Try Not to Breathe by spamdilemma (PG)

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Fandom: THE OFFICE
Pairing: Pam/Roy, Jim/Pam
Author on LJ: spamdilemma
Author Website: del.icio.us
Why this must be read: Gorgeously precise late-season two Pam, addressing her life in the wake of "Conflict Resolution". I love how this paints her relationship with Roy, both years ago and now, and how Jim figures in. All the little everyday pieces that fit together. Plus the writing somehow manages to be both spare and detailed; it packs a punch, gives Pam the complexity she deserves, and the reader a sense of promise.

"But Roy's talking over the radio, talking over her, and they're going so fast on an empty road. He laughs at his own punchline, one hand tapping against the steering wheel and the other gripping the back of her seat, and this is her life nine years back and forever ahead."

Try Not to Breathe