#blackevans bff week

[constancezin]

Sirius and Lily being Sirius and Lily

[takeariskao3]

Written for @mppmaraudergirl and BlackEvans BFF Week! Day 4: Being Bros

"Go on, Evans." Sirius Black muttered softly.

Lily slid her desk mate a disdainful scowl and ignored him.

"He cursed a fourth year," he continued. "The poor fellow was laid up in hospital for three days."

Lily waited until Professor McGonagall's back was turned before whispering, "If you want to get back at Mulciber so badly, why don't you do it yourself?"

"Because I know you want to."

Continuing on with her notetaking, she purposefully did not acknowledge this assertion.

"And because you cast that nappy rash jinx better than anyone I've ever seen."

The corners of Lily's mouth twitched but she kept her eyes on her parchment.

"C'mon..." Black crooned. "He'll think it was me anyway. What have you got to lose?"

"My badge?" Lily shot back.

The look he gave her was alarmingly earnest. "What's the point of being Prefect if you can't get away with something every now and again?"

Her gaze darted across the room to where Mulciber and Avery sat heads together and muttering in the back of the class. She was loath to admit that Black had a point. Ever since the start of term, those two had been especially brutal. It would feel so good to give into the vindictiveness coursing through her veins.

The longer she stared at the Slytherin boys, the more her resolve crumbled.

Silently, Lily slid her wand out of the inside pocket of her robes and laid it across her lap. Sirius' eyes returned lazily to the front, the picture of nonchalance, but a sharp smirk lingered at his mouth.

She turned the wand slowly in her hand, the incantation barely a quiver on her exhale, followed by a soft whoosh from beneath the desk.

Lily didn't watch to see if her jinx had landed. Instead, she returned her focus to her transfiguration notes and waited for the inevitable.

It didn't happen right away, just a slight rustle from the behind them. Then, after a few minutes, the rustling turned to fidgeting which turned to downright squirming.

Lily listened to the escalating discomfort while clenching her teeth to keep from giggling.

Next to her, Black's shoulders shook with silent laughter, until finally, there was the clatter of a chair and Professor McGonagall's steely stare whipped around to take in Mulciber hopping from foot to foot while violently scratching his jock.

"Fuck's sake, man," James Potter blurted from the table behind Lily and Sirius. "Have some dignity."

The entire sixth year class burst into sniggers and cackles.

"Mr. Mulciber!" McGonagall clipped sternly. "You will stop fapping about this instant or you will leave my class."

Mulciber's replying grunt could hardly be considered coherent, but he seemed to realize his situation was beyond help or explanation. He cast one last hate-filled expression toward James and Sirius and then rushed out the door with tears in his eyes.

Professor McGonagall attempted to call everyone's attention back to the front, and Lily had to cover her mouth with her hand to hide her snort.

Black nudged her elbow and muttered, "Nice one, Evans."

"You know," a low voice interjected from over her shoulder. Lily glanced around to see Potter leaning forward over his desk to look between them. "I'm not sure I like the two of you being friends."

"We're not friends," Lily hissed, but to her eternal mortification there was a fondness in her tone of voice.

Black raised a sardonic eyebrow. "Allies, then?"

Shaking her head, she bit the inside of her cheek to hold back a grin.

"Whatever you call it," Potter added quietly, "It's unsettling to see the two of you working together."

His expression looked anything but wary. He looked positively giddy. Lily's breath caught at the sparkle in his eyes, followed by the involuntary smile that seemed to take over her face anytime his attention was solely focused on her.

She internally chastised herself for her ridiculous response to his proximity and attempted to quash the feelings heating her middle.

"Don't get used to it."

"I'm not so sure, Prongs," whispered Black smugly. "She's had a taste of delinquency, now. I think she's one of us."

Potter's eyes widened in mock fear. "Absolutely terrifying."

"Potter!" McGonagall cut in harshly. "Sit. Down."

James shrank back into his chair and mumbled a quick, "Sorry, Professor."

McGonagall gave all three of them a pointed glare, then began her lecture again as if there hadn't been an interruption at all. Lily felt somewhat scolded by the expression, but the satisfied retribution settling into her bones far outweighed it.

Something else lingered in the space between her lungs as well.

Something like camaraderie.

[suzyq31]

Thank you all for the lovely feedback on my first Jily! I'm really excited to work on some more things down the line. I am participating in BlackEvans BFF event next week so will share a snippet now 😊

They were quiet. Sirius studied Harry. “Maybe he’ll eventually look like you. He’s still rather scrunched up. Looks a bit like a mandrake.”

“Sounds like one too,” she said, grateful when his face relaxed and he shot her his trademark grin. 

“He’s already peed on James,” she added, wanting to stay in the present. 

Sirius barked out a laugh that caused Harry to jerk his arm upwards. He held onto Harry’s hand, glancing down with mirth at the infant. 

“A proper Marauder already,” he said with confidence. “He’ll wreak havoc on Hogwarts in no time.”

[kay-elle-cee]

Fireside Chats || Read on Ao3 || 1.7K Words

“He’s still upset, then?” “Evans,” Sirius starts, and she can hear the disbelief in his voice. “You uninvited him to Christmas with your family. Yeah, he’s still upset.”

Excited for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week! Here's two of our faves ruminating on some ~family woes~.

[wearingaberetinparis]

You've Got A Friend In Me - 1/5

Written for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week. Part 1/5. Sometimes friendship can be found in the unlikeliest of places, with the people you least expected to befriend...

If there was anything she hated more than she did her sister’s ability to whisper-call her a freak without her parents – being in the same room even – overhearing, it was the sight of the two Gryffindor boys – the banes of her existence – standing just outside McGonagall’s classroom. One’s presence was valid, the other’s aggravating and – she didn’t doubt this for a second – orchestrated so as to maximize her trauma. She was about to serve, after all, her first ever detention and if she knew anything about the two classmates that were waiting for her, it was that they had mastered the skill of gloating, had practically turned it into an art form. “Please don’t make things worse,” one of them - the 15-year-old bespectacled wizard - begged the other. His hand tugged at the curls on top of his head, while he looked at his friend with a degree of most uncharacteristic solemnity. “If I’m to have any chance whatsoever, I –” “Evans!” Sirius Black, wearing a positively shit-eating grin, exclaimed. Potter – for some reason or other, she couldn’t fathom it being out of any sort of embarrassment related to his causing her to get stuck in detention with his best friend – flushed, his mouth pressed into a thin line now. “How lovely to see you! You seem even more foul-tempered than usual, may I add.” Black included the latter as if it was a compliment of the highest order and not the clear insult she knew it to be.

Read on AO3 HERE!

[tanglled-thoughts]

For @mppmaraudergirl BlackEvans BFF week day one - the best friendships don’t start out so smoothly 💙

She finally saw him as she was taking her seat in Defense Against The Dark Arts - he hurried into the classroom, textbooks clutched to his chest.

“Where were you?” she asked, looking at him with concern. “We were meant to have lunch?”

Dominic, the Ravenclaw she’d been dating the last few weeks since the start of the school year, blinked in surprise. “Oh Merlin, I completely forgot. I was trying to get ahead on that Charms essay.”

“Oh. Right.”

“Sorry, Lily,” he said, giving her a grimace. “It’s just so important. Tomorrow, yeah?”

He hurried on to his seat without her response, leaving Lily to sigh softly.

She took her own text book out of her bag, and set it on the table.

There was a long silence before she pursed her lips and finally addressed the boy lounging comfortably in his chair next to her.

“Go on. I can see by the amusement on your face that you’re dying to say something.”

Being partnered with Sirius Black in this class was the actual bane of her life.

He let out a short chuckle. “Don’t flatter yourself Evans, your love life really doesn’t interest me that much.”

She rolled her eyes and turned back to face the front of class.

“I just find it quite remarkable that you have such an issue with James being so ‘arrogant’,” he used his fingers as air quotes, “and yet you allow that idiot to treat you like that.”

She paused in surprise and turned to him again. “Excuse me?”

Continue on AO3

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[notorious-lightning-thief]

The Freak and The Black Sheep

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 "Sirius!" Lily gasped. Sirius Black was lying face-down on the floor next to an old-fashioned gramophone. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album was playing on a low volume. "Er, Sirius? You alright?" Sirius, not even bothering to look at her, responded. "Everything sucks, and I'm dying." "Uh," Lily rolled her eyes. "You are such a drama queen." She laid down next to him and joined him on the floor. "Can't you just let me wallow?"

Excited for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week! Here's my contribution to Day 2: Family Woes. Just two of our faves talking about their shit families.

[startanewdream]

Summary: When James Potter grows up as friend of Severus Snape, and on the first day of Hogwarts, Sirius Black befriends Lily Evans, some things change, but fate is inevitable.

*****

Chapter 27: Sirius and Lily

‘Ah, great,’ Sirius interrupted, causing James’ hand to fall. ‘Really great.’

Lily sighed and turned to him.

‘Sirius—'

‘No. You two stay here, keep each other company, keep your little secrets as always. It's not like I care.’

(Or read from the beginning)

*****

Just in time for #blackevans bff week ❤️

[padfootswhiskers]

some h/c for day 4 of @mppmaraudergirl’s blackevans bff week! (A few hours early but I’m going to be busy tomorrow 🫠)

“There’s something…” she murmurs, before trailing off. Dumbledore had warned them not to tell anyone, not even their friends.

But Sirius is different, isn’t he? He deserves to know. He agreed to be godfather, after all…agreed to take responsibility for Harry if something were to happen to the two of them…

[annabtg]

When Lily receives some life-altering news, she turns to Sirius for comfort.

Written for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week 2023, Day 4: Being Bros.

Read on AO3! 1.1k words, rated G.

[practicecourts]

Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset (Jily Wedding Day - Chapter 1 - Sunrise)

... His nostrils picked out the fragrances of poppies and daisies and untangled them effortlessly from the other scents. The ones that made her her, an earthy aroma of thyme, a meadow after rain, and lavender. Ironically, always lavender. 

And there it was, that other smell. The reason he’d raced from the Manor all the way up here. A heavy odour of doubt, despair, that had made him anxious. At the first whiffs he’d caught, he’d paced and panted, whining until he nearly burst with restless energy. Once outside, he’d chased the smells, hunted for the scents that caused his unease.

He wanted to catch them before they could become anything more than doubts. Before she would do something stupid, like run away. But why would she run away?

[di-daynamic]

Here's Chapter 4 of my Sirius Black and Lily Evans friendship fanfic By Your Side.

Chapter Summary: Sirius enthralls a crowd with his best man speech, James makes a mistake by trying to get to Lily, and Lily wants her husband to know she is prettier than him.

Written for BlackEvans BFF Week 2023 Day 4: Being Bros

Read from Chapter 1.

Featuring some Jily wedding, and extremely petty recenge seeking via mocking.

[athenasparrow]

What are your favorite @mppmaraudergirl #blackevansbffweek subs so far ?

Will you be writing any ?

Oh! Good question, anon! I had to message @kay-elle-cee and ask because my brain went sub/dom but you must mean SUBMISSION as in chapter lol 😂

Do you mean out of Lauren's or in general? I'll do here for now - you can come back if it's not what you meant 😘

I'm loving ALL of them so it's quite tricky to pick my favourite!

I do have a favourite SCENE though...when Lily and Sirius are hiding away and he mentions she's like James and her mouth ticks upwards and Sirius is like AHA *files info away smirking to himself*

@mppmaraudergirl I am so keen on the rest of this! 😍

[suzyq31]

Plans

Summary: Lily has just had her baby earlier than planned. A discussion with Sirius makes her reflect on the past, and what’s to come.

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“Do you want to hold him?” she asked. 

He scratched the beard that he’d begun to grow out, the air of uncertainty still there. A strange sight on Sirius Black. Finally he nodded. 

Slowly he peeled off his leather jacket, draping it over the chair that James summoned over near the bed. He sat down, and looked to her. Lily’s heart gave a squeeze at the shift in his demeanor. James helped her bridge the gap, taking Harry from her and smiling as he helped Sirius learn to hold him. 

“Cup his head,” James directed gently. Like always he was filled with a bottomless energy she envied. “See, not so hard!”

The excitement of someone new had woken Harry who blinked up at Sirius. They seemed to watch each other with mutual fascination. Lily shifted her gaze to James whose smile would have lit up the room if it was dark. 

Read the rest here.

[kay-elle-cee]

A restless waves rise and fall microfic (series). 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Jily AU. Takes place a few days after this. @jilymicrofics September Prompt 30: Echo || 1,000 Words Written for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week for Day 4 "Being Bros"

A warm breeze kisses Lily's face, the wind blowing her loose hair in time with the sails as The Minnie continues her course away from Jamaica and eastern on to Hispaniola and beyond. She sits on a banister towards the bow of the ship, glittering eyes focused on the expanse of the blue sea ahead of them, the only proof the last two days have happened worn on a chain around her neck and tucked into her clothes, close to her heart: a delicate gold ring, set with square-cut emeralds, flanked with diamonds.

A Potter family heirloom that now serves her. Her ring. Lily Potter.

They’d returned from their night with James’ parents quietly, practically floating with elation at their newfound status as husband and wife, and had slipped into their quarters and fallen asleep from the exhaustion and excitement of it all. The next day, they had encouraged (demanded) that the rest of the crew go ashore so that they may have more time to bask in the newness of it all…privately, without and fears of interruptions.

Today they left the island, the crew still none-the-wiser about what had transpired on its shores—completely unaware that their Captain and First Mate had pledged themselves to one another. They’d tell the crew in time, but for now it was something that was just theirs.

The bobbing waves stretch out in front of them, and Lily lets out a sigh. As wonderful as the last few days have been, it’s nice to be on the water once again. Her fingers absently run along the chain, tugging the ring from its hiding place so that she may hold it in her hands, may admire it in the brightness of the sun while the crew is otherwise occupied.

“Evans, Captain’s looking for—what is that?”

Jumping with a start and dropping the ring from her fingers, she turns to find Sirius’ gaze pinned to where her wedding ring hangs from the chain. After an initial pause, they reach for it in unison, Sirius’ fingers closing around it faster. He brings it as close to him as the chain allows, and his grey eyes roam the emeralds and diamonds before flicking up to her.

“He did it? You’re betrothed?”

Without even thinking, Lily raises her brows in a non-answer, though somewhere in her mind she registers the first part of his question—had Sirius Black been privy to James' plan to acquire the ring this weekend?

“There was a bit of a misunderstanding at the event,” Lily supplies, finding herself fighting back a smile. It had taken longer for her, but she and James had both become fond of Sirius, who—with his astute observations, surprisingly insightful advice, and dry wit—had endeared himself as a confidant to the both of them.

“What kind of misunderstanding?”

“I told my sister we were married.”

“Your sister was there?” His eyes flick somewhere behind her and she turns, spotting James standing back towards the helm watching the two of them with a pleased look.

“It’s a long story for another time,” Lily replies, eyes meeting James’ across the deck and registering the small nod he gives her—an agreement. Her grin widens under his gaze as she says the words aloud for the first time: “We’re married.”

Sirius Black was born and bread in the upper echelon of society, and though he’d shirked that life for one of piracy, he usually maintained some decorum. Which made the sound of him choking next to her so markedly pleasing.

“Married?” Incredulously, he whips his head to look at her, then down at the ring again. “He wasn’t even supposed to propose yet!”

“Sorry if we didn’t adhere to you prim and proper timeline—”

“Oh shut it Evans–”

She grins. “Potter.”

“I had helped him plan the damn thing for when we stop in Puerto Rico. And I don’t know, I thought there would be some sort of to-do on the ship for the actual wedding!”

Lily tugs him by the sleeve to bring him sitting next to her. “He mentioned returning to that luminescent bay. It sounded really lovely.”

“Captain and First Mate married without so much of a whisper of it to the crew, unbelievable.”

“I didn’t realize this meant so much to you.”

“The two of you mean a great deal to me, and it’s rare that true love manifests so plainly,” he admonishes before recoiling, as if realizing he’s peeled back a layer of his usual disinterested facade. He tucks a thick strand of sleek black hair behind his ear, trying to regain a polished air about him. “I’ve always found the whole idea of it rather exciting, you know, though things never really…lined up for me.” He casts her a wry sideways glance. “You’re not the only one who left an engagement behind, you know.”

Lily blinks, shocked at this peek into a world before the sea, before The Minnie, that Sirius doesn’t talk about often. “Oh, I didn’t realize—”

“Oh, stop your apology there,” he waves, looking out over the railing of the ship. “She was in love with my brother, but her father arranged the match to the heir. I believe my leaving worked out in everyone’s favor—there were many reasons couldn’t have made each other happy.” He pauses, but it’s not one of sadness. There’s a reflective nature to it, an echo of a smile on his lips, and Lily knows—like he knew about she and James—that he’s found their kind of happiness (and she has her suspicions of with whom, but will allow his secrets to remain such until he wishes them known).

Sirius shakes himself out of his reverie and glances her way again, brow raised. “When are you going to tell the others?”

A shrug of her shoulders. “In time, I suppose.”

“Well at least I get some sort of privilege here.”

Lily rolls her eyes and bumps her shoulder against his. “Next time there’s a big event, we’ll be sure to include you.”

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[wearingaberetinparis]

You've Got A Friend In Me - 3/5

“It’s fine, Evans,” he said for the fifth time in the past half hour, shaking his head at her complete inability to relinquish control. “You picked up patrol for me twice last week, because of emergency Quidditch practice -“ She arched an eyebrow at him, felt the corners of her lips twitch. “Emergency, you say?” “Half of the team had been sloppy and with the match coming up -“ “He was on a power trip is what that means,” spoke Sirius, who - lying on his back - leafed through a Muggle magazine with pictures of motorbikes. “Ever since he got both badges, he’s been working us plain and lowly people’s bums off -“

Read Blackevans Drabble #3 for @mppmaraudergirl's Blackevans BFF Week HERE!