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I’ll Be Good (Talk Me Down)

James is determined to stay away from short, freckled redheads. Lily, having had enough drama for a lifetime, is equally resolved to avoid dark-haired troublemakers. But he rarely does what he ought, and she is too stubborn for her own good. It should be an interesting year.

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Chapter Thirteen or I’ll Be Good

DEATH EATERS INVADE HOGSMEADE VILLAGE

That was the headline of the Daily Prophet the morning after the attack. No names had been released, for the sake of the parents. As far as the wizarding world knew, all students had made their way back to the castle safely.

James, of course, knew different.

(I never meant to start a fire)

The weather started to warm up by the end of February. The customary blankets of snow had melted away and, every so often, the sun would come out and play.

Today was one of those days.

It felt mocking, really. As though their grief wasn’t that bad, wasn’t so legitimate, because at least they had the sun. James wanted to climb on his racing broom and punch it in the face. Unfortunately, that wasn’t really a possibility, so he turned to other things; drank more than his fair share of Firewhisky, threw himself into Quidditch, got into trouble more often than not, all but ignored his friends, his brothers in everything but blood, and above all else… he kept his distance from Lily Evans.

Not that what had happened was her fault, and it wasn’t that he blamed her exactly… well, maybe he did a little. She hadn’t done anything wrong, but just looking at her felt like rubbing salt on an open wound. Because why else would he have left Susan by herself in the middle of an attack if not to run after his precious Lily?

If only he’d stayed by his girlfriend (his girlfriend, for Merlin’s sake), maybe things could have turned out differently.

If only he hadn’t been so fucking in love with Lily Evans, if only she wasn’t the only god damn person on his mind, if only he hadn’t been so desperate to get to her, maybe Susan would still be with them. Maybe Elizabeth wouldn’t have spent the whole night sobbing inside her four poster, maybe the Daily Prophet wouldn’t have had such a fucking field day with it all, maybe—

If only.

Sometimes the heart made the stupidest fucking decisions.

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If you, like me, think it’s been far too long since our last fandom-wide Jily event, be glad to know that the jilyfest blog will be hosting another fest in late May or early June! 

Our last fest, trope fest, was almost two years ago, which is entirely unacceptable. (For your perusing pleasure, Kristina’s pirate fest and royalty fest are archived here as well.)

Because fests are fun with increased participation, I’d like a theme that piques the most interest. I’m considering some themes listed below, but it’s completely flexible and  suggestions are welcome.

Summer fest

Canon fest or AU fest (if we did this, we’d have the opposite fest later in the summer)

Wedding fest

It’d be great to see a great Jily resurgence, if only for a few days!

–Linds

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there was his father waving up at him, beaming, the untidy black hair harry had inherited standing up in all directions. there was his mother, alight with happiness, arm in arm with his dad.

jily, for @jilyss - happy holidays from your potter secret santa! hope you enjoy the gift ♡

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It’s been too long since I’ve last posted some jily in here.

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Introducing the Twelve Days of Jily Christmas challenge!

Everyone loves a good marauder era Christmas, but not everyone has the time to create content for a deadline. The 12 Days of Jily Christmas challenge is a casual, no commitment challenge with 12 days of prompts for you to fill. 

We accept all content and creations and all you have to do to submit your work is tag us in it when it’s posted!

There’ll be 2 prompts everyday for 12 days, focusing on Christmas as well as big moments in the marauders’ and jily’s life. 

Prompts will be released by the end of November and the challenge will start on December 14th. 

We’ll be tracking the tags #12daysofficmas, #12doxmas, and #12daysofjilychristmas and we can’t wait to see your creations in there!

If you have any questions (or prompt suggestions!) feel free to send us an ask and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Reblog this post to spread the holiday cheer!

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Introducing the Twelve Days of Jily Christmas challenge!

Everyone loves a good marauder era Christmas, but not everyone has the time to create content for a deadline. The 12 Days of Jily Christmas challenge is a casual, no commitment challenge with 12 days of prompts for you to fill. 

We accept all content and creations and all you have to do to submit your work is tag us in it when it’s posted!

There’ll be 2 prompts everyday for 12 days, focusing on Christmas as well as big moments in the marauders’ and jily’s life. 

Prompts will be released by the end of November and the challenge will start on December 14th. 

We’ll be tracking the tags #12daysofficmas, #12doxmas, and #12daysofjilychristmas and we can’t wait to see your creations in there!

If you have any questions (or prompt suggestions!) feel free to send us an ask and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Reblog this post to spread the holiday cheer!

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jily social media au:

the best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. -_the notebook, _nicholas sparks

happy birthday, zay! for @alicelongbottom! 

excuse the blurriness, half of it was made on photoshop, half on my phone.

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Introducing the Twelve Days of Jily Christmas challenge!

Everyone loves a good marauder era Christmas, but not everyone has the time to create content for a deadline. The 12 Days of Jily Christmas challenge is a casual, no commitment challenge with 12 days of prompts for you to fill. 

We accept all content and creations and all you have to do to submit your work is tag us in it when it’s posted!

There’ll be 2 prompts everyday for 12 days, focusing on Christmas as well as big moments in the marauders’ and jily’s life. 

Prompts will be released by the end of November and the challenge will start on December 14th. 

We’ll be tracking the tags #12daysofficmas, #12doxmas, and #12daysofjilychristmas and we can’t wait to see your creations in there!

If you have any questions (or prompt suggestions!) feel free to send us an ask and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Reblog this post to spread the holiday cheer!

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Announcements

Due to the fact that most of our members have been pretty busy dealing with real life at the moment, we’re sad to announce that we will not be hosting a Jily Secret Santa gift exchange this year.

Instead however we’ve partnered up with @padfootdidit to host 12 Days of Jily Christmas, a more casual event with far less commitment than a gift exchange. Prompts will be released at the end of November and the challenge will start on December 14th. Check out the @twelvedaysofjilychristmas blog for more details.

We hope to see you there!

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Hi! Will you guys be hosting Jily Secret Santa this year??

We are currently discussing it as most of members are currently swamped with irl dealings. Within the next week we’ll make a post on if we are/ aren’t

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I love you ❤️

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jilytober ♥ i wouldn’t go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid

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This is the time of the year I catch myself drawing Jily

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He had drawn a Snitch and was now tracing the letters ‘L.E.’.

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Jilytober:

the story of lily and james potter through quotes from the harry potter books.

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JILYTOBER: — i wanna love you with all the lights on

i wanna love you with the lights on keep you up all night long darling, i wanna see every inch of you i get lost in the way you move

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Lily, take Harry and go! It’s him! Go! Run! I’ll hold him off!