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CHAPTER FIVE

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter Five: Six Weeks of Summer

Day 5 Prompt: Summer Fling

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but Summer is also the prime time for seeing someone in a new light. Have these two been separated due to distance or Hogwarts break, destined to spend the summer as pen-pals, or have they been thrown together by happenstance onto a beach, pining away under the sun?

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James Potter, Lily Evans - Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 08:01 a.m.

James Potter: Hi! Just checking you got home safely last night?

Lily Evans: I did. Thanks for sorting out the Uber. 

James Potter: Hey, no problem. 

Lily Evans: I’ll swing by and pick up my car this afternoon if that’s okay?

James Potter: Of course! Don’t be surprised if Mum swoops on you and insists you go in for a coffee!

Lily Evans: Now that I’ve met your mum, that wouldn’t surprise me, no.

James Potter: Hah! You already know her so well. Hope you enjoyed the party?

Lily Evans: I did! Your parents are so lovely. Your brother definitely didn’t believe that I’m your girlfriend though.

James Potter: Oh god, what did he say?

Lily Evans: Nothing bad, I promise! I could just tell he wasn’t buying it.

James Potter: That sounds like Sirius. He’s a suspicious bugger.

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LOOK AT HER, LOOK AT GINNY FUCKING WEASLEY

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CHAPTER FOUR

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter Four: Swept Away

Day 4 Prompt: More Than Convenient

Prompt: Sometimes, the foundation to a healthy relationship is… convenience. Whether it's an advantageous Regency match or a last-minute roommate switch, any scenario involving a relationship/marriage of convenience is welcome.

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“You really didn’t need to do this, Lily,” James protested, as Lily opened the passenger door. “I could have got a taxi or something.”

“Absolutely not!” she told him firmly, taking his crutches and helping him into the passenger seat, carefully avoiding the cast that now graced his left ankle. “You probably saved my life, you know. Getting you patched up was the least I could do.”

It wasn’t hyperbole—only James’s quick reactions had prevented the gantry from flattening her. In the aftermath of the accident, Lily had been horrified to see that he hadn't been so lucky, because his foot was caught under the wreckage. A crowd of people who had been working in the marquee gathered almost immediately to lift the remains of the gantry and release him, but his face had been pale and clammy, and he was breathing hard.

“Are you okay?” she asked, which was a stupid thing to say given that he obviously wasn’t.

“I’m sure it’s fine,” he told her, his voice strained. “I’ve done worse playing rugby.” 

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CHAPTER THREE

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter Three: Bowled Over

Day 3 Prompt: Calamity Strikes

If the world was ending, I’d wanna be next to you. There’s something about the eye of the storm, a stolen moment during the apocalypse, the climax of a bloody war, that unearths buried feelings.

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For a moment, James just stood there and watched Lily go, stunned by how quickly the whole situation had spun out of control. She was already leaving the tent before he recovered his wits sufficiently to do anything about it.

“Lily!” he called. “Lily, wait!”

Even though she must have heard him, Lily didn’t even break her stride as she marched out onto the lawns. James took a step towards the exit, meaning to follow her, but stopped when he felt Allegra’s fingers digging into his forearm like a vice. “Where on earth are you going?”

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Timezone re-blog - this time including the inspiration pictures for Fleamont and Euphemia’s house (front and back views):

CHAPTER TWO

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter Two: On The Bleachers

Day 2 Prompt: Green-Eyed Monster

Jealousy. It happens to the best of us, and the future Potters are no strangers to that dormant beast.

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Come on, Evans! Pull yourself together!

Lily Evans stood in front of the mirror in her hallway, part nervously critiquing her outfit, part giving herself a serious, much-needed pep-talk.

She was thirty years old and launching her own business, so having a pathetic teenage crush on her very first client was both ill-advised and completely ridiculous. She smoothed down the skirt of her carefully-chosen dress, feeling more than a little absurd to be so nervous, and so excited, about the prospect of seeing James Potter again. 

On the one hand, getting dressed up was pointless. All she had to do was deliver the anniversary cake to the address that James had given her, set it up wherever she was directed, and then drive home again. It did not matter in the slightest what she was wearing. She might not see James while she was there, and even if she did, he probably wouldn’t notice what she was wearing anyway.

Then again—these were her first clients. Businesses like hers relied on word of mouth and  glowing recommendations, so it was important to make a good impression. She needed to look smart. She needed to look professional. Yes, she told herself, that alone was reason enough to have chosen such a pretty, flattering dress for a morning spent working as her own delivery driver. If she did happen to see James again, that was just a happy coincidence. It wasn’t as though she was dressing up for him, was it? Or at least—not just for him.

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CHAPTER TWO

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter Two: On The Bleachers

Day 2 Prompt: Green-Eyed Monster

Jealousy. It happens to the best of us, and the future Potters are no strangers to that dormant beast.

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Come on, Evans! Pull yourself together!

Lily Evans stood in front of the mirror in her hallway, part nervously critiquing her outfit, part giving herself a serious, much-needed pep-talk.

She was thirty years old and launching her own business, so having a pathetic teenage crush on her very first client was both ill-advised and completely ridiculous. She smoothed down the skirt of her carefully-chosen dress, feeling more than a little absurd to be so nervous, and so excited, about the prospect of seeing James Potter again. 

On the one hand, getting dressed up was pointless. All she had to do was deliver the anniversary cake to the address that James had given her, set it up wherever she was directed, and then drive home again. It did not matter in the slightest what she was wearing. She might not see James while she was there, and even if she did, he probably wouldn’t notice what she was wearing anyway.

Then again—these were her first clients. Businesses like hers relied on word of mouth and  glowing recommendations, so it was important to make a good impression. She needed to look smart. She needed to look professional. Yes, she told herself, that alone was reason enough to have chosen such a pretty, flattering dress for a morning spent working as her own delivery driver. If she did happen to see James again, that was just a happy coincidence. It wasn’t as though she was dressing up for him, was it? Or at least—not just for him.

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Of course! Something like this, but much, much worse!

NEW WRITING!

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter One: Cake Catastrophe

Day 1 Prompt: Knight In Shining Armour

Getting into a spot of trouble is unavoidable with these two, but half the fun is how they get out. Wherever there’s a damsel in distress, there must be a righteous protector following at their heel.

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James Potter stared at his phone with an increasing sense of horror. He scrolled back up to the top of the email, and read it again, desperately hoping he’d misunderstood, but no; the evidence that he’d been stabbed in the back was all there in black and white. It was a monstrous betrayal, the likes of which he’d never before experienced.

Dear Mr Potter,

It is with regret that I must inform you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Pettigrew’s Patisserie will be unable to complete the order for a three tier decorated celebration cake, as previously agreed.

Your deposit will be refunded to you within seven days.

Best wishes,

P Pettigrew, Proprietor

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NEW WRITING!

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter One: Cake Catastrophe

Day 1 Prompt: Knight In Shining Armour

Getting into a spot of trouble is unavoidable with these two, but half the fun is how they get out. Wherever there’s a damsel in distress, there must be a righteous protector following at their heel.

Latest Chapter // From The Start

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James Potter stared at his phone with an increasing sense of horror. He scrolled back up to the top of the email, and read it again, desperately hoping he’d misunderstood, but no; the evidence that he’d been stabbed in the back was all there in black and white. It was a monstrous betrayal, the likes of which he’d never before experienced.

Dear Mr Potter,

It is with regret that I must inform you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Pettigrew’s Patisserie will be unable to complete the order for a three tier decorated celebration cake, as previously agreed.

Your deposit will be refunded to you within seven days.

Best wishes,

P Pettigrew, Proprietor

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Self-indulgent reblog because I’m in a happy Hinny sort of mood.

Bonus fun fact - this was significantly inspired by the way that Mr Sophie proposed to me😍

Part 30: Tongue-tied

A March 2025 Hinny Microfic for @ginnystrophyhusband using Prompt 22

830 words (which I very, very much hope you like)

All the March prompts that I write will be set in the same universe as, and form a prequel to, this fic.

Fair warning - it's going to be fluffy!

This little series has ended up with a lot more actual story than I expected, so if you'd like a bit more context to what's actually going on here, you might want to...

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Harry spends a lot of time thinking about how to propose to Ginny. He wants it to be perfect. 

His main concern is deciding what Ginny would want. Nothing big or flashy, which frankly, that wouldn’t be his style either. No, he knows that she’d prefer something intimate, something low-key, but he still wants it to be romantic. Still memorable. 

Eventually he decides to propose to Ginny on the beach. It feels both special and personal, given how happy they both are at Ty Môr. He thinks sunset would be a good time; he’s pretty sure that’ll make it romantic. The only problem is how to get her there without raising her suspicions, which is how he hits on the idea of a picnic. It’s bound to work, because she’s easily distracted by the prospect of good food, like the proper little Weasley that she is. 

He decides to do it on a random day towards the end of August. It’ll be easier to surprise her that way. He picks a day, a Thursday as it happens, when he’s on an early shift, giving him plenty of time to prepare before she gets home; too much time, as it turns out, because he’s ready a full hour and a half before Ginny’s expected home.

The hamper’s stuffed with sausage rolls, roast beef sandwiches, fresh strawberries and home-made chocolate chip cookies. He’s hidden a bottle of champagne at the bottom, with a cooling charm on it. There’s a blanket, glasses, napkins—everything he needs. Most importantly, the ring’s in its velvet box in his pocket. He’s checked and double checked it. He’s checked and double checked everything. Now all he can do is wait.

And wait.

And wait some more. 

He fills the time by running through his plans in his mind, over and over again. He imagines exactly what he’ll say and exactly what he’ll do. He thinks about how Ginny might react, and how he’ll react to that. And that’s when he starts to get nervous.

All the doubts that plagued him, and the worries that this can’t possibly be real, can’t possibly actually be his life, start to creep insidiously into his brain. A dozen or more worst case scenarios assuage him, and he knows—knows—that he’s being daft, but this means so much to him, she means so much to him that he just can’t seem to shut his brain off.

All this means that when Ginny finally does arrive home, he’s wound tighter than a box of doxies. 

“What’s all this?” she asks, walking into the kitchen and clocking the hamper on the counter as she dumps her kitbag on the floor by the back door. 

Harry looks at her, standing in the middle of the room, hair damp from the shower, dressed in a t-shirt and sweats, not a scrap of makeup in sight, and realises that he can’t wait even a minute longer; she is a goddess, and he has to know.

Instead of answering her, he digs in his pocket and pulls out the box, standing in front of her, and offering her the ring, willing her to say yes.

Only she doesn’t say anything. 

Nothing at all. 

She just stares at the ring, and then at him, and then at the ring again, mouth slightly open, eyes wide. 

Harry starts to panic. Why isn’t she saying anything?

“Are you…” she starts, tentatively, voice wobbling noticeably, “...asking me to marry you? Because I kind of think you are, but that would be an extremely awkward mistake to make.”

And that’s when it hits him that he hasn’t actually said anything either. All he’s basically done is thrust a ring in her face and hoped for the best. “Shit!” he hisses, dropping to one knee in front of her. Every word of the big, romantic speech he had planned is lost somewhere in his short-circuiting brain, but far from being tongue-tied, he realises that what he wants to say is really very simple. “Ginny Weasley. I love you more than I can possibly explain, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Please—will you marry me?”

Now it’s Ginny’s turn to forget to use her words. She launches herself at him with a squeal, and she’s crying and she’s kissing him, kissing him so hard, and he thinks they must be happy tears because of the kissing, but he has to be sure.

With some effort, he pulls back just a little, so that his forehead is pressed to her. “Is that a yes?”

“Fuck yes, that’s a yes!” she giggles, breathless and radiant and tear-stained.

And so that’s how it happened—no fireworks, no grand gestures, but in the kitchen at home on a random Thursday evening. 

Not slick, not romantic, but perfect all the same, because he asked and she said yes, and really, when it comes to a marriage proposal, what else matters? 

Harry can’t think of a single thing.

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So good!

“Kingsley asked me a while ago—back when he became interim Minister after the battle—if there was anything he could do for me,” Harry said, his voice breaking the silence. He hadn’t been asked a question, but the words came anyway, unprompted and slow. “At first, I didn’t really know what he meant. I wasn’t even sure he did. But I thought about it.”

He kept his gaze on the headstones as he spoke.

“Sirius didn’t have a place. There was no body to bury, no funeral… nothing.” Harry exhaled, long and uneven. “I didn’t realize how important that was—not until I came here last Christmas. Having somewhere to visit, to pay respects, makes it feel real. Not just ghosts in a story. Not just hypotheticals that I dreamed about growing up.”

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Well done to all the amazing authors! This was so much fun, and fantastic to have so many great new Hinny works to enjoy!

Thanks so much to the mod team of @ginnyw-potter @justalittleconfusing and @takeariskao3 for all the work that went into the Masquerade Fest - it’s been a blast!

Thank you all for participating in the masquerade fest, both as a writer and/or a reader!

Below you can find the stories per room:

The Weasley Family Clock by @gin110881

Flying is Faster than Falling by @justalittleconfusing

Inside Joke by @nena-96

The Fidelius Between Us (Your Pain is My Secret) by @blackseatwenty

The Bet by @curse-04

Scavenger Hunt by @lepoltergeist

winning and beginning by @di-daynamic

A Love Match by @harryissuchalittleshit

Run It Again by @hinny-canons

Amortentia by @fizzyginfizz

Heart Racing by @ashotofogdensoldfirewhiskey

A Prefect Introduction by @ginnyw-potter

That dream you wish (will come true) by @startanewdream

Every Shade of Red by @brightlybound

Beautiful Liars by @sophie-hatter-jenkins

say nothing sweet about love by @takeariskao3

Changing Dreams by @Vaffyu

where we've been, what we know will never go away by @potterwitch4

Sirius Black's Final Resting Place by @tedwardremus

Solace by @seriouslysam8

And our bonus fic The Seven Gems was written by the ever-talented @takeariskao3

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On the whole, I’m pretty pleased that some people got me, but plenty didn’t. I’m also extremely flattered looking at the other names on the list that people guessed!

Anyway - yes, it was me! I hope you enjoy this smutty little story as much as Harry and Ginny enjoyed spicing things up!

Beautiful Liars

was written by @sophie-hatter-jenkins with 13% correct guesses!

Ah the Ruby Room! Only one author was brave enough to enter this room but what a spell she cast! This made unmasking Ms @sophie-hatter-jenkins a little easier, 5% easier than the rest of the stories that is... Also don't pat yourself on the back too much, @sophie-hatter-jenkins was the third most frequently guessed author overall with 19 guesses throughout all the stories!

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You still have until the 23rd of August to put in your guesses for the masquerade fest!

If you already entered your guesses, feel free to go back into the survey because we added a box for your username so you can have eternal fame if you get the most right!

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hey hi. Hello

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Harry kissing ginny in the front of their freshly renovated Godric's Hollow house.

Maybe for ginny's birthday, which was a few days ago...

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@ginnystrophyhusband Microfics August 2025 Prompts Day 15: Insecure

It was subtle, which was probably why Ginny hadn't noticed before.

Also the fact that they just didn't use cars that often.

But now that she had noticed the time the Ministry sent special cars for them for the memorial, it was impossible not to see: that when Harry entered a car, his shoulders stiffened and he had to take a long breath and steel himself for it.

Unsure if she should approach him directly about this, she went to one of the people who knew him best.

"Oh, yes," Hermione said. "He's weird about cars. I never asked why, though - I was too nervous to. You might have better luck."

Ginny smirked. "I have different methods."

"Ugh. I really don't need to know. Anyway, Ron and I figured that it's easier for him if he's distracted, so we try to do that when we have to use cars - which, thankfully, is pretty rare."

Ginny recalled how Ron had chosen the exact moment to sling his arm around Harry's shoulders and make a crude joke; how Hermione had decided the time was ripe to tell them all the statistics of coming across double-deckers on the road, and felt a surge of gratitude that Harry had them.

She didn't have people who would do that for her. Sure, she had plenty of friends, and good ones too, but those who would work around her sore spots without asking after a discussion of their own? Especially when like Harry you had a never-ending supply of them through no fault of your own? Rare.

Now there was no choice but to go to Harry himself. She wasn't scared of him—ever—but she did use an unusual amount of tact in the asking, even though unlike Ron she typically already had a measure of it.

Harry actually only seemed embarrassed. "Oh. You noticed?"

"I did," she said, leaving out the fact that his best friends had long since known.

"It's nothing," he hedged, and she realized he was actually insecure about this.

What the hell?

"Hey, it can't be more embarrassing than that time you cut yourself on one of Teddy's dolls," she teased to relax him.

It worked. "Those things are impossible to handle," he grumbled.

"So are you. You should get along great!"

He fixed her with an amused, fond look. "I think you handle me pretty well."

She pecked him on the cheek. "I don't handle you—that's stupid—but I'm still not going to let you get away with that deflection."

He sighed. "No, that would've actually been good luck." He continued without prompting other than a squeeze of his hand: "It's stupid, but when I was a kid, the Dursleys told me my parents had died in a car crash."

Realization crashed over her. Sickened, she gasped. "Oh."

He seemed to take it for mocking. "I know, I know, the way they actually died is way worse and scarier. But in my defense, I have nightmares about that too."

So he had dreams about his parents in a fictional car accident. Her heart clenched.

"I wasn't going to say that at all," she said instead of doing what she actually wanted to do and cry and throw her arms around him. "Don't put words in my mouth, Potter."

She let herself do the latter now. "It makes sense. Absolutely."

Ginny thought about little Harry, knowing nothing about his parents except for this, living where cars would have been more common too—

Wait.

"The Dursleys used to take you in cars, right?" She asked, outraged.

"They didn't know, Gin," he caught on to her thought-process immediately.

"Would they have cared if they had?"

His silence was all the answer she needed. She hugged him even tighter.

"Kind of need to breathe?"

Ginny released him, but didn't step back. "I love you. Ron and Hermione love you. My whole family loves you. Hell, the entire wizarding world does too. You know that, right?"

Now he looked less insecure, just embarrassed. He dipped his head in a nod. "Yeah. But it really isn't that bad - it's just kind of hard getting in and when there's abrupt stops and stuff. I'm fine with cars, really."

He even managed to sound convincing.

"I don't care. We're never going anywhere by car again."

"Whatever you say, dear."

"Don't dear me, Harry James Potter—"

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happy birthday harry <3