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• The Beginning of the Rest of His Life by MiniChainik

  Fandoms: The West Wing  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character(s)
  • Sam Seaborn
  • Josh Lyman
  • C. J. Cregg
  • Toby Ziegler
  • Leo McGarry
  • Jed Bartlet
  • Margaret Hooper
  • Original Female Character(s)

  Summary

  Sam Seaborn joins the Bartlet for America campaign in November 1997 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He’s looking for a fresh start after breaking up with his fiancée. He doesn’t know it yet, but this is the beginning of the rest of his life.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Sam Seaborn’s Epic Love Story

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,074

  Chapters:

  1/11

  Hits:

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