Summary: For the Secret Santa Exchange! Christmas through the years with Jim and Pam, from their first Christmas as friends and co-workers to the time their lives had taken them away from Scranton. Merry Christmas!
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Holiday
Warnings: None
Series: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2018
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes
Word count: 2984 Read Count: 5684 ePub Downloads: 0
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[Report This] Published: December 28, 2018 Updated: December 29, 2018
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Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 3: Our Troubles Will Be Out of Sight
1 Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 3: Our Troubles Will Be Out of Sight
"How many times would he be stuck right here?"
This is so good! It's bittersweet and sad, but ugh, it's so good.
Author's Response:
Thank you! That was my favorite line in this chapter, myself. Well, that and the unicorn thing... :)
I am loving your reactions, thank you for taking the time to call comment on each chapter!
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Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 4: Happy Golden Days
1 Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 4: Happy Golden Days
They're so cute! And I love that he's finally buying her the art supplies.
Author's Response: I love them. Thanks!
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Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 5: Through the Years, We All Will Be Together
1 Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 5: Through the Years, We All Will Be Together
The teapot - take 2. There isn't anything I can say about that other than it's perfect.
What a lovely story!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun writing it. Your comments have made my night, thanks again for reading and letting me know what you thought! Happy new year!
Summary: Jim and Pam get competitive. There are consequences.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Kevin, Pam, Ryan
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2018
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1826 Read Count: 1553 ePub Downloads: 0
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Kevin, Pam, Ryan
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2018
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1826 Read Count: 1553 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: December 29, 2018 Updated: December 30, 2018
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Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Peppermint
1 Date: January 06, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Peppermint
Dwangela! This was SO great! Who knew candy canes could get you into so much trouble?
Author's Response: Thank you! I thought it was about time that candy canes got the appreciation they deserve :)
Summary: To make the documentary more interesting, the production crew hire some actors to create a romantic subplot
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1170 Read Count: 1449 ePub Downloads: 0
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1170 Read Count: 1449 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: December 31, 2018 Updated: January 01, 2019
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Date: January 07, 2019 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2
1 Date: January 07, 2019 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2
Oh I'm very intrigued by how this could go... great start!
Summary: Moments when Pam, Jim, and Roy notice each other. Not a continuous narrative, but now complete.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 44 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 48000 Read Count: 53959 ePub Downloads: 6
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 44 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 48000 Read Count: 53959 ePub Downloads: 6
[Report This] Published: January 03, 2019 Updated: February 12, 2019
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Un
1 Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 1: Un
This isn't the first time I've read this since it's been posted, it's just the first time I've had the time to comment, so you know, get ready for another waterfall of reviews from yours truly.
This is fantastic. Honestly. I like the twist of Roy being more fascinated by "the new guy" than Pam initially is. And I love how slowly this whole thing is creeping up on her.
However... this line right here: “Sorry. FiancĂ©e. Didn’t know he had one of those either.” It cuts deep in so many different ways! It's just a solidly great bit of writing.
Author's Response: Thanks! I was proud of that particular line and I'm glad it sunk in for you also.
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 2: Paint
1 Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 2: Paint
"--though they did have a tendency to complain about their “better halves” in a way that set Jim’s teeth on edge. Dudes, he’d think, just be happy you have them—or break up. Like, if it’s that bad…" So, I have this tendency to read way too hard into these stories sometimes but I adore this little insight into pre-documentary Jim because it makes me think how lonely he must have been and then it makes me think of his rehearsal dinner speech about waiting, and it all just makes me really happy.
Author's Response: Yeah...I think Jim is a very lonely person despite (or maybe even because of) how easygoing and friendly he is. I think he doesn't really get the depth of friendship he wants with many people, which is part of what makes Pam so special for him.
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 3: Stapler
1 Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 3: Stapler
You knew it was coming... Ugh. Roy.
However, I will concede that I like the fact that you didn't make him a total monster and the bit about Pam's voice being one of his favorite things about her is pretty cute. I know, I know, he's not the worst guy (he is), but he's just so slow... but even then, he's starting to pick up the clues here but he's too dumb to piece it all together. Though really, I guess at this point, they all are. Denial's great.
Author's Response: He's not the worst guy. But he's not the best. And he thinks he's the best a lot, so that makes him worse. I think, anyway. Thanks for the review!
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 4: List
1 Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 4: List
First of all, that outline took me right back to high school note taking so thanks for that flashback!
More importantly, that outline is so perfect - I loved seeing Jim's complicated feelings spelled out like that and I love the idea of him mentally checking himself with a "1Biv" when needed. So clever!
And he's right, you know. It's never good to see Roy.
Author's Response: I enjoyed writing the outline, so I'm really glad it connected with you. And it seems to me that it's one of the only ways Jim might have been able to so effectively dowse his own feelings for so long...
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 5: Summer
1 Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 5: Summer
I love Roy being compared to weather patterns and traffic conditions, hate his continued dismissal of Pam and her feelings, but love her growing realization that she's better than all of this.
But obviously, what I love most of all is those last two sentences. She WILL be fine!
Author's Response: This is pretty much the dynamic I see in Pam--sometimes one side being stronger than the other, but ultimately a determination to be fine. Thanks for reading.
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Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 6: Do
Date: January 08, 2019 Title: Chapter 6: Do
Of course he’d do Pammy, he did Pammy, that was part of the point of dating Pammy. Who needed to hear him say it?
I know that this is crude and boorish, but I laughed at this line. Seriously, let me say again how great it is that you're writing again.
That entire last paragraph sums up Roy so goddamn perfectly. Like, yeah he knows there's a problem and he knows he's the cause of it, but a night or two of being on his best behavior to get him out of the doghouse without them actually needing to work anything out... I'm projecting, possibly.
Glad to be caught up! And looking forward to what Jim notices next.
Author's Response: Yay! I was trying for crude and boorish, so I'm glad I got there. And I don't think you're projecting. I think you're right.
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Date: January 21, 2019 Title: Chapter 7: Deer
Date: January 21, 2019 Title: Chapter 7: Deer
I loved Jim's confusion regarding his need for attention and Pam's preference for not attracting it; that's a really subtle detail that says a lot about the two of them.
That whole string of thought after he wonders if she feels more caught then noticed.. oh, that got me good.
Author's Response: Thanks for paying that close of attention! I really appreciate your thoughtful reviews.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 8: Hockey
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 8: Hockey
Ugh, Roy. So clueless, that boy is. Even just reading his internal dialogue is enough to make me want to punch him in his stupid face.
Author's Response: Yep! Writing Roy is basically a matter of "what's the dumbest still technically reasonable reaction?"
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 9: Sleep
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 9: Sleep
Poor Pam! She's so miserable and stuck and she just can't get out of it. I always hate how into Katy Roy was during Casino Night; the whole scene where she's doing the cheer at the table and he's lapping it up - ugh. It's so uncomfortable to watch and now it's uncomfortable to get into Pam's feelings after it all went down - she's not excited at all about this June 10th wedding :(
Author's Response: Yeah, I debated doing booze cruise as a triptych too because there's so much going on. Roy really does know how to ruin his own moments...
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 10: Arcade
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 10: Arcade
$10 says he forgot to go to the store after the arcade. And that he ate the wings he brought home for her before she even woke up the next day.
Author's Response: No bet. I like to keep my money..
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 11: Break
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 11: Break
Oof, Jim's in deep. Poor guy. It's bad enough being banished to the annex, but banned with all of these thoughts that Roy *might* come out a hero after all this? Poor, poor Jim.
Author's Response: Poor Jim, but also I think it's important that he has an unrealistically high expectation of Roy. Like, there's actually no way Roy looks like a hero here but Jim is imagining it...because it's how he compensates for his sad situation.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 12: Union
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 12: Union
Comfect, I just... want to punch him in the face. That's all. I don't even feel bad for him and his backwards way of thinking, I want him to stop thinking he's the boss of Pammy. And I want to punch him.
Author's Response: Tell me how you really feel. Also, I'm very worried about how easy Roy is to write given your violent reaction to him. What does this say about me?
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 13: Pasta
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 13: Pasta
This story makes me equal parts angry and sad. I don't LIKE Pam feeling so unappreciated and lost and she doesn't even matter in her own relationship and ugh, I know it's coming, I know she gets rid of him, but get rid of Roy now.
You're doing a fantastic job of keeping my levels of hating Roy really high. I just want him to get hit by a truck.
Author's Response:
And now we've gone from punching to a truck. Oh dear.
I wonder: does this mirror your reaction to the series? Because it does for me. I find myself increasingly frustrated with the series here because I feel for Pam so much.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 14: Flight
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 14: Flight
You know you're having a rough time of it when you start comparing your life to Ryan and Kelly, and you're the Kelly of the situation. Oh Jim.
I haven't told you in a few chapters but I'm still really, really loving this story! It's so good.
Author's Response: Thank you Coley! I really appreciate your reviews (especially the bunches!). And yeah...Jim is losing it a bit here.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 15: Silence
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 15: Silence
Ugh, she's so close to figuring it out and so far off... but I like how intuitive she is and how she can read into the silences - with both men in her life.
Author's Response: Intuitive is a great word! For me, a key to Pam is that she does get it, just not consciously enough to act on it. Which is an tragedy of course.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 16: Angry
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 16: Angry
Jesus, Roy. Imagine if spent even a quarter of the time he spent worrying about Kenny, worrying about Pam instead.
I do like the continuity of Roy only having one way of placating Pam, and it's food. This seems on par with the character and it makes me laugh every time.
Author's Response:
Right? That would be such a different Roy.
And hah, I hadn't noticed I was doing that but now that you point it out that is literally the only way I can see him placating her, so yeah. Nice catch!
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 17: Casino Night: A Triptych
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 17: Casino Night: A Triptych
"Only she didn’t know how. It became awfully, terribly obvious how uneven their relationship was—how much she took from him and how little she was used to giving—as the words tumbled out of her mouth and she discovered that while he had been comforting her for years, she didn’t know how to comfort him." So heartbreaking; right up there with the possibility that at first "I can't" was only the beginning of a sentence.
And then there was this: "For a woman who loved jinx so much, silence from her was a real threat." DAMN COMFECT. This is so real. I love it.
As for Roy's part... to quote Michael Scott, "Oh my god, something's happening" And I Am Here For It.
Author's Response: Thanks so much! I was really trying to tug those heartstrings (it's Casino Night after all!) so I'm delighted to hear I did. Weird as it feels to say I'm happy you're sad...
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 18: Pack
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 18: Pack
Jim's trip down Pam Memory Lane at the office is so well done... but I have to admit I laughed really hard at "This present is special because it has bonus torture." I also really liked the moment where he was both on the phone with Jan but checking his flight options again just in case - that's a really great moment in showing just how desperate to leave he is.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad there was some laughter to leaven the angst, because I think that's a crucial element in this series. It can't all be sorrow even if it is mostly going to be for a while.
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 19: After
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 19: After
Damnit Roy, you couldn't even cancel the food like you were supposed to. Give me the 2x4, I'll handle this for Pam.
"Because even now he won’t actually hear her tell it to him. He thinks he’s being considerate and attentive, but he’s really just being an attention hog. And she hates it. Almost as much as she hates not being able to look over and roll her eyes with Jim whenever it happens. But…not quite." I'm so glad Pam is recognizing Roy's selfishness for what it is, but I hate that she can't get a clean break from him.
Author's Response: If I could have given her a clean break, I would. But...canon. Sorry. I tried by making her notice it, even if I can't make her get rid of him yet entirely...
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Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 20: Shirt
Date: January 28, 2019 Title: Chapter 20: Shirt
Oh look, he still thinks everything Pam does should relate directly to or be about him.
Suck it, Roy.
This story is taking me on a roller coaster of emotions; that's all I know.
Author's Response: I hope it's a fun rollercoaster, not one of those awful gut-churny ones (or those boring sedate ones, though we don't tend to call those rollercoasters). And yes, Roy is very solipsistic. The ass.