"What have you guys been talking about?" Pam asked as she followed Penny and Jim over to reception, trying to sound casual.

"Oh, she's told me all your deepest, darkest secrets," Jim grinned.  

They’ve just got one scene left for today (so says Michael), and Jim thinks it’s supposed to be a sort of touching moment of humanization for the villain, as he gives his tragic backstory— but this being a Michael Scott film, of course it doesn’t work that well. They've read through it in the (just a working draft for now, people!) script a couple times, and Jim can't help the swoop in his stomach at one particular stage direction:

[SANDRA gives GOLDENFACE a kiss.]

 In which a scene from Threat Level Midnight is filmed at Dunder Mifflin, and Jim may or may not flub some lines on purpose.

Pam just wants the perfect Christmas. Is that really too much to ask for?

For the 2024 Holiday Fic Challenge. 

Pam turns 30 determined to make this year better than the chaos of 29, which brought the end of her eight-year marriage to Roy. Married young and believing they were building a shared future, she was blindsided when Roy took a job out of state, ignored her pleas to come home, and revealed he never planned to return. Though heartbroken, Pam realizes she had always felt like something was missing. After meeting Jim at her new job, they begin to grow closer, and Pam starts to realize she’s entering an entirely new chapter of her life. As she rebuilds, Pam discovers that sometimes the ending of one chapter is the beginning of something even better.

What started as a single little one-shot of what may have happened after Stress Relief.  (Jim was panicked, Pam was scared.  They needed a place to feel safe.) This has now become a little series of vignettes I can't let go of.

Enjoy!