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Lily comforting James on Fleamont’s funeral.
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“He never gave me the Invisibility Cloak, I basically stole it. Now I wish I hadn’t, then it would mean so much more now that he’s gone. I guess I feel a bit guilty I never told him.” “I’m quite sure he knew the son he had…”
I got this idea like 5 minutes ago and have been living in Saturday Night's Alright-land for so long, I'm letting myself choose joy.
7th-Year September 1st drabble below the cut.
James hastily waved off his parents with all the sincerity he could muster before he and Sirius started weaving their way through the start-of-term crowd on Platform 9 3/4 for the last time. To Fleamont and Euphemia, this was a momentous turning point, deserving some sort of emotional farewell or well-wishing, but to James it was simply an item on a checklist.
Arrive at platform: Check.
Still, he would've been more sympathetic to his parents' attentions had someone not delayed their arrival by oversleeping.
"Oi, slow down, Prongs. Christ!"
Sirius trailed behind him, navigating the crowds with more care than the other boy, who was charging through the crowd with a fervor that Sirius was all too familiar with by now.
James' eyes flitted rapidly from face to face as he made his way across the platform, searching for those brilliant eyes and the shock of red hair that he hadn't seen in much too long.
This summer had been one for the books, as far as James Potter was concerned, anyway. The freedom of being of-age with none of the responsibilities of school had meant a virtually unlimited choice of ways to entertain themselves this summer. Most evenings saw the soon-to-be 7th year Gryffindors—along with some other classmates—convalescing somewhere or other in Diagon Alley, finding little-known hidden gems of pubs or clubs, cooling themselves off with ice cream at Florean Fortescue's, or just causing general summertime mischief.
It was wonderful to feel so bonded with the others in their house going into their final year, and it had the added bonus of finally sparking that something between he and Lily Evans.
It was nothing serious—not yet. Just little stolen moments throughout the summer: a lingering glance across the table, inconspicuous hand-holding when they found themselves in the back of the group, the occasional goodnight kiss when one of them needed to side-along Apparate the other home. Little stolen moments that had been driving James mad these last few weeks Lily was visiting family and unable to join the end-of-summer hurrahs.
They had been writing each other, however, in her absence. She'd written him excitedly about her appointment as Head Girl, which was completely unsurprising to him as there was no better candidate (and he told her so). He had written back, nervously, and relayed how—incredibly—he'd been named Head Boy, only to be unexpectedly showered with congratulations and 'of course, it's unorthodox, but it makes sense'. They'd exchanged letters about the things they'd miss once Hogwarts was over, their lists of must-do's this year to fully glean the most out of their final year. They'd exchanged 'I miss you's and 'I wish you were here's and 'I can't wait to see you's.
Nearing the other side of the crowded platform, his eyes spotted that specific shade of red that had made this summer so superior to the others. His eyes zeroed in on Lily Evans, hair pulled back, Head Girl badge proudly displayed on her robes as she helped direct what he could only guess was a First Year into the train. His feet halted any forward-movement as his breath left his lungs.
'I can't wait to see you. I miss you.'
Locate Lily Evans: Check.
James moved forward with renewed vigor, her eyes finding his as the First Year loaded onto the train. A smile broke out on her face as he drew near, and gods how he wished he was able to get here earlier just so he could take in her expression that much sooner.
"Hey, you," she called lightly as he neared, looking up at him. "Big day for us, eh?"
Now face-to-face with her for the first time in weeks, after thinking only of her for the entirety of the time since she last left his sight, words escape him. Instead, he smiled down at her, at the anticipation in her eyes and felt sure in a way he hadn't felt with her in a long time, and bent down to capture her lips with his own, hand cupping her cheek.
She leaned into his touch instantly, responding to his kiss with an enthusiasm that caused James' pulse to pound in his ears, drowning out the sounds of the platform around them.
Kiss Lily Evans: Check.
James felt Lily's lips pull into another grin, and he took this as his cue to step back, breaking the kiss and grinning down at her, knowing that the excited glint in her eyes matched his own.
"Well, I meant leading the Prefects' meeting, but glad to know where your head's at," she quipped, unable to wipe the smile from her face.
James shrugged, hand flying to his hair with residual nerves. "Sorry, I was just...excited to see you."
Lily stepped forward, reaching up and pulling his hand down from his hair and lacing her fingers in his. Her eyes lingered on the sight of their entwined fingers as a blush painted her cheeks. "I'm excited to see you, too." Her eyes flickered back up to meet his, eyebrow quirking as she tugged him forward towards the train. "Well come on then. We have a meeting to run."
James followed her, gladly, as they loaded onto the train, feeling a little lighter in his step.
Be with Lily Evans: Check.
Happy autumn everyone! I hope this year will be great, new chances, new friends, new interesting lessons and the endless youth. You can find more hp art in my blog using #hp /Commissions are open/
After their first kiss.
“Oh, I was forgetting my book.” “Yeah, I wouldn’t want to lose books right now. With NEWTs and all.” “Exactly. There.” “Great. I hope you’re not forgetting something else.” “I think it was just the book.” “Evans. Why did you kiss me yesterday?” “I don’t know.”
The Marauders as Malcolm T. Liepke paintings:
Lily
James
Sirius
Remus
Peter
Sirius and Remus
James and Lily
saw this edit and thought of this prompt— enjoy!
Lily jumps into James’ arms. He stumbles at the impact but he’s able to stay on his feet as Lily buries her face into his neck. He grips her waist, hoisting her up, letting her legs dangle.
“You could’ve died, you idiot,”
“You would like that wouldn’t you, Evans?” he chuckles.
He sets her down when he feels her hold on him loosen.
She steps back from him and immediately punches his chest.
“How could you say that?”
His face falls when he sees that she was being serious. Soon, her nose scrunches up in a way only he knew. She began to cry.
“Evans?” he says, reaching out for her.
She pushes his hand away and takes another step back.
“No. No, I wouldn’t like it if you died, James!” she raises her voice, letting the tears start to fall before she’s sobbing. She covers her face with her hands and before long she feels the distant lingering of James’ hand hovering over her, unsure of what to do.
“I— Lily, I’m sorry, please don’t cry… I was only joking,”
She lifts her head from her hands, wiping the tears on her cheeks.
“Well, I’m not! It’s always fun and games with you! You don’t even realize what you could do to someone if something were to happen to you!”
“You’re not making sense, Lily”
“Do you think Sirius, Remus, and Peter are the only people who care about you? They’re not. I care about you, James…. So you can’t gamble your life away and die on me just to get a quick laugh— not now, not ever— not when I’m—!”
“When you’re what?” he asks gently
“Not when I’m this gone for you, you arsehole!”
James’ eyes widen.
“So— So you can’t just risk your life all willy-nilly like that because— because I love you too damn much to lose you before I can even get the chance to tell you just how much,”
Lily’s breathing is heavy, tears steadily streaming down her face as her chest heaves up and down slowly.
“You… love me?”
Lily could only let a slightly amused breath out, “Merlin, you are oblivious aren’t you?”
“You love me?”
“Yeah.” She answers nodding, “I do. So if— if you don’t have feelings for me anymore, well tough luck, Potter, because I don’t think this’ll be going away any time soon,” She says, bitter smile on her face.
“I never said I wanted it to go away,”
A beat.
“I don’t want it to go away.” James takes long strides to Lily, taking her tear-stricken face into his warm hands and kisses her.
He pulls away and rests his forehead against hers. “I’ve had feelings for you since 3rd year, Evans.” He leans away, bending down to meet Lily’s eyes. “What makes you think I ever stopped, huh?” He swipes her falling tears with his thumb.
At this, Lily smiles but the tears don’t stop. All she can do is walk in closer to him. She throws her hands around his torso, presses into him, and cries into his chest.
James hugs her, one hand on her head, the other on her back. Rubbing her back and leaving soft kisses on the crown of her head until she stopped shaking and her breathing evened out.
HAPPY BACK TO HOGWARTS AKA HOME DAY PEOPLE
(James and Sirius arguing who's hotter)
James: Oi, Evans. Who's hotter, me or Sirius?
Lily: Me.
(James and Sirius arguing)
Sirius:WHY CAN’T WE NAME OUR BABY PADDY PRONGSIE POTTER
James:FIRST OF ALL LILY WILL KILL ME
Lily:Both of you actually
James:SECOND OF ALL WHY ISN’T IT PRONGSIE PADDY POTTER
James:ARE YOU FUCKING MAD???
*Remus walked in with a bag of Mars Bars in his hand*
Sirius:
James:
Remus:
The bag of Mars Bars:
Baby Harry in Lily’s womb:
Lily: Hey Mad.
So basically i’m nearly finished with atyd and i need a wolfstar fanfic with a happy ending. I don’t need anymore pain!
Wolfstar and Drarry oneshots (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/story/263133870?utm_source=android&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=Saffire078&wp_originator=10YAc4xkoVOYS89bizlHOLfMGDhLlHqDxVWNQ73PKbqq86GzoOenEL9bmBEf4ktkDZTO6p76P%2Flc42zQu%2FpgTl%2F9%2FfZ8p9Ly51XWa86OBp2PdYcpONlLJw1f9koL3sCJ Just some investors for you lot The general trigger warnings. Self harm depression death ECT. Oh and also SMUTTTT
leather jackets and woollen jumpers - Wolfstar (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/story/262141046?utm_source=android&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=Saffire078&wp_originator=JebmaXLsvfjxZc%2Bf0fjhCvxeW6Zw5E5p6KR5Nj%2BDKFhI1TU7LFflEoosW%2BrbnYGy42gwa02ZavVx59a5qgOhlIT3LjcGsX%2BwkBC%2BKHqCeOUfSjCr5Z09e3MEi8s2uodg Wolfstar muggle AU with a little Jilly Smut will be in this story so if too young please refrain from reading. TW homophobia, possible metion of suicide and death.
Some of my favorite James potter headcanons
James is a cat person but everyone assumes he is a dog person (they are wrong)
James lovessss Broadway after Lily introduced him to it
He specifically loves Be More Chill, Legally Blonde, and Hamilton and makes Peter and Sirius preform songs with him at parties after they have had a little too much to drink
***Lily and Remus low key love it even if they act like they don’t
If James ever went to Disney world he would become a Disney adult for the duration of the trip and buy one of those Disney world secrets and fun fact books and then read it while in line for rides and everyone would be so annoyed
James potter would make those pottery thirst traps on tik tok and make some joke about his last name being potter
His favorite way of cheering up sirius is making an absurd amount of dog/deer puns
Has deer antlers as a tattoo
Lives in his quidditch sweatshirt/gear and will only let lily/reg (depending on your ship) wear it when they are cold
Loves Taylor Swift so much and his favorite album is Lover
*sirius struggling in the kitchen at 3 am.*
remus: what’s going on, love?
sirius: trying to rip the slutty little fishnets off my damn oranges.
sirius tricked james into telling him about his relationship with regulus, regulus isn’t happy.
regulus: first things first, james here is a fucking idiot, and if he tells you anything fucking different he’s a liar and a fucking snake.
regulus: *smacks james on the forehead*
regulus: fuck you.
regulus: james, if you didn’t sleep last night then i’m very sorry, i was thinking about you.
james, distracted by a triangle shaped grape: …the illuminati have taken over the grape industry.
james: if you all were to write a book, what would the title be?
james: ‘reasons i’m the greatest best friend in history.’
sirius: ‘the daily struggle of being sexy.’
remus: ‘the daily struggle of living with ‘sexy’.’
regulus: ‘why adult floaties are much more of a necessity than children’s ones.’
marlene: ‘how to keep ‘em wrapped around your finger, the marlene method.’
lily: ‘how to snag the richest guy in school, co-written by: remus lupin.’
mary: ‘a guide on how to outlive all your friends.’
dorcas: ‘bagging the hottest girl alive: a fool proof 6 month plan.’
peter: ‘why i demand monetary compensation for all the nights i’ve spent in detention because of ‘sexy’.’
james: what’s the shadiest thing you’ve ever seen someone do?
remus: turn a bunch of kids into werewolves, just to start an army.
lily: being prejudiced against half-bloods and muggle borns whilst being a half-blood themselves.
sirius: try to conceive for years, then become abusive to the very kids they were dying to have.
james: o-oh, i was just gonna say nick my sweaters right after they said that their fashion sense is nothing like mine…
regulus: i never said, nor did such a thing.
james walks in on wolfstar.
james: bro, are you fucking serious?
sirius: i can confirm that i am, indeed, fucking sirius.
remus: *peeks his head out from under the covers*
remus: and i can also confirm that i am, indeed, fucking sirius.
headcanon 1 about the potter brothers:
sirius finding out he was fruity, and immediately panicking, thinking of the worst case scenario of how james would react and how he might lose his brother.
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james finding out he was fruity, and immediately pulling out a checklist labeled “things sirius and i have in common.” and checking the “sexuality” box. then rushing over to tell sirius because he’s so excited to have something new to bond with his brother over.
snape is serenading lily, and it’s quite distasteful.
snape: so come run your hands through my hair, ‘cause that’s why it’s there.
sirius (to remus and james): “come run your hands through my hair”? i can make some bloody fried chicken using all that grease in it.
james is texting a sleepy regulus at 3am.
james: reg, would you still love me if i had no ears?
regulus: no, goodnight.
james is bringing sirius back home after a blood test.
sirius: *walks in happily with a lollipop in his mouth*
remus: i take it that the blood test went well?
james: he was in and out of that chair in exactly one minute!
sirius: yeah! and no biting this time, not even attempted biting!
sirius and remus are texting.
sirius: can we break up for 1 hour, 6 minutes and 11 seconds?
remus: no, but what for?
sirius: i wanna listen to adele’s new album from another perspective.
remus: as tempting as your offer sounds, it’s still not a valid excuse for me to dump you, sirius.
james: wow, you look like shit.
sirius: i stayed up till 5 am with marlene. do i regret it? yes.
sirius: but was it worth it ‘cause i got to help out a friend who needed comfort? absolutely not.
james found out about peter being the traitor, and he’s discussing it with the rest of the marauders.
james: i cant fucking believe it, petey? betraying us? after everything we’ve been through together? after all this time?
sirius: *standing up and reciting poetically* do not mourn the treachery of time, brother, for dogs have always danced on the corpses of lions. however, do not believe that their dance makes them above their masters, lions will always be lions and dogs will always be dogs.
remus: sirius, you’re a- you’re a dog.