Jim and Pam get stuck and get busy.Liked it very much ;)
I loved the idea of being stuck in the truck together; what a way to 'force' them to speak to each other or come up with one of their unique Pam and Jim ways of amusing each other- smut involved or not.
Future fic, but with some imagined back-story for Jim as well.so I'm ignoring your suggestion and reading this one first... meeting someone from Jim's past intrigued me.
I'm going to leave a gargantuan review at the end, but I needed to say that
‘Yeah, she’s fine,’ Sara answered, pulling him towards the elevator. ‘I was just blabbing to her. Nothing important. Really liked her, by the way.’
resulted in me laughing out loud. Sara's voice was so clear in my mind; clearly telling him 'girl talk- so MYOB!'.
Entertaining, but in a wonderfully substantial way.
Author's Response:
Sorry to be such a bossy little thing, telling you what to read, lol. It’s not that I don’t have affection for these early stories – I just kind of cringe a little, cause my writing has gotten a bit sparer since then. But, I just glanced over this for the first time in ages, and noticed something: I gave Jim writing aspirations way back in pre-Philly Jim days. Who knew? And this was also written before Karen had even been invented. Wow.
Anyway, Sara is (I think) the only totally 'made-up' major character I’ve ever used in a fanfic, so I’m glad she felt real to you. (I tend to be more interested in riffing on canon-based stuff.) Also glad you're finding this entertaining, but not mindless. Thanks so much variella - flattered that you're checking out my stuff. ;-)
So, hope you’ll read some later stuff, but glad you’re having fun with this too!
So this started in my mind as a little one shot (cue mocking laughter). Of course it expanded to a little more. It's pure speculation on my part, and is probably quite off. :o)
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OMG I love Sensitive Michael who can be tactless at exactly the right moment sometimes. You 'did' him perfectly (that's what she said...).
Author's Response:
Wow, it was strange to get a review for this oldie! (Strange but welcome.) :o)
I, too, am a sucker for Sensitive Michael -- glad you enjoyed him here! (That is also what she said.) :o)
Thanks for reviewing!
I like how you added in Jonathan. And I love this fic- my weakness is for fics that take a canon moment (that doesn't necessarily do much in the show) and use it as a jumping-off point for something entirely different but in character. Or close to it ;)
I liked your Karen... you portrayed the K/J relationship well and in a way that followed the ep, but you didn't make her she-devil!Karen.
And Jim and Pam ending up together... well, that's just icing on the cake. They're the one fic pairing in any fandom I have where it doesn't sound unrealistic to have 'I love you' pillow talk- they're just too sweet together.
This might be an older fic, but it's a goodie for sure.
Seven different ways to say I love you.YEEEEEEEAH! I hate The Merger. It is probably my least favorite ep ever...
THIS MAKES MY MORNING COFFEE EVEN BETTER THAN USUAL.
Author's Response: I'm glad I could improve your day, variella!
Jim, Pam...and a partridge in a pear tree. There are 12 days of Christmas - there will be 12 chapters of this story.
Nice chapter. And by nice I don't mean 'here's a throwaway adjective', I mean you really struck a balance between exploring Roy and Jim... and it didn't seem far-fetched at all for Roy to ask what he did. Personally, I'd think Jim would be one of the first people Roy would go to for advice or information because he has the inside track on Pam. And imagining Jim playing basketball is always a winner ;)
Jim and Pam from around the time of The Return. She asks him to come over to help her move furniture. Starts out slow and sweet but builds to deserve the MA rating.
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Hey, not sure if you still want reviews, but I really like this so far! REALLY like how you set up Pam and Karen to have their thoughts parallel each other; Karen often gets painted as the villian, but you really described what was probably going on with her... moving is hard on anyone... anyway, I'm looking forward to reading on!
Oh no, PLEASE don't ask Phyllis... oh no. *frantically reading on*
lol, the old moving furniture excuse...
A love triangle, from a different perspective.This is really cool- seeing things from Karen's perspective helps show how she could have not known about Jim and Pam... and the suspense is fun too!
I like the idea of Karen and Pam being friends- I don't like Karen with Jim, but Pam needs a female work friend too and Karen's the best candidate.
Pam fought the urge to pick it back out and pocket it, a little souvenir of the day.
such a girl thing to do. *sneaking a look at my own box of mementos on the shelf*
Like what she expected would happen when he walked through that door.
I feel so guilty for just assuming duh, you're going to bed with him since if they just wanted to chat they could have gone to Starbucks.
Her first fantasies of being with Jim predated her break-up with Roy by years
THANK YOU! *cheering*
she was glad that her fantasy of Jim's style seemed not very different from reality
This is a really sexy statement... maybe because it communicates the familiarity and novelty of the situation at the same time?
Unlike her previous sexual partner, she somehow knew she would be able to trust Jim to remember her needs, too.
wow. I'd say cheap shot, but I have a feeling he-who-shall-not-be-named deserves it.
fast in, slow out
using those four tiny words turned a useful sentence into a white hot descriptive one. nice. very nice.
Honestly, Pam, I had no idea you were soooo easy
You have such a great Jim!voice. And this line tempers the other emotions a little to make everything together more realistic.
Obviously I enjoyed this, not hard to do since it was so well written :)
This is my take on Pam's motivation for leaving the wedding with Roy. Only Pam and Roy are in this story, but I am very much in the Jim/Pam camp so it is safe for JAM fans too. I know I have been absent for awhile. This episode pushed me out of hibernation. Really, really good. Very Pam/Roy I think, as they were in their relationship at this point in the show.
He was still the only man on the planet who had seen her naked.
I'm about 99.999% sure that this is canon up to the point this fic takes place; and a huge reason why she took awhile to consciously clue into how she felt about Jim.
I have a sneaking suspicion this is pretty much what happened when she left after the wedding....
“I get it now, she’s everything I’m not.” She says as a few tears slip out from beneath her lashes. His subconscious realizes at this moment that she’s unconsciously mimicking a line from the Royal Tenenbaums, one of their joint favorite films. When he replays this conversation in his mind later, this will break his heart.
The hot chocolate is a perfectly Jim thing to do- we all know that Pam Loves Tea is canon, but hot chocolate is the perfect wintry comfort drink and I loved you put it in there :)
Speaking as an extraordinarily moody woman (and officially diagnosed as such :) ) with very nearly the same issues as Pam... you are more than fair, and describing the feelings in Jim that my extraordinarily understanding and patient man has had to deal with.
I thought you did well at 'painting' Pam's feelings without too much sympathy or taking sides with her. I really liked knowing that you are writing Jim from personal experience to some extent- something I think is missing sometimes with the majority of writers being women.
Enjoying this so, so much.
Nice. Jim and Pam may be adults, but I think they're both adolescents, emotionally speaking, so this seems a natural consequence of that. Loving Lisa in the fic; nobody can succeed without a mentor or role model of sorts and that is a role Jim simply could not take on.
You're right about relationships having one issue that will keep coming back to them, and this seems to be theirs.
Author's Response: Wow, it's neat to get some new reviews on an old piece. I'm gratified you're reading and appreciate your thoughtful comments.
Pam and Jim are getting to be friendly again, and engage in a little instant messaging.
Post-Safety Training
pamisgreat and jimisawesome are so them :)
The IM's? Dead on. Internal voices? Dead on.
You've got them down pat I think :) Looking forward to the rest.
“Ok, well, sometimes the gift is really about the gesture, you know, like what it means, instead of what it is.”
Pre-series.
I love carnations- they have a unique almost spicy scent that is so different from any other flower... so I like Jim buying them for Pam.
The Language Of Flowers concept is so cool and I'm happy you used it. Very happy. :)
Author's Response:
I think carnations are pretty, but I can't picture their smell. Next time I'm in the store, I'll have to have a smell.
I'd never heard anything about Flower Meanings, but I think its a really cool idea.
Thanks for the review, so glad you enjoyed it! :)
Pam gets a taste of what her life could be like. AU
10 Family Man is one of my favorite movies... and I loved this. And aren't dreams a rehearsal and exploration of the possibilities for real life?
Loved it. I would have loved a little more elaboration on the whole day, but it is wonderful as it was.
"So did I tell you that I play guitar?" -- Jim
Jim has a hidden talent. He knows how to play the guitar, and he uses it to his advantage.
LOL @ Jim's lame song... very much a 'Jim' thing to do.
Liked Pam's oversharing too- maybe not appropriate, but it fits. I liked her mentioning Roy not being brave enough to look her in the face- harsh thing to say considering she hasn't left him yet.
Really enjoying this story...
What if Jim and Pam erased all memories of each other? Would they be able to start again? How would Roy and Karen react? Set post-Season Two and loosely based off ideas from the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Um, I'd review this but that would require actually putting some words together to make sense... I'm speechless. This just has me thankful the story is finished so I can keep reading. Wow. Just. Wow. Better comments later, promise :)
How Jim became a 28-year-old virgin.
Well, it might not be likely, but certainly plausible... One of Jim's more disturbing traits is his need to please or be liked by women above his own feelings or needs (or so it seems so far, that is). Also, when it comes to things that cut deep emotionally Jim is not a risk taker, which sex with someone you care about definitely is.
Karen is the hardest one to see happening the way you described, but the brick wall in their physical intimacy would go a long way to explain their emotional disconnect (or Karen not really realizing? willing to see it?) over his feelings for Pam. Karen would be quick to blame it on the sex angle... very interesting to contemplate.
Not to mention that after a certain amount of time I could see a guy just stop pushing and go along with whatever woman he was with was willing to do.
Okay, most of this is my stream of consciousness rambling, but in conclusion I thought it was written well and Pam acted very Pam. Nice to see her being the more experienced and confident one for a change ;)
their flaws might just doom them.See, lines like “It feels like electricity,” He murmurs, before realizing that he should be embarrassed. are wonderful... being able to say it despite the fact that maybe you 'should' feel differently. And Pam accepted it :)
These same words will ring false on another night, in another bed, but under all her halting, nervous twittering Jim knows she means it. Tonight, knowing and hoping will mean the same thing.
I was thinking, I could almost skim over the first sentence as not meaning much in context, but you put it in there for a reason... and it brings up an important point. Disturbing, but important. So glad you left it a little open... and after all, if they do stay together it will not be perfect.
So I have my own ideas, but "You taste different" vs She still tastes exactly the same.: what did you intend by that? Or is that purely up to the reader? ;)
Loved it and favorited.
55 words on choosing a name.
(all stand alone pieces)
l.m.a.o.
The little ones in one family I used to babysit for were all boys, each had the first name Ben (fyi the dad was a rabbi)- I thought that was a really neat way of linking them all. Jim and Pam are cool, but they definitely seem to have a strong conservative streak so a nod to tradition would fit :)
Your last six lines absolutely KILLED me.
Great story.
Author's Response:
Oh wow, I love getting reviews on older stories. I have a bit more I planned with this one, maybe I will dust it off and update. Anyways, I'm so glad you like it. I love the name Ben Halpert, and Bat Halpert just seems perfect also ;)
Thanks!
Pam and Jim give baby-making a try.
The last two parts posted 10/22.
Wow. Really hot, and enjoyed Jim's intermittent squirminess and discomfort with the whole thing. Just... yeah. Hot and I love hearing what might be going on inside Jim's head when he gets that deer in the headlights look. Excellent :)
This is a holiday inspired fic based on Season Two's Christmas Party. A look into what inspired Jim to get the teapot, and why Pam swapped Dwight for it. From there, it is an AU look at what happens when Pam realizes that Jim took back the infamous Christmas Card and why she's desperate to find out what Jim wrote."How dare you speak of destiny. You are no zen master, you've had no formal training."
This absolutely killed me. Dwight certainly does his best to keep the universe in balance :)
I enjoyed the entire story- and I'm very glad I came across it when it was complete, I don't think I'd be able to bear waiting for new posts!
One of the things I liked best was Pam leaving Jim's card alone; first, respecting the fact that Jim decided to keep it, therefore it is NOT HERS. Second, she took a risk in expressing herself without waiting for him to do it first. She needed to see bravery is rewarded. Aaaand that's all I'll say. Except thanks for writing another great piece :)