An AU inspired by Couples Retreat (feat. Jam on a tropical island, under Michael’s expert relationship guidance).
Oh man, you have written this SO well that I’m just in incredibly invested in making sure Mark and Isabel are ok! They need to make it ok? Please don’t break them up, I’m not sure I can take it!!
Michael realising he can date another therapist and running off 😍 go get her!!
Ugh Toby and Charles are THE WORST. So glad Jim made it there, before anything bad happened. God I hope Mark does too
Awesome chapter, can’t wait for the next update!!
Author's Response: Ah, thank you so much! (and sorry for slow reply). I'm really glad you're invested in Mark and Isabel haha, I am really enjoying writing them. I am also enjoying writing Toby and Charles lol - I forgot how unlikeable Idris Elba manages to make himself on the show. Thanks so much for the review! :)
Oh thank goodness you're back!! Please don't ever leave us this long again on this kind of cliffhanger!
Excellent chapter as always. I loved the reveal of Jim having her crumpled note and using 'not enough for me...you are everything'
And Mark and Isabel. THANK GOD.
All I can say is MORE, MORE please!!! And a hugely deserved congrats for AOTM!
Author's Response: Haha, I apologise (and for the delayed response to this) - but thanks very much! Really glad you liked the note and Mark/Isabel :) And thanks again on AOTM!
Another amazing chapter and I feel that I’m finally recovering from the angst. Phew!!
Loved Jim and Pam getting back to them. Your callback to the deleted scene of Jim watching Pam and startling her awake was amazing!
I’m just as relieved for Mark and Isabel. Glad they look like they’ll be ok!
Dwight and Angela going off their schedule was hilarious. I really hope they conceived a baby up again thst tree.
Kelly and Ryan. All j have to say is HILARIOUS
Michael and Holly 😍
And Andy!!!!!
Amazing work. Gonna be sad to see this one end soon 😭😭
Author's Response: Thanks so much! Haha, pleased to hear you're recovering from the angst. (I can promise the angst is probably now finished, if that helps). That deleted scene with Jim is one of my favourites, so I'm glad you enjoyed it here. And the Kelly and Ryan, lol. I will also be sad to finish writing this one, although I realise I'm now coming up to a year since I started this...so it's probably about time, oops. Thanks very much for reviewing!
When Pam feels alone in a new city she meets someone who begins to feel like home.
A college au set in Bristol, UK
Love this chapter so much, you’ve written the characters so well, even just in their film choices and slight movements.
Do not expect my badgering to stop. We want more. We want more.
Author's Response: Thank you for letting me add the Porno detail! and for the endless support :)
Sheriff: How awesome is efltm?
Cowboy: Um, very?
Sheriff: You sure about that partner?
Cowboy: Yes, definitely
Sheriff: Well, go ahead and leave YB some jellybeans then
Cowboy: Well I can't because I've used them all already because it's just that awesome
Sheriff: Very well. As you were. Yeehaw.
Oh this is the fluff I needed, the fluff I wanted. You're too good to me.
It's ok to fancy 18 year old Jim this much right? Right??
I have one teeny tiny request though. MORE PLEASE
You know I adore this, I don’t need to tell you, but I will. I ADORE THIS. I will never stop bullying you because I want more.
I’m so excited that sammy has been released now.
Never stop writing this please
Dude. Dude. You just get better and better. This chapter was great, but honestly that last line was the dogs bollocks.
Personal shoutout to Penny the Penguin. That whole bit was just adorable.
You’ve made this story so stinking cute and I love it
Author's Response: <3 get a list of random things started because I am asking you for one from now on!!!
1 I love Pam’s Facebook stalking here. But now I have that song stuck in my head. Must stop thinking about an 18 year old Jim
Author's Response: You are welcome ;)
1 Jim, Pam and Greggs. What more could a girl want?
I always love a college AU for Jim and Pam but excited for this to be a Uni AU! I’m really hoping there’s going to be lots of freshers fun!
1 This is so cute. I’m so glad they found each other. I love that Creed has made an appearance, it suits him totally.
1 Oh Jim, where have you gone?! And what was the blue drink?? Love that you have the dork in there already. Looking forward to more of this story!
1 Love this little piece :) you’re the Aishet Chayal of MTT!
Author's Response: I'm telling my mom you said that. :) Thanks for taking the time to read and review... so glad you enjoyed it!
He held her life in his hands when they were together, and she held his soul, and knew it.
1 So excited that there's even more of James and Pam to read! Looking forward to more of this side of the story too
Author's Response: Yes, I love hearing what Pam thinks. Thank you!
1 For some reason I hadn’t read this before, so obviously I’ve had to read all 5 chapters in one go, and jeez this is good. Please please don’t leave it a year and a half to update. I neeeeed this Jim in my life
1 This was super cute, I really loved it! I’m an utter Karen hater but you made her seem kinda likeable here, I like the way she dealt with the breakup and accepting she wasn’t the One for Jim. Loved the bit about them going to each other’s houses at the same time. And really cute ending with Dwanegla too!
Author's Response:
Thank you!
Yeah, gotta admit, I'm not a Karen *fan* per se, but I do like her and I felt she kinda got screwed over despite all of her faults. Knowing her character, she'd be more accepting of Jim's feelings for Pam if it was month 1 of their relationship and not month 6. And I enjoyed that bit, too! It'd make sense given how alike they are to confess to each other in person the exact same way.
Dwight/Angela is always fun, loved writing those two.
Thanks for the review!
Karen thinks that a small party - her apartment is NOT huge - of a select few coworkers, to celebrate her recent move to her very cool new apartment, is a fantastic and totally non-problematic idea. Jim wants her to get to know them. No?
Jim is... unconvinced. He suspects that there are agendas at play here.
But, as she says, it's only one night. What could possibly go wrong?
Could this be another season 3 fixer???
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1 Loved this first chapter and can’t wait for more! It feels so awkward and you’ve got Jim totally right for post Phyllis’s wedding. Great work!
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you're enjoying it so far, and that Jim's working for you. Wasn't sure if I'd made him too much of an asshole... :0)
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!
1 Wow what a chapter! So much going on here and it’s all so brilliantly written. The awkwardness is just great and you’ve got each character so spot on. I can’t wait for the next update!
Author's Response:
Thank you very much, Mrs KH! Glad it's working for you, and that you're liking the characterisation. Next chapter hopefully next week...
Much appreciated!
1 Another great chapter, but the absolute pinnacle, Ryan getting vomited on. A-mazing!!
Author's Response:
Yeah, Ryan definitely deserved to get thrown up on.
Thanks for reading and reviewing - it makes all the difference!
1 Obviously another great chapter here. Such a sweet moment with them in the rain, loved how you wrote that part. And eshkk she wants to go to Jim’s house!!
So glad Ryan got his face bashed in. He definitely deserved it.
“Sometimes she fixes it; she’ll say, ‘Me too, Jim. But you need to give me time.’ Because, really, it was as stupidly simple as it was stupidly complicated. She just had to pick.“ LOVED this so much.
Can’t wait for the epilogue, but sad that means this is almost over!!
Author's Response: Ryan totally deserved his face bashed in, and more. Really glad you're enjoying it - thanks very much for reading!
1 I’m so happy you’re back and that this is completed!! It’s been such a great little story!
You definitely fixed season 3 for sure and I was not sad about Karen’s apartment getting trashed at all.
I’m so happy the epilogue got these two together, and look at Jim already wanting to get her ring.
But really, this whole chapter was about Delicious MacLusty. Amazing.
Great job with this one, loved it!
Author's Response: Thanks - I'm really glad you've enjoyed it. Hopefully as much as I enjoyed trashing Karen's apartment!
1 Awesome first chapter and congrats on your first story, it’s definitely scary to post for the first time!! Your continuation of their dialogue works perfectly. I’m excited for more!
1 This was such a sweet story! Reading what all the elements you had to work in after, you did it so seamlessly. Really nice work with this!
Author's Response: Thank you so much!! :)
1 I love a good post season 9 story and this was a great one! So many awesome parts here. I love that Dwight pranks Jim, you got Fannie in there, the cat nativity, the dolls, but oh, the present Jim gives. Genius. Feels like a canon present Jim would have given Pam. Fab story!