Penname: variella Real name: lee b
Member Since: July 08, 2008

Bio:
20-something fangirl; I've only really had two other fandoms (X-Files and House MD) so I tend to be pretty loyal to my 'ships.

Obviously JAM is my number one interest on The Office, but I also enjoy Jim/Katy, Jim/Karen, and Pam/Roy for the insights into Jim and Pam they provide. Kelly/Ryan and Michael/Jan are interesting too- but I really only have time for one main interest on the show, so JAM it is!

Love reading well-written fic (which this site is a treasure trove of) and tend to leave somewhat analytical reviews- a remainder from writing for a literary criticism magazine. I do intend it to be of interest to the author though because from the few fics I've written I enjoyed getting meaty feedback more than 'OMG totes awesome BUT WRITE MOAR!!1!' reviews :)

If I move from writing House!fic to writing JAM!fic, I'll be sure to share it; everyone here is fantastic and I'd love to contribute.

Oh, if anyone is looking for a beta (grammar, flow of the story, character development), ask away!

I use the same username on LJ and Metafilter, I'm on Reddit under occidental_inkling.

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Favorite Stories
Cardiac Care by Vampiric Blood Rated: M [Reviews - 750] 210
Summary: Jim must deal with a family crisis.  Pam helps him to get through it.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 41 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 79354 Read Count: 184377 ePub Downloads: 47
[Report This] Published: January 21, 2008 Updated: February 05, 2011
A Woman Waits for Me by Kestrel Rated: K+ [Reviews - 107] 41
Summary: Fluff + Jam = Happiness. Just little phone conversations I could imagine Jim and Pam having. Spoilers through the S5.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 14239 Read Count: 49453 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 21, 2008 Updated: September 28, 2009
Crossroads by callisto Rated: T [Reviews - 23] 12
Summary: For every choice we make, there's a road we'll never take.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Humor, Inner Monologue, Oneshot
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1373 Read Count: 4496 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: November 09, 2008 Updated: November 09, 2008
I'll Follow the Sun by aloneinthetown Rated: MA [Reviews - 15] 10
Summary: Past Featured Story"I know that everyone needs to be alone in a foreign place, at least for a little bit. That’s how you explore yourself." Pam goes to Tokyo.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Travel
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7797 Read Count: 4044 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 15, 2008 Updated: October 15, 2008
Every Time I Wind Up Back at Your Door by kells8995 Rated: MA [Reviews - 113] 49
Summary: Past Featured Story

Don't take this the wrong way, but... you should go for that job.

What would have happened if Jim had taken that job in Maryland after all? Season Two angst - spoilers for Halloween through Email Surveillance, then goes AU from there.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 23454 Read Count: 54197 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: June 20, 2008 Updated: September 17, 2008
Near to You by xoxoxo Rated: M [Reviews - 85] 42
Summary: Updated with a new chapter placed BEFORE the epilogue.  AU version of The Convention.  Jim does know who to call after he breaks into Dwight's room.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Michael, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Romance, Travel
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 13036 Read Count: 40399 ePub Downloads: 18
[Report This] Published: March 24, 2008 Updated: August 16, 2008
Clay Pot by Colette Rated: T [Reviews - 78] 44
Summary: Past Featured StoryS3, set between Traveling Salesman and The Return.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4109 Read Count: 27833 ePub Downloads: 5
[Report This] Published: August 11, 2008 Updated: August 13, 2008
If You'd Just Realize by Jinxcoke Rated: K [Reviews - 28] 11
Summary: What if Jim was the one that was engaged when Pam started working at Dunder Mifflin?

A sort of role-reversal story.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Other, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 12475 Read Count: 15068 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: June 01, 2008 Updated: August 06, 2008
Call and Answer by uncgirl Rated: T [Reviews - 66] 38
Summary: What if Jim answered Pam's text from "Diwali"?  This is an AU look at what have might happened if, in his drunkeness, Jim texted her back. 
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 7459 Read Count: 17790 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: July 25, 2008 Updated: July 30, 2008
Week Days by Talkative Rated: M [Reviews - 106] 64
Summary: Past Featured StoryPost-The Job. Pam tells us about her week. A companion to "Week's End."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: Week Days
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7276 Read Count: 49214 ePub Downloads: 14
[Report This] Published: July 17, 2008 Updated: July 24, 2008
Diary of A Broken Heart by AvilaGrace Rated: M [Reviews - 14] 7
Summary: Pam's diary of her thoughts about life, work, Roy, Jim and everything in between. Starts with The Dundies and will continue until present day time, and probably after. JAM, though at times not explicitly.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 11716 Read Count: 10653 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 16, 2007 Updated: July 19, 2008
Cupcakes, Mistletoe, Ducks and Shopping Carts by Steph Rated: T [Reviews - 5] 2
Summary: It all started with his mostly ignored birthday and a lesson on how to do the Shopping Cart. (Toby/Kelly).
Categories: Other
Characters: Darryl, Jim, Kelly, Kelly/Other, Pam, Toby, Toby/Other
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8229 Read Count: 2217 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: July 13, 2008 Updated: July 13, 2008
The Glass Half-Full by shootingstars Rated: K [Reviews - 8] 5
Summary:

She spills everything.

Red Wine, on their first date.

Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1451 Read Count: 2745 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: July 04, 2008 Updated: July 05, 2008
Does He Love You? by carbondalien Rated: K [Reviews - 201] 55
Summary: Past Featured StoryPam married Roy and moved to California after "Casino Night," and Jim gave up. But then he started getting the letters...
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 26622 Read Count: 123255 ePub Downloads: 21
[Report This] Published: May 26, 2008 Updated: June 11, 2008
The Closest Thing To Champagne and Fireworks by shootingstars Rated: K [Reviews - 15] 12
Summary:

Somewhere between the Dairy section and the cereal aisle he has an epiphany.

Spoilers for Goodbye Toby


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3089 Read Count: 3158 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 23, 2008 Updated: May 23, 2008
All The Things That Keep Us Here by girl7 Rated: M [Reviews - 26] 15
Summary: This picks up post-"Job Fair" and follows through what I choose to believe happened after Toby's goodbye party.  :o) Hopefully it'll leave those of you who were disgruntled by the non-proposal in the finale...well, a little more gruntled.
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6360 Read Count: 11044 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: May 22, 2008 Updated: May 22, 2008
Cracking the Code by wendolf Rated: MA [Reviews - 47] 43
Summary: Just a little smutcake before the April 10th re-premiere! Enjoy!
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Drabble, Fluff, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4064 Read Count: 24160 ePub Downloads: 8
[Report This] Published: April 10, 2008 Updated: April 11, 2008
Breathing Out by girl7 Rated: M [Reviews - 51] 36
Summary: This picks up at "Money" and is my take on the seeming epiphany that Jim had while in the stairwell with Dwight, leading to him kissing Pam in front of the entire office.  Includes flashbacks to "Conflict Resolution" and "The Job."
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Dwight
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Inner Monologue, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Steamy, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 20810 Read Count: 39189 ePub Downloads: 8
[Report This] Published: November 04, 2007 Updated: February 27, 2008
A Game of Global Domination by dundiefromgod Rated: T [Reviews - 40] 14
Summary: When Dwight finds RISK in the break room, Jim's lunch, his relationships, and the office are all turned upside down.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Andy, Dwight, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Kevin
Genres: Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 30393 Read Count: 35416 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: July 15, 2007 Updated: February 22, 2008
Who Cares What the Question Is by llorin Rated: MA [Reviews - 25] 29
Summary: Past Featured StoryAU Season 2, some undetermined amount of time after Booze Cruise. Roy invites Jim to a house party.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Other, Jim/Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Explicit sexual content, Other Adult Theme
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5978 Read Count: 14344 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: February 12, 2008 Updated: February 13, 2008
All the Trees of the Field will Clap their Hands by sillyrabbit519 Rated: M [Reviews - 19] 16
Summary: Past Featured Story

Sometimes, still, he would wake up in the middle of the night just to make sure that she was okay, that there was no blood. And only when he had made sure of it, made sure that it was just her, clean and peaceful, did he close his eyes and fall back asleep.

 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Married, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3569 Read Count: 4290 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: February 07, 2008 Updated: February 07, 2008
It's Their Turn by Lexiconiful Rated: K [Reviews - 59] 17
Summary: First Date!! All the parts they didn't show us during "The Job". Shows both points of view from the interview on. Get ready to grin and sigh a lot;-)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related
Characters: David Wallace, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Michael, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Inner Monologue, Oneshot, Romance, Travel, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: First Dates
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9830 Read Count: 101677 ePub Downloads: 6
[Report This] Published: January 20, 2008 Updated: January 28, 2008
Life is a dance floor, Love is the rhythm by AvilaGrace Rated: M [Reviews - 8] 5
Summary: A series of one shot songfics based off of my JAM playlist. More details in the story notes.
Categories: Alternate Universe, Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Future
Characters: Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Childhood, Fluff, Married, Oneshot, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content, Other Adult Theme
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 13284 Read Count: 5301 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: November 09, 2007 Updated: December 28, 2007
Oracle Mom by time4moxie Rated: T [Reviews - 91] 53
Summary: Past Featured Story

MEMBER'S CHOICE - The Jim and Pam saga affects more than just those two. Sometimes it's hard to sit by and be a mother while those two dance around the subject.

New Chapter added - more Jim/Pam holiday fluffiness.  :-)


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam, Other
Genres: Angst, Holiday, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 27202 Read Count: 39409 ePub Downloads: 20
[Report This] Published: December 11, 2006 Updated: November 25, 2007
Try, Try Again by beruco Rated: MA [Reviews - 72] 33
Summary: Past Featured Story

Pam and Jim give baby-making a try.

The last two parts posted 10/22.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Inner Monologue, Married, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10233 Read Count: 47520 ePub Downloads: 9
[Report This] Published: October 14, 2007 Updated: October 22, 2007