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Fic Rec: A Cup Affair

A murder-mystery Jily fic by @maraudersinparadise

(AU) Lily Evans is a topliner Auror who simply hates working on cases involving celebritities and press. James Potter is England's major star and hope for the 1982 Quidditch World Cup - but he also ends up being the major suspect in a murder investigation, and the Auror in charge is his old colleague Lily Evans.

Completed Words: 82k Chapters: 17 Rating: Teen and Up

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Fic Rec: The Heir and the Spare

Book I of Our Love is Written in the Stars by @iwriteasfotini

At eleven years old, Sirius Black has known little beyond a sheltered life of the pureblood elite. He is desperate to escape his oppressive house and vicious mother. But he also feels conflicted about leaving his beloved brother behind. At Hogwarts, Sirius begins writing a new name for himself with his unexpected sorting, and lands himself in the midst of a group of boys who will open his eyes to the joys of friendship. From lessons, to pranks, to a pair of brown eyes who always make his stomach flip, the year is filled with more magic than he could ever have anticipated. The beginning of an epic journey, this is the first installment in the Our Love is Written in the Stars series. It takes place in the 1971-1972 school year. Most of the main characters are eleven and turn twelve.

Completed Words: 109k Chapters: 25 Rating: Mature

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Fic Rec: I'll Be Fine, I'll Be Good

A slytherin!lily Jily fic by @kay-elle-cee

From the moment the Sorting Hat is lifted from her head, Lily Evans knows nothing but the need for survival. Her Slytherin housemates despise her for her blood, and the rest of the war-worn world is suspicious of her for what qualities a centuries-old hat saw in her at age eleven. Lily Evans is never enough. Until she’s given the chance to be. Until she is.

Completed Words: 63k Chapters: 6 Rating: Mature

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Fic Rec: Your Love Thawed Out

A domestic Jily fic by @myuntoldstory

He felt her pain in ways that made the cores of his bones ache, but by the end of it, she glowed. She beamed and laughed and cried happy tears that made her shine. Harry squalled and squirmed as she held him close to her chest, crying and sobbing and falling heavily against James, and the weight of both halves of his heart leaning against him made him feel like he was finally complete. Like falling in love all over again. In the first few weeks after Harry's birth, James tries to recover from the trauma of the delivery. To help him are moments of domestic bliss, happily married life, and mad, chaotic friends who will spoil the hell out of his beloved son.

Completed Words: 13k Chapters: 8 Rating: Explicit

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Fic Rec: The Thing About (Il)licit Affairs

A friends-with-benefits Jily fic by @startanewdream

“It would be almost stupid if we didn’t—I mean, I’m single. You’re single. And we are friends.” Or James and Lily embark in a journey of friendship with benefits and set some rules. Too bad James is a rulebreaker by nature and no one tells Lily what she should do.

Completed Words: 37k Chapters: 8 Rating: Mature

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Fic Rec: Spitting Image

A Jily-as-parents fic by @charmsandtealeaves

James Potter always knew he wanted to build a family, he just hadn’t found the right person to build it with - yet. Freezing his sperm at Gringotts Sperm Bank was a no-brainer really. He’d have children when he found the right person, and now he had an insurance policy. Then Lily Evans walked into his place of work with her son - the spitting image of him.

Completed Words: 41k Chapters: 16 Rating: Mature

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Fic Rec: Dark Marks

Book II of The Last Enemy by @chdarling

The entrance to Hell is hidden at the base of a large willow tree, a human-sized hollow tangled in its roots, ready to swallow you whole... It’s 1976 and the events of the past term at Hogwarts have left their mark on all involved. But it’s a new school year now, with new teachers, new rules, and new regrets. Yet as the war clamoring outside the castle walls grows ever louder, the students inside will learn that some marks are impossible to wash away.

Completed Words: 407k Chapters: 71 Rating: Mature

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Fic Rec: Nom De Plume

A coworkers-to-lovers Jily fic by @annabtg

James Potter, renowned potioneer, has a secret side career as an erotica writer under the pen name of Scarlett Goldwing. When his latest book starts to take off, and Scarlett is asked to promote it at a public event, he has no other option but to recruit his colleague Lily Evans to pretend to be Scarlett. The only problem is, Lily Evans hates his guts… or does she?

Completed Words: 46k Chapters: 9 Rating: Explicit

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Fic Rec: Head Over Handlebars

A modern Muggle-Jily fic by @practicecourts

The very fortunate James Potter fears his luck has run out when he has an accident in Amsterdam. The less-than-fortunate Lily Evans falls head over feet for the stranger she fished out of the canal. Or Once upon a time, Lily Evans finds herself alone in the streets of Amsterdam. James Potter is in Amsterdam to ride a bike. Of course, they meet. It ain't pretty. Geese are angry. This is the story of what happens before they live happily ever after.

Completed Words: 137k Chapters: 33 Rating: Mature

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Between the Desire and the Spasm

A second-chance-romance Jily fic by @uncertainwallflower

Trains are arguably the centre of everything. The sinew of civilisation for muggles and wizards alike. They are where all walks of life converge. Congregate. In synchronised traversal. Shared agony inflicted by the piercing screech of metal on metal, bonding all patrons aboard a carriage. And outside. A passing glimpse of someone you thought you’d never see again. Trains. They change everything.

Rating: M AO3

Undercurrent

A Hogwarts-angst Jily fic by @howluckydoyouhavetobe

It’s Sirius’s 17th birthday, and his only wish is for the Gryffindor Chaser to kiss the Gryffindor redhead. // Lily goes out someone who's not James, and James is seething. Lily seems to care more about if James noticed than about her actual date. Remus is caught in between it all. // Takes place from October 31st, 1976 - November 6th, 1976.

Rating: T AO3

Encounters of the Future Sort

A time travel Jily, Wolfstar and Hinny fic by @calmlyerratic

AU & headcanon-oriented time travel. A freak cauldron explosion leads the Marauders, Lily, and Sev hurtling forward into the future where they come into contact with Harry and friends during their 5th Year at Hogwarts. Alternating POV's. Anything is possible. Lots of silly shenanigans, but also an emotional rollercoaster. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ Harry held his breath. The following fraction of a moment felt like a heartbeat split with an eternity—unstable enough to simultaneously rattle and soothe the collective consciousness. A boy of Harry's height and frame stepped through the portrait hole. He had round spectacles, a long nose, and dark hair that stuck up in all directions. "Wow!" Fred and George exclaimed in unison, looking between Harry and James. "You're identical!"

Rating: T AO3

These Dorms Were Once A Madhouse

Book I of We Will Be Remembered by writteninthewolfstar

My (long) fluffy, silly, emotional, intense, heart-wrenching take on the Marauders seven years at Hogwarts. (Year 1 alternates Remus and Lily POV and following that we alternate between several main characters.) (UPDATES EVERY SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY!) (also fuck JKR)

Rating: M AO3

To Live Without a Heart

A James-without-Lily fic by @uncertainwallflower

James wasn’t home that night. It was the one decent thing Peter did, and James hated him for it.

Rating: M AO3

The Hawthorn Blowëth Sweetest

A medieval Jily fic by @uncertainwallflower

James, son to duty and fairness, is revered as the Young Lord of wintry Caledonia. Lilibet, daughter to curiosity and kindness, driven to silence and submissiveness by her vindictive stepmother and selfish stepsister, is desperate to gain freedom in whatever form it takes. Brought together by cruel intent and manipulated honour, the two grow to love each other despite their reservations and all that spit at their blessing.

Rating: M AO3

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Fic Rec: The Howling Nights

Book I of The Last Enemy by @chdarling

It’s 1975 and war is simmering beneath the surface of the Wizarding world...but at Hogwarts, it’s magic as usual as the fifth years prepare for their O.W.L.s amidst politics, pranks, and other poor choices. Severus Snape wants to prove his worth. Lily Evans wants a fresh start. James Potter wants Lily Evans, though no one is more surprised by this than him. Sirius Black wants to write himself a new story. Remus Lupin wants to survive the next moon. Peter Pettigrew just wants to keep up. But as tensions bubble over, sides will be chosen, friendships destroyed, families parted, and paths forever altered.

Completed Words: 208k Chapters: 55 Rating: Teen and Up

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Fic Rec: Pinkest Bluestocking of the Ton

A Jily Bridgerton AU by @wearingaberetinparis

Dearest Reader, the ton are abuzz with the latest gossip, and so it is my honour to impart to you the news that the Duke of Peverell has returned to London at last! A year after setting off on his tour of Europe, Lady Peverell's son has returned and rumour has it that his mother is preparing for the most joyous of occasions: a late summer wedding that sees her son wed the next Duchess of Peverell. It is my sincere hope that you have stored a bottle of wine for this most delightful of upcoming events for if ever there were a more determined mama, this writer is Icarus and this society paper has been scorched for flying too close to the sun.

Completed Words: 93k Chapters: 21 Rating: Mature

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