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I Might Break

Summary:

I have been here many times before.
One-sentence fics for every episode in the first and second seasons.

Notes:

Spoilers through the S2 finale. Title and summary adapted from Sia's "Breathe Me."

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

1.01 Pilot
Pam mentions she'll have to start wearing make-up for the cameras, but Jim tells her she doesn't need it.

1.02 Diversity Day
After work, he walks her to the parking lot, and she asks him for some of his champagne.

1.03 Health Care
They all stand outside of Michael's office, waiting, and she notices Jim won't look anybody in the eye.

1.04 The Alliance
The thing is, he knows Roy was right.

1.05 Basketball
That night, she tries not to think about Jim's hands, and the way he smelled when he passed her in the hallway, and the way she wanted to follow after him.

1.06 Hot Girl
The next day, she doesn't ask him how his date went.

2.01 The Dundies
Phyllis whispers to her, "I would have kissed him, too," and Pam says she has no idea what she's talking about.

2.02 Sexual Harassment
"You should have introduced me," he says in passing, and for some reason, Pam blushes.

2.03 Office Olympics
There is an origami crane hidden in back of the bottom drawer of his desk.

2.04 The Fire
Some days, he wants to like Roy more than he actually does.

2.05 Halloween
As they drive to Poor Richard's, she realizes she forgot to tell Roy she was leaving.

2.06 The Fight
Her skin tingles, a wide band of warmth underneath her breasts, where his arms had wrapped around her.

2.07 The Client
She doesn't like the song, but she listens to the very end.

2.08 Performance Review
While Ryan is in the breakroom, she sneaks a glance at the clipboard; she's never met any of Jim's emergency contacts.

2.09 E-Mail Surveillance
For two and a half seconds she stares at Jim's bed, and tries very hard not to think.

2.10 Christmas Party
She slips Jim's picture in her wallet, between her employee ID and a book of stamps.

2.11 Booze Cruise
Katy doesn't say goodbye to her when they disembark, even after Pam smiles at her and waves.

2.12 The Injury
He sets Meredith's keys on her desk, plus ten dollars "for gas," and when he looks across the office, Pam is smiling at him.

2.13 The Secret
"I can't today," he tells her with an inarticulate grimace, "Michael's buying me lunch."

2.14 The Carpet
In the morning, there are seven messages on her voicemail, and they're all from him.

2.15 Boys and Girls
Roy asks Jim if he wants to join them for a beer, and Pam thinks she's going to have a heart attack.

2.16 Valentine's Day
Jim is the only person in the office who doesn't give her something--Dwight even writes "Thank You" on a purple sticky note and leaves it on her monitor.

2.17 Dwight's Speech
She crosses Jim's name off the list, methodically, five firm lines of red indenting the paper like blood.

2.18 Take Your Daughter to Work Day
"I'm surprised Stanley's daughter didn't latch onto you," she remarks, but doesn't explain further.

2.19 Michael's Birthday
The next time she runs out of fabric softener, she buys his brand instead of hers.

2.20 Drug Testing
The next morning, Roy kisses her shoulder, and she feels oddly disappointed.

2.21 Conflict Resolution
She tells him she doesn't care, really truly, and her smile is brittle and bright.

2.22 Casino Night
He tastes like smoke and salt; she tastes like sugar and lime.

Notes:

2.08 is inaccurate, mostly because I misremembered when the emergency contact list was actually updated. That happened in 2.06! Whoops. Curse you IMDB, and your inaccurate quotations for the episode! At least the emergency contact list actually exists, anyway. Um. ::handwaves::