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Around Here No More [The Office, Jim/Pam]

Nov 04, 2006 04:19

Title: Around Here No More
Fandom: The Office
Pairing: Jim/Pam
Prompt: none
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Written for winter-baby at the sitcomathon.

( I've given up on waiting any longer/I've given up, on this love getting stronger. )

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lavenderlola November 5 2006, 18:16:48 UTC

thanks!

typicrobots November 4 2006, 16:37:48 UTC

Awww, thanks! What a great, sad, sweet what-if. I loved it!

This night feels open somehow - not hopeful, just open
I love that line. A lot of nights have felt like that to me and that's the perfect way to describe it.

Thanks so much for this!

lavenderlola November 5 2006, 18:17:06 UTC

thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

sophia_helix November 4 2006, 17:17:35 UTC

Ooh, when I read the opening lines, I thought "Oh, no, not another 'what they were really thinking during a canon scene' fic," but then I read farther and my jaw dropped because it wasn't that at all. This felt really real and right, almost like what you would have expected the show to really do, instead of the fan-pleasing kiss. And it hurt, right where it should.

sophia_helix November 4 2006, 17:21:21 UTC

Plus: But sometimes being with Pam is the worst feeling in the world. kinda killed me.

lavenderlola November 5 2006, 18:21:40 UTC

thanks! I thought it was weird when I realized that despite the millions of Casino Night rehashings out there, I hadn't read anything where Jim actually didn't say he loved her.

ciachick711 November 4 2006, 18:24:41 UTC

Oh, wow. This was painful, but in an oh so good way. I really wanted to see Pam find out that he was leaving, so the fact that you had him tell her that rather than saying he loved her was brilliant. I liked that you still had them had those Casino Night moments, but in a totally different way. Lovely.

lavenderlola November 5 2006, 18:21:59 UTC

thank you!

agate November 4 2006, 19:18:32 UTC

Oh, this is extremely cool. I loved seeing how it might have been if on Casino Night we had gotten a continuation of Jim and Pam's same tense, cryptic dance instead of the breathtaking honesty we did get--this felt very real, and very painful, and very them.

lavenderlola November 5 2006, 18:23:00 UTC

thanks very much!