#blackevans friendship

[that-bitch-kat3]

sirius calls lily red and lily calls sirius black and they are besties

[neverenoughmarauders]

Lily's relationship with the marauders

I saw a post that said there was no point including Peter in a poll of which Marauder, other than James, Lily was closest to, because it obviously wasn't him. Granted, the poll doesn't specify canon or fanon, BUT now I feel the need to spew canon.

In canon, the ranking is pretty evident:

Sirius Black. THE OBVIOUS NUMBER ONE. He literally calls both Lily and James his best friends. JKR describes Lily, James and Harry as the three people Sirius' love more than anyone. Lily and James made him their son's Godfather and guardian should anything happen to them, and they wanted to make Sirius their secret keeper, and trusts him enough to let him convince them to change to Peter. THAT LETTER!!! (Do I need to say more?)

Peter Pettigrew. Lily has her own little nickname for him. He visits when they're in hiding. He becomes Lily and James' secret keeper.

Remus Lupin. THE OBVIOUS LAST PLACE. There is NOT even a single canon moment that points to these to speaking together (I mean it'd be hard to imagine they didn't, but my point is... there's nothing to suggest they were remotely close). There's nothing in canon to say Lily was a prefect, so don't start with the: they were prefects together spiel. Remus stands away from them in the Order photo. He's the only marauder she doesn't mention in her letter to Sirius. He doesn't seem all that bothered about Harry hearing her death, which is a stark contrast to his reaction when Harry hears James or brings up Sirius. Yes he was apparently "fond" of her, but even JKR makes it sound like this was at a distance.

Adding some of my favourite extracts from Lily's letter:

Dear Padfoot,

Thank you, thank you, for Harry's birthday present! It was his favourite by far. (...) I'm enclosing a picture so you can see. (...) he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent me for Christmas (no complaints there). Of course, James thought it was funny, says he's going to be a great Quidditch player (...)

(...) We were so sorry you couldn't come, but the Order's got to come first, and Harry's not old enough to know it's his birthday anyway! James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell (...) If you could visit, it would cheer him up so much. Wormy was here last weekend.

[sunnysaystuff]

reminder that it's sirius who lily canonically sent a letter to when she was in hiding. it's sirius who lily called padfoot. it's sirius who was the godfather of her son. it's sirius who she trusted her child's life to. it's sirius who she wanted as secret-keeper. not remus "number one james fan" lupin. if either of the two was lily's best friend, it was most definitely sirius, who was litr described as jily's best friend multiple times !!

[practicecourts]

Written for @mppmaraudergirl's Backevans BFF week day 3&5

Chapter 1 Sunrise || Chapter 2 Sunset Posted on the 5th day because, despite a lack of fights both these chapters are about the things worth fighting for.

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?

[formerlympp]

can't stop thinking about sixth/seventh year sirius and lily bonding over the tumultuous relationships they have with their siblings even tho the dynamics are different (lily celebrated for her differences, sirius ostracized and then disowned) and walking away with totally different outcomes (lily with more sympathy and love for petunia and sirius more anger and disgust for reg) but a stronger friendship between them

[jfleamont]

Hey for your jily muse, out of order <3

Okay this is unforgivable, I know. You sent this prompt over two months ago. TWO. This ask has been sitting in my inbox since the 18th of January, so you probably won't even remember sending this but I promise you I've been thinking about it constantly and waiting to have free time to work on it and I have this tendency to leave things unfinished so this is me working through that as well lol

Without further ado, here it is ❤️

Out of Order - 744 words

Evans is in the boys' bathroom. She's in the boys' bathroom and she's crying.

One of her hands is gripping the sink, while the other fruitlessly wipes the tears that keep escaping.

She hasn't noticed his arrival, and Sirius doesn't bother clearing his throat. “I'm sure there's a perfectly logical reason for this.”

She makes a startled noise and turns to face him, her expression a mixture of anger and sadness. It's comical, really, so Sirius laughs.

“There is,” she mutters as she wipes her nose with the sleeve of her jumper. Her voice lacks the edge she usually aims at him— and at James, too, though Sirius can't help but notice a slight difference there.

He walks towards her and hands her his monogrammed tissue - he's never used it for this purpose specifically, but it has proved to be useful during the occasional prank or after a rough full moon - which she grabs immediately. She doesn't thank him, but he doesn't expect her to.

“Ah well, that's all I needed to know. It's not like you're invading my personal space or something.”

She lifts an eyebrow and eyes him curiously, looking more like her usual self. “I'm sorry, is there a plaque or an inscription that I haven't noticed? Does House Black monogram bathrooms as well as tissues?”

“Not that I'm aware of, no. Don't give my mother ideas, though, she might actually try to do that.”

She makes an attempt at a smile, but it quickly turns into a quiet sob.

“Apparently there can only be one crying girl per bathroom, and Myrtle has claimed the one across the corridor as hers so it's out of order,” she explains as she tries to regain control of her emotions, “and I thought this one was empty since everyone is heading down to watch the match.”

“You were right... for the most part. Why aren't you going then?”

“No reason,” she replies, her voice even, but she's not looking at him.

Sirius thinks he knows why. He suspects it has to do with the good luck kiss that Cornelia Kettleburn gave James at breakfast and how quickly Lily disappeared after that.

“Cool. I'm not going either. Fancy going to the Astronomy tower for a smoke?”

She looks taken aback. “I— wait, why aren't you going?”

In truth Sirius wants to go, and James is going to kill him for this, but lately he's been claiming that he no longer has feelings for Lily, and Sirius hates being lied to, so technically this is just payback.

“James got on my nerves so I'm skipping the match in protest,” he adds with a shrug and it's the truth, because it wouldn't be fair to lie. “So, are we smoking or not? Got a fag I can borrow?”

She's not an idiot: she knows this is an olive branch of sorts. Sirius can tell she's deciding whether to believe him or not; after a moment she sighs, and Sirius knows he's won.

“Haven't you got your own? Merlin, you're cheap,” she says while producing a pack of cigarettes from her satchel and handing it to him, a smirk on her face. He's glad to see that she seems to have calmed down significantly.

“I'm trying to quit so I stopped carrying them around,” he replies and grabs one, putting it in the breast pocket of his vest.

“Looks like it's working,” she notes as she fixes her appearance in front of the mirror and readies herself to leave the room.

“Absolutely.”

“Why are you mad at Potter anyway? Thought you two were inseparable,” she asks as she walks towards the door, a step ahead of him so that he can't see her face.

“Can't tell you, it's a secret.”

She huffs. “You lot are starting to sound ridiculous with all these secrets,” she whips her head towards him, her disapproval clear on her face, though he's almost certain this is just another way of disguising her curiosity. “Is this little group of yours a cult or something?”

“It's a counterculture,” he explains as he exits the bathroom, “how else are we going to beat those bigoted dickheads? The only way to fight a cult is with another cult.”

He's just joking, but the idea doesn't sound half bad to his ears.

Apparently Lily disagrees, because she snorts. Loudly. “Not sure about that logic but you do you, I guess.”

“Thanks for the support.”

“Anytime, Black.”

[chiechie97]

What's in a secret?

Week three micro fic for @jilymicrofics

Prompt: Secret

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"I know something you don't know." Sirius sang, head propped up on his hands as he starred at her from across the table.

Lily looked up from her book, eyebrow arched and curiosity peaked. Entertaining Sirius and his annoying attempts to bother her were not on her list of things to do during her study hour, but he was unfortunatly very good at distracting her.

It wasn't entirely by choice that she was spending her afternoon with Sirius Black. He was the only other person who had this period free as well, and he was the best company on offer aside from Mulciber.

"And I know lot's of things you don't know." She shot back, reaching for the potions essay they had just recieved back. She got top marks, he had barley scraped an Acceptable.

"You're no fun Evans."

He was still grinning at her like a dog that had finally caught the cat.

"And you're a bad study partner."

"I'm an ENTERTAINING study partner."

Lily scoffed, shaking her head before turning back to her book. She did not have time for his antics.

"Are you sure you sure you don't want to know?"

"Yes. Very sure."

"Even if it has to do with our favourite, spec faced chaser?"

She tried to quickly school her face into a passive, uncarring expression but it must have not worked, because he began laughing.

"Gotcha."

Lily slammed her book down on the table, eyes narrowed. "What are you playing at Black."

"Nothing, Evans." The smile he was giving her was positivley cheeky.

"Just thought you might be interested in hearing who Potter is planning to ask to Hogsmede this weekend."

It felt like he'd thrown a bucket of ice water in her face, but she did her best to keep her composure. Lily Evans was not supposed to care about who James Potter was inviting to Hogsmede.

"Why would I be interested in that?"

He gave her a look that clearly said 'you're a shit lier'.

"Come on Evans, don't tell me you're not curios about who he's asking."

"Who Potter is asking to Hogsmede this weekend is not some sort of salacious secret." She snapped, picking up her book and doing her best to pretend like she didn't care about who James was asking.

"And you don't care at all?"

"Not one bit."

"Even though he practically begged me and Remus not to say anything to you specifically?"

That made her heart stop for a moment, but she continued trying to ignore him. If James thought his dating life should be kept sercret from her, then whatever. She did NOT care. Not one tinsy bit.

"Leave me alone Black."

Sirius looked frustrated now, fingers drumming on the table before he stood up from where he was sitting. Shoving his books back into his bag he shook his head, muttering under his breath. "You two are bloody impossible."

It wasn't until he'd left the great hall did Lily slam her head down on the table and let out a frustrated groan.

She wished he'd just kept the damn secret.

[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.

[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.

[blitheringmcgonagall]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love

This is so sweet thank you @harryissuchalittleshit 🥰🥰🥰🥰!!

1 & 2. Boys Don’t Cry and We Can Be Heroes - the first is about the prank, from Sirius’ pov and the second folles on from that and is canon marauders (Jily and Wolfstar) from post-prank to Halloween ‘81, except with a different ending (which is canon, the other is a ridiculously angsty AU, from that fic writer who that wrote Cursed Child fanfic, yeah, I know…!) which I am very happy with 🥺😘

3. Maybe I Waited Too Long it’s Wolfstar and Jily as doctors with dark secrets that catch up with them… drama and romance, obviously with happy ending. Sirius works in the Emergency Department, Remus is in Endocrinology, Lily is Respiratory Medicine and James is in Psychiatry (and I stand over this!)

4. Nah, He Didn’t fluffy Blackevans brotp comedy - Lily tells a random, cute black dog about her feelings for the Quidditch Captain…

5. This Is The Way The World Ends okay it’s angsty af and most of you would hate it because sad ending, but it’s one of my favourite things I’ve written 🤷‍♀️ (Remus’ lycanthropy catches up with him)

[that-bitch-kat3]

I wrote about Lily Mary Marlene and Sirius listening to music! It's linked here but i'll also post it. its for @maraudersgirlsprompts under the prompt 'try' (get it cause they're trying new music)

anyways here is Sheer Heart Attack:

“Alright girls?” Sirius said as he walked into their room.

“Jesus Christ!” Lily exclaimed in surprise as she scrambled off of her bed and straightened her clothes. “How do you keep getting in here?”

“I invited him, I figured he’d want to hear my new albums that I got for Christmas,” Mary responded digging through her trunk.

“Okay,” Lily said squinting at Mary, trying to figure out if this was some kind of joke before clarifying, “that doesn’t really answer my question. How does he keep getting up the stairs?”

“I imagine he walks,” Marlene said from where she was lounging in the purple beanbag chair in the corner. Sirius walked over and plopped down on the floor next to her.

“Yeah, that is typically how I approach staircases,” Sirius agreed, stretching out his legs and leaning back on his hands, “but when I go down sometimes, I’ll ride the railing.”

“That’s true I have seen him do that,” Mary said as she grabbed a vinyl with a mostly black record sleeve and headed over to join the others.

Lily rolled her eyes as she realized that they were fucking with her.

“Okay, this one is called Sheer Heart Attack. It’s brand new, it only came out in November but it's already huge. A couple of the singles are all over the radio back home, but I waited until I was back here to listen to it fully.” Mary said.

“I-“ Lily started but then weighed her options and decided that Sirius was unlikely to solve this mystery for her tonight, and she hadn’t really had much time with her friends since coming back from break. She chose to let it go and join the group. “Do you want me to set up the player or do you have it?”

“I’ve got it,” Mary said, smiling at Lily brightly. “Did you hear any of this back home? It’s Queen.”

“No not much, my sister isn't really one for rock music,” Lily said sitting down across from Sirius with her back to the window. It was technically true, Petunia despised rock music, but she had a particular distaste for Queen since she had heard a broadcast speculating about the sexuality of the lead singer.

“Oh, but it’s not even proper rock, it’s more like glam rock.” Mary reasoned, taking the record out of the sleeve.

“Do you know what any of this means?” Marlene stage whispered to Sirius.

“I think they’re talking about the different breeds of music.” Sirius stage whispered back.

“Yeah, Petunia doesn’t much care for Queen though, and its genres of music, not breeds.” Lily corrected.

“She’s got a problem with Freddie then?” Mary guessed.

“A bit yeah, she’s…” Lily searched for a polite term, “traditional.”

“Oh yeah,” Mary hummed, “I forget that your family is like properly religious.”

“They’re not though, Petunias just gotten real into it since I left. Something about them thinking witchcraft is an abomination.”

“No offense Lily but your sister’s kind of a bitch.” Marlene said as she took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of her jacket pocket.

Well apparently i can't post the whole thing here. okay well here's the link again

[pangaeaseas]

I was rereading Prisoner of Azkaban and I completely forgot that Sirius was canonically described as James and Lily’s best friend? It’s mentioned way too many times to be a mere coincidence:

“Why hadn’t anyone ever mentioned the fact that Harry’s parents had died because their best friend had betrayed them?”

“He was going to live with Sirius Black, his parents’ best friend … He felt dazed.”

“For maybe half an hour, a glorious half hour, he had believed he would be living with Sirius from now on . . . his parents’ best friend.”

“He was my mum and dad’s best friend. He’s a convicted murderer, but he’s broken out of Wizard prison and he’s on the run.”

It’s not like the text had to include Lily here. She was not involved in the story of their animagi transformations or the creation of the map. Nor are Remus or Peter ever linked to Lily in such a way – their friendship with James and Sirius is repeatedly emphasized, and I think it’s probable they were friendly with Lily as well, but their own connection to her is never textually highlighted the way Sirius’s is. So I think the emphasis of Sirius being Lily’s best friend as well is purposeful (and even if it wasn’t, it doesn’t matter, it’s textually canon regardless)

It’s unclear when or how they became friends, but I love that James was clearly not the link connecting them together – Lily and Sirius remained in contact with each other entirely independently from him, as her letter proves. I remember reading somewhere that Sirius is the only one of Lily’s canon relationships that’s about her receiving support rather than giving it, which is what she deserves.

I think the revelation of Lily and Snape being best friends has overshadowed her connection to Sirius in the fandom, which sucks, because I think Deathly Hallows paralleled these two friendships in really interesting ways:

Lily got sorted into Gryffindor and looked back sadly at Snape … and then turned away from Sirius, who specifically tried to make room for her at the house table.

Adult!Lily wrote a letter with “lots of love” to Sirius … only for Snape, her former best friend, to tear it apart and claim it for himself after she and Sirius had both died.

Anyway sorry I went off a little lol, I just love these two + James a lot <3

i love blackevans friendship so much as well! it's just delicious they have such potential for a fun connection--and it doesn't need to have anything to do with James, it can be about them (though ofc they are also both close to James. they talk about him lol).

[gigglesandfreckles-hp]

I loveeee how you portray Lily and Sirius's friendship in your fics. Truly one of the most underappreciated brotps. Do you have any BlackEvans hcs?

OH DO I

they got blackout drunk one time in 7th year and ended up sleeping together (in the literal sense) in sirius's bed. cuddling was involved and they were mutually horrified the next day. james reminds them at every possible opportunity.

sirius went wedding dress shopping with lily!! she wanted honest opinions and someone who would make her laugh and get tipsy on champagne with her so he was the only real choice.

they both know things about each other that james doesn't know about either of them. it's not an intentional secret-keeping thing, they just connect on things that don't really involve james.

sirius and lily completed more order missions together than any other duo. james and lily did a few, but couldn't always be trusted not to martyr themselves for the other. james and sirius did a lot, but they were a bit trigger happy when together. sirius and lily however played to each others' strengths with excellence.

they were partners in divination third year. she still couldn't stand him but they called truce during that class and had an excellent time making shit up every day. sirius was disappointed when lily dropped the class after third year.

lily never uses any of the marauder nicknames except for padfoot. (yes i know she says wormy in the letter but i don't care) she doesn't use it frequently but it's always tinged with affection when she does.

they bonded in a detention at the end of 6th year. sirius got the detention because he hexed snape for attacking james. lily got the detention because she...also hexed snape for attacking james. that's when they realised they had more power together than apart.

sirius is the least empathic person on earth but he can read lily like a book and correctly advises james on when to back off and when to crowd in.

the regulus/petunia parallels. obviously. sirius teaches lily to stop making excuses for her sister. lily tries to teach sirius to understand regulus's fear.

[chdarling]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

As always, excellent work! I loved the chapter sososososooso much. Lily being a baddass, poor poor Graham who's definitely gonna get in trouble and gonna get himself killed, the Blackevans friendship! THE JILY REUNION! AND THE SNAPE AND LILY CONFRONTATION! BEAUTIFUL ALL OF IT!

Except the roll credits, you monster :( I cried.

Anyway, I just hope you know when Lily was in the interrogation with Crouch (ugh!) and she talked about the picture of Carter-Myles and the Minister I just kept picturing this:

And boy if that wasn't hilarious in my head.

Anyway, again, loved the chapter and thank you so much for giving this to us and for all this work you're putting out here! I just hope you know we appreciate it a lot! Not only your writing (which is amazing and you write the characters so well and this whole fic is canon for me now) but this little community you've created. Just... thank you so much. Take care and don't worry about the next chapter!

Oh no the picture didn’t come through!

Thank you so much for the kind words though 🥺❤️

And sorry about that roll credits song 😅

[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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