“he could finally be finished with Savannah and murder and-“
Unlike me, who will never get over this story & how brilliant it is.

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As someone who has been doing little other than immersing herself in Hallmark Christmas movies for days, this was so very in keeping with the trope. Just adorable!

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AG.
I —
I don’t even have words. I love this so much. The whole concept that Jim would face one his biggest fears head on because it paled to watching Pam get married. This is quite possibly the best twist on his Australia trip to ever exist.

Also, P.S. are Australian taxis known for being sketchy? Is that a thing? Like where do we sit on a scale to me almost getting murdered in a Russian “cab”?

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Oh stop. That mulled wine story/crockpot gift is adorable.

“Like a ham?” I —

“Rope daddy” Oh My God BT. I knew what to expect, but like I still wasn’t expecting it directly to spill from Pam’s lips. And I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be in such a sweet and funny moment!

“Better throw that wire away so you don’t get any funny ideas.” The foreshadowing. The way you’re a literal genius, BT.

“Don’t you threaten me with a good time.” Perfect line is so very perfect.

Does the sequel drop on New Year’s? Please?

BT, this was so damn great. Your blend of humor, steam and fun was right in that sweet spot as always. You are a gift to this group & this story is a spectacular bonus.

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Welcome to MTT! This is a really lovely start! I love this emotional journey - that Pam feels she is grieving for the impact this could have on her relationship with Roy only to come to the realization that it’s actually about Jim.
This line in particular I thought was great: “ And, there it is- dawning understanding of what she's previously only allowed herself to know in fragmented portions- she loves him”

There’s something about her simultaneously writing a letter to Jim & a to do list that I kind of adore. And to photocopy the letter so that she can agonize over it later is so very perfect. Boy, how I wish I’d done that with some things I’ve sent in my life!

Author's Response: Oh my goodness! Thank you! I feel so encouraged by your review. I’m glad to be here! 

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Sometimes it takes me a day or two before I’m really ready to read something that you’ve written because I know even before I open it that it’s going to haunt my soul in all the best ways. I know that I’m going to need a moment to properly process it & let the beauty of it sink in & that I can’t just do that on the fly. This is one of those moments...

“all of them bypassing his higher brain and settling themselves in his soul” This. For the love of all things holy, this is already killing me dead.

Oh. He’s not going to shower because of the fingerprints SHE left ALL over him. Are you kidding me? Look. I’m just going to copy the whole thing into here because it’s all already so damn good.

“it passed for a moderately priced knock-off” How is this Jim’s whole I have no future here, but it the most spectacular prose?!

Ugh. You are making me long for travel. I want to be in Europe, or at the very least planning my next trip to Europe...

“I can definitely imagine.” Oh yeah, that’s right in the feels.

A Parisian terrace. The perfection.

“the city around them sighed in relief at another love story reaching its natural end.” Okay, but this is a little bit a love letter to Paris & I am 100% on board.

“It was the first time since the Gala that he hadn’t kissed her goodbye.” This sentence hits hard.

The paragraph where Jim notes the subtle differences in Karen is so, so good. It’s so true too, how attractive a person is is all so relative to how fondly you feel about them. I adore that Pam is the standard for Jim now.

Oh good. A “hey” “hi” I can be totally chill about that. I’m not losing all my shit over how good it is and that it leads into a declaration of love at all. I’m fine. So fine.

Bored. Girl. What a way to kick us off. You really do come back stronger than a 90s trend.

Author's Response:

Oh, Jenna.

Jenna, Jenna, Jenna. 

Your first paragraph is going to be printed and framed, as we like to say. ;) So beautiful. I can't begin to tell you what your encouragement and support means to me. Thank you so much!  

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This is SUCH a perfect concept for this song! I can’t get over how well it works.
I loved your use of the secondary characters: Mark as a bit of a dick, Isabel as an awesome bestie & mostly Karen as totally self-serving.
This is so, so great!

Author's Response: thank you JB! I didn't know that Karen was going to come out that way, but in the end it made sense, given that she and Jim never really clicked. Thank you for the kind words - I'm glad you enjoyed it.

It’s a crime that I haven’t reviewed this yet.

The twists. The turns. The twists again. I love it so much.
I can’t even go through & pull out some of my favorite lines because I’d just be copying the entire story here.
It’s so clever. All the little details. I love this version of Pam, she’s got that end of Season 3 confidence. Don’t even get me started on this Jim. I adore him. I adore it all.

Umm… I’m going to need chapter 3 of this immediately. Please.

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“going steady” oop
“bar hopping” BT. The wit. I can’t deal with how good this is.
Oof. That Meredith comparison. Amazing. It’s like a neon sign blinking brightly at Pam.

Jim letting Pam start his car in such stark comparison to Roy not letting her drive his. Be still my beating heart.

“Emergency Preparedness Meeting,” I love this! I would gladly take a series of fic-lets of these moments...

This was beautiful & sweet & festive & I’m so glad you were subbed in & we got this.
Could you update 3 or so stories everyday? Please & thank you.

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I find the common theme with most fluff is that it lacks depth & girl your writing always plunges the very depths of my soul. To simply call it fluff just doesn’t seem to do it justice. I’m not sure what the most fitting term would be, but as far as I’m concerned, you are in a genre all of your own (& it’s the best one that there is).

“and struggled to mentally place him back in the neatly contained partition of her mind where she kept him”
I love a Pam that quietly admits to knowing that there was more going on with Jim than she wanted to openly acknowledge.

“the pull of his gravity drew her in against her will”
So. Much. Chemistry. The same chemistry we see on the screen also leaps off the page when you write the words.

“and times when the pains of stretching and growing had become too much”
This is what I genuinely love about Season 9 & this line. Long term relationships take work. You always paint that is such an achingly beautiful way.

“The planet continued on its path around the sun and time pressed forward with heartless disinterest in their fragile breaths between the markers”
This. Honestly this. How is everything you write this profound? And when are you dropping some sort of philosophical poetry book because I would 1000% be here for it.

Author's Response:

Listen. I know I've told you this numerous times but I really, really love your reviews. And *especially* right now, I want to read them again and again so thank you. They truly remind me that someone out there likes what I put out into the universe and that the whole damn thing is worth it. 

Thank you as always, JB! <3 

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We’re one scene in & yes, this is the emotional rollercoaster I signed up for.
From the humor of brilliant one liners like this: “I am...going to pretend to ignore that response,"
To the bittersweet musings on their days, well day really, being marked in Scranton.
And the steady perfection of a moment in a park & then this: “The birds had stopped singing.”
Amazing.

“for safety and something else” oh my god this line just resonates. I love that this is the beginning, but is essentially the thread tying them altogether on the Farm also.

I adore these flashbacks. It’s Pam & Jim before everything they overcome has strengthened them in this whole new way. It’s such great writing to show them as still themselves, true to the show, but also true to the characters that they become in this world.

I am so thrilled to have another story from this universe brightening our lives once again!

Author's Response: I'm SO gald all of these lines landed well. I really wanted to show the contrast of Before and After and how everything can change so quickly and I hope that was shown in this first chapter. :) Thanks Lady!