Sam/Ainsley 1sentence

Quirks: He knows all of her quirks (of which there are just so many), but she never brings up his and he begins to wonder just why it is she’s giving him a free pass until one day, he stops caring to ask and it doesn’t matter any more.

Neutral: “Pick a side,” he tells her, which shouldn’t be such a difficult decision, but in a land of blue and reds and elephants and donkeys, Ainsley swallows her pride and answers with: “Neither.”

Question: “Will you--” “Sam, I swear to god if the last words of that sentence aren’t ‘marry me’, you’re getting a heel somewhere unpleasant.”

Balcony: They stand on the balcony of some unknown hotel in some unknown city while they’re on the campaign trail for Sam’s bid for congress and her body is tucked within his arms as he asks her what city they’re in and she murmurs that she has no earthly idea.

Sarcasm: “Gee, really, Sam, do you think that’s what this could possibly be in my hands, because here I thought that I was delivering the circus schedule to the President of the United States of America!”

Defeat: “It’s okay,” she murmurs as she rubs his back and tries to ignore the sullen look in his eyes when the news reports that they’ve lost another state, “it’s not the end,” she promises.

Worry: Sam is beginning to become preoccupied with Ainsley Hayes and it’s all because she hasn’t called him back in six days and she knows better than to let him off the hook, so when she does call in tears that her grandfather has died, Sam experiences the most guilty relief he’s ever felt in his life.

Smirk: She kisses him full on the lips and he asks what that was for, only for her to smirk in return and tell him, ‘you were looking a bit too smug there, tiger.’