Summary: casino night but with useless desi lesbian "jaya"/jim and a sh*t ton of angst and mutual yearning
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Pretty much what it says on the tin.
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Romance, Slash
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: The aftermath of "Traveling Salesman." 'Cause everybody hurts sometimes.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Quick slices of life from after the EPISODE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING (for Dwight).

The author just has a good handle on character voice, it's worth a read.
Categories: Other, Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Dwight/Angela, Ensemble, Jan, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Kelly, Michael, Michael/Jan, Pam, Ryan, Ryan/Kelly, Toby
Genres: Angst, Drama, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: Jim and Karen discover that The Sound of Music just isn't quite as cheerful when you're a grown-up.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: In which Jim and Karen watch a movie together and Karen overidentifies with a woman who is about to be on the losing end of a love triangle. Better than I'm making it sound.
Categories: Past, Jim and Pam, Other
Characters: Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen
Genres: Angst
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: Things are different with Jim gone. AKA Five Things Pam Misses About Jim While He’s In Stamford.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A slice of Pam's life in the post-Casino Night summer - in which she discovers how much Jim is built into her daily routine. Only viewable with an Archive of Our Own account.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related
Characters: Dwight, Ensemble, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, In Stamford, Oneshot
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: TEN lives Jim Halpert never lived/could have lived.
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: A "they meet in high school" AU! Different endings for the Cugino's date, The Booze Cruise, Casino Night, The Job! A couple of truly depressing ones! If you're endlessly turning over JAM AUs in your head, click above.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Other, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Fluff
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

Summary: After the Great Cake Debacle, Jim wallows in self-loathing. Post-ep for “Survivorman” (4x07)
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: If Pam comforting/caring for an insecure/drunk Jim is your addiction, this is your hit.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Michael, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Completed: Yes

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: "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: A series of challenge stories based on the 52 LJ prompts. JimPam. (Chapter 11: Five games that changed a relationship; because it's not about winning or losing, it's about how many pranks you can pull along the way.)
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Daughter of Atlas is an uncrowned queen of Jam fluff. (Laws of Variation in particular is just wonderful S4 fic that feels very much like something that could have happened on the show.)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Michael, Oscar, Pam
Genres: Angst, 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: Oneshot from Katy's POV, mostly during Booze Cruise. 'She thinks maybe she should know what goes on in his head when he’s got that look on his face in the morning.'
Recommended by: darjeelingandcoke
Recommender's comments: Deep B-Sider from an MTT legend that never made it here. Probably the best Katy POV written in the fandom.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Other, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Katy, Jim/Pam, Katy, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Inner Monologue
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