Office fic: pressed against a sea of stars
Title: pressed against a sea of stars
Author: allibabab
Rating: T
Wordcount: 3,257
Spoilers: This hasn't and won't happen, but it takes place after Cocktails.
Summary: In the end, it is never, never giving up.
A/N: This was a doozy to get out! Thanks so much to biggerdorkthanu and fireworkfiasco for all their help.
( She wakes up with headaches these days. )
Author: allibabab
Rating: T
Wordcount: 3,257
Spoilers: This hasn't and won't happen, but it takes place after Cocktails.
Summary: In the end, it is never, never giving up.
A/N: This was a doozy to get out! Thanks so much to biggerdorkthanu and fireworkfiasco for all their help.
( She wakes up with headaches these days. )
This is amazing, excellent, and about eighty other superlatives. It just EMOTES and it gorgeous and flows so so so well. And it's quiet and them and I really wish that this would actually happen.
She’s always thought there was something weird about the way your bones don’t actually touch each other, how there has to be some cushioning. They’re strong, after all, but breakable too, if the force is right.
Gah. This is perfect, and so Pam. I love how you take something simple and random and anatomical and turn it into this beautiful metaphor, because, yes.
She doesn’t think about Jim again that morning, except for when she makes tea, and takes a shower, and brushes her teeth, and chooses her outfit.
How did you do this? This one little sentence made me want to die and yet live forever to read the rest of this all at once. I could actually picture Pam's face while thinking this, it is so perfect.
I love how it happens, how Pam blurts it out like she's a tea kettle and the water's finally boiled and the sound just escapes because it's time. Which is a random thing to say, and I apologize. :)
She squeezes her eyes shut and feels a wetness on the edge of her lashes, a sort of liquid relief that what they’ve had isn’t all there is; and it hurts, it hurts so much to think of Karen watching him close the blinds, of all the ways they’ve hurt each other before, but it’s all nothing, it becomes nothing, in the way his lips press her back against the vending machine.
This is beautiful. And then extremely hot. Oh, and then there is a perfect them moment with the milky way and he LAUGHS and I want to marry it, it's so fabulous.
YOU.<3
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You have no idea how good it is to hear that that part worked well for you -- originally it was weirdly worded, then fireworkfiasco helped me work out some kinks, then I still thought it seemed strange (and biggerdorkthanu agreed), so I cut it down, and then I still wasn't sure but I still liked the idea and just -- thank you. I'm really glad you liked it because I thought it was a nice idea too (if I do say so myself).
How did you do this? ... I could actually picture Pam's face while thinking this, it is so perfect.
I'm so glad you liked this line too! It's something that really rings true with me about Pam, I guess -- she honestly doesn't believe that she feels as strongly about Jim as she does. Kind of. I don't know how to explain it. Like earlier, when she was still with Roy in the first two seasons, I think she knew she felt something for Jim, but she really didn't believe it was what it is. You know? So this line just encompassed that idea for me. And I'm happy it worked!
And hooray for liking the Milky Way part! I was nervous interrupting the moment like that because I'd already done something similar in when the timing's not right with Dwight barging in and just... yeah. YOU WIN AT LIFE FOR THIS COMMENT. You hit on all the things I still had reservations about and made me a happy, grinny girl.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou. ♥
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