Love the idea of the huge Halpert family reunion. Though I do wonder where the army of Super Soaker toting kids disappeared off too? I have this vision of Jim using fake Army signals to send squads of kids everywhere and none of them knowing what he means. Lots of fun to see them having good clean fun together, as well as other kinds of fun too. And him giving her a shirt was just all sorts of sweet.

Love that they feel so comfortable in each other's spaces too. Also that Pam wanted to go through the trouble of making up the camping trip for him. Wonderful to see how they're looking out for each other like that. Nice in the tent imagery as well.

Very steamy to be sure. I can only imagine what kind of hijinks they'd get into when she Pam does come back from Pratt. Great job as always AG.

Story time. So I'm at work one night getting my ambulance all checked out. Making sure we have enough supplies on hand, the batteries are charged, so on and so forth. I hop in the cab to start up the computer when my partner calls forward to ask what size medical gloves I prefer. I say small and he tosses up a box. When he got in the drivers seat he gave me crap for wanting small gloves as I'm one of the few if only guy at the station that uses that size. My response; "My wife has no complaints," which quite effectively shut him up. So I'm 100% with Jim here.

In other regards it's also nice to see Jim and Pam out doing normal couple type things, even if they (he) literally can't keep their hands off each other (her). Ryan can go suck an egg of course. Great job as always.

Now that's the way to welcome in the New Year. Who cares if there were fireworks in any given city, Jim and Pam had plenty of their own. Lots of fun to see all these holiday chapters for sure.

Very sexy way for Jim and Pam to reconnect after what sounds like a crazy holiday time for them. Descriptive as always. I really like that Pam set up just a nice quiet evening for them before the real action began. Oftentimes it's moments like that, that show how special a relationship can be and this one turned out great.

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Don't you dare apologize! Beyond the all the sex are very real characters. The best relationships mean putting effort into them. That's what I've been seeing with this entire story. The sexiness is hot and steamy, but it's also a very real way of showing just how close a couple can become when they're truly intimate with each other. The way you've got things going here shows that sex can be used for more than just playful fun, it can be used to heal and unequivocally show the depths of commitment two people can have. Bravo on that.

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I love how you've got them so very sweet together. Ah young love. This story has become like a fine wine, it's only getting better with age. We're past exploring the vintage to see if it's a good year or not. Finding it to be of exceptional quality the case has been bought and laid in the cellar to rest and mature. As each bottle is brought forth in time the notes that were there in the first tasting continue to entrance, while the newer notes that can only be brought about with time are being detected in the tasting. Salud.

Author's Response: I'm not sure what to make of the fact that your review is more elegant than half of my entire story, but thank you so much. Now I want wine.

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Once you get the hang of bouncing between the two POV's I think it worked well. Saves having line breaks to switch POV's or having to write two chapters for each one. That said wonderfully detailed and descriptive. Lots of good internal thoughts that made it all so very sweet and sensual. Thanks for the update.

Author's Response: I'm glad it eventually worked, ha. I figured since I've been generally bouncing between them, with the occasional third person thrown in, we'd want to hear from both of them on their first--erm, second--time. Thanks for sticking with me! :)

Is you or them that are going to be burning up here soon? I can't help but feel that you've got something long and hard planned to build up to the climax of this story and beyond. ;) Sorry, couldn't resist.
Anyway, adding my own two cents in, out in the woods just off a public hiking trail behind some bushes.

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Yeah more than worth the wait. Everything about this was in a word perfect. There's nothing else to say about it. Just wonderful.

Author's Response: Thank you warrior :D

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Lots going on here. Jim and Pam being in love is great fun, and your descriptions are wonderful. Very easy to see in the minds eye everything they're getting into, >;)

The added backstory is nice too. Give a lot more perspective on how things came to be where they are. The trick with the radio is promising too. It'll be interesting to see how that pans out.

Can't wait for the next update.

Jim's dream about Larissa was a little heartbreaking, however it did give some nice foreshadowing without giving anything away. Same goes for Angela's story. Everyone in this world has lost someone they've loved. You're doing a great job at exploring how people deal with that loss.

Now however, Jim and Pam have found something. Not only their love for each other, but a new life. I know they're both scared right now. For good reason too. However I get the feeling that this time Jim with maybe some help from a a certain beet farmer will be able to protect those they care about.

Glad you were able to update. Now like I said in a chat a while back, you can reward yourself by getting caught up on all the other wonderful fics being posted right now.

Author's Response: Yes, as far as post-apocalypse teams go Dwight is a first round pick ;-) Thanks for reviewing!

That was very sweet. I can very easily see that what you've written here was what was written on the Teapot Card. It was interesting to see all of Pam's mental gymnastics leading up to reading it too. It's always interesting to see what's going on in their heads. I wish I had more jellybeans to give, but I'm all jellybean'ed out on this story.

Author's Response: Thanks! I've thought a lot about the card, so I'm really glad my version made sense to you. Thanks for your consistently valuable feedback on this story.