Penname: warrior4 Real name: Eric
Member Since: May 31, 2018

Bio:

Author of the Month March 2020

I've been writing fanfiction for awhile now. Just recently discovered The Office and figured I'd try my hand at that as well.

At first I thought of having all my stories in the same universe, but then I had some AU ideas. So any stories that occur within a common universe will be in a given series.


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Spring Fever by Donnamour1969 Rated: M [Reviews - 56] 62
Summary:

When the flu attacks Dunder Mifflin, Pam and Jim are the only ones left to go on a road trip training mission to other branches. Three days alone in a car together--hmm, what could possibly happen? AU set late Season 2. Romance/mild angst/humor/adult content.  Rated T, at first...


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 33765 Read Count: 13169 ePub Downloads: 11
[Report This] Published: January 12, 2020 Updated: February 24, 2020
Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: January 26, 2020 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Yeah, I think we all knew that Roy had somehow cheated on the 4th of July based on last chapter. Having the details though did round out the story so that was good. Very plausible initial reaction too. Clearly it's a time of turmoil for Pam. Good on Jim for just being there for her as the initial shock hits her.

I like how they both realize that their initial kisses, while very stimulating are also probably more based on just gut level reaction rather than anything really solid. Taking the step back to collect themselves and calm down a touch was good. However their natural chemistry shines through. Granted there's still fear that it's all a rebound, but friendship and feelings they have for each other are real and you write that nicely. So when they reach for each other again it feels welcome and warm rather than just the passion of a moment.Maybe a little rushed, but at the same time getting Jim and Pam together is always fun so allowances can be made.

Very vivid and descriptive writing as well to really drawn in the reader. Great update, can't wait to read more.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! Your reviews are always so gratifying. Yes, I actually debated on whether they would sleep together so soon, but hey, I'm impatient myself, so I thought, what the heck. I'm so glad you appreciate my writing. I certainly appreciate the reviews!  FYI: I just posted chapter 5. 

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: February 02, 2020 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5

I think it's very appropriate that Jim is ahead of Pam when it comes to voicing his feeling like this. He's loved her for years whereas she's only just dumped Roy. Clearly there are deeper than friendship levels of feelings for her but I totally get why she's not quite ready to voice them though. Good boy Jim for understanding that too. I really like that you have him understanding what a huge change this is for her and that she needs some time to really process it all. At the same time telling her that she's it for him. Good clear discussion on where he stands. No chance of misinterpretations shall we say.

You did have me going for a moment with the talk of California. Considering some of the twists and turns with this story, I could see how that would have been another big one. Plausible and as you wrote very tempting to be sure. Still it's good that they do go back to Scranton to tie everything off that needs tying off.

Delightful fluff between the two of them throughout this chapter. From their extra moments in bed at night and in the morning to their calm companionship through the rest of the trip. Lovely to see them simply basking in their shared chemistry. Looking forward to seeing how things go now that they're back home.

Author's Response: Thank you! I did actually consider taking this on the road to California, but I wanted to break them both of the habit of running--either physically or emotionally. I'm glad you liked my choices, and hope you continue to enjoy. More very soon.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 09, 2020 Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6

Yeah, that took a big turn. I don't care what kind of condition Roy is in right now, he deserves that broken arm, the legal troubles, and for Pam to again tell him to F-off right there in front of everyone. Not only because of the drunk driving but because he's being a manipulative asshole.

Don't fall for it Pam. You've just broke free of all that. You know how much better things are with Jim. Hold your ground girl!

Just when we think things are winding down, you pull this on us. Great twist to be sure.

Author's Response: Guess you're not a Roy fan, lol. So glad you liked the twist. Thanks so much for the review. More soon!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 15, 2020 Title: Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Yes I think Jim will take her back. Especially after she tells him all that. But I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Great writing. I was very anxiously awaiting this chapter after the last one. You did a great job of conveying Jim's anxiety and fear through everything here. Even after Pam and him talk in his car and their blatant desire for each other it's still there.

Then to have Pam come in right at that point in the story. Holy crap good job Pam. Sit there, enjoy her burger then dump all that on Roy, literally. Just well done. That's the kind of comeuppance Asshole-McAsshole face deserves. I love that she takes that stand and the raw emotion she displays.

Great update.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying Brave Pam. I always appreciate your wonderful reviews. More soon!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 24, 2020 Title: Chapter 8: Chapter 8

I think it's an interesting choice to have Pam not run right back to Jim here. Clearly emotions are high for both of them. They've both been put through the wringer so I think it's smart to have them calm down and get some perspective. Still even with that time off, things are still very clearly emotional between them. Jim does kind of push her here again, however this time around I think it pays off well. Mainly because Pam now has the courage within her to stand up to that kind of pressure. Also from Jim it's the kind of pressure that forms a diamond rather than breaks her down. A good kind of pressure that we all need from time to time. Lovely to see them both clearly talking like this. The rewards are nice too.

I kind of liked the ending there with Roy. I think in the show we all kind of wanted to see someone stand up to him like that. Jim in the show is very laid back, at times very much to a fault. I liked that by having him talk to Roy like this he shows growth and that he's got some steel in his spine now.

Lovely tale throughout. Lots of twists and turns but that's what made it fun. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat

Author's Response: Thank you! I appreciate that you got what I was going for here with Jim, especially since Roy in my story was much worse than Roy on the show, which I think would have brought out a more protective side of Jim. So glad you enjoyed my story, and I am so grateful for all your kind reviews.

PMB's Diary: DO NOT OPEN (PENNY) by beth9501 Rated: T [Reviews - 110] 54
Summary:

It's 1995 and 16 year old Pam thinks she has everything figured out. All she wants is to be an artist, find a nice boy to fall in love with, and continue to think that everything happens for a reason.

The summer after her 16th birthday everything comes crashing down. Pam's life as she knew it begins to change. The perfect cocoon of a life she had originally had begins to crumble.

 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Future, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam, Pam/Other, Pam/Roy
Genres: Childhood, Fluff, Inner Monologue
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Challenges: Another Decade
Series: None
Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 21168 Read Count: 26086 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: February 05, 2020 Updated: June 09, 2023
Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 06, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Saturday, March 25, 1995

This is a lot of fun. New looks into teenage Pam and her thoughts as she grows are always interesting to read. I do really like that here, before Roy gets involved, she has these big plans for how she wants to live her life. Very fun to see. I'll be very curious to see if in future entries during times of turmoil in her life she mentions coming back to this entry and remembering what she wanted out of life here when she was 16.

Author's Response: That's a really good idea to add to this story. I hadn't thought about that for this, but in real life I do this too. Seems appropriate to mirror it here. Thanks for the reviews as always!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: February 06, 2020 Title: Chapter 2: Saturday, June 10, 1995

Lovely to see Pam's mindset here. I remember having to shuttle my little sister around too at that age. Pam's right, majorly annoying.

Did we just catch a glimpse of teenage Jim there too? He's already sneaking looks at her rather than do paperwork. Awww, how sweet. Hopefully we get some more in that.

Lovely job so far. This is turning out to be a lot of fun.

Author's Response: Thank you! It's equally fun to write!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 09, 2020 Title: Chapter 3: Monday, June 19, 1995

Awww, look at Jim getting her all confuzzelled like this. Very cute and sweet. Very cute to see this little blurb.

Author's Response: Thank you! I just posted an additional chapter so make sure to check that out!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: February 09, 2020 Title: Chapter 4: Friday, June 23, 1995

Ah the first inklings of the JAM we'll all come to know and love later. Teenage Pam is still adorkable. I like that she's surprised that someone like Jim would like her. Nice boost to her confidence there it seemed like. Otherwise a good blend of what going on with proto-JAM and what's going on with her too.

Well done on two updates in a night as well. Always fun when writing can just flow to allow for something like that.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 23, 2020 Title: Chapter 5: Sunday, August 6, 1995

Didn't get around to reviewing this earlier. Still fun to see Pam's thought process. Shades of some of the S1 and S2 insecurities there with putting her art stuff away. Hopefully that doesn't last. I really like that she keeps mentioning James and that she's trying to stay in touch. This is still a ton of fun to read.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: February 23, 2020 Title: Chapter 6: Thursday, August 10, 1995

Very cute. Really fun looking into this freakout moment she's having. I think it's very appropriate that it took her awhile to realize the depth of the connection she had there with Jim. Very true to cannon. Really looking forward to reading how the bowling date went. Lovely story as always.

Author's Response: Pam + internal freak outs seems pretty spot on to me. I feel like the ones who are always the quietest have a lot going on in their heads. Thank you for reading!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: February 25, 2020 Title: Chapter 7: Friday, August 11, 1995

Yeah, high schoolers can be the worst. All that build-up and excitement to have things turn around like that. I know this Pam is focusing on more of the negatives than positives, but there are some good things in there too.

I really liked that she remembers Jim DID ask the other girls to leave and he also asked if she wanted to leave when she was clearly uncomfortable. Good job Jim. Hopefully he'll also be one to tell her to stop being so hard on herself.

Lovely update.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: February 25, 2020 Title: Chapter 8: Sunday, August 13, 1995

D'awwwww. That was so very very sweet. Sounds like the perfect kind of summer date. Ah to be young and in love like that again. I just love the mental image of Pam going all mushy over him like this. Her list of things he told her and the list of things she found out was super cute. Especially that last item. Lots of fun.

Author's Response: It was equally fun writing it all out! 

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 03, 2020 Title: Chapter 9: Monday, August 14, 1995

Yeah the first day of school always sucked. However I like that Pam can leave for lunch. We had open campus lunch back at my high school and it was indeed awesome. Maybe she can suggest that she and James meet somewhere for lunch sometime.

First sighting of Roy. Not sure what to think of him here. Hopefully this Pam tells him right off that she's seeing James. However I'm also getting a "I don't take no for an answer" kind of vibe from this Roy. So yeah, it'll be interesting to see how this all develops.

Author's Response: I have a few ideas floating around at the moment so I'm with you there. I'll be interested to see how it plays out myself! It's all in the beauty of creative writing!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 08, 2020 Title: Chapter 10: Saturday, August 26, 1995

This a really good look into Pam's mindset. A lot of the same kinds of feelings one tends to see with Pam in early seasons. Settling for Roy since it seems Jim is too good for her. So in that regard that's kind of nice to see as it holds up to canon.

Still not liking Roy, but then again I rarely like Roy. The big brutish jock who can't take a hint always kind of bugs me.

Well done as always.

Author's Response: Thanks for the great feedback! 

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 11, 2020 Title: Chapter 11: Tuesday, September 19, 1995

Awww Pam. No, don't settle for Roy. You clearly don't like him, why oh why are you doing this to yourself? Well I know why, she's still a teenager and thus quite liable to make bad decisions. Such as hanging out with Roy all the time. I get where's she's coming from, but at the same time I've never been a big fan of teenage drama. She's giving mixed signals to both James and Roy. Telling Roy to lay off but hanging out with him and allowing him to have his arm around her. Saying she's still James' girlfriend but it seems not really putting as much effort into that situation as she could. Though that may be a little unkind as she does also have a job.

Still a great look into her mindset even if it's not my most favorite part of her journey. Something also tells me that dance is going to end in disaster in either the long or short run. Or both.

Author's Response:

I have a plan for the story and I'll say I'm annoyed writing Roy into, but I think it'll be a crucial piece in the end. 

It definitely shows a possibility as to how she ended up engaged to him for 10 years! 

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 11, 2020 Title: Chapter 12: Friday (night), September 22, 1995

Oh Pam. I know it feels like you're doing the right thing now, but just ouch. At least from a reader's standpoint. Kinda sad that Jim (I did notice this is the first time he's referred to as Jim there) didn't try to fight harder for her.

Great writing to bring out all the feelings.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 15, 2020 Title: Chapter 13: Thursday, November 16, 1995

I get why Pam is thinking these things. Not that I like where it"s going to end up. Not fault to your writing at all there. It's just hard getting through this part.

Author's Response: I agree ha! Not fun, but necessary.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 22, 2020 Title: Chapter 14: Monday, January 1,1996

Oh Pam, there you go still thinking Roy is great. But there's a ton of red flags going up. His drinking, ditching class, talking about dropping out of school. I get the fact she's in her young and dumb phase right now, but it's still heartbreaking to see her like this. At least she's still trying to remain focused on her art.

Foreshadowing of things to come too. Roy saying they're in a relationship but not doing much to put in much effort. He's already ditching her to be with his friends leaving her alone. Hope she wakes up to all this sometime soon.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: March 29, 2020 Title: Chapter 15: Thursday, January 25,1996

Ugh! This Pam! She's got just about everyone telling her Roy's a bad influence. Her best friend, her sister, her parents. I just want to jump through the pages and shout at her "listen to them!" Especially when Roy keeps going on about dropping out of school or doing things like not listening to her. Or especially skipping work. That's something that could REALLY bite her in the ass. Maybe that's a lesson she needs to learn. Gah.

As far as the series idea goes. Well I guess that depends on how long you were thinking of having this go for? If we're talking about the whole almost 10 year relationship with Roy, then maybe it would work. (Though please say you won't drag our JAM loving hearts through all that for so long, please?) However you've also labeled this AU, so does that mean we'll be spared all those years of angst? It's not a bad idea. However in my opinion it's a better idea if you know how long this whole thing is going to go on for. But that's me.

Guh, why Pam? Why? Actually I know why. She still doubts herself and thus settles for good enough rather than great.

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: June 09, 2023 Title: Chapter 31: Friday, June 9, 2023

I was pleasantly surprised to see this update pop up. Then a kind of bittersweetness set in when I saw it was marked as complete. We always want stories to go on, but alas they can't forever.

Nice way to bring this in for a landing. Pam finding out she's pregnant and still in school would probably put a pause on a diary for sure. Still it was nice to get the updates on everything. Wonderful to think that she and Jim were able to build such a beautiful life together. I can picture some of the images invoked and they're really great.

Thank you for bringing us this story. It was a treat to read. Getting into Pam's mind through her formative years and seeing how she grew. Sometimes slowly other times in big jumps. That's how life goes from time to time. Really fun to see how it all panned out for her.

Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed 1
Date: April 12, 2020 Title: Chapter 16: Sunday, August 17, 1997 & Monday, August 18th, 1997

Ahhhhhh, *let's out a big sigh*. Very glad all that Roy stuff is out of the way. The way you had him in this fic had Pam heading down a path leading right to disaster. Especially if Roy got a DUI while still in high school. Yeah, nothing but bad news there. And the break seems to have finally removed the rose colored glasses from her eyes to see all the red flags. So good riddance Roy and onto other things.

And by other things of course I mean the return of Jim. Super cute to see her reacting to him like this. He's in her class and in her dorm building? Ooh! That's fun. Nice to see things getting set up with that. Also glad I can stop getting a twinge in my chest worrying about this Pam when I see an update now.

Author's Response: Your review had me laughing out loud! So, thank you for that! I'll be honest I took a bit of a break because I didn't even know how to continue down that original path myself without dragging it out for longer than necessary. This is where I wanted the story to get to at some point and the amount of times I've gone months or years without journaling made this seem like a plausible way to get us out of that rut. Thank you so much for your review and I'm glad you're enjoying this story!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: April 13, 2020 Title: Chapter 17: Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Lovely update. Nice to see things starting to take off for Pam. She really seems to have turned a page once she got out of high school and into college. Love the idea of movie nights. Also well done Jim on picking a horror movie. Seriously, it's a classic move. Pick a movie that makes the girl jump, and then you get to be the nice calming guy who is there to keep the monsters at bay. Well done.

Author's Response:

Such a classic move haha. It only made sense.

 

Thanks for the review! 

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: April 16, 2020 Title: Chapter 18: Friday, August 29, 1997

I think you're doing good with having Pam's voice grow up. Yes a lot of maturing can happen in two years. Nice to see she's finding that side of herself.

I like that she feels ready to be Jim's girlfriend now. His silence on the whole matter does raise a few questions. Maybe he needs some time to process things too. Maybe she'll be the one to make the first move and ask him out on a date. That could be fun and it's also within the scope of canon for Pam to do something like that.

Fun little change with Jim bringing the jelly beans and Pam bringing the Grape Soda. Still their favorite snacks, but just a shift in tone to go with this AU. Nicely done.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad it's coming out nicely!

Reviewer: warrior4 Signed
Date: April 19, 2020 Title: Chapter 19: Sunday, August 31, 1997

Yes Pam, be brave. He's right downstairs! Go after him now! Still a cute chapter. Still a few conflicting emotions going on, but that's what happens as we mature. Loved that Jen and Jim are so supportive of her. It's really great to see.

Author's Response: I gotta say, Pam in here is much braver than I would have been at this age so go her!