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Great job here. We didn't get to see the immediate aftermath of the fire drill, but this makes complete sense. You got the characterizations down great too.

Dwight's pompous air that this was all for their own good and no one really got hurt because it was just a drill was right there.

Michael with the excellent come back line. Also great becasuse he actually thought Stanley's heart stopped. Hearts don't stop beating in a heart attack, but that's the paramedic side of me being pedantic, but Micheal wouldn't know that so him jumping to the worst possible conclusion was spot on.

How everyone dealt with getting out of work early was also really good. I can totally see them all doing that.

Jim and Pam rounding on Dwight on their way out the door and in the parking lot was excellent.

Great that they can have some time alone in their bedroom to decompress as well. Especially telling each other about some of their fears.

Really good job with this one.

Author's Response:

Many thanks!

Okay, complete transparency: I had NO idea about the heart thing.  Given Michael that's just flat-out serendipitous.  Appreciate the clarification!

I think it's thanks to NGU but I love writing the rest of the cast.  They're all distinct and well-defined, even if some of them are one-note.  And of course Dwight would be a total douche about it, especially considering the meeting with David and the other employee RIGHT afterwards.

JAM was especially fun to write, because in the clip we see both their genuine fear and Jim's complete exasperation that it was all just a test.  Their relationship is still fairly young and the thought of losing that after so long just hit them like a train.  And usually they can shrug off Dwight and his tendencies, but nah.  They'd be pissed as hell.

Thanks for the review!