Pam always calls her mom at the big moments. Takes place immediately following "Weight Loss."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Other, Pam
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes
Pam always calls her mom at the big moments. Takes place immediately following "Weight Loss."
"Somewhere along the way I finally realize that sometimes you have to go through the pain to experience the joy."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Future, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drabble, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Oneshot, Romance, Weekend
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes
Set sometime after season 4. Jim and Pam decide to watch the documentary for the first time, together. Just some fluff with a dash of angst for good measure.
The documentary crew can't be expected to capture everything. In secret, stolen moments away from the lenses and booms, Jim and Pam shared much more than we ever thought they did. This is what might have happened, between takes, on days off, and after the cameras went home.
This will be a series of self-contained chapters (oneshots) exploring various "what ifs" pertaining to episodes spanning seasons one through three. Each chapter will examine how things would've gone differently if either Jim or Pam had responded to a given situation the way that (most) fans had wanted or almost expected them to.
For example, the first chapter focuses on how things would've happened differently if Jim had confessed during those twenty-seven seconds of silence on the booze cruise when we were all holding our breath and hoping he would.
Among the other chapters I have mapped out: What if all the reminders of Jim in "Gay Witch Hunt" had provoked not a small, sad smile from Pam at the end of the episode, but rather, had motivated her to take action -- drive to Stamford to see him for the first time in four months? Or what if Jim had responded to Pam's text in "Diwali" via a post-Jagermeister phone call? What if Jim had walked in on Pam crying at the end of "Back From Vacation"? (...You get the idea.)
Again, though, each chapter will be confined to an episode, so it will essentially be a series of oneshots that are unrelated to each other.
What if Pam had a different response during the Merger to Jim's overture in the parking lot?
Jim: Oh, nothing. I just feel bad. I feel like things were a little weird today... or something.