Penname: darjeelingandcoke Real name: Joe
Member Since: October 01, 2011

Bio:

Just a guy with Jim and Pam on the brain, trying to get the song out of his head by singing it.

Author of the Month June 2021


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the evolution of a paper salesman and a receptionist by tinydundie Rated: T [Reviews - 105] 73
Summary:

“He wants to get over Pam. He wants to, badly. The only thing he wants more is to be with her, and that isn’t going to happen.”

My (canon-compliant) take on Pam and Jim's journey through Season 3, beginning with "The Merger." Includes flashbacks.


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Inner Monologue
Warnings: Adult language
Series: terrace
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 72331 Read Count: 15112 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: February 24, 2022 Updated: April 11, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: March 30, 2022 Title: Chapter 9: "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"

"“I was there,” Oscar interjects. “Anyway, I don’t think it really matters. She’s obviously only upset about Jim.”" Oh, Oscar. You totally just remembered what you DID at her art show. And I love how protective Michael is of her here.

I maintain this is a spot on picture of Jim's post-Beach Games thoughts. The sense that Pam's not *actually* saying what she's trying to say is solid, and this idea that Jim feels like he's *almost past it* and *almost wants to be* is terrific. You can see how he might have actually talked himself into The Job, and to the path of least resistance that just so happens to not badly hurt Karen, and Pam feeling like really this is a victory in and of itself and she can ALMOST let him go but ALSO lets him know she won't if he doesn't want her to.

"I can love you more than he does. I can love you better than he does. I can promise that I already do." OW.

"No- he does recognize it. It’s disappointment. And he will toil over exactly what she’d been disappointed about for months." DOUBLE OW.

"Sometimes he thinks he’ll be waiting for Pam his whole life. Sometimes he’s okay with that." Life, wife. Close enough. *Heart eyes*

"It wasn’t even a light switch flicking on somewhere in her brain." Still amuses me that you called out this exact metaphor.

“Crazy about me, as in… he’s going to confess his love after years of unrequited pining?” “It wasn’t unrequited, Jim." EEEEP. The dialogue between them here is amazing. And the set-up for the conversation at the end of The Job!!!!!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: April 03, 2022 Title: Chapter 10: "What is love anyway? Maybe it's supposed to break all the rules."

"He’d chosen loyalty to Karen. She’s the responsible choice, the safe one. And regardless of the inner conflict he’s been trying to suppress all year long, he knows he can be happy with her. He and Pam have a history, sure... but now, so do he and Karen." I'm not sure I fully registered the blindingly clear and blindingly painful parallels to post-Casino Night Pam before. Maybe I just didn't want to believe.

"It reminds him of those times something gets stuck in his shoe and he can’t get it out." Okay, first of all: how dare you.

"t occurs to him how incredibly ironic it is that right now, when he could use some support himself, is the moment she’s chosen to leave him alone with his thoughts." Pouring one out for my homie K-Filly. Lost sight of her goal THISSHORT of the finish line.

"Jim had come out on top for the gold, which didn’t surprise him, as staring deeply into Pam’s eyes with permission was something he would have done as long as humanly possible." You're a SAP, Halpert.

"“No one’s actually happy with silver.”" EEEEEEEEP. I am excited for what's coming in spite of 100% knowing what's coming on multiple levels.

"Karen’s right… they don’t have a future in Scranton. But he does." AHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

"He can’t forget her. He will never forget her. And most importantly… he doesn’t want to." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: April 07, 2022 Title: Chapter 11: "A real relationship can't be forced. It should just come about effortless...ledly."

THE KAREN CHAPTER. IT'S HERE. IT'S HERE. ABONDANZA.

"It seemed like an open and shut situation. But there was just one problem. “I love him,” she’d said." Oh, Karen. This is not going to be a year you look upon at all fondly.

This fountain sequence is a gut punch. Karen's body reading Jim's text accurately is a nice touch, and the sense that for the first time she's seeing Scranton Jim and knows what that means... ooof. But awesome.

I love what you've done throughout this chapter in contrasting the Jim Karen sees with the Jim we know. This first impression of him she gets is just... so not Jim, and she has no way of knowing that.

"He told her himself he’s really bad at reading signals and for his sake more than for her own, she decides not to send him that one." Oh Karen...

"It doesn’t seem like the sort of thing Jim would spend so much valuable work time on." Oh, KAREN. SO many red flags you're just willfully looking away from in this conversation. Girl. GIRL.

I've said this before, but I think this is very valuable added context for what was going through her mind with the pummeling of Jim with about three different relationship milestones in one conversation in Back From Vacation. Everyone's trying their best here. It's just that their best is not up to the task.

"indicating she has no idea what Phyllis is talking about would make it seem like she doesn’t know Jim as well as she thought she did. And then it hits her. She doesn’t know Jim as well as she thought she did." Oh, KARENNNNN.

"She hates to admit it, even to herself, but the two of them seem perfectly suited for each other in every possible way. It doesn’t make any sense." We know, Karen. We know.

"Maybe everything is going to be fine."/"Everything is not fine." There are a lot of fantastic transitions in this chapter, but this remains my favorite.

Another thing running through this chapter I particularly enjoyed are the indications that it's not just that Karen doesn't know real Jim - it's that the glimpses of him she sees are largely the aspects of his personality that rub her the wrong way. Oh, Karen. (*glares at Jim*)

"I just want all this Pam stuff to be over." Do you, Jim? DO YOU?

"she was never going to be someone he could love when she was essentially just Kevlar." LOVE where this ended.

"“No, it wasn’t,” he says, to her surprise. “I think everything would have been okay. But… I think we both deserve more than ‘okay.’ Don’t you?"" PRECISELY.

"It’s the exact same thing Pam said to her yesterday before she left, as if they share a fucking brain or something." Awwwww. I mean, in context, ouch. But also.

Omg. This ending. Omg. This is perfect.

"DTMFA" definitely existed by the summer of 2006. I remember it fondly.

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: April 11, 2022 Title: Chapter 12: "When two people find each other, what should stand in their way?"

The image of Pam sitting around the house with frozen peas hair-tied to her not-burned feet is... amazing.

"She still wants him, yes, and maybe there’s a part of her that always will. But wanting and needing are two very different kinds of desire and she’s learned to appreciate the difference." A Fancy New Beesly indeed!

"She hopes, at the very least, she might get to see that sparkle back in his eyes before he leaves. Even just once." The reuse of once here? *chef's kiss*

"There’s a part of her that hopes it might remind Jim of who he used to be: that paper salesman who was in love with the receptionist. Maybe it’s a long shot, but the receptionist who’s still in love with the paper salesman figures it can’t hurt to try." Love this construction and love Karen's accidental sealing of her own fate. There's something meaningful in Pam's ability to recognize someone else's insecurity in their relationship.

"Pam realizes that the crew is actually unaware of what had transpired between them in the parking lot last May, but she’s not about to get into all that now." Delilah: PHEW.

"He has to admit it’s a pretty amazing feeling to go to sleep every single night thinking “that was the greatest day of my life.”" EEEEEP.

"twenty eight days, thirteen hours and forty two minutes" Of course he's counting the minutes!

"It’s effortless, the way he loves her." HOW DO YOU WRITE LIKE THIS?

"“No, Pam,” he answers. Her eyes flicker with those tiny specks of gold again. “You got me everything.”" SERIOUSLY? HOW??????

Thank you for having me on this journey with you. Now, get started on the Stanley-as-manager AU!

Author's Response: Joe, you are amazing. And a million thanks for all of your help and support, the story is absolutely better because of it. You're the best. (The absolute best.)

Pamcake Day, or 5 Reasons Why Jim and Pam Don't Eat Pancakes Anymore, Even Though They Love Them by MrsKHalpert Rated: M [Reviews - 20] 29
Summary: They loved pancakes. They really did. But no one could blame them. They tried so hard.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Other, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Humor, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 11783 Read Count: 1918 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 01, 2022 Updated: March 01, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 01, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: New York City

Okay, first off, why was I never informed about this Pancake Day thing? We should have never had a Revolution.

Lol at Jim immediately stumbling into an awkward moment about his last New York trip. And Pam finding the exact diner and arranging it as a surprise is *very* Pam. Too cute. Oh, Jim. You are a little boy at heart. Your eyes were just bigger than your stomach.

Author's Response: Oh I am shook. You really should know about pancake day. I really feel it could be in ‘everday’s a holiday’. I feel it’s something Michael would take it as seriously as I do. 

Glad you liked the awkward first bit and Pam’s surprise too!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 01, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Brunch at the Halpert's

"It was Pete's fault. Somehow, it's always Pete's fault."

Love Betsy going all out for the March birthdays events. I would love to attend this - breakfast foods AND college basketball? Sign. Me. Up.

Yikes. Starting to see a pattern here, but at least they learned from their New York experience. And now they've picked up another valuable lesson - Tom and Pete are not to be trusted.

Author's Response: Tom and Pete are never to be trusted. It’s true. Especially not with kitchen pans. 

I definitely want to go to Betsy’s brunch. Maybe minus the football. I really don’t know anything about American Football. 

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 01, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: The Michael Scott Paper Company Pancake Luncheon

Okay, this hidden phone conversation right under Charles' nose is too cute.

'"What do you think we can do for," Michael dug his wallet out of his pants and rifled through it. "$47?"' Oh, Michael. VERY Michael. So Michael I kinda share Pam's desire to strangle him.

Yeah, you can see why this one would've left a scar on Pam. Michael does have a thing about forcing her to make absurd amounts of food on short notice...

Author's Response: I definitely think this one would have tipped Pam pretty far. I had a lot of fun writing Michael in this chapter, but also wish I could have had the brunches Pam was planning

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 01, 2022 Title: Chapter 4: The Kitchen

Okay. This is both sexy and freakin' adorable. AND they used up a bunch of those boxes of pancakes!!!!

Author's Response: Haha they did. I wonder what happened to the rest though??

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 01, 2022 Title: Chapter 5: IHOP

"And this is the one restaurant that we can guarantee we won't see Dwight at. You know how he feels about IHOP Pam." LOL. This is a deep cut reference.

""I mean there's one cute one, but he works in HR, which is kind of a drag." BEESLY. And then the double-hit with Stanley! Fatality.

""We need to stop at the drugstore on the way home, I took my last pill this morning. So it won't be practice baby making if we forget." Uh oh. I've heard this story before.

"Fat Halpert? Fat Albert? Fat Tuesday? God, I shouldn't have to explain everything to you guys." There's some *really* good Michael dialogue in this story.

"It's the International House of Pancakes, he's being international." Awwww. Pam just gets him.

So all their pancake shenanigans led up to the creation of Cece? Love it.

Nice job with this one!

Author's Response:

Glad you got that IHOP reference! It was one of the first reasons for me writing this!

So glad you liked the Michael dialogue, it means a lot!! Glad it came across so well. 

Thank you so much for all of your reviews and your lovely comments! So happy you’ve enjoyed this!! Just make sure you get your pancakes in next year!

The Open Secret by MissCorporate Rated: T [Reviews - 14] 13
Summary: When Jim met Pam. 
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 7096 Read Count: 2557 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: March 04, 2022 Updated: March 07, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 04, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1: The Meeting

This is a really interesting portrait of a young, pre-Pam Jim - a guy who's sort of drifting into a life he doesn't particularly want and is resentful about it. You can see why this guy might cling on this one shining beam of light in his life so hard.

Lot of fun lines in here expressing Jim's ennui: "Undoubtedly, number 1725 was not an address, but an indication of how many years he would spend behind a desk", "Scranton Business Park had evidently been modelled on a prison, and he was on the cusp of a life sentence", "He wanted to slice off his ears like Van Gogh, but it would be rather difficult to make sales calls for the next forty years"

And this is a deeply cute picture of an immediately smitten Jim (and a Pam who's going to spend in years in denial she's equally smitten).

Welcome to MTT, and congrats on posting your first story! Looking forward to reading more from you... the perspective of someone totally unspoiled should be particularly interesting!

Author's Response: Thank you very much for the review and your welcome. I got Jim's boredom from a striking statement in Casino Night, where he admits that he doesn't have any dreams. So while editing, that was a huge influence. In my view, Jim fell in love with Pam at first sight, though I have no evidence for this. I don't know about Pam, but I am glad readers can pick up on clues about her reaction. Yes, I am definitely looking forward to writing more (I have two new chapters uploaded today), and I look forward to finishing the series. Thanks! 

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 05, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2: The Disaster

Phyllis being helpful but also blatantly snooping feels very in character. As does Jim being flummoxed by even the simple Dunder Mifflin employee guide.

Young Jim already manufacturing excuses to go see Pam is adorable! You can see him refining his approach as he goes. So hopeful. Making the ending of this all the worse. Ouch. So much ouch.

Author's Response: LOL, well the irony was that it wasn't a simple guide, especially since Dwight found it fascinating. Glad the ending hurt! Had to make Jim rise and then crash back to earth. I only assume this is what happened in the canonical pre-season. 

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 05, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Reversal

The echoes of "engaged, not married" is a nice touch here. Although Mark and Isabel may then be responsible for years of misery to come, because it seems like he was maybe prepared to talk himself down a little here.

Not that Pam would let him. The way she's just immediately and without prompting joining in on his messing with Dwight is fun. They've got that chemistry working already...

Oh, Pam. You should know the answer to that question.

Author's Response:

Glad the "engaged, not married" thing worked, because that whole scene actually came from a momumental mess I made during drafting. I was actually going to have Jim go one week without seeing Pam's ring, which was obviously absurd.

Then I panicked about how to have him not see the ring, yet still have my scenes work, so I chose the long-sleeved cardigan! :D Pam does actually wear a long-sleeved cardigan in 2x13, which almost covers her engagement ring. So... that's just me coming clean here. 

To be honest, I was pleased about having Mark and Isabel laughing at him. In fact, they're actually laughing at me for such a basic continuity problem. It's good to have other characters see things a completely different way.  

I assume the question by Pam you refer to is her "were you all right yesterday"? Thanks for the review, another chapter up today!  



Author's Response:

Glad the "engaged, not married" thing worked, because that whole scene actually came from a momumental mess I made during drafting. I was actually going to have Jim go one week without seeing Pam's ring, which was obviously absurd.

Then I panicked about how to have him not see the ring, yet still have my scenes work, so I chose the long-sleeved cardigan! :D Pam does actually wear a long-sleeved cardigan in 2x13, which almost covers her engagement ring. So... that's just me coming clean here. 

To be honest, I was pleased about having Mark and Isabel laughing at him. In fact, they're actually laughing at me for such a basic continuity problem. It's good to have other characters see things a completely different way.  

I assume the question by Pam you refer to is her "were you all right yesterday"? Thanks for the review, another chapter up today!  

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 07, 2022 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Information

Love the call-forward to the Katy breakup here. I always appreciate when writers embrace the fact that Jim is canonically kind of a lousy boyfriend to all women other than Pam. And him unable to make a phone call without associating it with Pam at Reception is adorable.

The details in this slow process of him getting to know her a little better are good, although really, Jim, you're only make it harder on yourself. Loved the moment of her not quite knowing how to mentally handle the Yogurt Incident.

Teenage Dirtbag by Yellowberry22 Rated: K [Reviews - 5] 10
Summary:

Her name is Pam and Jim has a dream about her.

Inspired by 'Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: Jam's Jams
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2039 Read Count: 972 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 05, 2022 Updated: March 05, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 05, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Okay. This is a solid throwback. As a longtime fan of this song, I appreciate it. And it's a very cute vision of Jim and Pam as high schoolers, which I think is a deeply underexplored area. Nice job!

Author's Response: I love reading a young Jim and Pam meeting. Thank you for the review

How the Tables Have Turned by FireGuy Rated: MA [Reviews - 17] 13
Summary:

A glimpse into the story at Benihana Christmas and what unfolds after.

My stories are always quasi-canon compliant. Don't come at me! 


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 6482 Read Count: 4770 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: March 07, 2022 Updated: March 09, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 07, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Karen finding solid evidence of Jim's feelings towards Pam with enough space to make up her own mind about how to deal with it, instead of letting Jim reframe it first, is an intriguing twist.

Interested to see where you're going with this and what's going on in Pam's head here... feels like it should be a moment of progress for them and she's not prepared to take advantage of it somehow?

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 08, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Jim being the first one to open the door again is a very interesting choice!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 08, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3

Oh, I bet you she remembers it all too well, Jim.

Author's Response: All to well... ah, Taylor Swift. I really enjoyed that collab here on MTT.

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 08, 2022 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Man, one of the two of you really needs to actually take action. Learn from your mistakes, Jam!

Author's Response: Do they ever really? 

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed
Date: March 09, 2022 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Hey, it looks like some of your formatting got lost in the upload - might want to re-edit/re-submit.

Author's Response: Noooo!!! Thanks for letting me know! 😊

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 09, 2022 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

Two First Dates by MrsKHalpert Rated: M [Reviews - 6] 15
Summary: Would they have talked it all out? Or would things have gotten a little, well a lot, heated? A first date fic of two first dates.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Steamy, Wet Pam/Jim
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9189 Read Count: 2895 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 11, 2022 Updated: March 11, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 12, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Two First Dates

Happy birthday YB22!

This is a fun experiment with structure - two fics in one! I think you've given Pam some realistic choices along the way. The smut isn't pre-planned, it just... happens as the result of one choice piling on another, and the same lines can be chaste or very not chaste pretending on the context. Both of these dates feel like dates they could and will have, which I think makes the structure work even better.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much for your review! Hopefully the experiment was a success!

Yeah, nothing was meant to be preplanned, it was all just small little things, like what Pam saw first in her wardrobe and Jim bringing flowers that needed a full vase inside the house to get him indoors. I wanted it to be a little like the movie Sliding Doors, so this was the way I thought I could achieve that

Wordle is Not a Joke, Jim by MrsKHalpert Rated: K [Reviews - 8] 13
Summary: Who would have thought five little letters could cause so much joy and so much frustration?
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Humor, Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1109 Read Count: 773 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 14, 2022 Updated: March 14, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 14, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Wordle is not a joke, Jim

This is FIENDISHLY cute.

Author's Response: Hehe thank you!

A Perfect Night by MrsKHalpert Rated: T [Reviews - 4] 12
Summary: If Meredith can have just one perfect day, then these two can definitely have a perfect night.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Holiday, Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: Jam's Jams
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4847 Read Count: 1235 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 17, 2022 Updated: March 17, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 17, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: A Perfect Night

Okay, this was ridiculously adorable and I can 100% picture Jim and Pam doing this. I also thought you did well planting enough seeds of what was actually happening to make the twist fair. Fun way to play with reader expectations - it's not just that they have a lot of shared traits with canon Jim and Pam, it's that they're literally canon Jim and Pam. And it's lovely to have them have this moment of reconnection after all the ugliness of Season 9. Feels like they needed it.

Hope you're enjoying your hamentashen...

Author's Response:

Ah thank you so much! I'm happy you liked it and that you picked up on all the little bits I dropped too

 Hamantaschen were great. Must.Stop.Eating.Them.

Thanks for the review! 

Up in the Air by WanderingWatchtower Rated: K [Reviews - 71] 78
Summary: "Make music with the chatter in here
And whisper all the notes in my ear."
-Oviedo -- Blind Pilot

An Airport AU.


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Travel
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 18625 Read Count: 5122 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 29, 2022 Updated: December 16, 2022
Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: March 29, 2022 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

A meet less than cute! This feels very realistic to their first accidental meeting in an airport - it has the advantage of a place that can force strangers together for long waits with not much to do, but it's not a stress-free zone. (Being knocked over is always less charming than Nora Ephron and company would have you believe.) And the little hint of something deeper with the drawing was lovely.

It's an interesting take on Pam without Jim and Jim without Pam - the former recognizing her dissatisfaction on her own, the latter still stuck in his rut with nothing to pull him out.

"Spirit in the Sky." You slay me. And I kind of love the idea of them connecting far away from Scranton even with that tie still binding them.

Looking forward to seeing what's next! (And also the Anna Kendrick cameo the title clearly implies.)

Happy birthday Em!

Reviewer: darjeelingandcoke Signed 1
Date: April 15, 2022 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Oh, this banter between them is so light and free and fun and immediate, and she smelled the fabric softener??? And she drew him a picture? Of them? And the story about Brad missing his daughter? And her garage? And they ended up? On the same plane again? My heart? How could you do this to me?