Date: September 01, 2025 08:50 am Title: Chapter 4: Making Spells As the Shadows Close In
SOOOOOO SWEETa281;a281;
Date: December 08, 2024 04:44 am Title: Chapter 18: And Fate Has Led You Through It You Do What You Have To Do
I mean...Yay...but also...im also tired at this point lmao?
Author's Response: Exhausted, sure.
Date: December 08, 2024 04:22 am Title: Chapter 17: What the Head Makes Cloudy the Heart Makes Very Clear
Ive lost count of how many times ive had to stop reading and suck in a breath to calm down now
Author's Response: I do distinctly remember writing that chapter because we were all frustrated at the ways Jim always seemed to cower in front of Roy. "Cower" is probably too strong a word, but having watched the show, you know what I mean. I was also fascinated at the thought of the deleted scene that both Denman and Krasinski referenced in a few interviews -- that there was a scene in "Boys and Girls" when it escalates and Jim gives it right back to Roy. And then lo! It's in the Peacock Superfan episode! Obviously, they don't get physical, but it was nice to see Jim lose his temper for once.
Date: December 08, 2024 04:03 am Title: Chapter 16: Between the Horses of Love and Lust We Are Trampled Underfoot
This was painful to read im sorry. I mean im definitely hooked pls dont get me wrong but I really on a level cannot stomach how cruel youve written her here and the fact that she already acknowledges it a couple of steps back and then Nothing. And Roy like I never liked him but jesus I hate how I kinda feel bad for him bec of all the circles she's run herself into. It's just also...a bit dragging at this point and it's made me understand what "rage quit" means almost 😭 not giving up on this story cuz at this point a happy ending is the least id like to read now but yeah.
Author's Response: She's cruel for sure, and frustrating, cowardly, immature... Again, a flaw in my writing back then was pacing. As for a happy ending: As much as I loved writing the angst, I never ended a story on it, so there's that. :|
Date: December 08, 2024 03:53 am Title: Chapter 16: Between the Horses of Love and Lust We Are Trampled Underfoot
This is torture for me and for Jim and for Pam but it's frustrating because it's not at all the same for any of us lmao (nothing is funny)
Author's Response: Nope, nothing funny in this chapter for sure.
Date: December 08, 2024 03:29 am Title: Chapter 15: It's All Right, I'm Okay; I Think God Can Explain
....kinda frustrated at Pam's decisions in this au version now :( breaks my heart...
Author's Response: Oh, absolutely.
Date: December 08, 2024 03:22 am Title: Chapter 15: It's All Right, I'm Okay; I Think God Can Explain
Sorry I know it's been a while since this story has been posted but I do have to say it's frustrating to read Pam not kinda process or react to Roy's betrayal but she reacts to his tears??? Idk...i wanna knock on her head really really hard but also whew this is..a Lot just a Lot to get through after literally everything else already. I'm still finishing it obviously but it does kinda drag at this point, it's just getting really frustrating because it's just going in increasingly frustrating and deeper circles like the light is so far 😭😭😭
Author's Response: Listen, I'm enjoying re-visiting this, so no apologies! The reason she reacted to his tears and not the betrayal is that she felt so guilty for the thing with Jim -- and was frankly overwhelmed by letting herself go there with Jim -- that Roy's admission didn't fully register, if that makes sense. As for it dragging -- yes, I'd say that's one of the many flaws in the longer works I used to write. What can I say? I loved writing the angst.
Date: December 08, 2024 03:11 am Title: Chapter 15: It's All Right, I'm Okay; I Think God Can Explain
....okay kinda had to stop reading after she nodded at roy like.....im kinda getting really frustrated now like what is happening
Date: December 08, 2024 02:41 am Title: Chapter 14: There's No Chance For Us; It's All Decided For Us
...im limping, crawling on the floor all of my hair has been torn out of my scalp...please for the love of god
Author's Response: Oh, friend...it's just gonna get worse. I'm sorry!
Date: December 08, 2024 01:48 am Title: Chapter 13: Here It Comes Now, Sure As Silence Follows Rain
Reading this makes me feel like an overly stretched rubber band ready to snap holy hell (in a good way!)
Author's Response: I laughed at that description!
Date: December 08, 2024 01:17 am Title: Chapter 12: Lost In a Snow-filled Sky We'll Make It Alright to Come Undone
Jesusssss my HEART. The way you write the tension between them is exquisite truly
Author's Response: That was a fun chapter to write, as I recall. I loved writing tension and angst (to a fault).
Date: December 08, 2024 12:41 am Title: *Chapter 11: Sometimes You Can't Make It Best You Can Do Is To Fake It
Okay first of all: LOVE scott foley as Jim's older brother bec OMG i hate his brothers in canon 😭
Second of all: OH THE TWISTY TWISTED TWISTY TURNS
Author's Response: I was writing this before Scandal, which I also love, and the older he gets, the more Scott Foley reminds me of JK somehow. (Side note: In a later fic, I based a younger brother on Zac Levi, which...well, Levi has turned out to be a monumental disappointment.) Anyway, I'm glad you like him! Yeah, I thought the brothers were a wasted opportunity on the show because they were like cardboard cutouts of prankster idiots with no depth. Bah.
1 [Report This]Date: December 08, 2024 12:10 am Title: Chapter 10: Doors You Opened I Just Can't Close
Okay totally wasnt expecting the time skips but simultaneously thankful that the angst has now dissipated skssksksk not that i didnt love having my heart wrenched out and stomped on, repeatedly btw. I love this, this story really cut Deep and made me love them even more which i didnt think was possible but you're an amazing writer so
Author's Response: I don't think I'd fully planned on them when I was writing it, to be honest. (It was lo those many years ago, so I can't remember....) As I was writing it, though, I do recall realizing that some of those significant canon moments from season 2 would still work well with what I'd written here as a (very overdramatic) backdrop. Thanks for your kind words and...I apologize for what's coming next! :)
Date: December 07, 2024 11:41 pm Title: Chapter 9: Running To Stand Still
Jesus christ 😭 you manage to write something entirely much more heartbreaking than actual canon omg??? But yeah just need to ruminate in this chapter bec i appreciate how you laid out how absolutely earth shattering this is for Pam precisely bec of her inexperience and i know it's absolutely heart wrenchingly frustrating the way she deals with it all, also in canon, but yeah i fixate on this fact only cuz it rlly doesnt come up in canon but it's so important tho so yeah i really appreciate you spelling it out in this chapter. As much as it hurts, it has to happen this way first, she needs that rude wake up call unfortunately but it'll get better i trust you hihi
Author's Response: I always wondered why they didn't do more with the fact that Roy was -- it seemed -- the only guy Pam had ever dated, or at least the only one she'd been serious with. I think that would've also been a significant reason why she was so slow to act with Jim (and why she reflexively refused to deal with it when something finally did happen).
Date: December 07, 2024 11:01 pm Title: Chapter 8: The Lights Go Out and It's Just the Three of Us: You Me and All That Stuff We're So Scared Of
If the last chapter stung then yeah i feel like jim an entire hole is where my heart used to be, clean thru absolutely blown to smithereens im on the floor in a puddle of frustrated years
Date: December 07, 2024 10:45 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Jesus that ending STUNG IN SUCH A GOOD WAY
Date: December 07, 2024 10:08 pm Title: Chapter 5: We Won't Touch; We'll Just Wait For Signs
I absolutely ADORE how youve written meredith here, completely in character but the way she's able to get pam to loosen up, just a bit? I love their moments in this story
Author's Response: First, it's amazing to get a slew of reviews all these years later! Second, I wrote these so long ago that there are certainly sections that make me cringe. (That's a blanket disclaimer.) To your review: Yes, I thought Meredith had the potential to be a great foil for Pam, particularly in terms of urging her to have a little fun but in a totally different way from Jim. I get why they didn't write any close girlfriends for Pam early on, but I always thought it would be neat to see a friend who could give her a little nudge or two. Thanks for reading!
Date: July 15, 2023 01:51 pm Title: Chapter 14: There's No Chance For Us; It's All Decided For Us
I wanted to strangle Pam in the canon-compliant version, but I was happy to see there's an AU. Now I want to strangle even this Pam. I never pictured her as such a b*tch, if you excuse me, toying with everybody. I wish Jim got some backbone to get himself out of the situation...
1 [Report This]Date: April 14, 2021 09:32 am Title: Chapter 22: This Is Forever Here Within Our Hands
This was really intense and incredible. Wonderful job.
1 [Report This]Date: April 13, 2021 12:14 am Title: Chapter 10: Doors You Opened I Just Can't Close
I love this story! d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;
Date: February 09, 2021 02:49 am Title: Chapter 16: Between the Horses of Love and Lust We Are Trampled Underfoot
"Because history and tradition and guilt bear a weight that's deceptively heavy in its urgency." One perfect sentence.
1 [Report This]Date: February 09, 2021 01:54 am Title: Chapter 15: It's All Right, I'm Okay; I Think God Can Explain
The opening dream sequence is stunningly beautiful. It encapsulates Pam's dilemma perfectly.
Jim, even in his numbness, displays his good, kind heart in his tender care of Sasha. If that doesn't win Pam, nothing will.
Good onya
1 [Report This]Date: May 18, 2020 12:24 am Title: Chapter 22: This Is Forever Here Within Our Hands
Just finished this story and i loved every part of it !
1 [Report This]Date: May 17, 2020 01:31 pm Title: Chapter 7: The Sacred Geometry of Chance
Oof the cliffhanger !! Damn im rlly just binging this fic like its the best thing since sliced bread
1 [Report This]Date: May 17, 2020 12:35 pm Title: Chapter 2: To Hear the Things You Haven't Said
I do love some good mutual pining!
Thank u for another amazing chapter !!