#i. development: frank longbottom.

[sunnami]

marauders era — the interactive story. [sneak peek.]

experience the thrill of being sorted into your hogwarts house all over again! who will you be in this story? a daring gryffindor, a generous hufflepuff, a clever slytherin, or an inquisitive ravenclaw?

will you be kind? reserved? bold? or, perhaps, mischievous? the choice is yours!

roam the castle corridors, attend your favorite classes and build your stats—go on a path that YOU choose!

spend your time at the library, or discover the secrets of the castle. develop your magic—do you like herbology or defense against the dark arts?

but more importantly, befriend students from other houses, or keep to your own circle, make enemies—or even fall in love!

(includes options for pronouns, any romantic path for the reader to pursue, etc.)

interact with these characters: lily evans, james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, peter pettigrew, dorcas meadowes, marlene mckinnon, gideon and fabian prewett, frank longbottom.

narcissa black, regulus black, lucius malfoy, barty crouch jr.

xenophilius lovegood, amos diggory, and more!

your story is yours to write!

snippet:

(this is a work in progress. a very, very rough draft that will undergo a long period of coding, writing, and editing!)

i have ALWAYS wanted to write an interactive story, not one based on votes—but one where a reader can stumble upon it months later and still be able to make their choices. when i was younger, i bought an interactive fantasy book, and it was the most magical novel i’ve ever read. i am so, so, excited to share this with everyone! it will be my first ever interactive story, so i only ask for a bit of patience, ueuue.

this is a gift for my friends, my wonderful readers, who have been so kind and generous to me, and so this is my show of love for everyone! 🤎🤎

feel free to leave any suggestions, comments, and feedback as i go through the development stage! i’ll be sharing progress and snippets every now and then.

again, thank you all so much!

— sunny

[piscesmoonpress]

Art Heist, Baby! by otrtbs (@otrtbs)

When James Potter answers a mysterious ad in his local coffee shop, the last thing he expects is to be thrown into a world of white collar crime, but how can he resist when the mastermind behind the operation has dark hair and brooding eyes and promises wealth beyond James' wildest imagination? He would do anything for that boy named after a star, including stealing millions of dollars of fine art.

Pairing: Regulus Black/James Potter, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Alice Longbottom/Frank Longbottom Fandom: Harry Potter

Disclaimer: otrtbs no longer allows binds of Art Heist, Baby!. This edition was first typeset and bound in May of 2023. Please do not use this post as a permission to bind Art Heist, Baby!.

Art Heist, Baby! was one of the very first jegulus fics I read, and eventually became my second-ever bind. The original binding for this fic was done over the course of a single weekend, which makes me cringe a little now—but I am still so proud of this typeset and the bind itself, despite its flaws.

Half-Letter | 219,117 words | 609 pages

Title and Drop Cap Font: Bodoni 72 Body: Adobe Garamond Pro Accent(s): Gill Sans, Futura Condensed

Typset by me in Word.

Designed by me in Illustrator.

Materials

Cover Bookcloth: Duo in Blue Jean HTV: Siser Brand in Gold Metal and Powder Blue Endbands: Mettler Silk Finish Thread Endpapers: Chiyogami Paper

Eventually, I found that the structure of my previous binding was less-than-ideal, and I decided to rebind my copy. Given that I couldn't change the typeset, I spent a lot of time deciding on a cover design, and eventually settled on using Ivan Aivazovsky's Ship on Stormy Seas (a painting synonymous with this fic) as inspiration.

The process of turning the boat from this painting into something that could be used with a single shade of HTV was difficult, but I eventually settled upon a design I was happy with after messing around in Illustrator for a couple weeks.

When I removed the cover from this bind, I also trimmed and painted the edges, sewed double-core french endbands (two-tone, to match the bookcloth), and reinforced the spine (though I couldn't do much for the pre-existing swell). Overall, I am thrilled with how it looks, and with how my original typeset fits with my more developed design style.

Thank you to Nat, for writing such a beautiful (and heart-wrenching) story. Art Heist, Baby! is free to read on ao3, here.

[againaweasel]

002 for remus please

Thank you for the ask!!

How I feel about this character: 

My ultimate favourite character in everything. The standard to which all characters are judged. My Roman Empire.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: 

Tonks

James potter

Benjy fenwick

Peter Pettigrew (sorta)

Emmeline Vance (but only in But He Didnt Want The Moon tbh)

Frank and Alice Longbottom as long as it’s at the same time (I haven’t thought about it too hard but I know I’m right)

My non-romantic OTP for this character: 

His and Sirius’ deliciously complex post - POA friendship

The marauders as a unit

With James

With peter

With Kingsley

My unpopular opinion about this character: 

He fawns or flights as a trauma response. It doesn’t mean he’s not developed as a character or not 3- dimensional if he doesn’t fix things with his fists or going off in violent rages. Man is terrified of confrontation and people pleasing to an absolute fault and people get hurt because of it.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

His arc is greatly restricted by the fact he dies in DH. It’s already a fairly ambitious thing to attempt to pull off with an adult side character that Harry can only really see 3 times a year and who isn’t the type to share his every thought, but the fact it ends and there’s no further prospect for growth off screen is detrimental to the whole thing.

He should have had the chance at recovery and healing by living a life with Tonks and working through issues rather than running away from them. I understand that he doesn’t because war isn’t that kind, but still.

my OTP

Remus x Tonks all day every day

my cross over ship:

I don’t think I have one, sorry.

(Remus and Vision. Are they too similar? yes. Do I care all that much? No. I love them both so I will make them kiss like lil Ken dolls)

a headcanon fact:

He’s not great at growing facial hair. That moustache in PoA? The only thing he can grow that’s not incredibly patchy.

He’s also a vegetarian after spending the year in Greybacks camp

[luneengene2]

&Team OT9 (Headcanon) : They Are Born to a Wizarding Family in the Harry Potter Universe

What if &Team was born into a wizarding family? (AU : There was no crime committed by Lord Voldemort 'Tom Riddle' and Gellert Grindelwald AKA There are no magic wars or 'chaos')

• Warnings : Grammatical errors

• A/N : I got really excited while writing this headcanon, my inner Potterhead came to the surface for Teamies again!🥺🫶🏻. This time I will really write according to the headcanon that I created again for the teamies, sorry if this doesn't match what you think. Because this is really pure headcanon that I created from my own imagination.

// EUIJOO //

• Family : Goldstein

• English Name : Eugene Alexander Goldstein

• Family Members :

- Parents : Aster Goldstein & Vena Goldstein (Author Headcanon)

- Siblings : Anthony Goldstein (Younger brother)

• Blood Status : Half-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Ravenclaw

He was born as the eldest son of the Goldstein family. His godfather is Newt Scamander, husband of his distant relative, Porpentina Goldstein. He has one younger brother who was in the same year as Harry Potter, Anthony Goldstein.

Since childhood, he has had a talent for magic which is relatively fast developing, because of his intelligence. He is the art lover in his family. His focus in art is music and singing. He has a beautiful voice and is good at playing musical instruments, one of which is the violin. He often appeared and played music at Goldstein family Christmas parties or in front of other relatives. His parents were truly like a diamond in the rough as their firstborn son truly showed his true Ravenclaw side.

At the age of 11, he entered Hogwarts and was sorted into Ravenclaw house. He argued briefly with the sorting hat because the sorting hat said he was also suitable for Slytherin. His first friend at Hogwarts was Cedric Diggory, they first met on the Hogwarts Express when Cedric was looking for an empty compartment to sit. He and Cedric became good friends even though they were in different houses, they competed healthily about winning the house cup. Not only with Cedric, he is also close to his distant cousin, Rolf Scamander, who is the grandson of his godfather.

Euijoo joins the duel club and the Slug club. Professor Slughorn invites Euijoo to the club he owns because apart from being smart, he has a beautiful voice. A sign that he was Professor Slughorn's favorite student. Euijoo is one of the songwriters for Professor Flitwick's unofficial glee club. He is often asked by Professor Flitwick to write some songs if needed, he is willing to be selfless when doing that. He was once invited to join the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team because some of the Ravenclaw Quidditch members knew he had an athletic side too, but he refused. He doesn't like extreme sports even though he has good flying lessons.

Euijoo is Ravenclaw's prefect. One of the strong candidates to be the head boy because his grades are really above average. He really had perfect manners as he never misbehaved with his fellow students, he just wanted to focus on his grades and stay away from some of the naughty kids.

(This is the fact) A high tolerance for alcohol, he could drink up to four bottles of fire whiskey without faltering.

Euijoo has the main target of becoming an Arithmetic teacher and opening an official choir club at Hogwarts. When he said he wanted to be a teacher in front of his friends, his friends immediately said that the position would definitely be 'secured' by the head of Ravenclaw house, Professor Flitwick for him. It was as if he really would find it easy to become a teacher because of his good behavior and grades during school (Imagine Euijoo being your teacher/professor, I could be Jesica if he became a teacher🧍‍♀️)

// FUMA //

• Family : Longbottom

• English Name : Asher Frank Longbottom (GEMINI AI)

• Family Members :

- Parents : Frank Longbottom & Alice Longbottom

- Siblings : Neville Longbottom (Younger brother) // Galena Longbottom (Younger sister) = Author's Headcanon

- Grandparents : Augusta Longbottom (Paternal grandmother)

• Blood Status : Pure-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Gryffindor

He was born as the first son of the Longbottom family. His birth was welcomed very happily by his family, especially his paternal grandmother, Augusta. Because finally after all this time the Longbottom family had another child around them. His godparents are Lily and James Potter, making himself very close to the Potter family, including Harry. He has one younger brother and one younger sister, Neville and Galena.

His athletic side began to emerge when he was six years old. At such a young age, he could already ride and control a broomstick well. However, his magic sometimes went too far because he accidentally destroyed his grandmother's display cabinet which contained antique and valuable objects. At that time, he was still four years old. He is skilled in Muggle martial arts such as taekwondo.

Fuma enters Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor house. The sorting hat screamed Gryffindor in less than five seconds when it was placed on his head.

His best grades were in flying lessons, which Professor Mcgonagall immediately knew about. Fuma is immediately included in the list of next Quidditch players if his seniors who are in their seventh year graduate. Professor Mcgonagall knew Fuma would not refuse this, she knew very well Fuma was very obsessed with Quidditch. That really made him very compatible with Oliver Wood, they had an extraordinary madness about Quidditch. Because of Fuma's INTJ brain, Slytherin is sometimes quite overwhelmed by Fuma's Gryffindor strategy.

PROTECTIVE OLDER BROTHER TYPE! He rarely acts harshly, but he really won't use his mouth anymore to 'expel' someone who goes too far towards his two siblings. He once punched Marcus Flint so hard that his nose was broken because Marcus dared to make inappropriate advances towards his sister, Galena.

He has a huge crush on Carina Black, pretty and sweet daughter of Sirius Black and Marlene Mckinnon. He first met Carina when they were five years old, and at Carina's birthday party. He initially thought it was just childhood love, but his feelings continued.

Even though he has a great passion for Quidditch, Fuma wants to be an auror like his father, he wants a job that can protect and be useful to many people.

// KEI //

• Family : Nott

• English Name : Jude Atlas Nott (GEMINI AI)

• Family Members :

- Parents : Linden Nott & Stella Nott (née Black) = Author's Headcanon

- Siblings : Theodore Nott (Younger brother)

- Grandparents : Cygnus Black & Druella Black (née Rosier) = Maternal Grandparents

- Aunts : Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black), Narcissa Malfoy (née Black), Andromeda Tonks (née Black) = Maternal aunt

- Cousins : Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks = Maternal Cousins

• Blood Status : Pure-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Slytherin

Born into a family that was a member of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, he had abundant wealth since childhood. His father and mother were both born into wealthy wizarding families and firmly adhered to pure blood supremacy. His mother was the second daughter of the Black family and Bellatrix's twin. Making him have the blood of a noble wizard family. Being born into a family that upholds pure-blood supremacy means he also has 'bad' values ​​towards non-pure-bloods. He thought that pure-blood wizards were the highest caste and no one could 'defeat' them. This made him have a strong hatred towards the exiled members of the Black family. He had a very bad relationship with Andromeda, Sirius and Nymphadora, thinking that they were both just bad offspring of the Black family.

He is the main heir of the Nott family, he is the favorite grandson of Cygnus and Druella even though he was 'not' the heir to the Black family, because of his sharp temperament regarding pure-bloods. His elegant and unassuming temperament also makes him really show that he is the dream grandson for Cygnus and Druella. He is also Bellatrix's favorite nephew.

He was a true Slytherin, and those values ​​had really emerged since he was very little. The sorting hat was a no-brainer to put him in Slytherin. His soul was truly strong.

He is one of the best Quidditch athletes in Slytherin. Several times he 'carried' his team to win the house cup for Slytherin. He has a completely different nature to his younger brother, Theodore. Theodore tends to often cause trouble at Hogwarts, making his parents often summoned to Hogwarts. His relationship with Theodore is not very good, especially since Theodore hates being compared to him. Theodore's temperament did not show that he was born from a magical family of royal blood. He has good academic grades in all subjects and has never had bad results or revised.

Draco and him were quite close, what's more they were direct cousins. They both have the same arrogance, although Kei looks calmer and can show his arrogance subtly. He is very hostile to Nymphadora even though his cousin tries to be nice to him.

Even though he is rich, he is not the type of playboy who can play with girls. He had refined tastes that definitely equaled his status. If anyone asked what type of girl he was, he would immediately answer Daphne Greengrass or his mother. He doesn't have any feelings for Daphne, but his type of girl is Daphne. Born into a pure-blood family, rich, elegant, intelligent and friendly-mouthed.

// NICHOLAS //

• Family : Lestrange

• English Name : Altair 'Nicholas' Lestrange

• Family Members :

- Parents : Rodholpus Lestrange & Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black)

- Siblings : Cassiopeia Brisels Lestrange (Older Sister) = Author's Headcanon

- Grandparents : Cygnus Black & Druella Black (née Rosier) = Maternal Grandparents

- Aunts : Narcissa Malfoy (née Black), Andromeda Tonks (née Black) = Maternal aunt

- Uncle : Rabastan Lestrange = Paternal uncle

- Cousins : Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks = Maternal Cousins // Russel Lestrange, Sterling Lestrange, Azure Lestrange = Paternal cousin (Author's Headcanon)

• Blood Status : Pure Blood

• Hogwarts House (Current School) : Slytherin

↪️ Durmstrang House (Former School) : Atticus

Born to very strict parents, having a dark aura and being a pure-blooded maniac, Nicholas had a pretty crazy childhood. Since he was little, his parents always taught him that they were the highest among wizards, namely pure-bloods. His parents' dislike of non-pure blood people made Nicholas also experience the same temperament as his parents. His parents married without love, only an arranged marriage to strengthen their pure-blood connection, making Nicholas also grow up seeing his parents never having any warmth towards each other. He was used to seeing his parents arguing and cursing at each other. One of his main triggers is that he is temperamental. His mother was the type who cared little about her children, while his father was very favoritism. His father loved his older sister, Cassiopeia, more. For Rodholpus, Cassiopeia is his happiness and pride for some reason. It was as if Nicholas had never existed in front of his father, even though he was his heir.

His godparents are Narcissa and Regulus. He tends to be closer to his uncle and aunt compared to his parents. They were both like home to him.

At the age of 11, Nicholas was sent to Durmstrang for his studies, not Hogwarts. Sending him to Dumstrang was his father's idea which of course was done without asking Nicholas. Nicholas of course didn't want to go to Dumstrang, because it was very far from where he lived even though in the end he studied in Dumstrang for three years. He moved to Hogwarts in his fourth year after his maternal grandparents calmed down an argument with his parents that Nicholas should be at Hogwarts. He was sorted into Slytherin house (OFC).

Having studied at Dumstrang, Nicholas made it easy for him to adapt to Hogwarts. Not only that, he was brilliant in subjects that actually contained black magic. His Quidditch experience at Dumstrang also made him an easy entry into the Slytherin Quidditch team and he also held the position of captain due to his crazy dirty strategies. Even though he was brilliant in all aspects, Nicholas was also a troublemaker at Hogwarts, he was naughty and sometimes often caused trouble. His temperamental side also makes many students afraid if they accidentally disturb him.

Prima donna! Many girls are very crazy about him, not only because he is handsome, he is tall, wealthy, and has very good body proportions. His arrogant and toxic side made Nicholas become a playboy while he was at school. In a month he can date more than ten girls, and also easily dump them. The girl he was casually dating was not the type he wanted. If the girl he's dating is his type, he won't just let her go or let her go to someone else. Because what he gets he must get, and whatever he has will remain his.

// YUMA //

• Family : Rosier

• English Name : Ridge Ellsworth Rosier

• Family Members :

- Parents : Evan Rosier & Gloria Rosier (née Malfoy) = Gloria is a character created by the Author (Author's Headcanon)

- Grandparents : Abraxas Malfoy = Maternal grandfather

- Uncle : Lucius Malfoy = Maternal uncle

- Cousin : Draco Malfoy = Maternal cousin

• Blood Status : Pure-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Slytherin

Being born as the only child of Evan Rosier made him bear a big responsibility as an heir. His father had high expectations of him, which made him have to be extra in every aspect. Luckily, his mother was a gentle person who could support him emotionally. His grandfather, Abraxas Malfoy, gave him a special bracelet for his 11th birthday, a bracelet that had a beautiful snake design and was plated with gold.

His childhood best friend was Luna Lovegood, the only daughter of his late godmother, Pandora. Yuma and Luna are a duo that can never be separated. Every Christmas they routinely go on holiday together. Yuma always listens to Luna's chatter, even though sometimes Luna talks about strange things, Yuma understands that. He knew Luna must be a true Ravenclaw who was always curious about many things. While at Hogwarts, even though he and Luna were in different houses, Yuma was of course still good friends with Luna. He even occasionally protects Luna from several people who always bother Luna because they think she is strange and crazy.

Yuma is weak in potions, but he still maintains good grades. Because his father didn't like him getting a bad grade in even one subject. Apart from potions, Yuma is also weak in flying lessons, he once fell from his broomstick and hit a window, causing quite serious injuries. But yeah, the value of the lesson is still good. However, he is a pro in the duel club. His spell abilities are truly above average, making Professor Flitwick really like Yuma who is quick to respond to spell lessons.

Yuma and Draco were also quite close at Hogwarts, what's more they were direct cousins. However, Yuma didn't really enter Draco Malfoy's circle. He didn't really like Draco's notoriously annoying circle.

Even though he is an introvert, in fact he really gets along with almost all the Hufflepuffs. Almost all Hufflepuff students know that Yuma is a good Slytherin.

// JO //

• Family : Scamander

• English Name : Joaquin Rudy Scamander

• Family Members :

- Parents : Josh Scamander & Doris Scamander = Author's Headcanon

- Sibling : Rolf Scamander (older brother)

- Grandparents : Newton Scamander & Porpentina Scamander (née Goldstein)

- Uncle : Theseus Scamander = Paternal uncle

- Aunt : Queenie Kowalski (née Goldstein) = Maternal Aunt

• Blood Status : Half-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Hufflepuff

Born into a Scamander family who really loves magical animals, Jo grew up to be a person who also loves magical animals. His grandfather was a famous magizoologist and author of a book entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Since childhood, he and his older brother Rolf Scamander often helped their grandfather with magical creatures. Not only is he interested in magical creatures, Jo has extraordinary artistic talent. He has been able to paint since he was three years old. He often sent paintings of magical animals to his grandparents regularly at Christmas and Easter. Newt and Tina's work room is quite full of paintings made by Jo. Jo have a Kneazle that Newt gave him for his eighth birthday. Kneazle is a magical cat that looks like a small jungle cat. Kneazle is renowned for its ability to sense danger and its loyalty. He named the kneazle Balisto.

When he was at Hogwarts, of course he was sorted into Hufflepuff house. The sorting hat had no hesitation in getting Jo into Hufflepuff. At Hogwarts, he was a 'master' at the Care of Magical Creatures subject. He got the best grades in his class in that subject, just like his brother. He is very close to Luna Lovegood (Who in the future Luna is his sister-in-law). He doesn't think Luna is strange or crazy, because they have the same preferences. He was always excited when there was a magical animal project with Ravenclaw, because he could talk at length with Luna about these animals.

Even though he looks unathletic, Jo is surprisingly athletic compared to his brother. He was even taller than Rolf. He was the chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, but when Cedric Diggory graduated, he was immediately drawn to become the main Seeker because of his increasing sharp speed. He often gets letters from several lines who experience it. He was included in the 'golden boy' group at Hogwarts, because not only was he handsome, he was very accomplished because of his own efforts.

// HARUA //

• Family : Diggory

• English Name : Haven Amos Diggory

• Family Members :

- Parents : Amos Diggory & Mary Diggory = Mary is a character created by the Author (Author's Headcanon)

- Sibling : Cedric Diggory

• Blood Status : Pure-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Hufflepuff

Harua is the youngest son of the Diggory family. His father was a pretty good worker at the ministry of magic, while his mother worked as a home fashion designer (Magically OFC). The harmony of his family made Harua grow into a gentle and loving man. He never shouted, cursed or said anything unpleasant. He and Cedric are very close, Cedric loves and has a sharp protective side towards Harua.

At Hogwarts he was sorted into Hufflepuff. In the same house as Cedric. Many people compare him to Cedric in a very unpleasant way. For example, Cedric is an athletic guy, while Harua is quite weak at flying lessons, because he is very afraid of heights. Harua sometimes also gets very sick easily, which also often makes him get sharp ridicule. Cedric really hates people who think Harua is just his shadow, he wants Harua to be comfortable during his school years without hearing evil comments.

Harua is very good friends with Neville Longbottom, they both like studying herbiology, they are both Professor Sprout's favorite students. Harua even often sleeps over at Neville's house during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Alice and Frank, Neville's parents, also often give Harua gifts for his birthday.

Must have a beautiful Phoenix bird bought from a Japanese wizard when he had the opportunity to visit Mahoutokoro. He became good friends with several Mahoutokoro students after a visit at that time.

// TAKI //

• Family : Potter

• English Name : Richard James Potter

• Family Members :

- Parents : James Potter & Lily Potter (née Evans)

- Sibling : Harry Potter (Twin brother)

- Grandparents : Fleamont Potter & Euphemia Potter = Paternal Grandparents

- Aunt : Petunia Dursley (née Evans) = Maternal Aunt

- Cousin : Dudley Dursley = Maternal Cousin

• Blood Status : Half-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Gryffindor

Being born into the Potter family, which had abundant wealth, meant that his life was filled with wealth and no hardship, especially since his father was an only child. He and Harry have almost the same character, they are both easily angry and reckless. This made him and Harry truly like true twins. It's just that he is relatively calm if the problem he faces is only a very small problem.

While at Hogwarts, he and Harry were both talented at potions, a talent inherited from their mother, Lily. Not only their mother's talent, their father James' Quidditch talent also passed down to them. Taki and Harry are regular members of Gryffindor Quidditch. Not only Quidditch, Taki also joins Professor Flitwick's unofficial choir club, because he has extraordinary singing talent.

Taki is good friends with the Weasley twins, sometimes he takes part in making mischievous things, especially for the Slytherin students who he finds very annoying. He really didn't like Draco Malfoy, especially his arrogant side, to him Draco Malfoy was just a coward who hid under his father's armpit.

He once blew up Dudley's toys at the age of four because he was annoyed with his cousin at Christmas at his maternal grandparents' house. Making Petunia dislike the Potter family even more.

// MAKI //

• Family : Malfoy

• English Name : Archer Lucius Malfoy

• Family Members :

- Parents : Lucius Malfoy & Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)

- Siblings : Draco Malfoy (Older Brother), Asteria Malfoy (Older Sister)

- Grandparents : Abraxas Malfoy = Paternal Grandfather // Cygnus Black & Druella Black (née Rosier) = Maternal Grandparents

- Aunt : Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black), Andromeda Tonks (née Black) = Maternal Aunts

- Cousin : Nymphadora Tonks = Maternal Cousin

• Blood Status : Pure-Blood

• Hogwarts House : Slytherin

He was born as the youngest son of the Malfoy family. He grew up in a luxurious manor and was used to living in luxury since childhood. His grandparents on both sides were among the wealthiest wizarding families in England. Moreover, his maternal grandparents' family belonged to the wizarding aristocratic family in France and England.

The person he envied the most was his older sister, Asteria. Because Asteria was her father's favorite. Meanwhile, he and Draco were always taught strictly by their father. But, even though he had quite a lot of jealousy towards Asteria, Maki was a more protective type of sibling compared to Draco. Asteria seemed to be walking with a high-ranking British royal guard who wouldn't let her touch anything he said could hurt her. Maki is a bit dramatic.

While at Hogwarts, he was the smartest student in his year. But also the most annoying student for Gryffindor. Like his older brother, Maki really often pranks Gryffindors. For him, Gryffindor was his biggest rival compared to Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students.

He once had a big fight with Harry Potter about Quidditch. Harry thinks Slytherin cheated to win, because Oliver actually fainted because of what Slytherin did. This quarrel actually caused the points of the two houses to immediately drop, aka being cut by Dumbledore.

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

"Hey little dude"

"Hey Sirius"

Sirius made a hand shake with the kid. Nigel. This second year was the next prankster progity according to James. It had been last term than Nigel and his friends began making pranks that impressed the Marauders. They were kind of jealous of the new counter pranksters and worried of losing their touch. Then they discovered it was Nigel and his group.

James became friends with Nigel for whatever reason. And now they were very close. James said they might need to consider leaving their legacy to younger kids, since they were graduating this year. But Sirius didn't want to think about that. He didn't want to grow up and stop doing pranks.

Today, Nigel look sad and lost. He reminded Sirius of himself back in the summer after he left Grimmauld Place.

"Hey, have you seen James?" Nigel asked, hugging himself.

"He is probably snogging his girlfriend somewhere" Sirius rolled his eyes without thinking about it. Not even him, James's best friend, had seen much of him. Ever he became a Head Boy, Rugby Captain and The Ginger's boyfriend, he barely have time anymore. That was why Sirius had been spending more and more time with Remus. He loved Moony, perhaps he had been developing feelings for him. Feelings that scared him. But he missed James. His Prongsie. His best friend. His soulmate.

Sirius didn't know how to tell him everything that had been happening lately. All the negative thoughts about himself and his life. He was too embarrassed.

And apparently Sirius wasn't the only one who needed James. Nigel looked sad.

"Are you okay, mate?" Sirius asked

"Yeah, I just wanted to talk to him about something" Nigel scratched his head.

James had become the confident of lots of Gryffindor students since he became Head Boy. Sirius wasn’t the only one James could help. He needed to stop being selfish and a jealous wanker.

"Do you want to talk to me? Maybe I can help you"

Nigel looked at Sirius considering it. Even though Nigel spent lots of time in the Marauders' dorm, playing with James's video games, and Sirius was impressed with the kid, he wasn't good with these things. James was the perfect shoulder to cry on. Sirius knew that first hand. There were so many things he wanted to tell his best friend and didn't know how.

"Nah, it's okay. I rather talk with him..." As soon as he said this, his eyes glowed seeing something behind Sirius. "James!"

Sirius turned to see the man of the hour and Lily behind him climbing through the Portrait Hole.

"Nigy... Nigy..." James beamed, hitting the boy's palm. "What's up, man?"

"Hey" Nigel was smiling now "Hey Lily"

"Hello, darling" Lily smiled.

"Prongs! Nigel here wanted to speak with you" Sirius said, crossing his arms. When did they break apart? Sirius and James used to be inseparable. Sirius felt he was losing him. They were distant and cold. James was holding Lily's hand. Not even looking at Sirius. Sirius felt that girl was taking his best friend away. And that pissed him off.

"Yeah?" James ruffled Nigel's hair "Is it about another prank?"

"A prank?" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Did I say prank?" James asked innocently "I meant... Frank... Do you like Frank?"

Lily pursed her lips. But it was obvious she wanted to laugh.

"Who is Frank?" Nigel asked.

"Frank! Frank Longbottom? Our mate..." James sighed "Never mind"

"I actually wanted to talk about something else" Nigel said nervously "Alone please?"

James immediately adopted his worried expression of a father. The one that had used with Sirius many times. He nodded.

"Dorm is empty, Pads?" James asked, making Sirius blink in surprise.

"Yeah"

"Okay, let's talk there" James said and Nigel nodded. But James stopped on his tracks to say something else.

"Wait... Wait... Before we go... Who is this hot stuff??" James asked grabbing Lily's head and kissing her lips "Oh yes, my girlfriend..." he grinned.

Lily giggled with her cheeks flustered. Nigel tutted with a smile and Sirius pursed his lips.

"And wait... Wait... Who is this other hot stuff?" James said now kissing Sirius’s cheek, taking him by surprise. "My best friend!" he added squeezing his chin. "All good, handsome?"

Sirius raised an eyebrow "Yeah, brilliant"

Then he smiled because he was so happy that James was treating him like before. He missed how he joked flirted with each other.

"Okay, now let's go, Nigy" James said taking Nigel's shoulders and leading him to the stairs.

Sirius and Lily watched them go with similar smiles on their faces.

"Should we get beer for our chat?" Nigel asked as they climbed up.

"Nice try, mate"

Sirius realized that Evans had a foolish lover look on her face. She was looking at James as she could have melted right there.

"Isn't he great?" she asked with a sigh. Perhaps the ginger fancied James more than Sirius thought. But still there was something about her that Sirius couldn't stand.

"Watch it, Ginger. You're drooling"

Lily pursed her lips but she was red as a tomato.

"Moony?"

"Try the Library" Lily crossed her arms.

Sirius gave her one nod, before walking away. When Lily spoke.

"Maybe you should try opening up to James. Like Nigel does"

Then Sirius remembered why he didn't stand this girl. She was too nosy. And God knows what James had told her about him. It was none of her business.

"He is your best friend, Sirius. Maybe he can help"

Sirius was so scared of losing James. So scared of James judging him or seeing him differently. Sirius loved him. Perhaps more than anyone in this world.

So Sirius walked away without responding. He'd find a way to talk to James.

[loyaldeatheater]

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange is the most loyal and perhaps even the most powerful follower of Lord Voldemort with a passion none could rival. Born in the Black and Rosier family in 1951, she already had the perfect background for becoming a Death Eater as her mother's family sided with Grindelwald and her father's family was famous for being pureblood fanatics.

Bellatrix eventually married a wealthy pureblood named Rodolphus Lestrange. The marriage however was done out of pure obligation towards her family's blood mentality and traditions. Bellatrix never showed any love or compassion towards her husband and remained childless with him. It is however unclear how exactly Bellatrix and her husband joined Lord Voldemort but during the first wizarding war, the couple became devoted Death Eaters.

Bellatrix' devotion towards Voldemort was however stronger than just the ambition for power and blood status alone. She developed a true crush or even love for Voldemort which only fuelled her passion as a Death Eater to absolute fanaticism. Her passion towards Voldemort and his goals did not go unnoticed as she became the Dark Lord's most trusted Lieutenant, I dare even say Voldemort started to care about her as well and truly respected her.

After the Dark Lord's fall on 31 October 1981, most of the Death Eaters scarpered or were killed. Bellatrix however, together with a small group of followers, remained fiercely loyal towards Voldemort. Bellatrix, her husband Rodolphus and Barty Crouch Jnr managed to kidnap Alice and Frank Longbottom and tortured them to insanity to gain any knowledge on Voldemort's whereabouts.

This attack on the aurors caused so much fury among the wizarding community that the four were quickly captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Even during the trial, Bellatrix continued to show her loyalty towards Voldemort while other Death Eaters pleaded for their lives.

After Voldemort's return to power in 1995, Voldemort immediately planned a mass breakout of Azkaban to free his faithful followers who instead of running away, remained loyal to his cause.

Now somewhere during the second wizarding war, Voldemort and Bellatrix conceived a child together. Whether out of love/passion towards each other or from necessity to conceive a pureblood heir of Slytherin is unknown. I personally like to think they did this act out of passion as Voldemort wasn't incapable of feeling emotions like love, a common misconception Rowling cleared up in an interview.

Their sexual relationship probably started after the events at the ministy of Magic's department of mysteries as Voldemort himself intervented at the ministry and prevented her capture by the Aurors, she was the only Death Eater not to be apprehended at the ministry, it was a remarkable deed of Lord Voldemort to actually intervene and save one of his own, a sign that he did truly care about her. During the battle of Hogwarts, it was also Bellatrix who was the only Death Eater who seemed to actually care about her master's wellbeing as she was the only one reaching out for Voldemort after he fell down, following the destruction of another Horcrux.

Imagine a stand-alone mature film being made about Bellatrix' life and eventual relationship with Voldemort. Even actor Ralph Fiennes admitted he would be interested in playing as Voldemort in such a mature film.

[findroleplay]

I only RP on Discord. 21+ peas and ques.

About me: Izzy, She/they, 23 I'm looking for people who can write 2-5 paragraphs using functional grammar. I'm not looking for perfect I just gotta know what you're saying. I only write in the third person and ask that you do the same when writing with me. I work full-time in the school system (yikes I know) and I'm also a college student (double yikes) SO response times may vary. I try to respond daily but sometimes life gets extra lifey and it's once a week. Please do not bug me for responses that being said I am more than happy to have some OOC chit-chat in the meantime. In fact, I love OOC chit-chatting with my RP buddies. Tell me about the books your reading, yummy food, movies or tv shows you're watching. Rec some music. Share the cute fur babies. Seriously I love it and totally do think of my RP partners as friends. By all means, if this isn't your thing tell me to piss off. That's fine. OK Back on track. Plots: I love to write romance, slice of life, action, mystery, adventure, hurt/comfort, crack, fluff, angst, spice. Like all of the things blended into one. I like to have a dynamic plot loosely figured out and then just continue to build on it as we develop characters and their dynamics. I write both OCxCC and CCxCC NO OCXOC sorry! Fandoms I write for are:

Marvel (MCU and Comics): I’m open to OCxCC, CCxCC, ABO, and Poly in this one I love world-building and meshing MCU canon with comic Canon and our own idea’s as well. If we’re doing CCXCC I do have a preference of M/M pairings but I am open to some M/F and F/F and other paring combinations.

Harry Potter (Marauders Era after graduation only): I’m open OCxCC and CCXCC I adore world-building for this one and bending Canon to fit our liking. I do also prefer to have multiple characters and moving parts in these plots in the background.

Criminal Minds: I’m open OCxCC, CCXCC. ABO and Poly ship here as well. I like to have a nice blend of slice of life and other things with a little bit of casework. Basically the reverse to what the show gave us.

Supernatural: I’m just looking for OCxCC here uhmm it’s been a hot minute since I’ve roleplayed this fandom. I think I’ve seen up to season ten for sure? I am planning on finishing it soon. I think my OC would pair up nicely with Dean or Cas but I’m open to your suggestions as well.

Some other less common fandoms I write are: WWE Yellowstone 911 Lonestar LOTR/Hobbit Almighty Johnsons 

Marvel Ships Storm/T'challa Steve Rogers/Wolverine S teve Rogers/Tony Stark Steve Rogers/Clint Barton Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter Steve Rogers/Natasha Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson Sam Wilson/ Rhodey Sam Wilson/Clint Barton Sam Wilson/Monica Rambue Sam Wilson/ Bucky Barnes Sam Wilson/ T'challa Sam Wilson/Natasha Natasha/Tony Stark Natasha/Matt Murdock Natasha/Bucky Barnes Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse Clint Barton/ Thor Clint Barton/ Phil Coulson Clint Barton/Scott Lang Clint Barton/ Matt Murdock Clint Barton/ Jessica Drew Clint Barton/ Tony Stark Tony/Rhodey Rhodey/Carol Danvers T'Challa/Okoye Okoye/M'baku Polyvengers Criminal Minds Ships Hotch/Emily Hotch/Rossi Hotch/Morgan Morgan/Garcia Morgan/Emily Morgan/Reid Reid/Emily Reid/Rossi Reid/Luke Emily/Tara Emily/Rossi Harry Potter Ships Remus/Sirius James/Lily Remus/Dorcas Meadows Sirius/ Marlene McKinnon Bill/Flure Alice/Frank Longbottom Charlie/Tonks Bill/Tonks Remus/Tonks Crossovers I would be interested in writing. Marvel/Criminal Minds Marvel/Hobbit Marvel/Supernatural Criminal Minds/911 Lonestar Criminal Minds/WWE Other Fun stuff to know I love making playlists, mood boards, Pinterest boards, and just all of the things for RP's, ships, and characters. I'm a menace honestly. If you'd like feel free to message me here or on Discord. Discord: noneherself

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[browneyesandhair]

Storm of Yesterday by ShayaLonnie

Summary:

Hunted by Voldemort, Hermione and Harry make a last stand in Godric's Hollow. When the Boy-Who-Lived lives no more, Hermione is thrown back in time into another battle where she has a chance to save not only Harry, but another Potter. — Begins Mid Deathly Hallows, AU going forward.

Relationship: Hermione Granger/James Potter

Characters: Hermione Granger, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Harry Potter, Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Emmeline Vance, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mary Macdonald, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Various Weasleys, Lily Evans Potter

Additional Tags: Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Violence, Canonical Character Death, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Time Travel, AU

Notes: Oh my goodness - I absolutely love this story. The character development for James is so fascinating. The slow burn between James and Hermione and how they don't immediately get together, it feels way more natural. I'm obssesed.

(This is part of my year of recs. I'm trying to share some of my favorite stories on tumblr. I've set up a series of Soulmate recs for each month on the 15th, but these will be randomly dispersed throughout the year.)

Spolier below of ch. 25/68

Okay, but why did you choose a bowl of ice cream as the picture? Because this scene WRECKED me. It was so integral and important, but it was just such a heartwrenching moment. Specifically this moment:

Hermione reached out, looking at Harry's hands. "I'm sorry," she whispered, more to James than Harry. "I didn't mean to scare him or to—"

Angry and guilty, James shifted Harry to his other arm, pulling him further away from the witch. "Can you just . . . can you let me take care of my own kid, Hermione?" he snapped and then turned away, following Molly into the house.

AHHHHH! Like it still kills me. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING STORY!!

[ao3feed-drastoria]

Fate was in a good mood (Scorose)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2djXtfb by SimonaIvanova What happens when noone wants Scorpius in their compartment on the train to Hogwarts? He comes to the compartment he tried to avoid - the one of Rose Granger-Weasley, Albus Potter and Alice Longbottom. Unlike his expectations, they welcome him in there. That's the story of how The Herd was formed. Well, in life friends can turn to more, and that's exactly what happened to them. This book follows the lives of these two from the very beginning to the very end. Friendships developing, sibling confessions and many, many adventures for the troublemakers Scorpius, Albus, Alice and Rose. Words: 8813, Chapters: 5/?, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Rose Weasley, Hugo Weasley, Albus Severus Potter, Lily Luna Potter, James Sirius Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Augusta Longbottom, Fred Weasley II, Teddy Lupin, Roxanne Weasley, Dominique Weasley, Victoire Weasley, Luis Weasley Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Rose Weasley, Alice Longbottom/Albus Severus Potter, Lorcan Scamander/Hugo Weasley, Lily Luna Potter/Lysander Scamander, Teddy Lupin/Victoire Weasley, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Basically a story about next gen, no one likes the cursed child so we don't do that here, barely focusing on the canon characters, mostly about the kids, draco redemption, ron actually reacting sensibly to scorose, Requited Love, Teen Romance, very slow burn, literaly every ship is slow burn here, Plot Twists, This fic is going to be long, i really ship hugo and lorcan, their relationship deserves more love, mostly focusing on scorose but side ships are explored deeply too, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Angst?, Not sure about smut yet, idk how to tag it without spoiling, goofball scorpius, Badass Rose, just scorpius rose albus and alice being besties, not sure what exactly the plot is read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2djXtfb

[lilithofpenandbook]

Can I believe Dorcas was probably a powerful witch, if Voldemort's killing her was considered to be a great deal? Yeah. But anything about her would be purely headcanon from then on. And there's nothing to suggest she's the Marauders' age. I'd personally assume she was older; if she was that important then she can't have been a recent graduate, surely she'd have had to have been out of school for enough years to build up a career/reputation.

What's so ridiculous, and even kinda sad, about this is that these people never belonged to the Marauders. Dorcas Meadowes, Marlene McKinnon, Amelia Bones, Frank and Alice Longbottom and the others, they were never the Marauders. They were the Order of the Phoenix. Mary MacDonald doesn't belong to the Marauders, she's Lily's friend. Why is Lily's one female friend not even put with her, but rather associated with the boys?

And you know, I want to know about Dorcas and Marlene. I want to know about the Bones, and the Longbottoms, and the others. I want to know about the Order. These characters were part of one organisation, a secret society, and must have been a group of various ages, careers, ect, and I want to know what made them join the Order. The potential for that story is incredibly great.

Yet these characters, who gave their lives trying to stop Voldemort, ended up being associated with a group of schoolboys who abused other people. They don't deserve that.

Then again, if we're going to explore the original Order, we're exploring the lives of adults in their 20s and beyond, some even with children, and not some cute queer highschool club, so no wonder the "Marauders" fandom won't discuss that.

But also how pathetic- they had to steal characters that have nothing to do with the Marauders beyond the Marauders joining THEM in the Order in order to add characters (and let's not even start about the DE characters).

And even if we did develop the members of the First Order, give them a story, write hcs, they're still just hcs. Not canon. No shit people wouldn't be interested in them by default.

And evidently, their "fans" aren't interested in them either because they don't even like them from their canon origins, they just steal their names for their ocs.

Also what the fuck does Pandora have to do with Dorcas? Pandora wasn't part of the Order! Literally nothing suggests that they even need each other. That's the most headcanon of all

The marauders stans in your comments are really something, huh?

["I personally care about Dorcas and Pandora. They interest me... I want to know what lead to Dorcas snapping and almost tearing apart everything Voldemort had built."]

Sorry, when did Dorcas did that?

"That's Dorcas Meadowes, Voldemort killed her personally..." - only thing said about her in the books, from the wiki.

They are inventing sh*t and pretending it is canon all the time. Voldypants personally killing this random woman doesn’t mean she was almost destroying what he build - we are talking about a madman here, he made a show of killing Charity, doesn’t mean that Charity was "tearing apart" what he build.

Exactly—that’s what happens when you shit all over canon: eventually people can’t even tell fiction from reality anymore. They blur everything together until nothing makes sense. Then you get someone trying to come for you, asking if you’ve even read the books or if you just watched the movies—and it’s like, mate, what are you even talking about? You clearly don’t know the characters you’re talking about, because half of them don’t even show up in the films!

It’s always the same story: people who don’t actually know the lore, the context, or the characters, they just hop on the latest trend and run with it.

[ourpyrrhicvictory]

the lestranges knew about the prophecy

they didnt know all the details, but they knew there was a spoken threat

and they were led to believe it was the longbottoms

they were tom’s failsafe. it’s why they go after the longbottoms when voldemort disappears

because the potters are dead, and it CANNOT be a child that took out voldemort

there had to have been a bigger plan

there had to have been more to it

alice and frank didn’t even know

they had less information than the potters

and they were tortured for it

tortured because they didn’t have the answers

tortured until they had no answers left to offer in their place

[archopv-blog]

FRANK LONGBOTTOM HEADCANONS | headcanon 001 : neville’s birth.

So yes, Frank was 29 when Neville was born, and Neville wasn’t born into this fairy tale romance where his mom and dad had fallen in love as children and had grown up together and married young and popped out a kid soon after. No, from the moment Frank graduated, he put his career first. He focused on two things, his job and his mother / sisters, and he had no time for much else. 

He and Alice probably get to know each other well during auror training, and he pays attention because she is fucking phenomenal. She is one of the best students through that program in ages, and there is no doubt it that she’s dedicated to her work. He admires that. When they’re in the field together, he is as protective of her as he is of Kingsley when he gets in. They are partners, and he trusts her. Even so, it’s still years before they decide they are comfortable enough to start some type of relationship, and it’s probably purely physical to start because once again, war is here. They don’t have much time for shit else. 

But even they aren’t immune to the pressures of war, the understanding that their time is borrowed, the appeal of sharing something with someone else. And they do care for one another deeply. They take care of each other. They TRUST each other, but most importantly, they know that the other will never ask them to put work aside. Alice would know what came first, and he’d ask her to marry him more so out of convenience but also because he knows a good woman when he sees it, and hey, he really likes spending his down time with her.

So they get married, and a couple years in, they have a kid that they love more than their own lives. And Frank is a bit spooked because yeah, this changes fucking everything, and they aren’t having much luck in the war, and he had sworn not to bring a kid into this environment. He had vowed to himself that he would not have a child born of war, and he’d failed, and it’s rough because work is at its most strenuous, the hours are long enough to be days, and he’s stared death in the face. He’s faced Voldemort himself multiple times by now, and he knows he’d only just made it out with his life on more than one occasion.

But here they are having a little boy, and for an entire year, he has to live his life in a new kind of state — TERROR. because he has something more important in his life ( not that his life was of much importance to him to start considering all he was willing to do for the cause ). He has something to live for, and so he is more careful, more cautious, yet more fierce, more eager to end this. And a year later, he finds the world at a standstill. The war is over by some divine miracle, and they are still standing. They lived, survived, and his son was well. His son had a full family, his parents, his godfather, godmother, godsister, aunts. They were going to be just fine. And he was almost right.

[flowerpottlady]

Shine

Day 5 of my domestic Jily series! Inspired by @jilymicrofics

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Lily stepped from the bathtub, ever so carefully, still completely unused to the added weight tacked onto her midsection. She stuck a blind hand out, reaching for a clean towel from the pile on the counter, and wrapped herself in it - wondering just how much bigger her bump would grow before she would have to charm the towels to accommodate for her new size. 

She could hear James pacing from the next room over, ready to leave over half an hour ago, when Lily decided she needed a quick shower before venturing out into the Muggle world - a secret date that James had planned on his rare night off from Order duties. 

Lily decided to take her time though, it wasn’t often she got the chance to dress up, and at thirty weeks pregnant it took a while to do almost anything nowadays. She picked up her wand first, using it to quickly dry her hair, marveling at the thickness of it, the shine, that pregnancy had given her auburn locks. She dabbed some makeup on, deciding that a spot of pale pink blush on her cheekbones helped to take away from the slightly chubby cheeks she had recently developed. 

After outlining her eyes with a charcoal pencil, brushing some golden eyeshadow across her lids, and swiping the dark mascara over her eyelashes - Lily took a moment to stare at her, relishing in how unnatural she felt in her body.  Like it wasn’t hers anymore. 

Her once flat stomach bulged from her. Her body changed in unimaginable ways, all for her child. While her back hurt, her breasts ached, and she was certain there was a foot lodged into her spleen - Lily wouldn’t give it up for anything. She loved it, carrying a new life inside of her, creating another human being - from the purest form of love that Lily shared with James.

She rubbed her hand down her swollen belly, imagining the baby that would soon be in her arms.  Wondering what it would feel like to see its red face, to feel their skin against hers. “I’m so ready for you sweetheart,” she whispered, hoping her baby would hear her. 

“Lil?” James’ voice came through the door - only slightly apprehensive. “I don’t want to rush you, but I am getting very hungry.”

“Almost finished!” Lily yelled back, snapping her attention to the pale blue dress hanging against the door. She dropped her towel, kicking it toward the corner of the bathroom - and slipped on the silky slip, giggling at the way it clung to her bump. 

The blue dress was next, and Lily reached towards it, fondly remembering the last time she wore that dress - at Alice and Frank Longbottom’s wedding before her seventh year. She danced until her feet hurt; James twirling her, laughing with her, whispering in her ear. He had kissed her on the cheek at the end of the night, and Lily was certain that was the moment she had fallen in love with him. 

It was a simple dress, and Lily smiled widely when she realized it still fit her - even better than before. The strapless top exposed her pale shoulders, lightly dusted with freckles, and did wonders for her boobs - exposing her cleavage in a way that she knew would drive James wild.  It fell mid-thigh, the empire waistline swinging around her bump and - 

“Lily!” James shouted through the door again, interrupting the time she spent simply admiring herself. “Love I know you must be hungry too, are you almost done yet?” 

She rolled her eyes, tucking her hair behind her ear and opening the door wide. James was standing there, leaning suavely against the doorframe - dark hair mused perfectly, his strong jawline freshly shaved. The dark gray button-down shirt he wore perfectly accented his pecs, his sleeves already slightly rolled up.  He smirked at her, hazel eyes moving up and down behind his round specs, drinking her in. 

She was so getting laid. 

 “What? I’m ready, and starving, let's go.” 

He grinned, bearing his perfectly white teeth, “You’re cute.” James said softly, stepping forward to peck her cheek. “I’m very lucky I married you.” 

“I’m very lucky to have married you too.” She whispered back, grasping his hand. “Now c’mon, will you tell me where you are taking me yet?” 

“Not till we get there.” 

Lily could only roll her eyes then, smoothing her dress down her bump. “Well, I hope it has chocolate cake. Little Harry is very hungry for some chocolate cake.” 

“Well, I hope little Josephine, is equally as hungry.” James said knowingly, “Because you know, you are having a girl.” 

“Even if we are having a girl, we are not giving her my second name. We are in the 1980s now, dear, not the 1880s.” 

“Right, of course. Silly me. My parents are Euphemia and Fleamont. It’s easy to forget.” James laughed, grabbing Lily’s purse and guiding her out the front door. 

She was silent for a moment, a small contemplative smile stretched across her face. 

“What’s that look for?” James asked, turning to look at his wife after locking their door. 

“Oh, nothing really…” Lily began, shrugging her shoulders. “I’m just really happy to be doing this with you.” 

“Getting dinner?” 

“You know what I mean,” she said softly. 

“I do,” his hand reached for her bump, pressing a hard kiss into her cheek. “I’m very happy to be doing this with you too.” 

***

Start from the beginning here! 31 Days of Potters

[musingmemories]

Oh… that smile. It was different than the ones Evan usually wore. The ones Alice had noted in an attempt to predict which would form on his features in any given moment. All of them a touch… sad, perhaps, for lack of a better word. Not that Alice had any sort of inkling into who Evan truly was — classmates on occasion, occupiers of the Great Hall at mealtime, wanderers in the same crowd. Sharing this precious time together, though required, didn’t seem so. Evan seemed more relaxed, not tense like Alice was, in the sense that she simply had difficulty finding anything else to talk to him about other than their tasked studies.

However, in determining herself that Alice didn't know Evan at all... Evan claimed otherwise, stating she didn't talk to him the way most did by deeming him snobby or on the wrong side of a line. She... held a category of her own. Looked at him like he might be complicated. "I'm sorry." Expressed meekly, lock of hair tucked behind her ear, thankful he hadn't caught onto her crush from just a look but clearly evident she were trying to solve him like a puzzle.

Like she was doing now, hanging onto every word regarding what Evan wanted to do for the night.

All went right out the window when she blinked and he was closer, a game proposed, Twenty Questions as though he'd read her mind in wanting to know him. Alice would ask one, Evan would return one of his own in exchange. 'No rules, except honesty.' Could he see the sudden blush spring across Alice's cheeks at the teasing mention of asking a scandalous question? Evan would be bored to tears with her, no doubt. Her scandalous secrets practically nonexistent, vanilla to a fault, tiptoeing around love and dating in an attempt to protect her heart. Would he ask if she had a crush!? Wouldn't be as though Evan reciprocated if she was forced to confess, honesty the only rule of the game. Another name she might let slip was Frank Longbottom. But that was a rather new development of late, both having only recently found ways to spend more time together, his love of Herbology matching her own.

"I like that game. I go first then...? Ehm..." Subtly nibbling on her lip in thought, Alice had several questions ready to fly from the tip of her tongue before choosing one carefully. "After we graduate, what is it you want to do?" Wincing, Alice chuckled at her own question. Like making small talk. "A question we've been asked quite often, isn't it? But, perhaps you've not shared all of what you want to do with our professors, hm? Unless of course you have! I can easily choose another question to ask."

Evan’s lips twitched into something just shy of a smile — crooked, but genuine, like he was trying not to let on how much her fluster had absolutely wrecked him in the best way. There was something magnetic about Alice when she was unraveling, and she didn’t even know it. He leaned back just a little, arms folded loosely as if trying to disguise the tension in his shoulders — the kind that came from being seen for the first time in a very long while. “Already decided,” he echoed gently, voice low like he didn’t want the her to hear what came next. “Yeah. Most people talk to me like they’ve already filed me away into a category. Rosier. One of them. Snobby or... on the wrong side of a line I didn't really know existed.” A shrug. Easy on the surface, but the glance he gave her — fleeting and full of weight — said it wasn’t easy at all. “And then there’s you,” he added, almost incredulous. “Who just… looks at me like I might be complicated. Rude, honestly.” He smirked then, just enough to tease and draw her in, but not enough to undermine the quiet reverence of the moment, and the ease in which he found himself bantering. He could feel the disdain Bellatrix would've given him from a mile away. He tilted his head, watching her stumble through her words — not mocking, never mocking — just watching, like she was something worth studying under starlight. “What did I want to do?” he repeated, echoing her again because it gave him time to breathe. “Well, I could ask for another lesson, but I think my brain might fall out of my ears, and you have a wealth of information that I have to admit... Was way more than I was anticipating for a first lesson. Or maybe this was supposed to be the only one. I'm bad at sticking to pre-requisites.” And then, a pause. A small shift in his posture — leaning in slightly, not too close, just enough to let her know she had his full attention. “So… what if we played a game instead? Just for a bit. Twenty Questions. You ask one, I ask one. No rules, except honesty.” A beat. Then, with a slightly raised brow and a soft, sly lilt to his tone: “I promise not to ask anything too scandalous… on the first round.” He glanced up at the sky, then back at her. “Unless you’re too tired to absolutely destroy me at this game, of course. In which case, I’ll graciously accept defeat and walk you back.” But he didn’t want to leave. That much was clear. He just wanted to know who she was, now that she was looking at him like he might be more than what the world had already written him off as. And maybe, just maybe — he’d show her who he really was, too. The Evan that existed in the quieter moments, that wasn't buried by the burden of a name he never asked for, of a blood line he didn't even want. And maybe someone would be around when the time came for him to choose a side, and believe him when he said he didn't want to fall into the dark.

[the-wolfstar-cupboard]

Hello! Welcome to the Wolfstar Cupboard. This account, in a month or so, will be an operating wolfstar fanfiction library!

I'll have to take some time to curate fics, develop a layout, and figure out the rules/limitations. I know I'm just one of the many libraries, so I don't expect a lot of traction. But I hope a few people will take the time to look at some of my favorite fics!

Starting off, I know for a fact that this library will not include any fanfictions containing:

- Rape/Non-con

- M-Preg or A/B/O

- Ageplay

- Beastiality

- Pedophila

- Glorification of Cheating

- anything else that I just don't want to read. It is very rare for just one thing in particular to completely turn me off of a fic if I'm intrigued by the plot, but the topics listed above and similar plot devices will definitely do it.

Here I have also made a list of ships that I personally enjoy and will definitely show up in my fic lists:

- Jily (James Potter/Lily Evans)

- Dorlene (Dorcas Meadowes/Marlene McKinnon)

- Jegulus (James Potter/Regulus Black)

- Fralice (Frank Longbottom/Alice [insert maiden name I have yet to figure out])

Obviously, not all the ships listed above will be in all the fics I recommend. Ships like Jegulus are found less often in fics, while ships like Jily are found more often. I try to be as fair to each ship as I can but it's just not an equal fight.

For the most part, fics will be recommended in lists based on topic/plot. I have a few basic ones in mind already, such as "College AUs" and "Raising Harry" fics. If you find either of those or anything else I've said interesting, maybe stick around!

More updates coming soon, lovelies:)

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hiya hiya hello !! no. 19 for the siken prompt game please <3

hello hello hello i love this one!!

19. i take off my hands and i give them to you.

from this prompt list!

ok u are going 2 have 2 bear with me for this the idea JUST popped into my head but it is a rarepair emmeline/alice:

hate doesn't heal, but it calcifies. that's the one thing emmeline's learned, after fifteen years of hospital visits. she can walk through the door to the janus thickey ward time after time after time and still feel the vitriol like an old break. like a bone healed wrong. something that aches when it rains.

"hello, alice," she whispers, and alice stares at the ceiling, eyes as cloudless and blank as a summer day. emmeline lifts a hand, smooths a lock of hair from her face. alice blinks, and emmeline closes her eyes and tries to remember the spilled-water sound of alice's voice, of her accent, of the way she'd say hello.

"oh! healer vance--we weren't expecting you today."

emmeline sighs. opens her eyes. turns to face the nurse.

"sorry," she says, with an easy smile, "i've had a new development in my research. something i wanted to try."

"oh, is that so?" the nurse smiles encouragingly, moving towards the door, "shall i fetch mr. longbottom, then? he's just in a routine checkup, but we can always reschedule..."

and there it is--the old, familiar ache of hate. it still surprises emmeline, her body's determination to cling to bitterness.

"no--that's alright. alice and i will be fine here for now."

the nurse nods, smiles, moves towards the door.

"well, you just let me know if you need anything. i'll be right down the hall."

emmeline nods, and turns back to alice as she listens to the door shut. once they're alone, she releases a breath.

"well then, love," she whispers, lifting a hand once more to stroke gently over the soft contours of alice's face, "let's get started, shall we?"

the magic is complex, precise, finicky--the sort of thing that requires immense concentration, unwavering control. emmeline has been studying and practicing mind-healing for years, and even so she finds her hands trembling, fingers cramping where they're locked around her wand. but she doesn't stop.

she never stops.

one day, it will finally work. one day, the years spent toiling over research will finally pay off, and she'll press her wand to alice's temple and whisper the magic words and watch the light bleed back into her eyes. and she'll throw her arms around alice and cry until she can't breathe and alice will hug her back and stroke her hair and say in that fond, bemused way of hers,

what's all the fuss about, then?

but not today.

today, like every other day, emmeline casts until her hands shake, until she can no longer hold her wand steady. she drops her arms into her lap, and alice stares out the window, giving no indication that she's even aware of emmeline's presence at all. emmeline tries very hard not to feel like a stupid girl in a blue dress, holding a bouquet of baby's breath and forcing her face to hold a smile as she watches alice fall to earth through the church doors like a shooting star, like a snowstorm, like the most perfect breath of a spring breeze. she tries not to feel invisible and foolish, a girl watching the only thing she's ever loved walk down the aisle in a veil, smiling so hard her teeth might crack, proclaiming her love until death do us part.

it would take more than death, for emmeline. if alice could only have seen her, there's not a force in the universe that would have wrenched them apart. emmeline would crawl out of any grave the world could dig and right back into alice's arms; she would pour the blood back into her wounds and stitch herself shut and love alice forever, in death and in life, in sickness and in health and in war.

but alice never looked.

alice never saw.

emmeline died a slow death in a blue dress, and alice kissed frank longbottom and took his last name.

and look where it got her--dragged into a war. dragged into a mother. dragged into a prophecy and then back out, dragged into the funerals of all their friends, dragged into the basement of a death eater's house, dragged into the crucio, crucio, crucio--

emmeline knows that she isn't being fair.

emmeline knows that she shouldn't hate frank, that what he took from her was never even hers to begin with, that the war was just as much alice's crusade as his. she knows that alice was never one to be dragged, that she was her own joan of arc, a martyr and a hero and teenage girl jumping headfirst into a battleground because she truly believed she could make a difference.

still, when the nurse asks,

"do you want me to fetch mr. longbottom, see if it works on him?"

emmeline shakes her head.

"no," she says, "that's enough for today. back to the drawing board, i'm afraid."

she leaves the janus thickey ward. she returns to her lab. she researches, she experiments, she adjusts her calculations. she returns to alice, time after time after time, telling herself every day that this time something will change. this time something will be different.

at night, she goes to bed with aching hands.