“Oh god. I’m that girl, aren’t I? The stupid love interest that’s just a distraction until May sweeps.”  

Jan gives Karen some perspective by a fountain in New York City last May.

Written to the prompt of "hardcore self-destruction."

The moving from place to place like a boat with no anchor doesn’t get to her anymore.

How Karen's childhood as the daughter of a military man has left its imprint.

the ones that never happened.

a collection of au's.

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.

Kelly sits Ryan in front of Big Brother 8. Gushing over a certain real showmance ensues.

You can read this without having ever seen BB8, but you probably won't catch everything, though the underlying theme is pretty obvious. I realize this doesn't match up with real time, since by the time BB8 aired, Ryan had already moved to NYC and broke up with Kelly, but work with me here. Prompt was "the new Eric and Jessica."

Five day-breaks that shaped Jan's life, from pre-series to post-S4. Spoilers up to Goodbye, Toby.

We don't really know much about Jan's past, so I wanted to elaborate on some of the hints we've gotten on her backstory in each of these.