Penname: Once Real name:
Member Since: October 30, 2020

Bio:
I came to The Office really, really late; hey, I got on the Russell Crowe train really late as well. Life was complicated when The Office first came out, but I got here through a series of serendipitous circumstances -- pandemic lockdown, Internet outage, and a gift of the boxed set of The Office.

I wrote fan fic for a much smaller site a long time ago with a writing partner; we were the Stupinski/Eisenberg of that fandom.  This site with it's extremely talented writers stirred the urge in me once again though I'm a much better editor than I am a writer and ALWAYS an avid reader.  
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Reviews by Once
After the Fall by girl7 Rated: MA [Reviews - 113] 80
Summary: This was inspired by the recent spoilers we've gotten (but is purely speculation on my part). Picks up three and a half months after Casino Night, and will extend (hopefully) to Jim's return to Scranton, incorporating the new girl in his life...for a while. ;o)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, In Stamford, Inner Monologue, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 79604 Read Count: 105761 ePub Downloads: 36
[Report This] Published: August 01, 2006 Updated: August 04, 2006
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: November 26, 2020 Title: Chapter 9: Chapter 9

I really like your vision of Andrea. You moved her into a relationship with Jim organically and ended it with class.

Falling by girl7 Rated: M [Reviews - 103] 45
Summary:

This is for kath and Code Name Remax, both of whom wanted a fic in which Michael spilled the beans he has so miraculously been holding thus far....

Begins the night of the Christmas party (or rather, the two Christmas parties...)


Categories: Present, Jim and Pam
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Holiday, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Steamy, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 14417 Read Count: 61537 ePub Downloads: 13
[Report This] Published: December 17, 2006 Updated: December 25, 2006
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: February 17, 2021 Title: Chapter 11: Chapter 11

never be sorry for angst which is the painful part of reality. You are about the best in the business for it.

Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: February 17, 2021 Title: Chapter 12: Chapter 12

Karen, the adult who knows people's motives are shades of grey.
Good onya

Summary: Mixed messages, strawberry lip gloss and covert operations.
Categories: Other, Episode Related
Characters: Angela, Dwight, Kelly, Ryan
Genres: Humor, Oneshot, Slash
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1438 Read Count: 3312 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 01, 2007 Updated: January 01, 2007
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: November 06, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Lord, what fools these mortals be...

Dwight should leave pranking to Jim -- Confirmed.

Angela described as a 5 star General tactician is brilliant.

Cupcakes by unfold Rated: K+ [Reviews - 30] 18
Summary: Past Featured StoryHe’s been baking her a cupcake on her birthday for the past four years.Random, fluffy sort of season three Jim/Pam. 
Categories: Future, Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 1936 Read Count: 4976 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: January 10, 2007 Updated: January 10, 2007
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: January 25, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Wonderfully heartbreaking. "It’s okay, he tells himself, it’s only the third or fourth person to be hurt like this in his quest to move on from Pam."

Summary: The Supreme Being gives his take on the JimPam relationship and other Officeites. I think he likes JAM. Spoilers through The Job.  I know this looks like a WIP but it really is a bunch of epidode related vignettes.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 14430 Read Count: 38242 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: April 01, 2007 Updated: October 08, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: June 15, 2021 Title: Chapter 13: Unanswered Prayers

Dear God,
Mom always told me an answer to prayer is Yes, Kinda, or Wait and see. She added No is also an answer. I think you two had a little deeper discussion than this letter.
Sorry we've made you work so hard lately.

Summary: Past Featured Story

A year or two before the cameras arrived, Michael takes the staff to the Poconos for a camaraderie event.  Much unresolved sexual tension and angst ensues (uh, between Jim & Pam, not the entire staff).


Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Angela, Creed, Dwight, Jim/Pam, Kevin, Meredith, Michael, Oscar, Roy, Stanley, Toby
Genres: Angst, Drunk Pam/Jim, Humor, Inner Monologue, Romance, Steamy, Travel, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 90021 Read Count: 151004 ePub Downloads: 66
[Report This] Published: July 11, 2007 Updated: October 02, 2007
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: February 09, 2021 Title: Chapter 15: Chapter 15: It's All Right, I'm Okay; I Think God Can Explain

The opening dream sequence is stunningly beautiful. It encapsulates Pam's dilemma perfectly.

Jim, even in his numbness, displays his good, kind heart in his tender care of Sasha. If that doesn't win Pam, nothing will.

Good onya

Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: February 09, 2021 Title: Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Between the Horses of Love and Lust We Are Trampled Underfoot

"Because history and tradition and guilt bear a weight that's deceptively heavy in its urgency." One perfect sentence.

Summary: A take on what might happen if Pam and Jim go to an art festival together...
...then a follow-up on all the ramifications of their attendance.

Set late season two.
Categories: Past, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam, Pam/Roy
Genres: Angst, Weekend, Workdays
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 16379 Read Count: 18057 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: November 23, 2007 Updated: January 30, 2008
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: December 08, 2020 Title: Chapter 3: But holding ourselves back

This chapter and the next two just crackle. It always amazes me how one's life can turn on a dime every time it happens, and how long it takes to clean up the destruction.

Summary: Past Featured StoryJim and Pam are Jim and Pam, only...not really.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 77452 Read Count: 232432 ePub Downloads: 64
[Report This] Published: March 16, 2008 Updated: May 21, 2008
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: November 25, 2020 Title: Chapter 28: Come on in, but I have to warn you, my place is kind of a mess.

Your Chapter End Note was absolutely true. "OkI guess I can exhale now..."

Summary: Past Featured Story


NOW COMPLETE!!!

"Jim, why don't you tell Pam how you really feel?" 

 Jim and Pam deal with the stuff that comes with being on a hit show...talk shows, radio call-ins, and press junkets. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but is that really the case? Watch as Jim and Pam deal with being in the public eye and under the thumb of manipulative network producers. The story is told through interviews, transcripts, web pages and photos.


Categories: Alternate Universe, Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, In Stamford, Inner Monologue, Romance, Travel
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: Reality Reality TV
Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 54070 Read Count: 70510 ePub Downloads: 32
[Report This] Published: April 17, 2008 Updated: March 15, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: March 19, 2021 Title: Chapter 21: Abby's Afterward

This was brilliant, insightful, and incredibly well written. The researcher notes conceit combined with the real time descriptions added so much life to your work. You brought an immediacy to your writing so much so that I gasped several times.

It was absolutely wonderful.

Summary: "He's been watching a lot of old movies lately." This what you get when you cross The Office with Casablanca and sprinkle in a little post-holiday S2 angst.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Oneshot
Warnings: None
Challenges: The Weather Outside Is Frightful
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2292 Read Count: 2618 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: December 29, 2008 Updated: December 30, 2008
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: December 02, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: A Fight for Love and Glory

I'm such a sap for Casablanca; any reference to it(how did tire chains become transit papers?), and I'm right there. Add in a good closing line (I could just barely see Dooley Wilson)
Good onya

Summary: Jim and Pam and their offspring in the 2030s. 
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim, Pam
Genres: Married, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4833 Read Count: 3625 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: May 11, 2009 Updated: May 21, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: January 11, 2021 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

I'm so glad you wrote a baseball story! I'm from a baseball family; my brother, Mike, was the shortstop the Brewers held over Robin Yount's head when he wanted to go be a professional golfer. Mike never made it to the show, but it set him up for a successful life.

Summary: “Have I ever steered you wrong, Jim?” Creed gives advice to the lovelorn. Set during Casino Night.
Categories: Episode Related, Other
Characters: Creed, Jim, Jim/Pam
Genres: Humor, Inner Monologue, Oneshot
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 431 Read Count: 1519 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 15, 2009 Updated: September 15, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: January 03, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This unique and brilliant!

Summary: Five gifts and the stories behind them. Spoilers for Niagara.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Future, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam
Genres: Drunk Pam/Jim, Fluff, Married, Oneshot, Romance
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1100 Read Count: 2774 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 09, 2009 Updated: October 09, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: January 03, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

OK, I like your happy. You don't make them sound immature.

Summary: Why Phyllis said what she did at Jim and Pam's wedding. Spoilers for Niagara.
Categories: Other, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam, Phyllis
Genres: Angst, Drabble, Inner Monologue, Oneshot
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 530 Read Count: 3245 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 10, 2009 Updated: October 10, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: January 03, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I love your take on Phyllis! Your writing just seems to flow so smoothly; that is hard to do.

The deleted scenes have many nuggets of information on Phyllis and Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration's marriage. The thump on a night drive while they were on their honeymoon in Africa, Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration's dislike of NYC that Phyllis stops before explaining why, the theory on his unusual way of introducing himself as being free advertising on the documentary. I'd be interested in your thoughts about Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration's character.

Summary: If Dwight hadn’t knocked that basket off David Wallace’s roof, everything would still be the same. Right? An AU look at the end of season 3, diverging from "Cocktails."
Categories: Other, Present, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Karen, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drama, Inner Monologue, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Mild sexual content, Violence/Injury
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 11456 Read Count: 2771 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: October 18, 2009 Updated: October 24, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: January 03, 2021 Title: Chapter 1: Cocktail Party of the Condor

I hope grad school is going/went well for you. May you have more David Wallace upper management types than the petty, ineffectual men I had to deal with during my career. Your writing indicates a nimble mind that can find ways working around the little men with power.

I love your writing styles. You go from flowing, smart narrative to Jim's sometimes hesitant conversation to erudite basketball trash talking to couples after party dissection. Karen's summation of Wallace hiring a desk chair if it had a Wharton degree cracked me up. You must be from a basketball background or did a deep dive on courts to get the sound of a basketball on different surfaces so spot on.

I like how you used Dwight's dismantling of the chimney cap as the lead in. It set the stage for Wallace's initial recruitment pitch for Jim's promotion while adding depth to Dwight's heritage. Wallace's later thought about taking Jim with him when Wallace makes his next move is wonderful. Succession planning not only for Dunder Mifflin but also for the next company.

You had two nuggets that I wish were canon. Jim is well educated so Penn as his alma mater is the university I have chosen for him as well. Andy as a Mifflin legacy hire explains his position perfectly.

Summary: Past Featured StoryWe all loved the big declaration, the single heartbreaking tear on Casino Night. But what if Jim had decided to go for it a long time ago, and what if he'd gone about it a subtler, darker way?

Oh yes, there will be smut.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Steamy
Warnings: Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8281 Read Count: 46948 ePub Downloads: 16
[Report This] Published: October 22, 2009 Updated: October 24, 2009
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: December 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Jim's slow reaction to the whiskey and its affect on him was so good. His acknowledgement of what he gives Pam without receiving had to gnaw at him at times.

While Jim is easygoing, he is, afterall, a guy. He isn't a single note but layered as all humans are. His Dark Jim isn't malevolent, but Dark Jim can be a tactic to be used to get what he wants.

Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: December 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Jim is a self aware guy. He also is a quick learner as he pays attention to detail. I like how you brought that out with "Women respond to him." and Katy's reaction to him.

Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: December 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3

Meredith shows remarkable restraint in her comment. Trust Meredith to say out loud what everyone else (I'm looking at you, Phyllis!) thinks.

Excellent use of supporting cast.

Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: December 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4

I'm all for tension build up! The chainsaw reference made me smile.

Who knew something as simple as moving Pam out of the way to get to the fridge could be so hot?

Robe by BigTuna Rated: M [Reviews - 7] 26
Summary: One shot. Pam never ends up cutting the Victoria's Secret robe into hand towels. Jim reaps the benefits.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2062 Read Count: 1936 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: March 21, 2018 Updated: March 21, 2018
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: November 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Jim's inner monologue is so spot on both in character and voice.

Summary: Short AU oneshot between S2/S3. Pam calls Jim while he's vacationing in Australia.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Past
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Oneshot
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1464 Read Count: 1719 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: March 26, 2018 Updated: March 26, 2018
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: November 20, 2020 Title: Chapter 1: 1:27 AM, Scranton

According to the regulars at my local, The Frisco, I am an unofficial, honourary Sydneysider. As such, I was so looking forward to your story leading me back through a host of lovely memories. This ending works as well.

Summary: Past Featured Story

NOW COMPLETE! Jim gets in an accident on June 10, and Pam gets to help. Only AU in that it deviates from main timeline between S2 and S3 (no different worldbuilding premise).

Disclaimer: I do not own the Office or its IP.

Challenges Challenge Entry Q2 2018


Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Helene Beesly, Jan, Jim, Jim/Pam, Larissa Halpert, Other, Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Romance, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Violence/Injury
Challenges: Hospital JAM, Sister Sister
Series: None
Chapters: 52 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 63095 Read Count: 108616 ePub Downloads: 31
[Report This] Published: May 20, 2018 Updated: July 21, 2018
Reviewer: Once Signed 1
Date: November 27, 2020 Title: Chapter 9: Interlude: In Jim's Head

These quick impressions are a wonderful way to convey Jim's current status. I took as long to read and savor each tidbit as I would a 78 word paragraph trying to describe it. Not everything has to conform to paragraph narrative.
Sometimes less IS more.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! It was hard to write those, so I'm glad they worked for you!

Summary:

What will Pam and Jim take to remember the other when Jim goes to Stamford? And who will influence their separation along the way? And why am I feeling the need for some angsty-ness?

Starts out between Season 2/3 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Michael, Pam
Genres: Angst, Drama, In Stamford, Inner Monologue
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 12151 Read Count: 4428 ePub Downloads: 5
[Report This] Published: September 21, 2018 Updated: January 04, 2021
Reviewer: Once Signed
Date: January 04, 2021 Title: Chapter 6: His II

Like a fine wine, old is not necessarily bad.