#march jily challenge

[jilychallenge]

March Jily Challenge

Fairy Tales are here! Something you all seem very enthusiastic about, thanks for signing up. Remember this month lasts until the 7th of April (because the Fairy Godmother said so on Discord) Without further ado your partners are here. Find your prompt in your inbox or on Discord (if you would like an invitation please DM us) @fiendishfyre 💞 @jamesunderwater 💞@sapphire1616

@missgryffin 💞 @annasghosts

@wearingaberetinparis 💞@dizzy--bird

@annabtg 💞 @chierafied

@harryissuchalittleshit 💞 @thelighthousestale

@charmsandtealeaves 💞 @siriuslychessi

@constancezin 💞 @abihastastybeans

@kplmbl 💞 @eastwindmlk

@mppmaraudergirl 💞 @petalsinwoodvale

Remember to tag us @jilychallenge when you post your story! and add it to the ao3 collection. ENJOY

[wearingaberetinparis]

I was not supposed to write the March @jilychallenge fic this weekend, but inspiration struck and I am now nearly 5000 words in…

Would anyone like a snippet?

[arianatwycross]

Hi my tumblr name is arianatwycross (this is not my real name but you may call me A or Ari) I'm a pommy that lives in Australia, I have a golden retriever that owns my heart and I'm addicted to cheesy romance novels.

I write mostly Jily but have been known to delve into Romione and am dipping my toe in some wolfstar!

last updated 18.03.24

Jily

Multi-chapters:

The Process of Wanting- University Muggle AU / Jily-microoops March prompts

Headlines - Muggle AU / Popstar James

once upon a dream - WIP Hogwarts AU / Lily has a crush

To send or not to send? - (Two Parts) 2023 April Jily Challenge / Theme: Letters, Notes and Texting

A (not so) bad day - (Two Parts) - Hogwarts idiots in love

We'll be a fine line -WIP a chapter a day for jilytober 2022 / a muggle au

Only for the Summer -WIP Rated E / Muggle Job AU / Friends to Lovers

Beach Reading -  Rated T. July 2022 Jily Challenge / Theme: Summer Prompt: “i really, really need this summer job, so please stop distracting me with your wiles/good looks. you’re going to get me fired”

The Art of Fake Dating - WIP written with @vertraymer / For the Mixed Up Writer Fest 2022 / Prompt: Fake dating AU!

Unlearnable - WIP, Rated M. Muggle AU. Angst.

Strawberry Lipstick State of Mind - Rated E. Canon. Seventh Year.

Just a touch - Rated E

Teenage Kicks - Rated E / Celeb AU with minor wolfstar

you are the sun - Rated M (Three-parts) Muggle AU/Secret Relationship

One Shots:

Skinny Dipping Part 1 - a jilymicrofic

Just the two of us - Hogwarts / Forced proximity, Hurt/Comfort

A Sweet Meet Cute - Muggle AU, small town romance

A romance of their own - Jily Valentine Gift Exchange 2023 / Celeb AU

Wet, Cold & Bothered - Rated M / 2022 Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge; prompt: Snowball fights

Muggle Christmas Traditions - Rated G/ 2022 December Christmas Jily Challenge. Prompt: The night before Christmas

The One Where Remus Has no Filter - Rated G. Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge

a year and 22 days - Rated T. Summer of Jily 2022 / lyric: all that I know is you caught me at the right time —"golden hour" (kacey musgraves) Scenario: late evening with friends in the garden

The One Where Petunia Can't Drive - April JilyChallenge / Meet uglies + prompt "i hit you with my car/broom and was the only one to visit you in the hospital"

two fools - Rated T / Feb 2022 Jily Challenge romance theme + prompt " “It’s not like I've thought about kissing you, or anything…”

Shut up & Kiss me - Rated M / December Jily Challenge, Winter theme. Muggle AU

Crush Phase - Rated T. Muggle AU

A Year Later - Rated M / Jily Challenge August 2021 . Muggle AU

consciously unaware - Rated GA / Jilytober 2021 bingo (5 prompts in one). Canon, friends to lovers.

Say my name - Rated M. Canon.

Romione

Multi-chapters:

Backseat Rider - Rated T / Muggle AU

One Shots:

Willow - Rated GA. Written for M.Windsor for the 2021 HP Romione Discord Secret Santa!

It’s better In the front seat… - Rated M (Backseat Rider One shot)

Confessions - Rated E / Canon

Books & Freckles - Rated T

Nobody Compares - Rated T / Muggle AU, professional football player Ron

Wolfstar

Skinny Dipping Part 2 - a wolfstarmicrofic

Teenage Kicks Spinoff coming soon!

[practicecourts]

@jilychallenge I've struggled with my January challenge but it clearly needed some additional prompts, so thank you @jilymicrofics for the Moody March list. So here it finally is @petals2fish.

I loved your Hungergame AU Catching Fire so I hope you will like this Medieval Jily fic. JilyChallenge January 2024 Theme: Love in Tough Times. Prompt: oh lord, o lord what have I done? I’ve fallen in love with a man on the run, Oh Lord, Oh lord, I’m begging you please, Don’t take this sinner away from me (The devil’s backbone / civil wars) / TS Don’t blame me (Oh lord, save me, my drug is my baby, I’ll be using for the rest of my life @jilymicro-oops || Moody March day 4 || despondent || ca 1250 wrds. Read Chapter one: To Hang... on ao3 thanks @tinyluminaryzombie for last minute beta reading (Chapter 2 will be up sometime tomorrow) ! please check the warnings in the notes !

To Hang...

People enter the city through the guarded gates, most are on foot, some on horseback. A few heavy carts, pulled by oxen with laboured breaths, make their way to the heart of town. The smells of baked goods mingle with earth and mud and unwashed clothes.

Lily has escaped her sister's nagging and moves through the throngs of people who have come to watch the procession later today. Unlike others who have come to their wares at the market or in the hopes of making a good bargain, Lily has come on a fanciful whim. She has met someone, a stranger. Rationally she knows he will be long gone. He’s a man of adventures, a sword for hire, who does not linger in a place like this. Still, she's come today on the off-chance she might catch a glimpse of him.

The sun still hangs low in the sky but she can already tell it will be another hot day.

read on...

[missgryffin]

WIP tag

Thanks for the tag, @mppmaraudergirl! 💗

List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)

An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing

Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!

Then tag 10 writer friends!

My WIP situation is also a mess 😅 And my writing "plan" has also wildly changed because of two fests I simply cannot resist, so my current priorities are looking like this:

TITLES

desiderium — A Valentine's Day friends-to-lovers PWP that I'm typing like mad to finish is now up!

The Honeymoon — A fun little follow-up to The Season (my Bridgerton AU) that I've had in my to-do pile for years and that's perfect for the married Jily fest.

As Old As Time — A Beauty and the Beast / Snow White / Fairytale AU that I'm dusting off for the March Jily Challenge. (Prologue here.)

Love for the Summer — A very smutty + fluffy + drama-free romp of James and Lily getting together the summer before seventh year. (I've been chipping away at this in the background as inspo strikes, and at this rate I'm thinking it should be ready by summer.)

Champion — A Triwizard Tournament AU set in sixth year that I've dabbled with for years and that's recently started calling to me again.

UPCOMING SCENE/EVENT/DETAIL

A slow dance 😏

Very excited to work in a bathtub scene, as inspired by Queen Charlotte.

I'm honestly stoked to write a more tortured and angsty version of James.

Couple!Jily!!!! 💓

I'm really looking forward both to digging in to GoF (haven't done a full reread in years!) and writing more Marauders scenes. I'm normally very Jily-centric with my fics, but I've realized this story is actually less about Jily (though obviously that's still part of it) and more about friendships 🥺

no-pressure tags to @blitheringmcgonagall @practicecourts @wearingaberetinparis @jamesunderwater @startanewdream @takearisk-ao3 @petalsinwoodvale @athenasparrow @maraudersftw @arianatwycross

[charmingwillow]

Beneath her jumper, her heart was fluttering fast. Her free hand rubbed at the spot, willing it to calm. Her eyes ached from all the nights she spent awake, unable to sleep because it hadn’t calmed in days. Weeks. She knew why; beneath her fingertips, under the soft cotton of her sweater, her skin tingled. She knew without seeing that the spot above her heart sparkled faintly with gold, like stars spinning in the cosmos. Scattered and dancing around a name that wouldn't quite focus. It was as beautiful as it was terrifying. Someone, somewhere, was falling in love with her. They were close enough that Lily could feel a tug of alignment if she concentrated enough.

Or, Lily and James go on a walk in the forest.

Written for the March 2023 Jily Challenge.

Read on AO3

[charmsandtealeaves]

Starting to feel a little more myself this week despite sleep deprivation (small human is teething and we’ve switched from cot to toddler bed).

Read this week:

The Roe Deer and the Knight by @annabtg

Complete (2.1k), Jily Fairy Tale AU, Rated G

A tale of a magical roe deer and a knight who had to learn humility.

Dying Fires by @jamesunderwater

Complete (2K), Hogwarts Jily, Rated G

In fifth year, James attempts to comfort Lily by a dying fire - but finds this will require restraint on his part in a number of ways.

In Search of Something More by @kay-elle-cee

WIP, Regency Jily, Rated M

In the sunlit garden of her sister’s home, Lord Potter had promised Lily a life of her own design, with minimal expectations—her presence at community events, companionship, and an heir. As the two stumble into the routine of marriage and work to make a life together at Stinchcombe Hall, unsolicited feelings provoke each to start wondering if this is merely a marriage…or if it could be something more.

Quest for Camelot by @petals2fish (Ch. 15)

WIP, Jily quest for Camelot AU, Rated T

All Lily has ever wanted is to be a knight, like her father, Sir Lionel. After Camelot is attacked and the magical sword Excalibur is stolen, she finds herself teaming up with James, a young blind hermit, as they embark on a quest to find the lost sword. Together, they face the threat of the evil Ruber, navigate challenges with a two-headed dragon and an ogre, and discover that they're more alike than they initially thought. Will they manage to return the sword to Arthur in time, or will they lose not only each other but also their dreams and the precious Excalibur? Based on the 1998 movie Quest for Camelot, but more plot and less singing.

A Heart of Coal by @wearingaberetinparis

Complete (8.6k), Fairytale Jily, Rated T

They say fortune favours the bold, yet Lily Evans was given her death sentence at seventeen. As soon as midnight strikes on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, her heart will turn to coal. Gryffindor knight James Potter, however, is the last to accept such a fate. For while Lily Evans’ curse foretells her death, his foreshadows a life without his unrequited true love at his side. Written for the March Jily Challenge.

Genius by @petals2fish

Complete (4.2K), Jily Muggle Meet Cute, Rated M

After Lily breaks her iPhone, she finds herself at the Genius Bar on Valentines Day, and an old flame is there to help her in all things technology and romance.

Dead To Me by @jamesunderwater (Ch.13)

WIP, Hogwarts Jily, rollercoaster of emotions, love this fic to death, rated M

I saw a quote once that said: "How many times have I loved a thing, just because you loved it? Including me." This story is about love, but is not to be confused with a love story. It's about the love we should have had. The love we don't think we deserve. The crooked love we settle for. It is about how, in letting others love us, we learn to love ourselves

Smutty Saturday by @petals2fish (Ch.1)

WIP? Petals is bringing back smutty Saturdays, Rated E

Lily Evans loves her trashy romance novels, but she loves her boyfriend even more.

[athenasparrow]

The Reward | A Jily Oneshot

Last month I wrote a @jilymicrofics for each day of March. This month I'm challenging myself in a different way by writing three oneshots that incorporate all 30 prompts between the three of them. This one includes: soar - mercy - reward - flush - shiver - groan - agony - weave - beard - pop.

Read on AO3 | 1,646 words

Summary:

A Jily Microfic in which Lily just wants to cum and James makes her beg for it.

Cut for smut

“I’ve had a really tough day,” Lily announced, walking in to the common room she shared with James and sagging on to the couch in a dramatic slump. 

The Heads Common Room was inviting and warm, immediately enveloping its occupants in a delicious hug. Lily’s body sank into the plush sofa that was positioned before the prime spot, in front of the fireplace. The walls were lined with bookshelves, ranging from ancient tomes of magical theory to the latest muggle romance. In the corner of the room, a large oak desk was piled high with parchment, quills and ink bottles and was usually Lily’s home on a Tuesday night.

Lily had been afraid the room would be overrun by pranks and mischief, but it had become a sanctuary for both of them. A palace of comfort, laughter and love.

James’ concern that had appeared at her words, softened to amusement as he took in her pout.

“And what would you like me to do about it Lily?” he asked, trying to ignore the blood that was flowing south at the sight of her soft lips pursed for him.

“I was hoping for a kiss.” Lily murmured, her tone leading as her lips tried to fight the slight upturn James could see tugging at the corners of her mouth.

“A kiss, hmm?” James said disbelievingly. “Somehow I think you have some other reward in mind for your tough day.”

“Well I didn’t say where I wanted your kiss,” Lily smiled, miraculously overcoming her fatigue to swing her leg over him and settle on his lap. “Oh, so you do like the idea,” she taunted, pushing her hips against the delicious feel of his hardness.

“You already knew that love,” James huffed as he pulled her tighter, conveniently closing the distance between them so he could steal a kiss. James ran his tongue over her lips in a slow drag, eliciting a soft whine from Lily as she snuggled into him.

When James was eleven years old, he didn’t think there could be anything better in the world than soaring through the sky on a broom. The wind rushing against your face and the freedom of an untethered existence always provoked a rush of exhilaration and joy straight through James’ body. But kissing Lily was even better than soaring through the sky. It provided James with a feeling of liberation, like he was unencumbered by the constraints of gravity, unruled by the laws of the physical world, even though his feet remained planted firmly on the ground.

Lily smiled at the groan that escaped James as she moved her hips again, weaving her fingers through his hair and tugging at the strands as she hit his scalp.

His hands crept up her legs, pushing aside her robes so he could feel the soft skin of her thighs. His fingers rubbed a gentle pattern on her skin as he crept higher and higher until he dusted the edge of her knickers.

Lily sighed into his mouth, feeling him throb under her as he circled his fingers back for another pass.

“James, I want–

“Shhhh,” he hushed, breaking the kiss. “You’ll get your reward eventually, Lily.”

Her eyes popped open to glare at him as he withdrew his hand and began kissing down her body.

“You’re beautiful,” he murmured. Ignoring her glare and undoing the buttons on her top so he could bury his face in her décolletage. His lips felt hot against her breasts, licking and nipping their way around the edge of her lace bra before sweeping across her nipple through the lace.

“James please,” Lily whined as he dragged his tongue across again.

“You sound…Merlin,” James groaned, reaching for where he was straining against his trousers. “Fuck, Lily.”

“Take it out,” Lily whispered. “I want to see what I’m doing to you.”

James stared up at her, his gaze dark, as he make quick work of his belt and zipper, hissing as he pulled his erection out, which bobbed up at the sight of her. The slightest drop of precum was gathered at the tip and Lily couldn’t help herself as she drew up to her knees, moving in front of him so she could run her tongue over the head of his cock.

“Gahh,” James hissed at her touch. 

She licked around, enjoying the taste of him before taking him softly between her lips and sucking, her hand moving further down his shaft to encircle him.

“Stop, stop,” James muttered regretfully, pulling at his hair as he looked down at her. “Stop Lily, you first.”

“It doesn’t always have to be me first,” Lily said taking another gentle lick of him, enjoying the way he shuddered under her touch. “You can go first once in awhile.”

James shook his head. “No, I’m better at this before I cum,” he reminded her, gently pushing her away as he claimed her lips once more.

“Let me make you cum Lily,” he whispered against her.

Well how could she argue when he said it like that…

Lily lifted her hips towards him as he traced his hot tongue down her body, stopping to pay his respects to her nipples before continuing down her naval to where she was wet and aching for him.

“Do you want me to make you cum Lily?” he asked huskily, staring up at her from between her legs.

“Fuck please,” Lily whined, thrusting her hips up slightly in an effort to get them closer to his evasive tongue.

“Please what?” James teased, restraining her hips as he sucked at the flesh of her inner thigh hard enough she’d probably have a hickey there tomorrow.

Lily looked down at him. The flush on his cheeks and stream of precum hanging from his tip told her he was enjoying the agony he was subjecting her to as he waited for her to beg for it. 

His cheek was soft against her, his beard absent in the summer as he moved turned his cheek and blew a harsh breath against her. 

Lily whimpered, arching into him as a shiver shot through her body, her legs closing to trap his head as she gave in. 

“Please James, fuck, please lick me.” she begged, squirming under his hold, desperate for his tongue against her.

Fuck, have mercy was the first and only thought that crossed Lily’s mind as James pressed his lips against her clit, his tongue moving swiftly against her as his hands slipped inside her, curling at the joints to reach the spot she – oh.

“James,” Lily cried out desperately as she drew closer to her peak. “Fuck, baby please.”

She was going to cum. Lily felt the telltale tingling start in her core, felt her muscles tense in anticipation and then–

Fuck the bastard.

“Nooo,” Lily cried as his mouth drew back. “James I want to cum, I want to cum,” she babbled repeatedly, trying to rut against his hand that held her down in a desperate attempt to chase her release.

“Merlin you’re…merlin fuck” James muttered as he watched her, moving up so his lips could dust hers, one hand still preventing her from tipping over the edge.

“You want to cum baby?” he growled, his hands tight around her thigh.

“I want, I want,” Lily assured him, letting out a low whine that had him pressing harder against her for his own bit of release. 

“How badly do you want to cum?” James asked, his voice low and gravelly with arousal. “Are you right there on the edge for me baby?”

“Yes I’m so close,” Lily cried. “Please James, just one touch.”

“Look at you,” James murmured reverently. “You’re so close for me, aren’t you baby?”

“One touch,” Lily repeated desperately against his lips. 

“Okay, one touch.” James agreed huskily and Lily cried out in relief as his body was suddenly everywhere she wanted - his fingers on her clit, his lips around her nipple and she felt the scorching heat of his erection part her folds as he slammed into her.

She felt her ears wince and realised she’d screamed. 

“That’s it Lil,” James growled as he moved on top of her, keeping the pressure on her clit as he sank deep inside her, prolonging her orgasm with the long slides of his member inside of her.

Lily felt like asking for mercy for the second time that night because the tingles in her body felt raw, she thought she might be overwhelmed with pleasure as his pelvis rubbed against her, his erection deep inside her.

“Too much,” Lily gasped, her mind foggy as she gasped for breath. Every single nerve felt like it had exposed to the feeling of James pressed against her, inside her.

“Cum again for me baby,” James commanded hot in her ear, rocking his hips against her until she saw stars. 

“I can’t” Lily murmured, overwhelmed.

“Yes you can Lil,” he whispered. “One more for me. Just one more baby.”

When she came again for him, because James somehow coaxed more out of her than she’d ever been able to pull out of herself, he leapt over the edge with her, groaning out her name in a low throaty voice that sunk through Lily’s haze as she fluttered around him.

And then he kissed her gently, easing off of her as she trembled in the afterglow.

“Was that reward enough for you?” he asked, smiling at her hazy smile that was just sweet enough to not be mischievous.

Lily exhaled shakily as she snuggled into him. “That was amazing, I’ve never cum from–

“I know,” James murmured, his eyes shining at her. “You were amazing. I’m never going to forget the look on your face.”

She wouldn’t be forgetting that for awhile either, Lily thought as she sunk into the abyss of sleep, sated and content in his arms. 

[thelighthousestale]

preview of my March Jily Challenge

Together, they arrived at a small village on the edge of the Kingdom. The landscape around the two travelers slowly transformed into a desolate wasteland. The once lush forests were reduced to charred remnants, and the fertile fields lay barren under a blanket of ash. The air was thick with the smell of smoke, and the sky was veiled in a somber haze.

[gayliketheancients]

Hello, I’m Gay✨ (gayliketheancients) your resident fanfic trashlord.

Idk what to say, so. Come read my fanfics on ao3?

Where to find me

Masterlist with posting schedule below the drop⏬️

GayLikeTheAncients on AO3

Hogwarts centric (Marauders & Golden Trio Eras)

Over The Edge, Over Again (series)

•36- I Won't Forget (Loving) You 9k, mature to be safe

teaser post: here

Chap 1 launches 9/1

a sneak peak of my marauders era WIP

Jegulus & Jily

James sees Regulus in the Astronomy Tower not long after the winter holidays end in 7th Year. Seeing Regulus -- as always -- leaves more questions than answers.

Challenge Prompt AU (title drop soon, I promise)

Total of 13 planned works (post here)

•1-There Is No One Else 11k, teen

•2-Family Home 11k, teen

•3-We Who Remain When The Price Was Paid 13.9k, M

•4-Ragtag Little Family 16k, M

•5-Moony, Bobcat, Padfoot, and Prongs are proud to introduce Harry James Potter-Black 21k, 3 chapters, teen

•6-Mirror Images, Distorted Reflections

In progress. 15 chapters planned.

updates projected 5/7 & 5/21

ONE SHOTS

•wisteria on the water

Jegulus hanahaki au, as Canon compliant as I could get it.

•(Goodbye, Goodbye)

Modern muggle. The Marauders finally play a

hometown show in London

Coming March 2024

•Thank you for living (and for the coffee)

Poly marauders ships, coffee shop au.

COMING SOON

•Every Single Song Is About You

BKDK, everyone makes it to be pros, revolves around their spot being the karaoke bar Mic & Aizawa threw the 3-A grad party at

Prologue launches 5/4

updates on Saturdays

•The Darkness of The Eclipse

Jegulily, wolfstar

a dark Marauder story (teaser post here)

Prologue 4/30

PART ONE: FOR REGULUS 5/31

PART TWO: FOR HARRY 6/30

PART THREE: FOR US ALL 7/31

EPILOGUE: THE NEW LIGHT OF DAWN

COMING EVENTUALLY

•Sunrise in the Forest (will eventually make a teaser post)

BKDK Hunger Games AU

•When We Meet Again

Clexa Streamer au, where the ground is an mmorpg

•Over Again

drarry, theomione, blaise/Pansy, ron/Viktor

Taking over where the Marauders left off

•The Death of All Dreams

MCD Wolfstar

lie low at Lupins >>>> Sirius dying

•I'd come back (if you'd just call)

Klance, post Canon reunion

•Take My Hand (take my whole life too)

drarry time loop

•Right Hand Man

EraserMic secret relationship at the start of their careers as Pro Heroes

•The Ghost of Your Love (on my lips and my sheets)

wolfstar, but an actual lie low at Lupin's kind of one-shot

•Tarot Cards & Tea Leaves

Pandalily

•Sharp Words Soothed By Soft Tongues

Rosekiller first date

•and so many more drafts. why can't I sleep?

[jilychallenge]

March Jilychallenge 2024

We really hope that February’s sweet fluff did not cause you to have cavities because, again, we have a sweet, cute theme of…

FAIRYTALES

It may be a rendition of a classic fairy tale, like Cinderella, Snow White or the Sleeping Beauty or any other lesser know fairy tales like The Juniper Tree, Bluebeard etc! Or it may even be a fairy tale of your own making set in a fantasy world! All we want is for our James and Lily to live their Happily Ever After!

To sign up:

• please reblog this post by the 1st of March tagging with what you'd like to make (for example #one-shot, #writing, #art, #drawing, #mood board, #playlist etc. You can be as vague as or specific as you like)

• At the beginning of the month, we will assign you a partner and you will receive your prompt (here or on JilyChallenge Discord). Keep an eye on this blog or Discord and please check your messages on Tumblr.

• Each creator makes their own creation, collabs are encouraged but not the aim of this challenge.

• (optional) please follow the jilychallenge Tumblrblog and @jilychallenge2023 for updates.

• (optional) join the Jily Challenge on Discord (send an ask for an invite) for beta help, chatting and mental support.

when posting:

creators should try to post their entries by the end of the month (What to do when you miss the deadline?)

please tag your partner and the jilychallenge in your post (including the theme and your prompt, if possible)

we will reblog all entries tagged #jilychallenge

if you post your art or story on ao3, please add it to the collection of Jily Challenges 2024

[wearingaberetinparis]

A Heart of Coal - Snippet

@nena-96 and @eloisehopkins, here is your snippet for A Heart of Coal, my upcoming March 2024 Jily Challenge. (With any luck, I'll post on Sunday!)

By the chime of midnight on the eve of her eighteenth year, the heart, once pure, shall like coal appear. To break this spell, in magic we must trust, to avoid the heart from shattering to dust.

A dragon fierce, with flames untold, must breathe its fire, pure and gold. Or fairy tears, from laughter shed, must be assembled with care and dread. A journey hazardous has been foretold, yet fortune must always favour the bold. If all else fails, true love's kiss will do, for love sincere is what one must pursue.

Fail to succeed, and darkness shall reign. A heart of coal, cannot one sustain. Through enchanted realms and treacherous quest, Seek the cure, and the heart shall be blessed.

[mppmaraudergirl]

I posted 2,013 times in 2022

1,284 posts created (64%)

729 posts reblogged (36%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mppmaraudergirl

@theresthesnitch

@possessingtheproperspirit

@maraudersftw

@arianatwycross

I tagged 1,731 of my posts in 2022

Only 14% of my posts had no tags

#chasing life - 335 posts

#jily - 252 posts

#james potter - 200 posts

#lily evans - 188 posts

#the road back to you - 182 posts

#chasing life spoilers - 180 posts

#jily fic - 176 posts

#jily fanfic - 128 posts

#jple - 125 posts

#in retrograde - 114 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#otherwise i'll probably just start naming my fics after beatles songs that are completely irrelevant to the plot or just downright confusin

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

She thought things might be different after all this time. After all, she was a mature twenty-three, not some wide-eyed seventeen-year-old just starting to experience love. She was practically seasoned by now, having fallen into and out of love with reckless abandon in the years she didn’t have James Potter in her life. Why should his return cause such a stir in her heart?

***

And now, here she was. A vision in a traveling cloak as she entered Hogwarts castle, as vivid and beautiful as the day she left, he was certain. As heart-achingly beautiful as ever. How was he supposed to survive a whole year living in the castle with her again without falling back into the habit that felt a lot like being in love?

read on AO3 || 8.7k, rated M

134 notes - Posted October 1, 2022

#4

Lily needs a wedding date.

James happens to be free.

There is only one bed.

(You can guess how this story goes.)

Read on AO3 || 4.4k, rated M

146 notes - Posted May 11, 2022

#3

Summary: Lily Evans has been the star Chaser of the Holyhead Harpies for the past six seasons. Her career speaks for itself, an abundance of accolades proving her commitment to the game of Quidditch. The next challenge of her career? Chasing for England's World Cup team.

But it's not the spotlight or the pressure that challenges her the most. It’s the insufferable James Potter who she is forced to play alongside come hell or high water (or, as it turns out, instant, infuriating attraction).

His breath mingles with hers when he doesn't pull back immediately. Eyes still closed, he leans forward to kiss her once more with a hard press of his mouth over hers. "I've wanted to do that since the first time I met you, Evans."

She pretends warmth doesn't come in another wave at his words. "Kiss me?"

"Shut you up," he answers, a grin spreading across his face as he straightens again.

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174 notes - Posted March 14, 2022

#2

Sometimes self-care is rereading your favorite fic and shouting aggressive praise at the author.

383 notes - Posted July 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

James Potter to Remus Lupin

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I posted 441 times in 2022

204 posts created (46%)

237 posts reblogged (54%)

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I tagged 389 of my posts in 2022

Only 12% of my posts had no tags

#jily - 161 posts

#writing - 154 posts

#fic - 136 posts

#asks - 122 posts

#fic rec - 100 posts

#tpwp - 55 posts

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#lovely people being lovely - 39 posts

#james potter - 35 posts

#lily evans - 33 posts

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Sequel/follow up fic to the way you left me. James returns, and has to find his footing in a life that's completely changed.

The room was too much: things moving, ticking, mutters and colours and not a single thing in rest, apart from him. 

Him, and the phoenix. 

He watched it; watched, because that was all he had the energy to do—to find one thing, to stare at it, and to let the rest fade out around him. 

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89 notes - Posted July 25, 2022

#4

There's a rule at his school that teachers are strictly not allowed to date the parents of pupils. James has never minded this rule before...

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103 notes - Posted August 2, 2022

#3

JILY CHALLENGE @jilychallenge | @possessingtheproperspirit vs @thatpinkjacket  'Be My Valentine?' + "it's just an innocent kiss"

Mary drags Lily along to the ten year school reunion at Hogwarts.

Thank you to Lauren/@mppmaraudergirl, who is my sister in exhaustion and was very encouraging as I blurted this fic out into the world. <3

“I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.”

Mary’s answering smile is cherubic, all sweetness and light, as if she hadn’t had to drag Lily kicking and screaming from the sofa to the wardrobe, from the wardrobe to the Floo, from the Floo to Hogsmeade proper and then along the long walk up to the castle, familiar somehow even in the slowly sinking darkness. “And yet you did, and you’re here now, so let’s stop muttering and enjoy ourselves, shall we?”

Lily casts her gaze up at the imposing oak doors; it’s strange how, even so long after those formative years here, she still feels that twisting of excitement in her stomach—the possibility of this place, the hum of magic in every stone. Sometimes she thinks back to that time, the innocence of youth, with a wistfulness that surely belongs to someone far older than her.

Being back here is strange. She knew it would be. That was part of the reason why she hadn’t wanted to come along.

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104 notes - Posted February 12, 2022

#2

Table-Mates

James Potter loves weddings, and he's determined to enjoy this one, even if he's attending alone.

Perhaps it wasn’t a cool opinion to have, but James had always thought that weddings were wonderful. In fact, he couldn’t think of a single wedding he’d been to that he hadn’t enjoyed, and by the ripe old age of thirty-one, he’d been to a few. He had very fond memories of his cousin’s big day just a year ago: drinking, dancing, spending time with people he didn’t get to see often enough. There was just always such a good feeling at a wedding, he thought. Everyone was happy and excited for the couple; the love that they shared was always tangible, a warming, positive force that buoyed him.

Okay, yes, he could admit it—he was a soppy romantic.

This wedding was slightly different, but he was determined not to let it ruin his enjoyment of the day. He only knew two people there, and they happened to be a bit busy, given that they were the bride and groom. He had briefly considered just sending an expensive present and making an excuse, but Sirius had talked him around, reminding James of his love of “romance and heart-eyes and all that shite”. 

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My #1 post of 2022

James is approached by a beautiful stranger in a bar. Rated E.

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[aster1sque]

So i just watched How to lose a guy in ten days and all i could think was a jily au.

but instead of them meeting each other, they already have a bit of a past with james being head over heels in love with her and her rejecting him.

Sooooo, when journalist lily gets the idea for article, her mind automatically goes to james and when james is given the challenge/bet, his mind automatically goes to lily.

And then its just James trying everything to make her fall in with him and her doing anything and everything to make him hate her, like going overboard. They could go to quidditch matches and her make him miss it, interrupt the marauders pranks/mess them up so they don’t work, remove all of his quidditch march and replace it with frilly umbridge-worthy decorations. Then its just james being utterly confused because this isnt his lily but its driving him insane and oh god, what if this is a mistake, is this really who i want. Then you have lily going through the life altering realisation that oh god, this was a mistake, i actually really do want him.

Then theres remus stuck in the middle watching all of this play out with a grin and a bowl of popcorn, sirius clueless besides him but loving it too.

Like its not perfect!!!!

[browneyesandhair]

Red Sock Owner Finding

@prevalenceofinsanity is who I’ve been tasked with for the March JILY challenge. I hope you like this. And if anyone else has any suggestions, not so much grammar (but any glaring mistakes are welcome), but plot points or questions are welcome. Anyway on with the story. I’ll post the prompt at the end. 

The sock is red with hearts all over. Valentine’s Day is coming up on Monday. Lily was washing the socks that she hasn’t worn in over a year, along with everything that she’d avoided washing for a month. She’s not convinced it’s clean, even though, she hasn’t worn them since the last time she washed them. But she just wants to be extremely sure.

Moreover, she’s not even convinced that she needed to bring it to college. After New Year’s, Lily just threw a bunch of clothing into her suitcase. Grabbing every pair of socks that she owned, may have been overboard, but you never know when you need socks.

As all freshman do, Lily lost a sock. In all fairness, it’s probably the Marauder’s fault. They came into the laundry room as she moved her clothing from the washer to the dryer. Since it was a Saturday, everyone and their mother was doing laundry, including the boys in the quad on the second floor.

James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus had put up a sign on their door proclaiming their room for the Marauders. A series of pranks followed. The third floor found their entire hall covered in toilet paper. One weekend all the RAs’ doors were saran-wrapped basically making it difficult to leave and hilarious to watch them walk into. But their arch nemesis was the hall director, Argus Filch. Notwithstanding, Argus Filch was a grad student who lived on the first floor in a converted quad. His cat Mrs. Norris would roam the hall looking for students causing trouble. The Marauders decided to fill his entire room with balloons. They were never in serious trouble, thanks to the Head of Residence life, Professor McGonagall. She always punished them, but never let it affect their student life.

Anyway, Lily did not want to be their next target. Especially since she noticed one of them was always watching her. He even used the same washer she vacated. But that’s probably just a coincidence, there weren’t free washers other than the four she just vacated.

Lily threw in dryer sheets following her clothes into the dryer, turned on the machine, and put her laundry basket on the dryer. As she walked up the stairs back to her room, she set the timer on her phone. She nodded at her roommate Mary and had just enough time to catch two episodes of Friends. Two episodes later, she grabbed her room key and headed for the laundry room. She wasn’t sure if the quad would still be there or not. Just to be safe, Lily put her earphones in and put on some old school R&B.

Reaching the basement, the Marauders were sitting on top of their washers chatting about something. After removing more clothes than should be in the dryer, she tossed it all into her basket. Moving along, she missed James trying to wave at her and talk to her about something.

“Tough luck, bud,” Sirius said laughing. Opening their washers, the Marauders switched the soaked clothes to the dryers. They each did a load, one would run a load of white, color, dark, and delicate. James was on the rotation for white clothing. Unfortunately, when he pulled everything out, the clothing wasn’t white.

Everything was pink.

“Well shit,” James said, but he had no choice other than to move it to the dryer.

“Man, that’s some real tough luck,” Sirius said; he didn’t have any white clothing that needed to be washed this month.

“No! My white band shirt was in there,” Peter said and was ignored. James, Sirius, and Remus had Opinions about the band.

“Do you remember who used the machine before you?” Remus asked, once again the sensible one.

“No, I don’t. But there is a red sock with hearts all over it. Commence mission: Red Sock Owner Finding!” James declared.

“You can’t just name the mission what it is. We need to operate covertly. I vote for Full Moon” Sirius said.

“Let’s put it to a vote. All those in favor of Red Sock Owner Finding?” Only James raised his hand. “Fine, all those in favor of Full Moon?” Sirius, Remus, and Peter raised their hands. 
 “I can’t believe I’m friends with you three. There was a clear winner and none of you picked it.” James said.

“Moving on from the name, how do you propose we do this?” Peter asked as he moved his load of dark clothing from the washer to the dryer. “Hey, do you think we can all use the same dryer since they already turned white? It’s not like it could be worse?”

Sirius threw an arm around Peter’s shoulders, “An intelligent line of questioning, my friend. We will raid every person’s room in this whole dorm at midnight, even if takes the rest of the semester. Also, separate dryers!” Sirius said with conviction.

“Or we could not do that,” Remus said as he went about turning on his selected dryer.

“I’m with Remus, how about everyone keep an eye out on Valentine’s Day. After that, we can re-evaluate our plan.” Peter said.

“Or we could check everyone’s socks on Valentine’s Day?” Sirius said with a grin.

“Peter just said that Sirius,” Remus said rolling his eyes.

“Ah, but my version had a certain flair” Sirius raised his eyebrows “and was more specific,” Sirius replied.

“Great, we just need to wait until Monday,” James complained. “In the meantime, I hope everyone likes wearing pink.”

“Not all of us need to wear pink,” Sirius said with a cocky grin. It quickly dropped. “You don’t think this was retaliation or a targeted attack against us, right?”

“No one knew we were going to put all of our whites in that washer, though. So I don’t think so.” Remus said. “What should we do with the extra sock?”

“Might as well frame it. The first prank against us.” Peter said under his breath. But Sirius heard him and was considering it.

Lily meanwhile was panicking about missing a sock.

“Mary, I went a whole semester without losing anything to the laundry,” Lily said folding her shirts.

“I don’t know what to tell you, Lily,” Mary was sitting on her bed typing up a paper only half-listening. “It was bound to happen sometime in your four years here.”

“But I was on a roll. I was hoping to I could complete our freshman year without gaining the freshman fifteen, losing a sock, or below a B.” Lily said putting her shirts in the drawer at the bottom of her closet.

“In the wise words of Hannah Montana, ‘Nobody’s perfect, I got to work it, again and again until I get it right.’” Mary burst out into song after pushing her laptop aside and giving her full attention to Lily.

“Hannah Montana is dead.” Lily deadpanned and ignored Mary’s scandalized gasp. “I’ll just wear the one with red hearts and one from the pink pair with green dots on Monday,” Lily said pulling the socks out.

“I can’t believe I’m living with a Disney-less heathen,” Mary said. “Next you’ll be telling me Teen Beach Movie is better than High School Musical.” Her eyes dared Lily to comment otherwise.

Lily wasn’t an idiot, “Did someone say that? Who said that? That’s blatantly false.” Lily eyed Mary’s laptop, “Can we watch High School Musical? Is it still on Netflix?”

Thus, a High School Musical Marathon began in earnest. The sock debacle was forgotten.

When Monday came around, Lily was sitting in her Philosophy class. She was rocking the mismatched pair of socks. But honestly, it was unlikely that anyone would ever notice them. She was feeling festive though, that should count for something. She sat down at a table with Remus, Marlene, and Benji. They had sat there the first day of class, as they all lived in the same dorm. Plus, once someone sat there, they were committed.

The class wasn’t difficult at all, as an entry level class, Lily was acing it. Even if one just listened to the professor and wrote down everything he said it would be difficult to earn below a B. Thus, Lily was letting her pen scratch across the paper to copy everything the professor said.

At one point, she crossed her left leg over her right and her left sock was visible to Remus. He made sure to note down what type of sock it was. He wasn’t going out of his way to carry out the mission. But he was doing his due diligence.

Once class was over, Remus headed to the cafeteria. Mostly for lunch, but also to meet up with his fellow Marauders and share the socks of the fifteen girls he’d noted down.

At the cafeteria, Remus grabbed a bunch of food and wandered over to the table the Marauders generally used. Sirius was already there, but they were waiting for James and Peter. 
“Did you find her yet?” Remus asked as he opened his water bottle.

“Not yet, but I’m keeping my eye out,” Sirius said with a surreptitious look around the cafeteria. “There was quite an abundance of red socks with hearts, but none was quite right.” Sirius perked up. “This is kind of like Cinderella, and trying to find the girl with the perfect size foot.” Sirius began to dig into his food. 
 “Yes, maybe,” Remus replied and took a bite of his apple.

“Hey Remus, Sirius,” Peter said as he slid his lunch tray down and took a seat. “I haven’t had much luck with finding the other sock.”

All of a sudden there was a commotion. James was on the ground by a beautiful redhead. He had grabbed her foot. Remus was immediately out of his chair and racing across the room. Remus pulled James back. “I’m sure James didn’t mean to grab your foot in the middle of the cafeteria in front of the entire student body,” Remus said mostly directed at James.

“She has the other sock. Your one red sock mixed with all my whites and oh my god, it has turned all my clothes pink,” James said to Lily. “I swear it, just look at Peter.” Lily, Remus, and James turned to look at the approaching Peter and Sirius. Peter was wearing the pink dyed band shirt.

Lily shook her head looking away from Peter, “Wait, does that mean you have my sock!” Lily was pumped. This meant that she hadn’t lost her sock after all. Well, she did leave it behind and apparently turn a guy’s clothing pink.

“Yup, we were planning to frame it and everything,” Sirius chirped. He threw an arm around Lily. “But let’s talk about this at our table, and stop causing a scene.”

James looked rather put out. “It was my clothing that she dyed. It should be my arm around her shoulder.” James said to Remus.

“Well, when we are all at the table, maybe you can try a move there,” Peter suggested and steered them back to the table.

At the table, Lily looked ready to leave. She turned to James, “I can’t put up with your friend for much longer,” She said giving Sirius the side-eye. “Here’s my number when you’re ready to give me my phone back, glasses.” She wrote down her number and left.

“Are you telling me that you clutched her foot in the middle of the cafeteria and were still able to win her number.” Remus was shocked. “Maybe your luck is turning around after all.”

James just smiled. She had given him a nickname and a phone number, he could do worse. But he was definitely wearing pink on their first date. When it happened, which it would, probably, maybe, yes, it would happen. He just needed to not do whatever it was Sirius did.

“Hey, Sirius what did you say to drive her off?” James asked.

“Oh, I was explaining the finer points of why Teen Beach Movie is better than High School Musical,” Sirius said. James threw a fry at him. 
“Are you insane? No, it isn’t.” James said. The conversation quickly changed. But James shot off a quick text.

‘Hey Red Socks, it’s Glasses. Hopefully, we can get your sock back and enjoy a nice dinner, how does Wednesday at 8 pm sound? Let me know?’

James smiled. He had a definite chance.

The prompt was: 

“your one red sock mixed with all my whites and oh my gOD its turned all my clothes pink”