 01:01 am (UTC)"We could talk about that at length but I would rather not talk right now," Sam says, stretching out alongside her and dipping his mouth down to catch hers in a deep, passionate kiss.
There is little he loves more than kissing Ainsley and now he's going to get to do it every day for the rest of his life and know she's his.
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Date: 2015-10-03 12:41 am (UTC)Wiggling back a little more, she peers up at him curiously. "We're still using protection, right?"
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Date: 2015-10-03 08:22 pm (UTC)"Oh, yes, we are. Unless you want to skip?" That is entirely up to her. Sam has always thought he wanted to be a father someday but someday's never come along. Now, it seems, they can start talking about that eventuality but they both have big careers that Sam wants to build up before they take a little time away to start a family.
"It's up to you, Ainsley."
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Date: 2015-10-04 01:39 am (UTC)As usual, she's started to ramble in a way that's distracted from what they're doing.
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Date: 2015-10-06 11:20 pm (UTC)"Or you're going to run for President," Sam says. He's not entirely certain he's the one that's going to end up in the White House professionally but that's neither here nor there. The most important thing, at the moment, is spending some time building their marriage without the surprise of children.
"Protection it is," he promises, leaning over to snag a condom from the bedside table. "And then we'll talk about kids much, much later."
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Date: 2015-10-08 01:15 am (UTC)"I understand why so many women fell at your feet when I look at you like this," she praises.
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Date: 2015-10-10 07:16 pm (UTC)"Well, you know, I've only got one woman now," Sam says, sliding on the condom and moving to cover her. "And she's pretty demanding of my time so I don't care about those women who are falling at my feet. I only care about you."
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Date: 2015-10-13 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-10-17 08:10 pm (UTC)"More action?" Sam asks, leaning in to kiss her slow and deep. He loves to kiss. Maybe that makes him a sap but Sam is fine with that particular appellation because there is nothing more satisfying to him than kissing a woman soft and slow until her toes curl and her back arches and she's melting with him. He particularly likes it with Ainsley, who is so often wound up tight and needs the release.
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Date: 2015-10-18 03:58 pm (UTC)She doesn't think her life could actually be better, right now.
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Date: 2015-10-18 06:47 pm (UTC)Sam thinks they're going to be an amazing team. There's no way he won't keep getting elected with someone as stunning and brilliant as Ainsley by his side but he's not worried about the next election. He's living in the moment.
He finds her hand and pushes it up over her head, skimming the other along her body as he kisses her slow and deep.
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Date: 2015-10-19 01:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-10-21 04:27 pm (UTC)Sam tears himself away from her mouth but it's a very difficult thing; as much as he wants to keep kissing her, there's other things he'd rather be doing with their limited time.
He trails his lips down her neck and to her chest, along the curve of one breast before looking back to her face. "More?"
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