Dog Eat Dog

Fandom: The West Wing

Characters: Charlie, Josh

Rating: CHILD

Written for tww100 Challenge #57: Joni Mitchell songs/lyrics

Original LiveJournal post, with comments

"Charlie," Josh said in disbelief, "you couldn't actually think --"

"Josh, I grew up in a tough neighborhood. People talked fast, there wasn't a lot of time to catch the details."

"But it doesn't make any sense!"

Charlie shrugged. "Didn't matter."

"And you say you heard this on a sports show?"

"I like it. The guys are funny. The way they talk, they kinda remind me of you guys."

"And they just happened -- " "You realize, Charlie, I can't not tease you about this."

"I stand by my conviction, Josh. So help me God, I thought it was 'a doggie-dog world.'"