Fandom: THE OFFICE
Pairing: Jim/Pam
Author on LJ:
uhmidontAuthor Website: formerly ficorama.net (now closed)
Why this must be read: This was one of the first fics written in this fandom, and
uhmidont uses the five things structure to perfection, all these different, fascinating jumping-off points for how Jim and Pam might have gotten together. I like how each section gets progressively less a/u, and I really love how Jim's relationship with Katy serves as a catalyst in the third section. Plus it's funny and bittersweet in perfect proportions.
"You know Crystal Nails right by the Wal-Mart?"
"Strangely enough, I don't," he says. "Promise you won't hold it against me."
Pause. Pause. Pause.
She laughs. "You're so funny," she says. "Just so totally funny."
And that's why he'd stopped calling Katy. She's fun, and he likes her, but she doesn't say things like, "You don't know where Crystal Nails is? Jim, how can you call yourself an American?"
That's what Pam says when he asks her how to get there."Four Things That Never Happened to Jim and Pam