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This is why I love them. They're not all heart-shaped boxes and love notes, nor are they completely unromantic either. They straddle this line between the unrealistic-too-far-to-feel right and the platonic-boy-girl-one-sided-crush perfectly. It's just love and laughs and quiet and pranks and all in a great ball of wonder to watch every week.

So raw, so right, all night, all right, oh yeah.

Author's Response: That was a brilliant summation of the Jim/Pam dynamic there, exactly how I see them.\r\nThanks for reviewing!

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I obviously keep thinking about how this will go down, and I am definitely leaning toward private, simple, with a touch of mischievous Jim.

I adore your image of the proposal. It's cute, but not cutesy, it has a creative touch with the end line, Pam is happy, which is a must, really, and it left me satisfied and smiling. :)

Great job!

9

I really loved this. Oh, my supportive Jim and my fluffy couple... This is completely how I see it playing out; and I don't think Jim would be worried about a move because honestly, he could easily find a job in New York, especially being close to David Wallace.

Loved the throw-back to "Boys and Girls" and your use of quotes.

Author's Response: B&G was a little underrated, no? Thanks for the review!

8

So cute to tie in real life occurrences with the show. ♥ Really loved this, lovely piece! And it also explains Jim's "we took this slow" line to Michael [which I really loved him more for].

Author's Response: welllll i'll tell you where it started, all of this hullaballoo about writing angela kinsey's pregnancy into the show.  i started thinking about other things, john's haircut for instance.  but jenna's back stuff was not written in, in part b/c she was doing well enough that it didn't have to be included - but it made me think.  plus it had adorable, jim as nursemaid implications.  oh i love that part too.  sometimes jim can be very kind to michael; i love those moments.  thanks for the feedback!

10

I love this story so much. And it doesn't make my heart hurt. And Pam is so supportive even though it's Dunder-Mifflin. And I love this couple more than words.

Author's Response: Haha, I love that you love my story. And I really didn\'t want to make anyone\'s heart hurt...I like the idea of Jim-and-Pam in a normal relationship after years of heart-hurting. \r\n\r\nThank you so much reviewing! It absolutely makes my day :D.

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“I can’t promise you that the fireworks are always going to work out perfectly, or that the Champagne will be fancy and expensive, or even real Champagne. But I can promise you that I’m always going to want those things for you, I’m always going to think you deserve them. And when something goes wrong, I am always, always, going to come back and try again because this life that we have, it’s worth it.”

Perfect.

10

I just - really really love you and love this and Jim.. Oh Jim, I want one of them. And all of it just - perfect.

10

Thank you for giving me hope in fanfic and fic!Pam again.

I love this. I love their cute orgasm banter and their love and their support and all of it.

Your writing is breathtaking.

But now she needs to figure out how it fits into the rest of her life. At this point, Jim is her only given.

Author's Response: Thanks so much, quotidianzenith! Glad this made you happy. More later today (Gods of fanfic willing ;-)

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I love the strong women of this show and am just a little upset they have to change or be demonized. Great job at capturing their downfalls while keeping their grace. :)

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. It's love and it's sex and it's her best friend all crammed into a space that feels very, very tight at the moment. He's everything and she's not sure that saying this, at the end of seven little days, when she's just barely accepted the reality of it herself, is really what she should do.

This killed me.

I would like to think they waited a little bit before having sex. Knowning Jim was sexing up Karen the night before [or even that morning] would put me off of sleeping with him that day, if I was Pam.

I love their progression throughout this piece. I think it is very true to them - a little faster than normal, a little awkward and feeling around, a lot of talking around subjects.

Loved it.

Author's Response: That, and, speaking from personal experience, making the move from being someone\'s friend to sleeping with them is a little weird, no matter how badly you might want to do it. Also, Jim\'s clearly bringing a lot of baggage into this arrangement. So, yeah, awkward and rushed. Thank you so much for your feedback, quotidian.