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…Jim would like to accomplish a few cynical asperations.
But Jim likes the way Jim's room is, and if it's only a few strokes, he can pretend it's all still the same.
Jim tries to paint his room one day, but never quite finishes the job.
Something has changed. Takes place between Email Surveillance and Christmas Party. Jim returns to Scranton. Spoilers through The Merger.
All kinds of awkwardness.
You hate that she’s the only thing that makes you warm because now you know you can’t have her.
Takes place during Booze Cruise.
Everything melts eventually, and then it all tastes the same.
Jim & Kevin, outside in the bushes during Phyllis' Wedding. Slash-ish-ish. :)
It's not that Karen didn't see the signs, she just chose to ignore them...
Vignettes take place either during or close to episodes, including a post-Cocktails vignette.
The road to perfection isn't paved in gold.Before, during, after (peas, waffles.) Post-Cocktails...but no fighting.MEMBER'S CHOICE - It's Michael's Birthday. Pam remembers. It's a whole lot different than it was just a year ago.
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