I caved and wrote a post-Cocktail fic that can be best described by Jim's Talking Head from Season 2 Ep 6:
Fight! Fight! Fight! FIGHT!
Pam calls Jim to warn him about Roy. Takes place immediately after Cocktails.Just like you know will happen, Jim and Pam get together right before a long hiatus. Here is how it all plays out in my happy head. Happy and saucy-- this one starts off all squeaky clean, but quickly earns a "Whorish!" from Angela and a "Niiiiice" from Kevin.
Jim's basketball game with the C.F.O. (not his actual initials) gets interrupted with news from what happened at Poor Richard's; he reacts accordingly.
The aftermath of Cocktails (NOT part of my AU universe).
S3, set between Traveling Salesman and The Return.Yup, it’s a post-Cocktails fic! With a bit of a twist. Karen does a bad thing, and Jim is about to suffer the consequences…Pam's discovered the world of internet chat rooms. Jim can't resist the chance to be near her in cyberspace. Spoilers up to Cocktails. Originally an entry into the Bad Fanfic Challenge but it grew a life of its own.
Pam takes care of Jim after he'd been hit by Roy. Takes place after "Cocktails".
maybe things have to be raw and open and painful sometimes to finally be right.
Post-Cocktails. Pam, Jim, wounds both emotional and physical, and finally some answers.
Before, during, after (peas, waffles.) Post-Cocktails...but no fighting.Someone is dead in The Office, and everyone is a suspect.
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