Takes place inside/after The Negotiation..pretty much AU after that, but pulls in themes from Beach Games.

Lots of inspiration from Everything by Lifehouse

TW: violence, swearing, domestic violence…a VERY different version of what happened after Roy tried to hit Jim.  If you have been through interpersonal violence, or experience anxiety & panic, please go gently here.  

100% there will be good stuff as we go...hence the spicy warnings...but in the beginning, it is going to be BUMPY.

In the beginning, each chapter will switch POV, and it will most certainly be Jim/Pam POV, with minimal potential for others. Then the chapters will be longer and shared POV.

*Please, be gentle and kind with yourselves, if you choose to read*

Below are a few resources, but if you are a victim of DV and need resources...please hit me up on the Discord group...I am more than happy to help you with additional resources. 

National Domestic Violence Hotline ncadv.org/get-help 

Therapist search sites

inclusivetherapists.com/

therapyden.com/ 

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

I own nothing outside of a bad case of creative insomnia, a caffeine addiction, a need to dissociate and relax with The Office and a passion for social work. 

Pam turns 30 determined to make this year better than the chaos of 29, which brought the end of her eight-year marriage to Roy. Married young and believing they were building a shared future, she was blindsided when Roy took a job out of state, ignored her pleas to come home, and revealed he never planned to return. Though heartbroken, Pam realizes she had always felt like something was missing. After meeting Jim at her new job, they begin to grow closer, and Pam starts to realize she’s entering an entirely new chapter of her life. As she rebuilds, Pam discovers that sometimes the ending of one chapter is the beginning of something even better.

AU from “Negotiations”; Roy isn’t in the mood for closure. Pam suffers the consequences and rises from the ashes, while Jim tries to find his way back to her.

I have been suck into a reddit rabbit hole for a while now and I thought what if the people from the Office write in one of this forums? And this is what I came out with. A series of stand alone stories from most of the DM caracthers seeking advice from strangers on the internet to figure out if they are the AH, or some relationship advice, or how to deal with annoying coworkers, you know, all the fun things. 

Just like in true reddit form, I'm gonna change names, ages, and even genders in some of this stories, and lets see if with the limited context they give us, you think that they are indeed the AH. 

Who knew a TV show could mean so much?

Jim missing Cece's recital is what makes Pam realize she's falling back into her old ways. She's accepting things she doesn't want to accept and not standing up for herself like she should. She decides she needs to find herself again before her and Jim can be happy. 

Loosely based off of Grow As We Go by Ben Platt 

Pam's monotonous days of living in New York with her longtime boyfriend are broken up by the friendship she forms with Jim, who she meets in a coffee shop. This is the story of their friendship, told through a list of what he gave her.

 Continuation of Elliptical Orbits, can be read as a standalone

Beth the waitress returns!

A series of stand alone, slice of life, one-shots in Pam and Jim's life, all tied together with the thread that runs through them; they all end with dinner at Christopher's, where (in my headcanon) they had their first date. 

The first and the last chapter NOW COMPLETE work in tandem, but everything in between is its own story if you want to pop in for one whose title strikes your fancy.