The Zen and the Damaged

My Heart's On Fire
("Stephen"/Larry Craig; PG-13)
Many years ago, Larry Craig went cottaging in a stall next to a fresh young correspondent who happened to be a Singing Senators groupie.

Thoroughly Convincified
("Stephen"/Jon, Jon/surprise; G)
Response to a challenge: Jon Stewart and/or any politician make out in a car or other vehicle.

Off The Record
("Stephen"/Jon, Greta Van Susteren/flusteredness; PG)
Greta has a flustering encounter when she sneaks into the Report studio to use the stolen microwave.

An Emmy Fic They Could Have Actually Shown On TV
(Jon/Stephen/Steve; PG)
An alternate version of the actual on-stage action at the 2007 Emmy Awards.

Five Times Stephen Misunderstood Jon, And How Jon Corrected Him (Or Didn't)
("Stephen"/Jon; PG)
This one is pretty self-explanatory.

Hello, Nurse
("Stephen"/Jon; PG)
After sustaining grave injuries during an epic battle, Stephen insists that Jon nurse him back to health.

The Parts Of Management They Don't Tell You About
(Tad/Bobby, with a side of "Stephen"/Tad; PG)
Being a manager on TCR has a world of challenges that you won't find on any other job. Fortunately, Tad and Bobby have each other to lean on.

Hedgehog's Dilemma
(gen; G)
Jon has a hedgehog. Stephen doesn't trust it. This one is a bit bittersweet.

Nightmare on 54th Street
("Stephen"/repression; PG-13)
Stephen's Halloween vigil is interrupted by a strangely familiar visitor.

This Is How A Heart Breaks
("Stephen"/repression; PG-13)
Illustrated notes from the day Stephen snaps and brings a gun to the Daily Show studio.

Keeping Up Appearances
("Stephen"/repression; PG-13)
After an accidental LSD trip gives Stephen unexpected insight into how broken his mind is, he tries in vain to pick up the pieces. Which Stephen am I?

A Moment of Z
(J/Z; G)
Sesame Street All-Star Alphabet fic. The letter Z is still bummed, and the letter J tries to cheer him up.

Vocabulary Lesson
(J/Z, 9/11; PG)
All-Star Alphabet/Elmopalooza fic. Jon runs into some trouble before his appearance on Sesame Street and tracks down the letter Z for help.

Drawing The Line
("Stephen"/repression, Tek Jansen/Birdgirl, Ace/Gary?; TV-14)
Twelve chapters, comics, trailer, video

When Stephen sues Jon for sexual harassment, he hires Reducto to be his lawyer; Jon, in turn, goes to the law firm of Phil Ken Sebben and gets Harvey Birdman. Before this is over, Tek Jansen, the Ambiguously Gay Duo, and every other animated character Stephen and Jon have ever voiced will join in.

The Robert Report
(gen; through PG)
Six chapters plus epilog, illustrations

The first fic I wrote in this fandom. In which the Report staff faces down a ghost, and we learn why Bobby doesn't quit his job despite Stephen's refusal to learn any valuable lessons.

A Colbert Carol
(gen; through PG)
Stanza I: Stewart's Ghost | Stanza II: The First of the Three Spirits
Stanza III: The Second of the Three Spirits | Stanza IV: The Last of the Spirits
Stanza V: The End Of It | Annotations

Years after Jon's death, Stephen is still celebrating Christmas with extravagant and overblown decorations, but he doesn't truly understand the spirit of the season until a succession of ghosts arrives to show him.

The Thing With Feathers
(Jon/"Stephen"; through PG-13)
16 chapters plus epilogue, trailer, poster

When Stephen and Stephen switch places, Eric Drysale, Allison Silverman, and Jon are forced to deal with the reality of the character they've written, while Bobby, Tad, and Jon have to keep Stephen safe in a world that is more complicated than he realizes.

Expecting
(Jon/"Stephen", Bobby/Tad, etc.; through PG-13)
Twenty chapters + epilogue, trailers, illustrations

Every once in a while, Stephen backs up his principles with actions. Here, he rescues an embryo from being used for stem cell research—by getting a womb transplant and carrying it personally.

He hasn't the faintest clue what he's getting himself into (or, for that matter, what he's getting into himself).

State of Grace
(Jon/"Stephen", Tracey/Charlene, etc.; through R)
Thirteen chapters and counting, trailer, poster, illustrations

In which Stephen has a new baby, a functioning new marriage, and a loving new relationship—so, naturally, this is when it all goes to hell.

An excursus to Expecting, chronicling the breakdown that happens when Stephen begins to lose the walls he's so carefully built between lust and love, between doubt and security, between being gay and being good.

I'm Right Behind You
(Sam/Charlene; through PG-13)
Eight parts plus coda

Samantha Bee meets a really hot woman, and all is well until it comes out that Charlene has a troubled history with one of Sam's co-workers. The only way to win her heart (or anything else) is to find some way to regain her trust.