What if Jim didn’t forget his umbrella?

An alternate look at season 9.

Jim suffers a traumatic experience after one of his pranks goes horribly wrong.

Set after: S7 - Classy Christmas, definitely canon divergent 

Warning: This story will cover PTSD

Trigger warning, violence

Au, where Pam never dated Roy and once she left high school, she got an art degree. But she still becomes a receptionist at Dunder Mifflin, but in Stamford.

When the Stamford branch closes, she is offered a position in Scranton, which she accepts. This is where she develops a crush on the handsome salesman, Jim who is in a long term relationship with saleswoman, Karen.

This is a teeny tiny plot bunny that has barely any plot at all.

It just came into my mind after I saw a gif of this scene (S3E8, The Merger). Enjoy. 

I kept writing and dreaming till my words ran out

And I stared at this blank page

'Til finally I wrote

Five letters Jim has written to Pam throughout his time at Dunder Mifflin. 

"The veil of complacency that she had worn for a decade had fallen from her eyes and she now saw everything anew."

A series of episode related oneshots taking a look at what was going on in Pam Beesly's mind.  

Jim and Pam meet during their sophomore year of college. They’re at different schools, but somehow, they just might make it work. Modern day college AU.