This is what happens when you watch approximately 17,000 Hallmark-y Christmas movies...
It's a Season 3 Christmas with one tiny difference: The Merger has not taken place.
The Snoopy mug origin story...
Pam and Jim spend their first New Year's together babysitting.
As the year 2007 ends, Pam's got to face her fears of interacting with children.
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We came back stronger than a 90's trend
‘He’s not going to use her for a story. He’d known within seconds of seeing her sneak to that garden door like a lifeline, within seconds of slipping out after her, that he wasn’t going to do that.’
Jim missing Cece's recital is what makes Pam realize she's falling back into her old ways. She's accepting things she doesn't want to accept and not standing up for herself like she should. She decides she needs to find herself again before her and Jim can be happy.
Loosely based off of Grow As We Go by Ben Platt
We had made a life behind fortified walls, protecting from the depthless sorrow, and containing the glimmer of hope within. What was worth fighting for was buried in our bones, a cry from our souls, and it was louder and clearer every day.
'His mother would probably scold him with how often he tends to eavesdrop, but that doesn’t stop him from doing it anyway. He had to be observant in order to survive his two older brothers and the trait followed him to adulthood. Plus, if he was honest, he liked being able to find things out about strangers he would likely never see again. Learning secrets, finding out information, listening to arguments. There was nothing he could do with the stuff he heard, but he enjoyed knowing that the people surrounding him had their own lives just like he did.'
He held her life in his hands when they were together, and she held his soul, and knew it.
An unexpected threat surfaces, testing Jim and Pam's deepening bond in ways neither could have anticipated. Just how far do they need to go to outrun their troubles? How far can they go?
AU: Cameras, cameras everywhere, with a far more sinister purpose. Set in a dystopian version of America. The people aren't taking it lying down!
*Book 3 in the Freedom First trilogy. This story picks up after Safety First. If you haven't read the series, this installment may fall short of sensical.*