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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: 184044 ePub Downloads: 47
[Report This] Published: January 21, 2008 Updated: February 05, 2011
Reviewer: bashert Signed 9
Date: August 07, 2010 Title: Chapter 37: Breathe

First of all, holy crap am I excited to see an update! Second, and maybe more importantly, I LOVE that you used a Pens cozy as your beer cozy example. Go Pens! Third, he pulled out his tube? Gah! Awesome, awesome, awesome.

Author's Response: OK, so the little link I found in like ... 10 seconds ... is MORE EXCITING than the chapter I struggled over for ... 8 MONTHS?? Hmm... :-) Glad you enjoyed.

Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: August 24, 2009 Title: Chapter 31: Jim and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

A) I love that book. Ergo, I love anything that honors that book. Ergo, I LOVE THIS.
2) I love Walker Man, and I love Pam's flirty nature, and I love that Jim wants to be Walker Man when he grows up, and yes.
C) I can't wait until the next part. And, Jim and Pam need to be together now.
G) And I'm not sure if I mentioned how brilliant and awesome you are.

Author's Response:

A-2-C-G?

Thank you very much!  (Even if I am a little confused...)

Summary: Past Featured StoryJim and Pam are Jim and Pam, only...not really.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 77452 Read Count: 232432 ePub Downloads: 64
[Report This] Published: March 16, 2008 Updated: May 21, 2008
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Date: May 15, 2008 Title: Chapter 29: There's a joke in here about hot dogs, but it escapes me at the moment.

Gah. This like broke my brain. This was absolutely fantastic, and the part the post-it notes gutted me. I love this Jim and I love this Pam, and I just love this.

Summary: How a little courage and honesty finally gave them both what they wanted.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Episode Related
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Inner Monologue, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 31928 Read Count: 70804 ePub Downloads: 10
[Report This] Published: April 28, 2008 Updated: September 25, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 8
Date: May 14, 2008 Title: Chapter 4: and never stops at all

I feel terrible for Karen, and at the same time, the "sorry if it made you feel weird" comment makes me want to hit her. I feel so conflicted! (That's a good thing, I swear!)

I loved this! You have Pam written so well and believable. I also love the idea that they spent the whole weekend together (minus 47 minutes). Great job!

Author's Response: Thanks! More to come...

Season Finale by larrymcg Rated: K+ [Reviews - 15] 4
Summary:

 
Not sure what happened, but I can't seem to remember the last 10 minutes of "Goodbye, Toby". I guess my DVR screwed up or I blacked out or something. Anyways, here's my take on how it probably went. Let me know how close I was! 

Spoilers through the first 50 minutes of "Goodbye, Toby". 


Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 302 Read Count: 2680 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 15, 2008 Updated: May 15, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed
Date: May 16, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Now THIS is how it should have ended! I love Andy shouting at the end, because that's so perfectly Andy.

I'm just going to pretend that this is how it happened for real.

Summary:

Jim wasn't too thrilled about tonight. Pam wasn't too happy either. Finale spoiler if you haven't watched it.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1699 Read Count: 4615 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 15, 2008 Updated: May 15, 2008
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Date: May 16, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Okay, I think if I keep this in my head, I can last the summer. So much better than the real ending.

Deep breath, remember this ending instead of the canon one, okay, I'm okay.

The Crush by Nightswept Rated: T [Reviews - 18] 7
Summary: The second episode in our summer series during the hiatus: Jim finds himself in a precarious position and someone else learns Angela and Dwight's secret. Also, Dwight's computer is alive. Again.

Possible spoilers for Goodbye, Toby.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Andy, Angela, Bob Vance, Creed, Darryl, Dwight, Ensemble, Jan, Jim, Kelly, Kevin, Meredith, Michael, Oscar, Pam, Phyllis, Stanley
Genres: Humor, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Other Adult Theme
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6973 Read Count: 13385 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: May 17, 2008 Updated: June 01, 2008
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Date: May 18, 2008 Title: Chapter 2: Girl talk.

I really love this so far. And not just because Natalie is a Steelers fan (here we go Steelers!)

I have a feeling that Natalie is going to be a little let down when she finds out about Pam...

Summary:

You had forgotten that this parking lot was haunted.

A bit of Jim's introspection after Toby's party. Spoilers for the finale, obviously. 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Inner Monologue, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 456 Read Count: 2455 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: May 18, 2008 Updated: May 18, 2008
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Date: May 18, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is absolutely beautiful. The imagery is breathtaking. There are so many lines that I love that I would have to just copy and paste the whole story. Absolutely amazing.

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Summary: Yeah, we didn't get our proposal, and I was as upset as anyone else, but think about how bad it could've gone. Here are a few examples. These are meant to be as horrifying as possible, but hopefully in a fun way.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: None
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2597 Read Count: 11235 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 19, 2008 Updated: May 28, 2008
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Date: May 20, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: She's Baaaaaaaack

Oh Karen. That WOULD have been worse.

I love that Andy tells him that Angela has friends with hot bods. That's pretty much the best thing ever.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review!

Summary: This is just a silly post-finale story based on an exaggeration of the premise that The Office is becoming just like a soap opera.  Yeah, that is not an accusation that should be thrown around lightly.  ;)
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Drunk Pam/Jim, Humor, Parody
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 7341 Read Count: 15397 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 26, 2008 Updated: September 06, 2008
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Date: June 03, 2008 Title: Chapter 5: You'll never get away with this!

Hahahaha, I love the "Or whatever" at the end. It made me laugh. Okay, the WHOLE thing made me laugh. I love Crazy!Toby and Scheming!Angela and Coma!Phyllis.

Awesome. Absolutely awesome.

Author's Response: Thank you!

Summary: An intriguing hook-up takes place during Jim and Pam's wedding rehearsal...
Categories: Jim and Pam, Other, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam, Other
Genres: Drabble, Married, Oneshot
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 638 Read Count: 2573 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: May 31, 2008 Updated: May 31, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 8
Date: June 01, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Dinner at Cugino's

This is adorable! And no, I absolutely did not guess the ending until the end (although I'm not a particularly observant person). The idea of Pam's brother falling for Jim's sister is awesome! Great job!

Author's Response: I\'m also not a very observant person...which probably explains why I\'m replying to your review eight days later.

Summary: Past Featured Story

The first week is the longest. A visit.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: None
Genres: Claustrophobic Spaces, Inner Monologue, Romance, Weekend, Wet Pam/Jim
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2409 Read Count: 13585 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: June 01, 2008 Updated: June 02, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 9
Date: June 01, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Early

Ahh, I love this. (Also I have totally had smoothies that looked like sludge and that was EXACTLY the word I used to describe it. But I still drank it. And kind of enjoyed it.)

There is so much I love about this. The part about him hurtling in space towards her killed me dead.

Great job! Can't wait to see Pam's side!

Author's Response: Tell you a secret - that little vegan place actually exists. Though, I didn't have one of their sludge smoothies...let's pretend ;-) I'm glad you cited that line (hurtling through space) - kind of liked that one myself. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, bashert.

Summary: "Oh, mister, wait until you see/What I'm gonna be/I've got a plan, a demand and it just began/And if you're right, you'll agree..." Let's have a bit of fun with our dear girl before TPTB let us know what she really did with her summer vacation, shall we?
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: Week Days
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7471 Read Count: 21554 ePub Downloads: 10
[Report This] Published: June 02, 2008 Updated: June 08, 2008
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Date: June 02, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: The First Month

I love this. There are so many lines that I could cut and paste that I fell in love with. I love Pam in her vintage clothes and it seems right. I love her Jewish widowed neighbors and gah, just everything about this!

Amazing.

Author's Response: Gah! A review from Bashert! I love Bashert! Chocolate! Marching Bands of Manhattan! Thank you!

Reviewer: bashert Signed
Date: June 04, 2008 Title: Chapter 2: The Second Month

I absolutely love this, first of all, second of all, I have to say that what I remember from high school French is "Je suis un pomplemousse" which I'm sure I'm butchering and which roughly translates to "I am a grapefruit."

But honestly? This story makes me happy down to my toes. I love the Jewish neighbor and I love that his brother calls Pam "little sister" and I just love, love it. Great job!

Author's Response: Eep! It\'s Bashert again! \r\n\r\nI didn\'t take French in high school. Spanish and German. But oeufs a la neige is still really fun to say.

Reviewer: bashert Signed 9
Date: June 08, 2008 Title: Chapter 3: The Third Month

"Simultaneous wedding planning and apartment hunting inspires another mix cd - the "Have We Lost Our Fucking Minds?" mix (Tricky, Beck, M.I.A, more Radiohead, Tori Amos). pmhalpert writes - "probably."

That was probably my favorite line, but honestly, all of it is beautiful! I love the widows giving her gifts and the save the date cards and the sketches and Jim's brothers and the new house and *sigh* just lovely.

Bashert is a big fan of the song and of the fic. Seriously.

Summary: Pam's in Brooklyn and Jim's trying to get his act together. A companion piece to "A Better Version of Me."
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: Week Days
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8975 Read Count: 11964 ePub Downloads: 9
[Report This] Published: June 20, 2008 Updated: July 09, 2008
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Date: June 25, 2008 Title: Chapter 2: The Second Month

Um, can we talk about how much I love this for a second? Because I do. So much. I love this as much as Jim loves Pam (so a whole lot).

Adorable. Awesome. All kinds of wonderful A words.

Summary:

Pam needs someone to save her. Help is just a phone call away. Takes place during Back From Vacation.

It had always amused me that apparently the DM receptionists talk to each other about gossip (courtesy of Branch Wars) and I wanted to explore that. Also, apparently Rolando is flaming gay in my head, so... there's that.


Categories: Other, Past, Episode Related
Characters: Other, Pam
Genres: Drabble, Humor, Oneshot, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 262 Read Count: 2709 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: July 01, 2008 Updated: July 01, 2008
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Date: July 02, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is great! I love the idea of the receptionists all being friends and united. And what's so funny is that my friend just told me the other day to be a brave little toaster! That's great!

Summary: Pam goes to New York and realizes some things.  Jam fluff oneshot, all the way.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2035 Read Count: 4730 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: September 08, 2008 Updated: September 08, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: September 08, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is absolutely beautiful. I love the idea of the two of them leaving Scranton, even if eventually they end right back where they started. I love the idea that her summer in New York makes her want to explore other things and places. It's a feeling I can totally relate to.

This is wonderful! I'm so glad to see you back!

Write to Me by Sweetpea Rated: T [Reviews - 90] 47
Summary: Past Featured Story

Jim Halpert is a high school English teacher starting a new life at a new school in a new town.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Other, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Humor, Poetry, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 12002 Read Count: 23368 ePub Downloads: 12
[Report This] Published: September 21, 2008 Updated: October 27, 2008
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Date: October 19, 2008 Title: Chapter 4: This is Water

So, uh, I probably should have been reviewing this whole time, because this is wonderful, and also because I am madly in love with Pablo Neruda, and it excites me so much that you know who his is and love him too!

This is beautiful. Absolutely lovely. I love, love, love it.

Author's Response: bashert, thank you so much for this and it's wonderful to find another Neruda fan - y'all really came out of the woodwork here!  Before I started writing this, I only had limited knowledge of his work, but wow!  It's not only wonderful, but HUGE and varied and just the absolute flesh and blood of what I think is wonderful writing.  I can't even explain how much I've enjoyed writing this and I'm so pleased you're enjoying.  Thank you!

Summary: Michael wants to learn what it truly means to be Afican-American. Meanwhile, Dwight hires Pam to illustrate his comic. Absolutely cringeworthy hijinx ensue.
Categories: Other, Present
Characters: Andy, Angela, Darryl, Dwight, Holly, Jim, Jim/Pam, Karen, Kevin, Michael, Oscar, Pam, Phyllis, Stanley
Genres: Humor, Oneshot, Parody, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5936 Read Count: 1515 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: September 23, 2008 Updated: September 23, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: September 29, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: And they say that his brain shrank three sizes that day.

So, I somehow missed this, and just discovered it now. I love everything about this. I NEED this to become a real episode. Der Kommisar. Brilliant.

And Michael calling Karen to ask if she was black? And Darryl? Gah. Funniest image ever. EVER.

This is ridiculously funny.

Summary: ...we pay cash for an hour in a motel room a few miles down the highway. Another to add to the stack of post premier fic.

Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 411 Read Count: 3810 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: September 28, 2008 Updated: September 28, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: September 29, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Yeah, this is pretty much the most awesome thing in the universe. Beautiful, I love the point of view, and I loved:

We say, "You, you,you,you,"because it seems like the only thing that's ever mattered at all

Beautiful

Summary: Just joining in the post-Engagement fun! "Spoilers" through Weight Loss. 
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 808 Read Count: 4250 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 28, 2008 Updated: September 28, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: September 29, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: My Sweet Dream

This is lovely! Gah. I love the idea of them hitting up a crappy motel on the side of the road. And I love that Pam loves that Jim bought the ring only a week after they started dating, and I love, love, love everything about the Exit 17 Marriage proposal. And you. And this.

Awesome!

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: 4039 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 15, 2008 Updated: October 15, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: October 16, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is really, really, really amazing. And I'm sure everyone who reviewed before me said something much more coherent, but gah. This is incredible. Having spent some time living in Europe totally out of my comfort zone, I completely connected with Pam. The feeling of being alone, but not lonely.

And ah! Jim is so adorable and so understanding, and so Jim. It's great. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Author's Response: Wow, thank you. And I\'ve had that feeling too, so I\'m glad I\'m not alone :)

Summary: Jim and Pam, a crazy guy and the Laundromat.  The dryer's not the only thing that can fluff here.  Spoilers for Baby Shower.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Steamy, Weekend
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1870 Read Count: 4427 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: October 17, 2008 Updated: October 17, 2008
Reviewer: bashert Signed 10
Date: October 17, 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Fluff and Fold (redux)

I so wanted someone to write about the laundromat! It just screamed fanfic to me.

I loved this! I love Overprotective!Jim. Awesome. Thanks for getting this one out there before I had to write something myself (which would have been far inferior, trust me). Great job!

Author's Response:

Aww don't say that!  The more fic the merrier!  

My fingers were just itching to write something and so...I took the opportunity.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 

Summary: Michael forces the group to go ghost hunting, and some people find more than they bargained for.  Response to the Haunted House challenge.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Humor, Romance, Suspense, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Challenges: Haunted House
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 10379 Read Count: 14551 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: October 30, 2008 Updated: November 03, 2008
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Date: November 03, 2008 Title: Chapter 7: October 26, Exam Room 4, supply closet, 10:21 PM

Gah. I love this. Ridiculous amounts of love. I love that she broke up with Roy because of Jim and is totally aware of that fact. I love the fact that they are making out while trapped in a closet trying to play a prank on Dwight while at a super creepy potentially haunted abandoned hospital.

There is nothing about this that is not totally awesome. Just in case you didn't know.