Summary: "Michael, you can’t just demand that everyone goes to the Poconos this weekend."
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A combination of BusinessTrip!Fic and Sick!Fic, set in late Season 3. I.E. Michael makes everyone go to the Poconos, Jim gets bronchitis, and Pam offers to take care of him so Karen won't catch it. Flawed, but some solid Season 3 feels and good use of the supporting cast.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Angela, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Pam, Toby
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Oneshot, Travel
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: The documentary begins filming at DM Scranton. The camera guys become intrigued.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: One of the great missed moments of S1 (Jim finding out about the fake firing) and the story of how the camera crew first noticed what was between Jim and Pam. Good for anyone intrigued by the behind-the-scenes machinations of the crew.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Michael, Other, Pam, Ryan
Genres: Oneshot, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: "Jan doesn't say something trite and hollow about things working out for the best, she just clears her throat and blows smoke up toward the sky."
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Jim/Jan, "Five Things Jan Probably Shouldn't Have Said To Jim." Jim can't transfer, Pam stays with Roy. An angst-ridden relationship follows.
Categories: Other, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jan, Jim, Jim/Other, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: Five other things about Pam that Jim has no reason to know, corresponding to five very important days of the year. JimPam.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: 8,000 words of well-written Jam fluff. This is just deliciously cute stuff. (The fake office wedding in particular is the fanfic equivalent of a gorilla and a kitten who are friends.)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Michael, Pam, Pam/Roy, Roy
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes

Summary: An alternate ending to The Dundies, in which Angela leaves a rather lovesick Jim to deal with a very drunk Pam. A look at a night that almost changed their friendship. JimPam.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Adorable and funny, featuring lines such as Jim marveling at Angela's refusal to drive Pam: "When it comes to not drinking and driving, she is *really* strict."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Angela, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy, Roy
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Oneshot
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: The officemates participate in a bake sale on Pam's birthday. Takes place some time during the second season, perhaps around the time of Drug Testing.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Extremely cute episode-fic that feels very much like canon.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy, Roy
Genres: Holiday, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: "When she looks up again, about to point out a constellation over the lake or say something, anything, to break the silence, he kisses her."/"It's not a game, I know. Or, if it is, um, you win."
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A B-Side track from a legend of MTT's Golden Age that somehow never made it here, consisting of my favorite JAM genre (AUs of how they didn't end up getting together).
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy, Roy
Genres: Drunk Pam/Jim
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: One of the best things about Pam’s new job is the opportunity to people-watch. In her first year at the office, Pam observes her new co-workers and looks after her new friend.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A pretty darn cute Pam POV on early JAM.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: "She brushes a thumb over the skin of his hand and he’s sure his heart is breaking inside his chest because he can’t do this. And he can’t let her do this. They’re not these people. This, this moment, his hand in hers, this is okay. They can wake up tomorrow, see each other at work on Monday and laugh about too much beer and a dumb moment with a high five that ended poorly. But what goes on beyond that… they are not those people." A story in which Jim innocently invites Pam to his house party and she comes feeling a little upset. But he puts his feelings aside and tells himself that tonight, he’s going to be a good friend. And what do good friends do when their friends are in pain? Help them forget with a little fun and a lot of booze. A one-shot of our favourites in one of many moments they could've slipped up while Pam was with Roy.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: This is a quintessential Season 2 one-shot, featuring all the greatest hits: Pining White Knight Jim, Almost About to Come to Grips With Her Feelings Pam, Jim and Pam Being BFFs and Not Just Secretly in Love, Roy being a jerk and everyone being juuuuuuust a little drunk. Fabulously well-written, very in character.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Kelly, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Oneshot
Warnings: Other Adult Theme
Completed: Yes

Summary: "So, at 11:53 on Tuesday morning, she told Roy she had plans to eat lunch with Jim and told Jim she had plans to eat lunch with Roy. She snuck Roy’s keys out of his locker and drove his pickup exactly 2.4 miles to Rite Aid. Last time she’d comparison-shopped pregnancy tests in the Family Planning aisle, Pam had been seventeen and scared out of her mind. Now she was twenty-five and...scared out of her mind."
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A pre-series look at Pam making a difficult decision. This one really struck a chord with me.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Helene Beesly, Jim, Jim/Pam, Meredith, Pam, Pam/Roy, Roy
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Other Adult Theme, Possible Triggers
Completed: Yes

Summary: Jim and Pam are meant to be. (A collection of AUs from S1 and S2)
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: This is charming and winningly rewarding to those of us who mourn Jim and Pam's missed opportunities.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: None
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: A story in which Jim innocently invites Pam to his house party and she comes feeling a little upset. But he puts his feelings aside and tells himself that tonight, he’s going to be a good friend. And what do good friends do when their friends are in pain? Help them forget with a little fun and a lot of booze.
Recommended by: NobleLandMermaid
Recommender's comments: While I love a good "Jim and Pam give into their desires" fic, this is far more realistic. Also beautifully written.
Categories: Past, Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Oneshot, Weekend
Warnings: Other Adult Theme
Completed: Yes