Summary: Jim loves Pam. Duh.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: None
Genres: Fluff, Humor, Oneshot
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Challenges: Bad Fanfic
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes
Word count: 2512 Read Count: 960 ePub Downloads: 0
Penname: grc73 Real name: Catherine
Member Since: August 02, 2020
Bio:
Bio:
Wife, mother (of children, not dragons, generally). Hopeless romantic, massive JAM shipper.
Also present on FanFiction.Net under the same name, where I wrote a fair number of stories for Bones, which for over ten years was the TV love of my life. Until now.
I’m still fairly new to The (US) Office, but as a Brit, I was really into the UK version and wasn’t too sure about this upstart US reboot, even with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s input. I’d seen a few episodes over the years, knew vaguely about the Jim/Pam storyline and that there was chemistry, but not really clicked on how good it was, and as for the rest, the little I’d seen? Well, Craig Robinson is Doug Judy in B99 to me, Rashida Jones - Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec; and I didn’t even know that Ellie Kemper and Ed Helms had been in it for several seasons, let alone James Spader and CATHERINE TATE?! Then I binge-watched it all the way through early in UK lockdown in Spring 2020 and suddenly it all clicked, and I fell hard for JAM. Really hard.
I’ve now watched some episodes several times, but I’m following via the Office Ladies podcast, so I’m really getting into the detail of the show itself as well as the love story.
In real life I have my own Jim (although his name isn’t Jim and he doesn’t work in paper, but he is lovely), two teenagers, a naughty Beagle and a cheeky Jack Russell. I work in the IT Industry.
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[Report This] Published: April 01, 2021 Updated: April 01, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 
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Date: April 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
1 Date: April 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
No words other than GENIUS.
Summary: Today feels good.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Oneshot, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1220 Read Count: 802 ePub Downloads: 0
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Oneshot, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1220 Read Count: 802 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: April 06, 2021 Updated: April 06, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: April 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pretty girls with daffodils
1 Date: April 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pretty girls with daffodils
Simply lovely.
Author's Response: d84;a039;
Summary:
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff
Warnings: Adult language
Challenges: Excuse Me, Mr Beesly?, Exploding Soda
Series: terrace
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 76526 Read Count: 34960 ePub Downloads: 12
"He doesn’t want to be presumptuous but all he’s been thinking about for the past twelve minutes as the car sped away from the restaurant is how much he wants to kiss her again; how much he wants to keep on kissing her until he either dies from happiness or wakes up."
My (canon-compliant) take on Pam and Jim's romantic journey, beginning with their first date. Includes flashbacks.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff
Warnings: Adult language
Challenges: Excuse Me, Mr Beesly?, Exploding Soda
Series: terrace
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 76526 Read Count: 34960 ePub Downloads: 12
[Report This] Published: April 11, 2021 Updated: June 08, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: May 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 8: Wait
Date: May 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 8: Wait
Ran out of jellybeans! Fantastic chapter for my shipper heart. Great work, really enjoying these.
Author's Response: thank you so much! sorry, i’ve been crap at replying to these but I really appreciate the feedback!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: June 09, 2021 Title: Chapter 20: Everything
Date: June 09, 2021 Title: Chapter 20: Everything
This was, simply, absolutely fantastic. What an entrance into the MTT world! Bravo!
Author's Response: I’m terrible at responding to these but thank you so much for your review and kind welcome!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: May 31, 2021 Title: Chapter 12: Forever
Date: May 31, 2021 Title: Chapter 12: Forever
I loved this. The flashback, the wedding night. All so beautifully written. You also captured the moment that the being we now know to be Cece kicked in a well observed moment.
JK had flu and didn’t want to pass it on to JF. Is that right? Says a lot of about their friendship and his thoughtfulness, very sweet. They still managed to make it look ridiculously cute.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: April 17, 2021 Title: Chapter 3: Dundie
1 Date: April 17, 2021 Title: Chapter 3: Dundie
I love this. You’re putting lots of great detail in that fixes some of the things I was always sad and frustrated about. I love that they are having those conversations.
Author's Response: Thanks for reading!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Kiss
1 Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Kiss
Loving this, you’ve captured them so well, and I love the fluff/angst combo.
Author's Response: Thanks!
Summary: 
Every holiday is important to someone. Even Halloween. No, *especially* Halloween. (Submission #2)
(A series of mini-fics set on holidays major and minor in the life of Jim, Pam and the Dunder Mifflin crew. Blame Max for this.)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Andy, Angela, Cece Halpert, Clark, Creed, Darryl, David Wallace, Dwight, Dwight/Angela, Ensemble, Erin, Gabe, Isabel Poreba, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Katy, Jim/Pam, Katy, Kelly, Kevin, Larissa Halpert, Mark, Meredith, Michael, Nellie, Oscar, Other, Pam, Pam/Roy, Pete, Phillip Halpert, Phyllis, Ryan, Ryan/Kelly, Stanley, Toby
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Holiday, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 22493 Read Count: 8036 ePub Downloads: 0
Every holiday is important to someone. Even Halloween. No, *especially* Halloween. (Submission #2)
(A series of mini-fics set on holidays major and minor in the life of Jim, Pam and the Dunder Mifflin crew. Blame Max for this.)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Andy, Angela, Cece Halpert, Clark, Creed, Darryl, David Wallace, Dwight, Dwight/Angela, Ensemble, Erin, Gabe, Isabel Poreba, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Katy, Jim/Pam, Katy, Kelly, Kevin, Larissa Halpert, Mark, Meredith, Michael, Nellie, Oscar, Other, Pam, Pam/Roy, Pete, Phillip Halpert, Phyllis, Ryan, Ryan/Kelly, Stanley, Toby
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Holiday, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 22493 Read Count: 8036 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: April 12, 2021 Updated: October 31, 2022
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: National Grilled Cheese Day (April 12, 2008)
1 Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: National Grilled Cheese Day (April 12, 2008)
Awww. Grilled Cheese is Pam’s Italian food. Gave me the feels!
Well done Max and co. for getting Darjeeling to do this/these - nice work!
Author's Response: Oh, sure. Reward peer pressure. This is why our schools are such a mess. Glad you liked it!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: National Grilled Cheese Day (April 12, 2008)
Date: April 13, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: National Grilled Cheese Day (April 12, 2008)
I should also mention less of a grilled cheese recipe (although I love a good bacon, Brie and cranberry combo myself) and more a sweet anecdote about my late Grandma and (sadly also now late) Dad.
Grandma made my dad (her son-in-law, they got on very well though) an open-faced grilled (broiled for you US folks) cheese on toast. When my dad went to eat it, he realised the bread was only toasted on one side.
“Why is the bread only toasted on one side?” he asked my Grandma in confusion.
“Don’t be silly,” she said, “If I’d have turned the bread over the cheese would have fallen off.”
True story.
Author's Response: Okay, that story is lovely, and thank you for sharing it with me.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: September 22, 2021 Title: Chapter 6: National IT Professionals Day (September 21)
Date: September 22, 2021 Title: Chapter 6: National IT Professionals Day (September 21)
I really liked the way you wrote this, very much in keeping with how that would have played out in a real episode. A joy to read!
Author's Response: Awww, thank you friend! I definitely wanted this to feel like canon-style humor, so I really appreciate that. Grateful to you for taking the time to read and review!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: October 24, 2022 Title: Chapter 9: Halloween (October 24, 2&*#)
Date: October 24, 2022 Title: Chapter 9: Halloween (October 24, 2&*#)
This was so incredibly good, totally played out like a real episode in my head. I love Mom Detectives too, I hope they do something with it once they finish the rewatches towards the end of next year.
Author's Response: Thank you! And they absolutely should. Get Hollywood on the phone, dammit.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: May 12, 2021 Title: Chapter 5: Casino Night (May 11-12, 2006)
1 Date: May 12, 2021 Title: Chapter 5: Casino Night (May 11-12, 2006)
Reading this at 5am because I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. Just blown away by it. This was just about the most perfect thing I’ve read on this site. Absolutely beautiful.
Author's Response: Ugh. I'm sorry you're not sleeping well, friend. But I'm really glad I was able to help see you through to the dawn. You are FAR too kind. Thank you.
Summary:
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Drunk Pam/Jim, Oneshot, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4020 Read Count: 2500 ePub Downloads: 3
"Shut up! We didn't film ourselves!"
"Hi, Pam's grammaw. Sorry you had to find out like this."
She hits him.
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Drunk Pam/Jim, Oneshot, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4020 Read Count: 2500 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: April 15, 2021 Updated: April 15, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: April 16, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
1 Date: April 16, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
I think it was more gentle coercion by an appreciative support group. You know you wanted to really ;)
Can I just say this could be the dirtiest thing I've read in this fandom? :D And one of the best. I really am here for the romance of it, the way you write is like if they put the Office on HBO. Just brilliant.
Summary:
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Kids/Family, Married, Steamy
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10438 Read Count: 5422 ePub Downloads: 0
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
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Kids/Family, Married, Steamy
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10438 Read Count: 5422 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 01, 2021 Updated: October 04, 2023
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: May 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: You Don't Ever Have to Leave, If to Change is What You Need
Date: May 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: You Don't Ever Have to Leave, If to Change is What You Need
Oh my word. This is wonderfully written and the emotions are so perfectly observed, but boy, my heart is breaking with Pam’s right now.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: March 18, 2023 Title: Chapter 5: I don't know how this river runs But I'd like the company through every twist and turn
Date: March 18, 2023 Title: Chapter 5: I don't know how this river runs But I'd like the company through every twist and turn
Great chapter and lovely to have this back, I did go back and re-read the whole thing, which was a pleasure!
Summary: Pam makes a different choice on Casino Night. Loosely based on Taylor Swift's song Champagne Problems
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10783 Read Count: 7132 ePub Downloads: 2
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10783 Read Count: 7132 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: May 22, 2021 Updated: October 03, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: September 14, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Date: September 14, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Oooh, I like where this is going…
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: September 14, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2
1 Date: September 14, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2
This is an extremely satisfying chapter. I’m glad Pam stuck to her guns.
Summary: Convinced they'll be different than any other friends who have tried and failed, Jim and Pam upgrade their friendship to add a few benefits. No really, it'll be fine.
Set during the summer between seasons 2 and 3 this will be canon divergent in that Katy and more importantly, Casino Night never happened.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Steamy, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 13786 Read Count: 7800 ePub Downloads: 3
Set during the summer between seasons 2 and 3 this will be canon divergent in that Katy and more importantly, Casino Night never happened.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Steamy, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 13786 Read Count: 7800 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: June 03, 2021 Updated: March 07, 2022
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: July 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pushing Forty in the Friend Zone
Date: July 01, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pushing Forty in the Friend Zone
This needs more chapters. So, so good.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: January 14, 2023 Title: Chapter 3: She Comes and She Goes
Date: January 14, 2023 Title: Chapter 3: She Comes and She Goes
This needs more chapters.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: March 10, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: She Comes and She Goes
1 Date: March 10, 2022 Title: Chapter 3: She Comes and She Goes
Ohhhh I am so glad this is back! It's like you're giving the people what they want and yet, not giving the people what they want. So good!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: June 04, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pushing Forty in the Friend Zone
1 Date: June 04, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Pushing Forty in the Friend Zone
So we are going to need a LOT more of this sort of thing, please. This is like getting one bite of the greatest pudding ever and needing more immediately, ut being on a forced diet.
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: July 02, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Call Me Captain Backfire
1 Date: July 02, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Call Me Captain Backfire
Well, that was rather timely after my nagging 2nd review! This pleased me no end. :)
This is just brilliant, we know there are deep seated feelings in there on both sides, but I can't remember many stories where they do the whole "Friends with Benefits" thing at this point in time (and having been here about a year I've trawled through the stories, especially all the juicer ones *cough*.)
Looking forward to more, especially seeing how you keep the tension going as we all know they both want a lot more than a roll between the sheets together.
The Addict, The Beer Truck, His Sister and Her Dilemma: A Deleted Scene by darjeelingandcoke Rated: K [Reviews - 17] 24
24 Summary: Not everything the documentary crew captured made it on screen. Late in Season 3, Larissa comes to visit.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Larissa Halpert, Other, Pam
Genres: Angst, Workdays
Warnings: None
Challenges: Sister Sister
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1937 Read Count: 938 ePub Downloads: 2
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Larissa Halpert, Other, Pam
Genres: Angst, Workdays
Warnings: None
Challenges: Sister Sister
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1937 Read Count: 938 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: June 08, 2021 Updated: June 08, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: June 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: His Sister
1 Date: June 08, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: His Sister
Great start to your AotM residency! So entertaining!
Author's Response: Thank you very much! And thanks for taking the time to review!
Reviewer: grc73 Signed 1
Date: February 11, 2023 Title: Chapter 1: His Sister
1 Date: February 11, 2023 Title: Chapter 1: His Sister
This was so good and as ever with these vignettes of yours, seamlessly in keeping with the show and the characters’ behaviour. Perfect!
Author's Response: Awww, thanks GRC. I swear, I'm gonna come back and finish this one one of these days...
Summary: Based on the events of Episodes 9x20 “Paper Airplane,” 9x21 “Livin’ the Dream,” and 9x24/25 “Finale”
After Jim reevaluates what’s important to him, Pam does some reevaluating herself.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Creed, Darryl, David Wallace, Helene Beesly, Jim, Jim/Pam, Other, Pam
Genres: Drabble, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: Episode Relateds
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1782 Read Count: 1230 ePub Downloads: 0
After Jim reevaluates what’s important to him, Pam does some reevaluating herself.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Creed, Darryl, David Wallace, Helene Beesly, Jim, Jim/Pam, Other, Pam
Genres: Drabble, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: Episode Relateds
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1782 Read Count: 1230 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: June 18, 2021 Updated: June 18, 2021
Reviewer: grc73 Signed
Date: June 19, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Why Pam Gave Carol Stills a Call
Date: June 19, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Why Pam Gave Carol Stills a Call
This. Seriously, this fills such an important time period and yet has barely ever been explored. You’ve absolutely nailed it. You’ve captured S9 Pam brilliantly,
One small thing though, I was more of a Pete fan, Clark was disrespectful and didn’t deserve Jim’s desk, always narked me when he said that he “fought for that desk.” I absolutely loved Dwight when he did that.
Author's Response:
Very much appreciate it! There was so much of S9 left unexplored that it pretty much gave me whiplash (on top of me not being a fan of the storyline) so I wanted to offer why Pam was so desperate to keep him in DM even after finding out there was nothing holding them back anymore.
Also, Clark *was* in the wrong for not giving up the desk. I guess I sympathize because he's the only career-focused one in that entire place except for Jim, and even then he stops after "Livin' the Dream" LOL
Thanks for the review!