#james/lily

[raindragon-20]

James Potter absolutely has a “designated period snacks drawer” for Lily.

It’s restocked monthly. Alphabetized. Guarded like state secrets. No one’s allowed near it. Not even Sirius.

Yep, He’s that boyfriend. The “do you want your fuzzy socks and a hot water bottle too, love?” kind. Lily never has to ask. He’s already halfway to the kitchen.

[itsriotmotherfuckers]

When Lily realized she liked James back instead of asking him out she told him to ask her out again to give him that satisfaction of her saying yes send tweet

[platonicsoulmatesstobin]

the difference between jegulus and jily is that Lily would be comfortable crying in front of others so long as James isn't present because she doesn't want to take away his smile, but Regulus would only cry in front of James because he was the only one that Regulus could afford to see him at his most vulnerable

[raiynnah]

Coffee

@jilymicrofics - word count: 550

Remus groans, rubbing his red eyes pitifully.

“I didn’t sleep at all last night,” he complains. Lily pats him on the back in consolation.

“Did you stay up daydreaming about that guy?” she asks him teasingly.

“What guy? There is no guy!”

“Then who is it that you’re texting 24/7?” she asks rhetorically, glaring at a stain on the counter. She wipes at it a little harder to compensate. “We both know you’re head over heels for that attractive regular who flirts with you and gave you his number on Tuesday.” She sends him a pointed look, sensing denial. “You drool over his leather jacket and his tattoos and his long hair.”

“Fine.” Remus huffs, crossing his arms. “So there’s a guy.” Lily shakes her head, amused, and watches Remus go to unnecessarily check their supplies.

“Imagine falling for a regular.” She chuckles, putting away the damp dishcloth. Lily snaps back to attention when the bell on the door rings, signifying a customer. He’s tall, glasses half falling off his face, and running a hand through his mess of curls as he approaches her. 

“Hi!” he says, beaming at her with the intensity of the sun. 

“Hello and welcome to A Latte Work. What can I get for you today?” She tries to drag up the energy to mirror his bright smile but ultimately fails. Is he solar-powered? Lily glances behind him, through the windows, and realises it’s raining. It’s England in January, of course it is.

“Just a latte, please. My name’s James.” He’s the only customer so the name is hardly necessary but she nods anyway and turns to make it for him after he takes out his card to pay, ignoring the knowing wink Remus sends her way from the open closet doorway next to her. She knows this man is exactly her type, and knows that Remus also knows this, but that doesn’t mean she’ll do anything about it. When she hands the coffee over, James fidgets nervously.

“Everything alright?” she asks despite her usual unwillingness to converse with customers and their unasked for criticism.

“I’ve bean thinking,” he says, grinning to himself sheepishly, “if I could espresso my interest in a date without making a mocha-ry of myself.” Lily snorts, her hand going up to cover her amused smile.

“Maybe if you try without the awful puns.” James nods as if he’s on a mission.

“Can I please have your number?”

“Fine.” Lily deliberately does not look Remus’ way, taking out her phone. It’s only when James leaves, taking his enthusiastic fist pumps with him, that she sighs in defeat. “Okay, I was wrong, you were right, blah blah.”

In the midst of Remus’ booming laughter, he wheezes out, “At least he didn’t say ‘if you were ground coffee, you’d be espresso because you’re so fine’ or ‘I’m like caffeine because I can keep you up all night’ to you.”

“Wait, your coffee guy said that?” She joins in with her own laughter. “Well, I guess in one way he did keep you up all night.” Remus rolls his eyes, clearly having given up on defending his lack of sleep. They both know he has insomnia.

“Maybe our coffee guys secretly share a list of ‘coffee shop pick up lines’,” he suggests jokingly.

“Maybe!”

[hp-fanfic-archive]

@hprecfest Day 17: A Fic That Makes You Cry

saying goodbye (to a best friend) by cosmicwritings @richardsikens [James/Lily, T, 8k]

"The bedroom door creeps open and Lily, through her snot and tears, is trying to apologise, because she knows Remus has an early shift at Tesco’s tomorrow morning and Peter has got to catch a train to visit his mum and Sirius hasn’t slept much, if at all, since the car crash. She’s trying to apologise, but Harry gets lifted out of her arms and Lily collapses into a sad puddle on the floor, hair in her eyes and mouth. Through the red streaks in her vision, she can see Sirius holding Harry and trying to sooth him, rocking him in his arms back and forth. She’s trying to apologise, but she can’t get any words out, can only see baby Harry and keeps thinking, James, I wish you were here, I need you here so badly." or lily becomes a uni student, a girlfriend, a dropout, a wife, a mother and a widow all in the span of four years.

There are a lot of fics that have made me cry—I have a whole tag dedicated to them—but this fic makes me cry. Full blown sobbing to the level that I have to take my glasses off. It’s not pretty. But oh do I love this fic dearly. It makes me cry, yes, but it also makes me laugh and cheer them on. I know what’s going to happen—it’s right there in the summary—but I find myself fervently hoping otherwise every time I read it. They’re so in love! They’re thriving! Everything is lovely and right! And then I’m as suddenly devastated as Lily is. Every! Single! Time!

So yeah, definitely read this but not until you’re safe at home with a handy box of tissue.

[bloodruns-thickerthanwater]

hear me out: jegulily as the challengers trio for a marauders era halloween party

credits to @/marlon.noah on tiktok for their accurate costume recreation LMAO

I adore both jegulus and jily with my soul so i present to you the ultimate bisexual compromise:

Challengers | 2024 | dir. Luca Guadagnino

some marauders halloween party headcannons to go with:

- Lily cant play tennis for shit

- Regulus somehow was a tennis superstar

- Lily forces Regulus to play on her team against James who can hold his own against a regular person, however Regulus is far from that

- Naturally, the tennis court is next to the pool and by the end of the night there are neon yellow balls littering the surface of the pool

- "You're meant to hit the balls over the net not into the pool" Regulus says to Lily

- Mary's digital camera was treasured and was responsible for 90% of the pictures taken that night

- safe to say she was BOMBARDED with messages demanding the pictures (if youre the digital camera friend in your group you understand me here)

(thats all i have for the time being but if you want more marauder muggle halloween party headcanons LET ME KNOW)

[browneyesandhair]

Non-Exhaustive List of Soulmate Fics: Jily

Okay, I'm bored so I'm compiling my favorite soulmate fics. Here's the Jily edition:

I Hate You by ladybirdscast

Summary:

Lily should be happy. The words written on her wrist tell her she has a soulmate. But what's written isn't exactly conventional. Does she even want to meet him?

i have loved you for a thousand years (i'll love you for a thousand more) by girlmadeofstars

Summary:

based off the prompt we only remember each other in alternating lifetimes so every lifetime we have to find one another and convince each other that we’re soul mates but half the time I won’t believe you and half the time you’re already dating someone else

I was just an only child of the universe by socolormecurious

Summary:

Lily wasn’t truly worried about her soulmark until James stopped asking her out.

The Art of Choosing by Mayarenerose

Summary:

First the dreams, then the Switch. Lily's not sure what's supposed to happen afterwards. She's not sure she wants to find out.

Doe by Chie (Chierafied)

Summary:

Between one breath and the next, the skin above James' heart tingled and lines that would form his soulmark started to appear.

[enbysiriusblack]

marauders ship battle

submitted propaganda:

barty/james

“chaos hehe”

james/lily

the og canon ship that is SO overly hated when they've got it all. hot couple. rivals to lovers. head boy and girl. stem gf and frat bf. unrequited for a bit. they just GET EACH OTHER. vote for bambi's shot parents guys!!!

[suzyq31]

Another @jilymicrofics for team Gryffindor! Can easily be a continuation of my previous one. Prompts used: pride and joy.

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The first thing that alerted Lily that things were amiss was the cat racing through the kitchen, ginger tail puffed and making disgruntled yowls. The next was the sound of clattering, and heavy footsteps over the record she had playing softly.

She summoned a towel and dried her hands, moving swiftly towards the direction that Mitsy had come from. Fleetwood Mac faded and the sound of laughter reached her next, easing some of the tension from her shoulders as she rounded the corner into the living room. 

James was chasing after Harry who careened around the sofa astride his toddler broom. The one she had banned from inside use over a month ago. There was also a broken picture frame and glass littering the hardwood floor. Much too close to her son’s socked feet. 

“James!”

Her husband’s head snapped up, a flash of guilt in his eyes. Harry spotted her and the sheer delight on his small face was enough to bring her back from the edge of panic. James was right behind him beaming and waving away the jagged edges of glass with his wand.

Lily crossed her arms. 

“I thought we agreed that the broom would be outdoors only.”

He tugged at his hair, Harry already taking off around the sofa again. “I know…but It’s been raining for days. Poor lad needs an outlet.”

As if in agreement Harry gave a loud shriek of happiness and James’ grin widened. Lily glanced around the sitting room now in complete disarray; tufted cushions on the ground, records spilling out of the cabinet that had clearly been collided with and the last of her summer flowers now strewn across the rug. Last time Harry had knocked over a vase–one of the many Potter heirlooms that filled their home, and Lily had put a stop to the insanity, insisting that brooms were never meant for indoors, no matter how low to the ground they flew.

James’ hands on her waist drew her attention back from the mess and her small child who was still laughing with joy. 

“I’ll clean it up. I promise.”

Her answer was cut off by Harry, who noticed the lack of attention and came barreling towards them. Luckily James' reflexes were quick and with a wave his broom halted right near Lily’s shin. Harry slid forward on the broom, green eyes wide and mouth gaping open. Lily scooped him up before he could fall off and once safe in her arms he gave her a toothy grin. 

“I see you’re inheriting your fathers gift for trouble.”

Harry laughed and said “Da.” 

James smiled proudly, ruffling the matching dark mop of hair that their son had also inherited. “Admit it. You wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“He’s likely to shave years off my life,” she sighed, before kissing her son’s pudgy cheek, and tilting her head up towards James. “But you’re right.”

[lucigoo]

Weekly Roundup: 1st March - 9th March

Happy March all. This week I wrote 4 fics with 10,812 of my 15,000 word Weekly target. Making us 10,812 words into my 60,000 monthly word target.

So firstly, fic recs!

Family Vacation - sliebman10 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Muggle au, kid fic)

Summary: Sirius is skeptical that a family resort is where he wants to spend his first summer vacation with Harry there, but he comes to see its merits when he meets Remus and his family.

“I’zigh ‘Akshith” (War Surprise) - Ticklesivory - The Hobbit - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own] (Bilbo/Thorin, arranged marriage, amazing Worldbuilding by @tickles-ivory)

Summary: The dwarves are the most powerful army of Middle Earth. King Thorin rules all (even the elves). However, the Hobbits are stubbornly resistant to his authority, which forces him to confront them in battle. It's a victory for the dwarves that leads to the renewal of an ancient Hobbit tradition of rewarding the victor with a prize.

Drowning in the Blue Nile - RealityShowJunky - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Sirius/Remus, Seperated Wolfstar, at least to start with)

Summary: Remus goes on a date. His estranged husband Sirius has strong objections.

orange juice (i've been ready for you to come home for so long) - raggedypond - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Sirius/Remus, muggle au, this was a gift fic from @fortunatelyfuzzywombat and is one of THE best muggle aus I have ever read (and im not just saying that cause im biased lol))

Summary: four years ago, remus inexplicably asked sirius for a divorce, after nearly 20 years of marriage. now, their son is graduating from college and they have to share the same space for a minute or two (or an entire weekend). enter a minor administrative misunderstanding that lands them in the same hotel room (there is, in fact, only one bed), and secrets that have been kept under wraps for yeas are bound to come out.

Of Technology Malfunctions and Supportive Students - starkeywars - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Sirius/Remus, adorable older Wolfstar, Muggle au)

Summary: Remus turned back to grab the remote control again and pressed the freeze button.  Once more, his class reacted verbally, but this time in quite a different way. They were going “aww” at something and, considering how loud it was, it was probably the class in its integrity. What the fuck is up now, he thought as he turned around.

Looking right back at him from the projection screen was Sirius. Or, in this case, a much younger version of Sirius struggling a bit to keep one arm around the shoulders of a much younger version of Remus himself. The photo had been taken by Lily when they were sixteen, just fresh into their relationship. He remembered how light he felt back then. That was the main reason he scanned the old photo and used it as wallpaper on his laptop. A very personal wallpaper on his very personal laptop, and that was on display for a crowded auditorium. Shit.

Defining the Relationship - Engie_Ivy - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Sirius/Remus, Idiots in Love)

Summary: Remus and Sirius are in a strong, committed relationship.

Remus just doesn't know it yet.

Well, i hope you all had a wonderful week and found soemthing somewhere to enjoy reading <3

And now for my own fics

A Well Dressed Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin raising Frodo)

Summary: Bilbo is away and Frodo will not get dressed ready to meet hima s he finally returns home to the mountian.

Thank goodness Thorin's clever hobbit husband wrote a song just for such times.

Toss A Coin To Your Witcher (Because I Stole His Horse) (Geralt/Jaskier, based on this tumblr post)

Summary: Jaskier is heartbroken after Caingorn moutain. he stumbles down, tears in his eyes when he does something neither he, Geralt nor Roach would ever expect him too.

Tuck you in one last time (Canonical Character Death, Balin Centirc, based off this tumblr post my dearest @lisellelascelles shared)

Summary: Balin stood there with a blanket ready to cover the young princes faces, ready to send them off to their ancestors with a heart full of grief.

Whiskey Lullaby (Sirius/Remus, James/Lily, please read the tags on this one, its MCD x2 and lots of giref, based off the song Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley)

Summary: James sees a picture he has hidden away for much to long. A picture of his lost brother and his partner. A picture of the only family he had before they left him.

Well thats a wrap for this week, take care <3

[takeariskao3]

you're the risk (i'm gonna take it) by takearisk

Lily twirled her quill through her fingers, her focus not on the Ancient Runes homework in front of her, but on the riot of laughter erupting from a group of third years across the common room. Propping her chin in her hand, she watched as the source of their mirth relished being the center of attention. Normally—or perhaps previously —Lily would have sneered. She would have written this scene off as something utterly extraneous and self-indulgent. Except now, she observed with an added layer of awareness. Much to her chagrin (and fascination) she clocked a glint of kindness, and a flicker of affection, in Potter’s expression as he offered the newest batch of Divination students a turn at reading his palm.

read on ao3 a gift for our patron saint of memes, @petalsthefish

[writer-or-whatever]

Hi! Here’s a drabble prompt request(if up for writing).

Jily(James and Lily Potter) prompt:

“may I ask you, fair lady, for a dance with me?”

“Hehehe.. of course, my fair sir”

So this has been sitting in my drafts since mid-November, which is a bummer. BUT, I did write it and it's a LOT longer than a drabble (to the tune of 8.8k words, which is the longest finished fic I've posted to date). So hopefully that makes up for the wait. To that end: I can't really post the whole thing here, but it is up on AO3!

My Fair Lady

Summary: Every summer for as long as Lily can remember, the Evans family goes to a Medieval Festival. This year, Lily invites James along. A slice of life for James and Lily, Post-Hogwarts Graduation.

Rating: T | Word Count: 8.8k | Fluff

[cels-not-so-secret-love-affair]

falling to the music pt. 3 (jily)

a/n: it’s been a slow sort of week, but we’re making a comeback with another instalment of my silly little jily band au. yay!

previous | next

Mr Nice, sensibly, waits for Lily to text him before attempting to call her. She’s calmer when she does so, and about to cook dinner for herself and her roommates in her student flat. It’s something to do with her hands other than holding her phone, or potentially throwing it at a wall if he says anything either too irritating or too attractive. A preventative measure. After explaining the situation to James, she pops him on speakerphone, and props him up on the counter.

‘Hello?’ His voice is slightly tinnier over the line, but it still makes Lily shiver a little. It’s got a richness to it that feels comforting.

‘Good evening, James,’ she calls, slicing her chicken into strips.

‘Lily! Lily Evans, how are you?’ The full name should not have the effect it does. Nor should it send flashing images of the words Lily Potter through her mind. Christ, there’s something wrong with me.

‘I’m okay. Still recovering from the bashing my ego took after being ghosted for almost a full business week, but I’m breathing.’

‘I really am very sorry about that,’ he repeats earnestly.

‘Yeah, well. Just don’t go lobbing your new phone at gaggles of seagulls or whatever, and I’ll let you off.’

‘Duly noted.’ She can hear his smile again. It bleeds into the shapes of the vowels. Diabolical.

‘Enjoy your Saturday?’ she asks, moving to wash her hands.

‘Yes, actually. We had practice in the morning, trying out some new songs. Then I got some work done for school, went on a run, came home. Now I’m talking to you, which is, naturally, the highlight of my day.’

‘You’re a flirt, Mr Potter. What degree do you do?’ Lily’s switched to chopping vegetables now and, against her will entirely, has found herself smiling down at her red peppers.

‘Architecture! It sounds poncey, I know, but I swear on my life it’s interesting.’

‘I’ll believe you. Although I have to say it doesn’t match up very well with the whole lead guitarist thing.’

‘No matter how many cool points those showy riffs might earn me, I am, at heart, a bit of a nerd. Sorry to disappoint you.’

‘I’m not disappointed.’

‘I’ve lucked out then. How about you, what degree do you do?’

‘Hmm. You know what - have a guess. If you’re right I’ll chuck a bit of carrot at my screen as a reward.’ James laughs at that, and Lily feels a sense of accomplishment blooming in her chest. The sound is very easy to listen to.

‘Alright, I love a challenge. Let’s see… something to do with English?’

‘Bloody hell. How’d you figure that one out?’

‘I’m right, then?’

‘Yeah. English Language and Literature.’

‘Score! It was a bit of a guess really. You had a pin on the strap of your bag when you came to talk to me after the show. A proper enamel one, shaped like a stack of books. I remember wondering where you got it from.’ Lily is momentarily baffled at how this man can forget to charge his fucking phone and remember this seemingly innocuous detail about her all in the same day. It’s sweet, though, that he takes an interest. It almost makes her forget the four days spent sans text message.

‘That’s observant of you.’

‘Yeah, I suppose. Where did you actually get it from, the pin?’

‘Oh, it was just a gift from a friend.’

‘The one that came with you to the concert? Or someone else?’

‘No, not Mary, though she is basically unbeatable in the gift giving department. It was from one of my flatmates, Alice.’

‘Mary isn’t a flatmate then?’

‘No, she grew up here, so she’s living with her parents whilst she does her degree.’

‘Nice.’ A short quiet falls then. With any other of her previous interests, it probably would have been awkward, but not with James. It’s just nice. He’s nice.

‘What are you cooking?’ he pipes up after a few minutes.

‘Something simple. Chicken stir fry.’

‘I bet that’ll be great.’

‘Hopefully, yeah. Have you eaten yet, James?’ Lily is surprised at how soft the question sounds when it comes out of her mouth. The bastard’s endeared himself to me, she thinks.

‘Not yet. I’ll message Sirius in a bit, see what he fancies. He’s a shit cook, so it’s either I cook for the both of us or we go out for dinner.’

‘You guys are really close then.’

‘Yeah,’ James says, and he sounds like he’s properly proud of it. ‘He’s basically my brother. We grew up together, you know? And then he lived with us for a few years until the two of us were eighteen, and then we came to the same uni together and everything. We just get each other.’

‘That’s lovely.’

‘Yeah. He’s like, the best thing in my life right now. Him, and the band, and big Tesco’s.’ Lily laughs at that last addition.

‘A respectable top three, to be sure. How did it come about, the band?’

‘We all went to school together. But like, school’s boring, right? Or at least secondary is. So we needed something to make it more bearable, and there were two typical teenage things we came up with in the end. Pranks - aimed at teachers and cocky year sevens and generally just creating chaos - and starting a band. God, I don’t know how McGonagall put up with us. We’d run round the place like dickheads setting traps for whoever was unlucky enough to be in the Maths department that day, and then spend all our lessons planning stuff to do with the band. What songs we were going to play, what outrageous outfits Sirius could wear next, what we’d call ourselves. And then that never really stopped.’ James has a way of speaking that just puts you at ease, Lily finds. It’s almost like magic.

‘Sounds a lot more eventful than my experience at school.’

‘Yeah. Eleven to fifteen was pretty insane. We calmed down a bit after that - A Levels to think about and all.’

They keep talking for a while, on their cosy little cooking call. The conversation just seems to flow, moving from topic to topic like embroidery thread dipping into silk until Lily is somehow already plating up, five neat portions of food ready to be served. She tells James this, and he congratulates her on a job well done. Then, they say their goodbyes and he leaves her to the rest of her night. There’s a strange sort of emptiness after he hangs up the phone. She didn’t realise just how much she’d gotten used to having his voice chatting away in the background.

[ginnympotter]

Ohhhh can I give you two prompts??? 3 & 7

I would love me some Hinny, but I wouldn’t be opposed to Jily! 💕

I'm going with Jily becuz that's what those prompts scream to me!! thank you <3 all of these are really just excuses to write jily making out huh lol

"Tell me to leave and I'll never bother you again," James said, a tone of seriousness in his voice she never really quite heard.

Lily sighed, leaning her cheek into his hand. "You know that's not what I want."

"Then what do you want?" he asked, his eyes pleading.

She answered by lifting herself up on her toes and pressing her mouth to his. He reacted instantly, moving his hand to the back of her head, burying his fingers in her hair. She did the same to him, reveling in the feel of him. He moved them backward towards the wall and pulled Lily more firmly up against him as he pressed eager kiss after eager kiss to her lips. A soft groan moved from the back of her throat, which just encouraged James to kiss her with even more intensity.

She felt dizzy. She had been daydreaming about what it'd be like to kiss James Potter since the end of sixth year, and here they were, wrapped up in each other at 1am in the common room alone, and the feel of his lips was more intoxicating than she ever imagined. As James moved from her mouth to her jaw and down her throat, she felt like the world was spinning. "James," she said softly.

James lifted his mouth and smiled. He caressed her face. "You have no idea how much I love hearing you call me that." Then he kissed her again.

Lily suppressed a giggle. "Well, it is your name."

"You'd think I only ever had a surname, with the way you so determinedly only ever called me Potter."

"Well, you call me Evans all the time!"

"Out of endearment, not derision."

"It's not derision," she said earnestly. "It's not. Well... not anymore, at least."

The air between them suddenly became tense. James, looking quite euphoric one moment ago, looked sullen. He shifted his eyes away from her.

"James," she tried. "I know I used to... well, um... I know I wasn't-"

"It's fine," James said, loosening his grip on her. "Forget it."

But that wasn't what she wanted, nor what she thought he wanted if his body language was any indication. She tightened her hold on the back of his neck, forcing him to look at her. "I know I was a shrew to you in fifth year. I'm not saying that there were times that you didn't deserve it, being the arrogant git you were back then, but for the most part, I know I... I know I hurt you. And I know I can't take it back, but I just want- need you to know that I don't... I don't want to hurt you anymore. I just...want you. Nobody else, just you. If me snogging you wasn't obvious enough."

He smiled at that, relaxing at her touch as she grazed her nails against the nape of his neck. "Still nice to hear." He leaned his forehead against hers and sighed happily. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"And if it wasn't already obvious, I want you, too. All the time, so bad," he said.

"It's still nice to hear, too. Although, it was nice being shown as well."

His devious smile grew, shining on his face as he leaned back in. "Happy to continue the demonstration."

[raiynnah]

Actor

@jilymicrofics - word count: 364

Lily’s sighs breathily, a fond smile curving from her cherry-coloured lips, drooping eyes gazing into dark brown ones. Her hands slides down from James’ cheek to his heart.

“Because I love you,” she whispers, a delicate tear slipping from her eyes like the silken dress is from her shoulders. “I will love you, forever and in any universe. There is no world in which you and I are not meant to be.” Under her palm, James’ chest is solid and warm, his heartbeat quickening as he grasps her hand between his.

“And I you. I love you, forever and in any universe,” he swear to her, their eyes locking. Lily gasps, exhilarated, and leans into him for a kiss. Their lips meet like lost lovers, desperate with longing. “I love you, Lil—”

“CUT!” Sirius Black shouts gleefully from just outside the cameras’ view. He’s grinning ear to ear, nonchalantly leaning back in his chair. 

“Sirius! This is the third time!” Minerva McGonagall, the best director of her time, scolds.

“Ah, but this time it was for a good reason! James was saying the wrong name.”

“I was not!” James insists, looking scandalised. “I would never. I just want to get this scene done as fast as possible.” Lily rolls her eyes, annoyance tugging her face into a scowl.

“Believe it or not, Potter, even supposedly award-winning actors make mistakes. It’s not like I want to kiss you either! Let’s just do it one more time and get it over with.” She thinks she hears Minerva’s exasperated sigh but she doesn’t look away from James’ stupid, warm eyes. Honestly, they should just make all of his characters wear glasses, James looks much less strange with his glasses firmly on his face where they belong. “And you!” she adds, whirling to point at Sirius. “Shut up or I’ll personally make sure you can never talk again."

Sirius just pouts in confusion at her. If she didn’t know him to be an unfortunately amazing actor, she might almost believe his innocent act. They end up having to film the scene four more times, even after Sirius is sent out. James’ slip of the tongue is apparently contagious.

[hp-fanfic-archive]

@hprecfest Day 30: Fic On Your TBR List That You're Most Excited To Read

Castling by @missgryffin [James/Lily, Remus & Lily, E, 20k]

When they were still very young, Remus Lupin’s dad married Lily Evans’ mum. It changes everything.

From the moment I read the summary I was hooked. I love Remus & Lily in any capacity, and this was very intriguing and it has James/Lily, which is a ship I love but don't read enough of. It seems like it has it all (canon divergence, interesting premise, slow burn) and I cannot wait to read it!!!