#lily evans bashing

[jaylienpotter]

Conceited

Jegulus one-shot

Warning: Lily Evans bashing (kinda)

"Why don't you give me a chance? Even to be friends?!"

Regulus turned around and walked towards the source of the noise. He knew that voice very well.

"I hate you, Potter!"

Seemed like Black's crush was getting rejected again. Part of him was sad for his brother's best friend, another, more selfish side of him, was relieved.

"Why?! What did I ever do to you? I know I was a prick to Snape sometimes-"

"You're a bully!"

"I'm not a bully! Snape isn't stupid, nor weak, nor innocent. He does the exact same thing we did to him! He's not a victim." He wasn't wrong, to be a bully meant it was one-sided. Snape and Potter were more like mortal enemies.

"Even then, you're still a rich, obnoxious, arrogant, selfish prat who doesn't shut up about himself! You're so bloody conceited!"

That hit. He could see the hurt in those dark brown eyes. People didn't know the effort the tanned skinned boy put into helping others, making sure everyone is happy, included, safe. He could have all eyes on him yet no one noticed. Except Reg. He noticed James.

"That's not true." The pair turned to him in surprise, pale hands becoming fidgety with the sudden notion of being watched. He kind of regretted speaking up.

"James doesn't talk about himself. Yes, he's sometimes a bit obnoxious and loud, and he does talk a lot but it's never centered around himself. You're getting confused with my brother, Evans."

"Oh, please. Those two are the same. You're not in Gryffindor, you don't hear them all the time." Right, but he did hear from the boy in private. In their late night talks that started after Sirius ran away. Because James didn't want Reg to feel alone. He noticed. He cared. He helped.

"What does he say then? About himself. Not about his friends. Or the stupid pranks they all pull." He dragged the word 'all', making it a point that it didn't count.

"Do you know his favourite colour? Favourite animal? Favourite classes and professors? His grades? How many people he's dated? Anything about his home life? His life goals and dreams?" It was too late to back out, the rant had begun, and you bet Blacks finish what they start.

"Because I don't think so. He might talk a shit lot, but it's about his group plans, his friends, making jokes, making others laugh when feeling like shit as so many do nowadays," himself included. "It takes a lot to get him to talk about himself as an individual, actually. You would know if you gave him a chance. But for someone so against judgemental people, you really do focus on his appearance." Green eyes wide, pink lips shut tight. Regulus contained his smirk.

"He's a good person. A great friend. Selfless and caring despite being from an old pureblood family. And he fights for what he thinks is right. He fights for others. With his big personality comes a big heart. So if you don't make space for the love he has to offer just because you think you don't believe he has it in him, he's not the conceited one." Red hair nearly flew with Lily's stormed exit. She hadn't liked their interaction in the slightest. It was better that way. She wasn't deserving.

Piercing dark eyes were burning a whole through black curls. Reg avoided James's gaze, afraid of what he'd say. He only faced him when he felt the boy closer, and he could swear Potter's eyes were sparkling.

"You meant that...?"

"Of course. You care so much about everyone else that you forget yourself. You couldn't tell me what you wanted to do in the future because it would depend on what your friends decided to do with their lives. You're the most selfless person I know, and if she thinks otherwise, she doesn't deserve your love or friendship."

Silence. He really wanted the older boy to say something, but he just stared, lips slightly parted. Icy blue eyes looked away, shoulders tensing from the attention.

Warm strong arms surrounded his small figure, nearly making him halt. But Potter's sweet, intoxicating smell had him relax and melt in his arms, wrapping his much slimmer ones around his tanned waist.

"Thanks, Reggie." His heart skipped a beat at the nickname and he hoped James didn't feel it against his own chest. He was also thankful to have his face covered, absolutely certain that his white cheeks had turned fully pink.

[mind0zone]

James Potter better than me, because had that been me on the floor and Snape stepped over me to hold MY dead wife. I'd rise right then and there.

[managone16]

i wish i had enough followers that when I say "Lily Evans is a fucking goddess" I would have like, a hundred people would go "Fuck yeah"

[trashmouththeorist]

severus snape fic recs

my personal favs

Young Snape:

a life of smoke and silvered glass: Slight AU in which Severus apologizes, tries harder, and stays friends with Lily. Severus doesn't become a Death Eater because he believes in it, Jily get married. Sweet, slightly sad ending. (So cute).

Falling Apart: Time travel fic, no pairings, Severus goes back to when James levicorpused him. (I loved this, I loved how Mary was included and Avery had a redemption arc. Severus never calls Lily mudblood.)

in glory and in ruin: Mulciber/Snape but it's not a main part of it. Basically, a Triwizard Tournament in between the school houses, and Severus gets chosen even though he's only 16. The Marauders and Lily aren't really in it, focuses on Snape's Gang, Charity and Aurora. WIP, and I LOVE it!

The Gryffindor Sort: WIP. Long. In which Severus is a Gryffindor, Lupin is hiding something, Potter and Black are the worst, and there's a Wizarding War about to erupt.

Severus and the Marauders: Long. What if instead of being insulted and excluded from the group, Severus was embraced instead. After all, it was the actions of the group that shaped history from the sidelines. So what if they shaped history a little differently?

That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadn’t been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late?

The Unwanted Boy From Spinner's End: Severus Snape’s existence is a mistake. His mother hints at it often enough with her regretful, drawn-out sighs, while his father prefers to get the message across with a good strapping and a lecture on his worthlessness. Needless to say, the twelve-year-old is not particularly inclined to trust adults, no matter how concerned or caring they claim to be. His life changes abruptly, however, one late evening in September when an illicit brewing session results in a forced trip to the Hogwarts infirmary. Not only is the truth about Severus' home life discovered, but an investigation reveals that shortly prior to his mother’s unexpected death, a single piece of parchment was deposited into her Gringotts vault—a Last Will and Testament in which Eileen Snape née Prince grants guardianship of her son to none other than Albus Dumbledore himself.

To Recollect the Future: Hindsight is 20/20, but when Harry's last steps into the forest set him back further than he'd ever thought, he never realised how grateful he'd be to have Snape there to help too.

Severus' choice: How one choice changed history's course, or the life of Severus Snape from Hogwarts to adulthood if characters were less caricatural, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were more than bogeymen. This is an AU, events before and after may differ from the books.

the lost generation: The Marauders era at Hogwarts, Voldemort's rise to power and the subsequent war, family loyalties and dishonour, and the struggles of friendship in a difficult time.

Snily:

Come Once Again and Love Me: My favourite Snily fic ever. Snape and Lily time travel back from their individual deaths to when they were still at Hogwarts. Realistic-Lily misses James and Harry and their falling in love is slow burn too. Made me want to cry. I almost liked James!

The Fields of Summer: Short and sad. His past was bleeding into the present, just as his future was bleeding out of the gaping wound in his neck. And since memories were useless to a dead man, Snape plucked them out of his mind and gave them to The Boy Who Lived. He didn’t realize that in so doing, he’d forget her.

seventeen moons: After the werewolf prank. Severus was bitten and Lily figures it out. I hated Sirius so much and he was barely in it but he wasn't villainised-it's just the consequences of his own actions.. Loved the Snily! Short.

Surprising Lessons: Tensions run high between the students of Hogwarts in the time when Severus Snape, Lily Evans, and the Marauders are teenagers. New spells are invented, insults are traded, new bonds form, and unexpected support blooms. Short and sweet.

Vox Severus: SO cute. When Severus Snape's voice changes in fourth year, everyone notices.

Ambiguous: Order member Lily did not have a baby. Death Eater Severus did not hear a prophecy. Consequently, the Dark Lord did not fall. ...but what happens when a long forgotten prophecy suddenly shakes, and flashes through the colours of the spectrum..?

Switching Wands: Severus and Lily acted as best friends should and talked about the Whomping Willow incident. Lily is less than impressed with Potter’s behaviour from that point onward.

Her Slytherin, His Gryffindor: Lily has had enough of James' bullying ways, so she decides to finally take advantage of her Prefect status. Or, in another universe, Lily helps Severus, and they become even closer.

Sweet Root: Lily decides to get Severus drunk one summer night. Angst thereby incurred happily resolves itself into, uh, happiness.

You Don't Bug Me: “Is there any reason you’re half naked in my room?”

Snape/Sirius:

Two Sides: A time travel fic where Severus and Sirius find themselves back on the evening before they graduated Hogwarts. With no idea how and why that happened, they set out to get back to their respective timelines. After all, Sirius has to save Harry at the Minstry of Magic, and Severus needs to tell Potter about the final Horcrux. Right? Too bad that they find themselves back on that evening over and over again. (Personal thoughts: I loved this one, very in character and I loved how they 'fixed' their regrets of the past).

Broken Me Found Broken You: It’s determined that Severus Snape and Sirius Black are immune to punishment after years of near-fatal pranks, bullying, and homemade curses. The only person who thinks them capable of ending the feud and finishing their education is Professor McGonagall. For the summer of ‘77, she gives them a pair of charmed hand mirrors and an ultimatum: communicate. That’s it, a mere ten minutes every Saturday. Back at Hogwarts, when their animosity proves insurmountable, Sirius and Severus are relegated to a small, Eighth Year dormitory. The tight quarters—wandless—are intended to force them to make a peaceful reconciliation, but peace is impossible with a bloody war ramping up inside and outside the castle.

Sorry: Sirius Black decides to make amends for the horrid way he treated Snape when they were teenages. Snape is less than amenable to the idea. (Written around the time of book three/four). Basically, Sirius apologises a lot. And then some fucking.

The Sin in Your Grin (And the Shape of Your Mouth): The Order needed Sirius, but he doubted they'd mourn him very long when he finally disappeared. The first Wizarding war, Snape and Sirius are fucking. Sirius thinks Remus is the spy, Severus tells him otherwise. Canon-compliant: James and Lily die, Peter is the spy. The last line. Shaking.

Dead Reckoning: Severus Snape delivers a potion to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, holding a twenty-year-old grudge in his heart. He has yearned for revenge for so long—and he will have it. Along with something else he did not ask for.

Beyond The Veil: In one world, Sirius Black ignored Severus Snape's warning and went to the Department of Mysteries to save his godson's life. He died and went beyond the veil. In another world, Sirius Black stayed back. This made all the difference. An AU where Sirius Black survived and now knew Severus Snape's deepest secret.

Rings And Ringing Bells: A bastardisation of a traditional love story. Two men both broken by the world are at wit’s end trying not to kill each other. There’s Severus, a bitter insult who does not take fools lightly, and Sirius, a drunkard who has a habit of pressing his buttons. It involves a curse which forces them to get married, an immaculate conception, and the blurring of the line between hate and love. They fear that they have no control over their lives and are doomed to make the mistakes their parents had done before them. They’re not good for each other, but the fiasco that is their romance may be enough to teach them how to hate each other and themselves a little less.

Always (Come For Me): Snape might have been lying when he said Sirius Black wasn't punished for the prank he had pulled on him. It all started with Sirius having to live with the Snapes for the remainder of his summer...

An Interlude: Set during Order of the Phoenix. Snape comes across Black looking through some of his old school things. Memories are stirred up, grudges are held, old conflicts refuse to be resolved, and new ground might be (dis)covered. A series of conversations in the year before a death.

bite your tongue, go to the funeral: A funeral, a departure, a chance encounter, a war, a funeral (again), a snide remark, and a revival.

Two Boys Kissing: Sirius goes to a gay bar and meets the last person he expects. Under cloudy skies, two boys kiss and that one moment comes to define generations of want, need and hope.

An Occlument Heart: Snape knows that, usually, keeping a secret is the bravest thing you can do. But sometimes the bravest thing is to tell one. Complete. Canon (more or less) up to the start of Book 5, when this story begins.

Found in the Moments Between the Search: When Sirius returns from beyond the Veil with knowledge of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he takes on the task of finding and destroying them. Somewhere along the way he finds an unexpected ally and perhaps something more. (AU from the end of OotP, takes place during HBP period)

Walking the Monochrome: That’s what being a dog is like – it's like you’re walking the very edge of the world, where almost all colour has run out, and you know that should you miss a step, you’ll fall off that edge... Then again, you already know all about it. The edge and the falling.” AU of the first war.

Second Life: What happens when two men are given a second chance.

The Welcoming Feast: Severus opened his eyes and he was suddenly inside Grimmauld Place. His hand flew to his neck. He remembered Nagini biting him, Potter coming to him and then he closed his eyes, expecting death, but instead he was back here.

The Devil-and-All to Pay: Albus Dumbledore is mad. Severus is sure of it, when the old man sends him to persuade Sirius Black to come back to England and let the Order use his family home as headquarters. The problem, as always, is that Severus cannot say no.

Black Out: Snape and Black try something they have never done before. Talking.

eighty-twenty: In seventh year James left Severus for Lily. Best choice he could have ever made. It never would have worked out. Besides, he and Lily are married now, she's pregnant with his soon to be child and Severus...Severus is with Sirius.

First and Last and Always: Severus had his wand. He swallowed hard. His wand. Magic. His only defense, because Black outweighed him by at least three stone. But magic was more than enough. Severus had never needed physical prowess. His magical strength, and the keenness of his mind, gave him the advantage. Except when it didn’t.

Visions of Doom: Severus gets injured in the shrieking shack (his fifth year). While unconscious he witnesses some scenes from his future and realizes becoming a death eater wouldn’t bring him power and glory but pain and servitude. He spends the rest of his schooling trying to shape a different future for himself.

Anything by FabulaRasa on AO3.

Remus/Snape:

Fuel the Pyre of Your Enemies: A paired class assignment for Astronomy incites a mutually beneficial agreement between Remus Lupin and Severus Snape. An exploration of sexuality and friendships. (One of my favourite Snupin fics, really realistic. Also no evil!peter).

where the wolfsbane blooms: Remus and Severus friendship, and then more. 7000 words-short but sweet. Severus tries to cure the lycanthropy. James is constantly befuddled.

Have Your Cake and Eat It: Remus POV. Long. Incredible. Changed my world view. I cried with Remus at the end. Still kind of happy! Time travel fic. Remus lives. Realistic for the characters and especially for the seventies (although lowkey Remus is too woke for the nineties why does he know the word heteronormative). I loved Sirius in this one. Lying in hospital after the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus Lupin has a lovely lucid dream that he's gone back to his school days at Hogwarts. Only the day passes, then another, and another, and soon he must face the terrifying possibility that it isn't a dream — that he has irreparably altered the events of the past. Cunegonde is SO good!

DELOCAPONUM: 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏. A new acquaintance to the territory of teaching, an old friend to grief and misfortune, and entirely off on the wrong foot, twenty-one-year-old Professor Severus Snape reverts to an old charm of his — a charm for things that are lost — in attempt to find the one book in which he wrote it. But when the spell starts working against him and mysterious things start happening to his own students, it seems he has no choice but to form an alliance with an old schoolyard enemy in order to find a culprit, a book, and his own identity. And one thing is for certain: the irritating charm of Remus Lupin is nearly impossible to refuse.

Creature Comforts: A classic! Remus and Severus are paired to work together in Care of Magical Creatures in 6th year. Neither one is too happy with the arrangement at first.

That Awful Boy: CLASSIC! Severitus. Petunia lets slip a twenty-year-old secret, and Harry is sent to Spinner's End to study Occlumency early. Severus Snape can see no way in which this could end in catastrophe.

Not Really Here: After the werewolf prank, Severus disappears. He’s still at Hogwarts—at least, he thinks he is—and he’s probably still alive, but no one can see or hear him. Except for Lupin. Remus, meanwhile, is avoiding the other Marauders—as well as everyone else—and Snape becomes the sole exception to his self-appointed isolation. As they work together to look for answers about Severus’ condition, the unlikely pair drift toward friendship. But building a relationship of any kind presents a challenge when neither of them is sure Severus exists at all. I've only read this once but I love it. No Marauders bashing, but no pretending they're saints either. And they have a pretty big part but obvs Snupin is at the forefront.

The Heir to the House of Prince: Harry is the main character and the main ship is Harry and Theo. While Snupin is secondary it's pretty central. Summer of 4th year and Harry's all alone, dealing with his grief and the sudden revelation that James Potter is not his father. Support comes in a strange form. The form of Theo Nott, son of a death Eater. A strange friend who says he'll help him find his true father, whoever this Lord Prince might be. Technically Snily ig? But not really.

Sight Unseen: After losing his sight during the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus struggles to adjust to his new circumstances; when depression threatens to overwhelm him, he receives unexpected assistance from an unknown source.

The Other Side of The Mirror: In sixth year, Remus Lupin nearly killed Severus Snape in wolf form. Miraculously, Severus escaped unharmed. But what if he hadn't?

The Meaning of Mistletoe: What was going on was that Severus Snape had no trouble tracking down one Petunia Evans, now Dursley, to a little town in Surrey where he saw how exactly she was treating her nephew. Which somehow led to last night and Severus knocking on Lupin’s door with a toddler half-asleep in his arms.

Spymaster: Former spymaster and one time headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Severus Snape left the house just once a week on a Tuesday. Wherein Snape wears tracksuit pants and smokes too many cigarettes and Lupin is into it.

Well They're No Friends Of Mine: Whenever his friends pull a prank on Snape, Remus always looks the other way. But what if there's another option?

The Other Side of the Mirror: I haven't read this, but it's a 'what if Remus bit Snape.' 60000 words.

Artemisa Absinthium: The Rat and the Snake: AU set during the First Wizarding War. Severus has defected from the Dark Lord, and become a double agent for Dumbledore. When he learns of an informant it sends the Order into disaray. Can he uncover the identity of the traitor before his own true loyalty is revealed? What price is he willing to pay for his redemption? And can a man like Severus Snape ever be worthy of love?

Capnolagnia: Three times Remus caught Severus Snape smoking.

About Wolves and Snakes: Unfinished. Remus Lupin woke up being fifteen years old again, having no idea how or why. Upon learning that he could not return, he decided that he would try to change the way things happened.

One Thousand Galleons: It's been six years since Remus Lupin, age 25, left England after the death of his father and the slow dissolving of his friendship with the Marauders. A letter from James finds him in Canada at an opportune time, asking him to come home to meet his soon-to-be-born son. Remus never expected that his time away would give him the perfect resume for teaching at Hogwarts, nor did he expect that his return would spark both conflict and resolution. If only he could get the Potion's Professor to understand how sorry he is for the way things turned out. “What is the price for your forgiveness?” --- “One Thousand Galleons.”

Living Legend: Marauders-era fic, Snape decides he needs some "hands-on" experience and chooses Remus as his very special study partner. But there's more to these extracurricular activities than meets the eye.

Lily's Boy: With help from unexpected places, Harry starts on a journey to end the war, and reshape the wizarding world. With how much he looks like James Potter, people have forgotten one important thing about him - he is Lily Evans' son, and she was one hell of a witch. Side Snupin.

It's Not Over Til It's Done: Unfinished. Severus did not expect to survive the Second Wizarding War, but survive he did. Remus didn't either, yet due to unforeseen circumstances, Remus finds himself taking care of Severus in the wake of surviving Nagini's venom.

Ten Aprils: Severus must find a way for Harry to defeat Voldemort. Remus must find a way for Severus to free himself from the past. The Dark Lord is about to attack Hogwarts, and Harry needs to get over his rage, hate and despair in order to learn to summon the phoenix needed to defeat Voldemort. Snape must find the answers, then teach Harry how. In the next thirty minutes. Like it would ever happen.

A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love: A story in which Severus Snape is unable to sleep; a certain werewolf is impersonating Celestina Warbek and cauldrons are used as prevention, sort of.

the week that changed it all: It’s Christmas break in Remus’ 6th year of Hogwarts. Sadly, his parents aren’t home so he has to stay over at Lily’s house for the week. He makes a discovery he didn’t know was possible. The first one was that apparently, Severus lived not far away, the second one was that he started to like the boy.

A Prince By Early Frost: While preparing his chamber for the Philosopher’s Stone, Severus encounters the dark fae borne by a black glass mirror, buried deep beneath the castle. He is chosen, but unsure by what, until over a year later, when a figure from his dreams takes the Defense position, asking for a favor.

Chocolate Cake and Other Intimacies: Remus Lupin is spending his birthday alone in the hospital wing. Severus brings him his homework to cheer him up.

That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadn’t been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late? Guardian fic but Snape is the ward in this one. AU set in the Marauders Era. Rated T to be safe.

Basically anything by McKay on AO3.

Snape/James:

Knowledge of the Gods: Severus was either in a coma and dying, already dead and trapped in some purgatory, completely and utterly insane, or living in the body of his past self. And, perhaps most suspiciously, why did James Potter keep looking at him like that?!

A Touch, A Kiss, A Whisper of Love: After Severus Snape and James Potter find themselves stuck in an awkward detention together, an unlikely friendship forms. As their newfound friendship develops, James discovers something new about himself while Severus tries to fight his growing attraction to the Gryffindor boy.

Cake, Please!: Slight SA gives me the ick, but vaguely fun to read. A story of blackmail, the wonderful world of sexuality, and lots of cake.

Revenge is Sweet: A teenage Snape plots his revenge on James Potter for making his life hell, but little does he know that James has plans of his own that will send both their lives spiraling irrevocably out of control.

Ninety-Three: James promises Severus that if Severus has sex with him 93 times, he will break up with Lilly and advocate that she date Severus.

Absolution: What is it that draws James to Severus? A disease? A curse? A secret wish... a need? Try as he might to ignore the Slytherin, in the end, to Severus is where James always finds himself. **SLOW BUILD** Rated M for... certain kinds of scenes later on.

The Dreamer in the Well: James got the girl....finally. She even stopped being friends with Severus, whom he absolutely hated. But one day, his curiosity changes everything.

Love Is Strange: At the start of his sixth year, James Potter decides to finally stop ruining Severus' life. His friends agree to stop the bullying but what they do not know is the reason why James decided to put an end to it. They think he just matured or grew tired of it but the truth is a little more complicated than that.

A Fickle Thing: James Potter's marriage is failing- What a perfect time to disguise himself as a muggle, follow Severus Snape to what is either a makeshift dance club or a party for gay muggles, and then do a series of things he really should not do.

Rise: Severus Snape was tired of his fate, to be a lowly snake. Luckily, fate was kind to him this time and the arrival of a tournament had come. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, a moment of weakness and strength that led Severus to put his name in the Goblet of Fire. But he was chosen now, and he had no choice but to play in the game, maybe he will live or die, but either way he wasn't going to become what everyone said he would be.

Apocrypha: Two can keep a secret, if one of the two is dead.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): Long, loved it, well written. James Potter starts his seventh year with a secret. He has amazing friends, Sirius is always right by his side, Lily is finally starting to warm up to him. His life is an endless cycle of partying and drinking. So what if the Wizarding World is on the precipice of war? So what if Severus Snape has disappeared from Hogwarts? That's not James's problem. Life is beautiful, and even if it's all an illusion he wants to hold on to that dream for just a little bit longer.

Colours of Redemption: Severus Snape was meant to die. Instead he was placed into hell. Trapped in timeloops, Severus tries to make sense of the future knowledge he suddenly had. If he made one bad move, everything is reset for him to try again. Being placed into a new house and everyone being nice to him, Severus is doing his best but it is hard. Especially when James Potter is noticing him in a different way.

Goeey Melting Hearts: In their 5th year James, Sirius and Remus over hear a conversation that makes them reconsider their opinions of the ‘future Death Eaters’. The Marauders stop bullying, but guilt eats at James until he decides to apologize. That summer James tracks down Severus, but sees something that crushes him.

Regulus/Snape:

Burning Doves: The first Snape/Regulus I ever read. Regulus needs help with potions and Snape tutors him. Not much Marauders, they're just offscreen assholes. Narcissa and Severus friendship which I always enjoy. It's done, but I haven't finished it yet. Whoops.

Severus and Snape: Severus Snape finds Lily dead in Godric's Hollow, her son's screams echoing in his ears, and decides to end his life with hers. Fate has other ideas. Next thing he knows, he's facing an 11-year-old Lily Evans, on their way to their first year at Hogwarts.

Snape & or / Narcissa:

Seven Days: Severus knows a lot can happen in seven days. Slash.

Living A Lie:  All of her life, Narcissa Black has had to live as the perfect lady, and witch; to never reveal one's inner heart, nor ever go against the wishes of one's family. After being forced into an engagement she does not want during her sixth year at Hogwarts, Narcissa has kept the desires of her heart on ice; particularly, for a wizard her family would never in a million years have approved of: Severus Snape. Even after the birth of her son Draco, she has harbored these desires deep in her heart for the enigmatic Potions Master. But when she comes to Spinners End to ask Severus to watch over Draco at the start of the school term of 1997, she finds that she cannot keep her heart on ice for the wizard of her dreams any longer...

What Lies Beneath: "Please, Professor, I saw him-I saw Snape," Harry said, struggling to breathe, "he's hurt...we've got to find him-we've got to find him right now or he's going to die!" Severus Snape's redemption story told in the span of three books from multiple perspectives.

Snape/Others:

Redemption: Severus died that night at the hands of the Dark Lord, the man he "worked" for and was "loyal", at least that's what the Lord believed him to be, an impeccable servant.  Even so, he ended up dying for his master's snake.  He knew it would happen, he was sure his time was coming, just like the manipulative old goat's plan. However, what would he do when he found out that he wasn't the only one who had the memories of his past life?  How would his life turn out?  Better or worse?

Breaking the Mould: Everyone knew Severus' future. Everyone knew he'd become a death eater, maybe get his mastery in potions and eventually die at his master's hand. But what if they didn't know Severus as well as they thought they did? Rather than conform to the role people expected him to play, Severus takes action. During 6th year he leaves Hogwarts, joining an apprenticeship overseas that guarantees not only a future but his own happiness. Meanwhile the Marauders (minus Peter) are left regretting what can never be. They each had a secret, something none of them were willing to admit. Only now it's too late. But what happens when Severus re-emerges during the war? Not a death eater, not a teacher even. But a strong, independent and most importantly a free man. How will the marauders react?

Dinner and a Show: James takes Lily out to dinner, an unhappy evening made more difficult by the arrival of Severus and Lucius Malfoy at a nearby table.

Snape & Others: 

O Mine Enemy: Severitus, long. When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good. Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!

I Know Not, and I Cannot Know; Yet I Live and I Love: Severus Snape has his emotions in check. He knows that he experiences anger and self-loathing and a bitter yearning, and that he rarely deviates from that spectrum… Until the first-year Luna Lovegood arrives to his class wearing a wreath of baby’s breath. Over the next six years, an odd friendship grows between the two, and Snape is not sure how he feels about any of it.

Second Life: What happens when two men are given a second chance. Snape & Sirius. 

Not Entirely Tedious: Young Professor Severus Snape shows up for a meeting, but the only other person there is the Deputy Headmistress. He wants to leave and return later, after the other participants will have arrived, but Professor McGonagall explains why that is impossible. Cross about having his plans for the day disrupted for a meeting that’s not taking place, Snape resents having to spend the afternoon with McGonagall. She doesn’t seem very pleased, either, but is content to relax and wait. Snape isn’t so patient, and soon manages to annoy his companion.

The Young Potions Professor: The staff avoided him like the plague, ignored him, or straight up left when he went into the staff room. And the worst thing was that they didn't even try to hide their collective disgust for him. If he got into the staff room in the morning and any of them were there, they would immediately get up and go sit on the furthest side of the room, as far from him as possible.

Slytherin Career Day: The student of Slytherin House were born with everything: wealth, prestige and pure wizarding blood. Now it's Severus Snape's job to help them find the one thing they don't have: careers.

In Another Lifetime: HP AU. In a world where Tom Riddle was slaughtered, the wizarding wars did not occur, and Albus Dumbledore promoted peace in Hogwarts, Lily Evans and Severus Snape did the impossible: they remained lifelong friends. Snape meets his potential, and has a shot at happiness along the way.

immortalists with points to prove: The Snape kid is hardly a hero. Then again, neither is Alastor.

[somecluelessidiot]

Sirius: From now on, we'll be using codenames. You can address me as 'Eagle One.' Mary is 'Been There Done That', Remus is 'Currently Doing That', James is 'It Happened Once in a Dream', Marlene is 'If I Had to Pick a Girl'. Lily, you can be... 'Eagle Two'.

Lily: Oh thank Merlin.

[marauders-bs]

"Godric, Reg, why do your M&M friends all hate me?"

Regulus looks up at James and laughs. "So, first of all, it's Skittles."

"Yeah. Why are you guys called that, anyways?"

"It was Bat's idea. We're all fruity and we're a package deal."

James laughs a bit, sounding surprised. "He put quite a bit of thought into that."

"Yeah, well, we needed something to sign Severus Snape's hate card in fourth year, and Cas decided that it was just going to be our name."

James hums, and Regulus remembers why the topic was brought up in the first place. "What makes you think my friends hate you? I mean, Lily and Remus are honorary Skittles and they don't hate you."

"Still up for debate on the Evans one, but I'll take it," James says. "No, uh, all four of them glare at me every time I pass and they all have cursed or hexed me at least three times. Each."

Regulus has to laugh a bit at James, shut up in a tunnel together in his lap, and run his fingers through is curly brown hair. "That's because they know I'm into you and they don't know about this."

James laughs softly. "That's probably a good thing."

"Yeah," Regulus agrees.

[theaterkid13]

An angsty jegulus/starchaser where they get closer and get together like the summer before their 5th and 6th years because Sirius is always sneaking out to go do stuff with James or sneaking James to Grimmauld Place and Regulus doesn’t want to be alone so he (reluctantly) hangs out with them. James comes over when Sirius isnt there one day.

“Your boyfriend isn’t here.” Regulus doesn’t even look up from his book as James floats into their library at the time their parents aren’t usually home.

“Sirius isn’t my boyfriend. And I know.”

“So why are you here?”

“For you.”

James notices him. Regulus isn’t used to being seen by anyone, even his friends. James sees right through any bullshit he tries to pull and it makes him feel vulnerable but… he doesn’t hate it.

They kiss-kiss-fall-in-love by the time school rolls around. They sneak around, taking walks through the halls late at night, stealing kisses in dark corners between classes. They meet at the astronomy tower, Regulus writes James poems, James gets Regulus flowers and candies and gets him muggle books (Dorian Gray is Reg’s favorite because obviously, he’s gay). They’re just cute and in love and dating in secret but that’s ok because their love doesn’t need to be anyone else's, just theirs.

But then Sirius runs away over Christmas break, and he runs to the Potter’s. Of course he did. He had nowhere else to go. But he didn’t just leave his parents, he left Regulus. He left him alone in that big house with their parents. He was the heir. He was their only child in their eyes. He got all their attention. When they came back to school, Regulus avoided Sirius and started to pull back from James. To Regulus, Sirius chose James over him. James took his brother. Regulus ignores James’ notes, sends back his gifts. He’s spiraling and crumbling under the pressure of being the only heir.

James is confused, he has no idea what he did or if he did anything wrong. Then, Regulus breaks up with him. He tells him they’re done, over, with no explanation. He’s heartbroken but he can’t show it because then people will know. And they can’t know. Sirius can’t know. James doesn’t know how to cope with the rejection. So, over that summer, James falls back on someone he knows has been coming around to him. Lily. He had declared his love for her loudly those first years, but he had stopped that. And the feelings had gone away. He loved Lily but as a friend. But maybe if he tried hard enough, he could fall in love with her and forget about Regulus.

That summer, Regulus takes the dark mark.

James tries to love Lily, he really does. He tries to forget all about Regulus. But every time he’s with her, he can’t help but think of Regulus. When he holds her hand he imagines it’s Regulus. When they kiss, he thinks how much softer Regulus’ lips are. He buys Lily the same flowers he bought Regulus. And the worst part is, Lily is in love with James. She is head over heels, fallen, ride or die, for him. She thinks he’s the one, when she imagines a family and a husband, she imagines him.

That school year, when Regulus gets back and finds out that James and Lily are dating…

He’s heartbroken, even more than he was before. He wallows, he rots in grief alone in his room. He cries, more than he did when he first broke up with James, than when he took the dark mark and wished Sirius hadn’t forgotten about him. Because James didn’t grieve, he didn’t sit in sorrow or cry. He went right to Lily, the other option, the better option. He hates James, he’s angry and sad and just… done.

I can imagine a spiteful Regulus hexing Lily during lunch or maybe conjuring something to slither in her hair. James looks back and sees Regulus putting his wand away as Lily is freaking out and the marauders are trying to figure out who had the audacity to do that to Evans. He sees red, hexes Regulus right back. Regulus throws something at him, James swings, before they know it they’re wrestling on the ground, throwing punches.

They’re waiting outside of Dumbledore’s office.

“So… Evan’s finally came around, did she?” Regulus says bitterly. He’s trying to be nonchalant but he knows James can see right through it.

“Yes, she did. We’re happy. And we’re in love and I love her.”

“I never said you weren’t… are you sure?”

“Regulus don’t, please. Just don’t.”

“I’m not the one who brought it up. At least I felt my feelings instead of burying them and ignoring them like a coward.”

Or something like that idk. Anyway, two questions, 1. this has 100% been done before, by who?

2. do we fw this and would the gays read it if I wrote it even tho it has been 100% done before

[deswhomst]

i love my characters a bit pathetic. you can have your BAMF perfect characters but me and my occasionally amazing occasionally embarrassing characters will be chilling in our little corner.

sirius? loserrr. he died because he left his house arrest and then laughed at his scary cousin. and it wasn’t even the killing curse! dude just fell back and died. regulus? he thought he really did something with the horcrux didn’t he? bae, all you did was die an unnecessarily painful death and create problems for the people who were actually useful. remus? what about remus wasn’t pathetic, really? grown man who was such an emotional coward that he didn’t tell anyone that the prisoner who allegedly got his best friends killed was a dog? james and lily? fucking losers. they had albus dumbledore offering to be their secret keeper, they could have been their Own secret keepers but noooo. they chose to prioritize “trust” over their son’s life? and then died because of switching the secret keeper? could never be me. peter? he lived as an actual fucking rat that literally belonged to percy weasley lmaoo. pandora? she literally died due to a failed experiment in front of her daughter. not only did you fuck up what you were doing, you actually just died doing it? barty? his father so bad he had to look at voldemort for approval. marlene? loser mess of a lesbian who forgets her own name the moment dorcas meadowes is anywhere near. evan? he lost his life and took a chunk of his killer’s nose with him. you go babe! seems like you got your revenge! mary? who?

finally, dorcas meadowes is my only exception to this pathetic character rule. i am not sorry i just do not find her embarrassing in the slightest. you’re embarrassing if you think otherwise. moral of the story is that dorcas is actually the best and the rest of them are losers.

[cryingoverdeadgaywizzards]

Starchaser fic idea

Im gonna explain starting with the stuff that happens BEFORE the fic takes place

James and Regulus dated in highschool, but Regulus broke up with James at the end of James’s last year because he was considering rejecting huge offers from professional quidditch teams just to be closer to Regulus.

James gets dumped and has no reason to reject the offers anymore, so he plays for a really good professional team. He is heartbroken though because Regulus never explained why he dumped him, so in James’s mind, he dumped him for seemingly no reason. Regulus is just angry with James for almost rejecting the offers and guilty for breaking his heart and he’s just feeling all the feelings.

Fast-forward a few years (still before the fic), Regulus and James are both professional quidditch players, and James is married to Lily. Harry is born and shortly after, James gets a terrible injury and has to quit right at the height of his career. The baby and James’s injury put a strain on his and Lily’s marriage, so they eventually divorced.

Now fast forward YET AGAIN to when the fic ACTUALLY takes place

Harry is a teenager (maybe like 16) and James became and Auror. Hogwarts is doing a career day, so Regulus comes to represent quidditch. Harry goes up to him to ask questions and Regulus is like

“Damn, you look just like my ex boyfriend James”

And Harry is like

“YOU. THE REGULUS BLACK. DATED MY DAD???”

Regulus is shocked but also immediately fond of Harry (mostly because he’s so like James) so he starts to coach him. He tried to keep it professional and not even think about James, but one day Harry says something like

“I asked my dad about you two, all he said was that you dumped him but that it didn’t matter. Then he just went back to cooking dinner”

And Regulus is just like. Ouch. I fucked up, didn’t I? Because James Potter only acts like things don’t matter when they mean the world to him. He still doesn’t do anything though, because he doesn’t know how and he’s kind of scared.

The final nail in the coffin is when Draco is picking up Harry from practice and they remind him SO MUCH of him and James that he just. Can’t take it.

Anyways he talks to James and they make up (and or out) yada yada old man yaoi (they’re both like 37) all that good stuff.

Thoughts?

(Also this goes without saying, but there will be absolutely ZERO Lily Evans bashing)

[lady-stardust-sang]

i bet Dumbledore knew. he knew that Sirius wasn't the secret keeper anymore, he knew the whole time that Peter was the actual villain, but he also knew that Remus would be much more valuable to him alone and without a authority defying, constantly questioning, thoughtful, smart and intelligent Sirius next to him. so Dumbledore played his cards.

i hate Dumbledore so much

[maxdibert]

Do you think Lily (and James) would be disappointed or disapproving of Harry using dark magic/dark spells? What about him almost being a Slytherin?

I feel like they would (maybe just a little), and that makes me happy because good for him. Keep “disappointing” them

Right? According to Lily, you can commit genocide as long as you don’t use dark magic or go against her, but if you use a basic dark spell you’re worse than Satan — so yeah, I guess that’s how it works, right? Honestly, I think the real issue with both her and James is that they were terrible at the Dark Arts and their fragile egos just couldn’t handle not being good at something. Because seriously, Lily “publicly stripping someone is way less problematic than using a dark spell” Evans really needs to take a long hard look at herself. I mean, calling someone a Mudblood didn’t require dark magic, so I don’t know why she was that mad.

[ghostscarface]

Snape and the Muggle Therapist

"She is just Lily"

Therapist: "So tell me more about your school experience Professor, you teached in a school ,where you were a student yourself, correct?"

Snape:"Precisely, but I don't want to dwell in memories, being surrounded by simple minded people".

Therapist:" Oh? I thought you spent most of your time in that school with Lily? I doubt you mean her. Why don't you tell me more of her."

Snape:" Why? So that you could dissect her? Pick her apart? Tell me what I should think about her?"

Therapist:" No, but you were best friends for years, who else should her know better ? I want to know the real Lily."

Snape:"She...was kind. Brilliant.The only light in my world. Always knew what's right and what's wrong"

Therapist:"And.. were there moments where she was unkind? Maybe judgemental?"

Snape:" No, no she always did.. well she laughed when other students made sloppy mistakes in class. Especially people from my....dorm. But that's not that bad."

Therapist:"So...even a kind girl can have her...moments."

Snape:"...She hated being wrong and always demanded being right.Never listened to me. Overreacted over the smallest things.But she was there for me, when no one else was."

Therapist:" Was she ever unkind...to you?"

Snape:"Not on purpose..She turned her back on me. Said she couldn't do it anymore."

Therapist:"Did you ever hurt her?"

Snape:" I made mistakes. I regretted it so much. She knew me. She knew, I didn't mean it."

Therapist:" Even kind people can walk away when they're hurt. Even bright girls with kind hearts."

Snape:" She had her flaws, like every person. She was self-righteous,such a ridiculously quick temper. She once mocked a girl for her secondhand books,telling me how it looked like her stuff survived a war. I thought I was special at that time, for telling me that. But I didn't want to remember that"

Therapist:" That's ...oddly specific."

Snape:" I spent years only to remember the good things. It was easier than to forgive myself or her, for just leaving me...or myself for being an idiot. I refused to just...let it go. I wanted to bathe in that pain... I thought I deserved it.And I still..do."

Therapist:"You loved a girl who wasn't perfect. That's okay. She didn't save you. She didn't owe you anything.".

Snape:"No. But it felt like she did. Since no one else tried."

Therapist:" Doesn't mean she was bad. It means she was just Lily. A normal teenage girl."

Snape:" A girl I pinned all my hopes on, because I had nothing else."

Therapist:" We grieve people as they were, not how we needed them."

[larapluma]

My first edit because Lily and Severus friendship will always haunt me.

tagging @unnecessaryheadache, because each time I see him in my for you page, he make me sad. (so it's necessary to make him fell the same.)

[thatdyingacewhoneedstheirspace]

ok i saw this post a little bit ago and it got me thinking

you know what would be amazing?

a fic that is Afterlife au and Dumbledore has just died, and he opens his eyes to see James, Lily, Sirius, and Regulus and Regulus says in a low tone "We've been expecting you Albus"

[swag696942069]

Marauders fake tweets Fame AU part 6

[pangaeaseas]

apparently people are going around calling Lily an enabler to Snape? What? are people really incapable of looking at a female character and going, 'wow, she's human and flawed and three dimensional and doing her best' without coming up with some condemnation because they can only assess whether they like her character on the basis of her position in a rivalry between male characters? ok yeah they totally are come on now.

but like. now I personally am interested in the idea that while Lily was an excellent friend to Snape, she maybe gave him more chances than she should have AND that she may have been a not great friend to Mary Macdonald in the process, but like, that's based on my headcanon not really on actual canonical material (since while Mary Macdonald is basically the only named character besides Snape and then later the other marauders we have any evidence at all was friends with Lily, it's far from conclusive evidence!) and. you know, even in a scenario where she's friends with Mary and thus might well owe her 'not being friends with someone who's friends with someone who attacked me likely for my blood status or politics and doesn't condemn this behavior, writing it off as a laugh', that's not *being an enabler to Snape* that's looking for the best in someone she cares deeply for and neglecting the feelings of a more recent and less close friend in the process, and I tend to think 'caring too much for a few people' is a consistent character flaw of Lily's that makes her interesting, not something to demonize her for. If she was 'enabling' Snape in any meaningful way she wouldn't, you know, be challenging him on the Mary Macdonald incident the way she does, and her friendship isn't meaningfully offering him support in joining the Death Eaters--it's probably a roadblock on his way, as she intended it to be! She's not making excuses for him or helping him in self-destructive behavior (what an enabler does), she just wants to see the best in him and she actually calls out his excuses for the Mary incident! She does make excuses for him to HER FRIENDS at least according to herself when she's calling him out but that's not the same as making excuses for him to HIM, which is what an 'enabler' does. He then shifts the discussion onto James who has nothing to do with anything because he *is* trying to distract her and make excuses for himself since he knows she wouldn't tolerate him flat out acting like a Death Eater! When he does, by calling her a Mudblood, she immediately drops him even though it is painful. It's pretty clear that this incident was what allowed her to see clearly he was going to become (or may even already have been) a Death Eater, and when she has to face that reality, she immediately ends the friendship.