#jilytober 2021
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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!
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A complete list of complete fics, read on Ao3 *updated January 2024
no place like home
Modern AU - Rated M, WIP
Second chances, lots of feelings and a guaranteed happy ending.
a touch of magic (a magic touch)
Canon - Rated G, 2k - Lily Evans learns about magic
a day like any other
Canon - Rated G, 1.5k - Sixth year Hogwarts. From Tumblr prompt asks: Having a bad day and the other noticing
Just some guy
Modern AU - Rated T, 10.2k - A chance encounter, two random strangers. When Lily and James collide, sparks fly... but maybe it's not so random.
Specular
Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2023, 31 Prompts in 31 Days
What I've felt, what I've known
Mixed Canon/Modern AU - Rated T, 600 words - A collection of drabbles for @thegobletofweasleys jily week 2023
you don't know me (but I know you)
Modern AU - Rated T, 3.6k - Lily has a crush, she knows his face well but can only imagine his name; until they meet that is. written for @thegobletofweasleys jily week 2023
Class of '78
Canon Divergent - Rated M, 38k - A reunion at Hogwarts five years post-graduation.
the days are bright and filled with pain
Canon Divergent - Rated T, 1.5k - Christmas Eve with the Potters.
Synthesis
Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2022, 31 Prompts in 31 Days
this time I'll remember
Modern AU - Rated T, 24k - Frank and Alice are getting married, but theirs isn't the only love story. written for efkgirldetective's Summer of Jily 2022
Everlong
Modern Au - Rated M - 273k - Second chances Jily. A journey through pain, miscommunications and complexities of the heart.
Times Like These
Modern Au - Rated T - 6.5k - Everlong extension, moments of their story (past and future).
Tiny drabbles
you just have to ask
a hint of possibility
The Less I Know the Better
Don't need to look no further
Labyrinth
Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2021, 31 Prompts in 31 Days
One hundred and sixteen minutes...
Canon - Rated T, 1k - Jilytober'21 bittersweet angst to fluff.
Something So Simple
Canon - Rated M, 1.8k - A stolen moment brings Jily closer when James helps Lily work out some tension.
Laying Claim
Rated T, 1k - A game of beach volleyball has Lily seeing green... written for efkgirldetective's Summer of Jily 2022
Lucky Star
Modern AU - Rated G, 2k - A spiralling Lily makes assumptions, who's being an idiot in all this? written for jilychallenge july'21
In the blink of an eye
Canon - Rated G, 2.3k - James is pushed to his limits, angsty. written for Tumblr Training Prompt Tuesday
Unaccounted For
Canon - Rated T, 1.4k - Where are half the Gryffindor 7th years and why are they missing?
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Best muggle au one shots?
Our search feature will let you filter posts by multiple tags. This link brings you to a filtered search for muggle AU one shots that we have tagged as favorites.
Plus here are some newer one shots that are great:
Title: Seeing Red
Author: AnnaBtG
Rating: G
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, College
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 799
Summary:"I mistake you for someone else from behind and jump on your back so we both fall down and you’re reasonably pissed."
James Potter mistakes a beautiful redhead for his friend Mary.
Title: In it For Me
Author: mppmaraudergirl
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, Celebrity AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 3,260
Summary: Going through a break-up is never pleasant, and even less so for famous actress Lily Evans who, along with the rest of the world, has to watch her ex move on at lightning speed.
James Potter is also no stranger to being under the microscope, finding his good name under fire in every medium possible.
That is until they give the world something else to talk about [Jilytoberfest Masquerade fic - Begrudging wedding dates]
Title: A Slip of the Thumb
Author: oyprongs
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, Texting AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 2,073
Summary: "Lily Evans has followed him on Instagram." for jilytober masquerade with the prompt: You accidentally like a photo from wayyyy back in their Instagram history after they follow you
Title: Summer Slipped Us Underneath Her Tongue
Author: sirenicc
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 3,306
Summary: “Mary Macdonald, if you don’t stop laughing I am going to strangle you with my sun cream-coated hands.”
Mary cackled louder. Lily sighed, closing her eyes and praying for a sinkhole to open up beneath her. Or a large wave to sweep her out to sea. Really, anything would be preferable to
— “You know, I’ve heard redheads burn easily but this seems excessive, Evans.”
Written for the August 2021 Jily Challenge for the prompts "I saw you staring and so decided to try to put on my sun cream ~sensually~ but omg the lid just popped off and the whole bottle came out stOP grinning oMG" and "topless!lily August"
Title: throwing chances
Author: theroomofreq
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, Coffee Shop AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 4,522
Summary: written for tumblr's jilychallenge august 2021 prompt: “I’ve spent the summer climbing through your bedroom window so no one sees, please won’t you give me a chance?”
Title: Group Project
Author: SaffronSnitch
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 4,345
Summary: James didn’t need his friends’ judgment to tell him pretending to date Lily Evans for a school project was a bad idea — he knew it was bad from the moment she asked. That didn’t stop him from agreeing, and if he fell even more in love with her by the day, it was entirely his own bloody fault.
Title: you cake my dreams come true
Author: abby10
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, Texting AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 3,031
Summary: Texting/Social Media AU: Lily has a surprise party planned for James's birthday. James also has a surprise planned for Lily. Sirius and Remus think it's like a sitcom. And they're not wrong! Featuring emergency therapist appointments, cake, and quite a few surprises.
Title: about time
Author: jilyss
Rating: T
Genre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AU, Celebrity AU
Chapters: 1
Word Count: 6,268
Summary: 'sure, yeah, I can accompany you to that black tie event for your work tonight. wait. why are we on a red carpet?'
#fic request#muggle au#modern au#highschool au#highschool#uni#college au#college#one shot#fave#coffeshop au#coffee shop#texting au#coffee shop au#celebrity au#friends to lovers#established relationship#the marauders#mary macdonald#mary#sirius#remus#peter
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Hi!
I was wondering if you had any advice for fanfiction authors who want to get their works out to a larger audience. I currently have some stuff written but it isn't really taking hold on Tumblr or AO3...
I guess what I'm asking is if you have any advice on getting stuff out to a larger audience; maybe you could share your own personal journey through gaining a decent fanbase, etc.
Hi there!
I'm not certain I'm qualified to give the best advice here but I will walk through my fandom experience and hope it helps! I know it's going to be long so I'll put it under a read more.
I wrote my first fic in 2003 as a young teenager and have hopped in and out of the fandom ever since. Notably returning in 2015 then 2018 then back in 2020 to cope with life in the pandemic. If you would have told me in 2015 that I'd one day have a fic that got over 1000 kudos I would've laughed, thinking that type of response was never going to happen. And to be honest, I think luck definitely has a part to play in those things happening so don't discount that either.
But one of the things that is different now compared to any of my past forays writing/posting fic in the fandom is that I have been extremely active in the fandom in the following ways:
Joining the Jily discord—I've made some great fandom friends, and some I consider friends beyond the fandom now; I've chatted with people about random silly questions (like, between James and Lily who ignores the expiration date on food and who is a stickler for it; and, what do James and Lily use as bookmarks for their textbooks); beta read and had people beta read for me; taken prompts, submitted prompts, talked about some completely ridiculous prompts (@mabeltothknows and her Lollipop lady murder mystery fic). It is also a place where anyone can post fic recs (their own or those they've read and adored). The discord is 18+.
Joining Jily challenge/writer fests—Similar to the discord, joining these types of fests have gotten me to meet and chat with more people in the fandom. I've done Christmas exchanges, jilytober fest games, jily challenge monthly fic themes, and even joined in with a few others to make Shirtless JP May a thing in 2021. Those who put effort into running these fests (Clo, @siriuslychessi, @joyseuphoria, @theresthesnitch, @clare-with-no-i to name a few) are not only encouraging but also connect people with each other and boost the content out.
Engaging with people on Tumblr—I know this can be a daunting thought, to have an active blog, to send asks and messages with a name instead of on anon, but that's really a great way to get to know people in the fandom. And I acknowledge that may sound like you have to be "in" to get your fics read, but from my perspective, most people want to find new stories to read and don't purposefully ignore newer writers. I don't want to speak for anyone else, but I know for me, I struggle to keep up with the amazing writers in the jily fandom with all of my real life obligations and the free time I try to spend writing. That means I don't spend a ton of time hunting for new fics to read. It does not mean I don't want to find new fics to read.
Anyway, I think this comes down to the fact that fandom is a community and the more I've engaged and made friends, the more people have engaged with me.
If you want to reach out to me directly via messaging or another non-anon message to share your work or talk about anything in more detail please feel free to! :)
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I posted 944 times in 2022
That's 469 more posts than 2021!
18 posts created (2%)
926 posts reblogged (98%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@galahadwilder
@actuallyyangxiaolong
@shehatedhimnahshedidnt
@lupinatic
@whereintheworldiskamalakhan
I tagged 50 of my posts in 2022
#blackinnon - 15 posts
#sirius black - 13 posts
#marlene mckinnon - 12 posts
#padfoot - 11 posts
#blackinnonfest2022 - 7 posts
#meme - 7 posts
#jily - 6 posts
#writing - 5 posts
#fanart - 4 posts
#potterverse - 3 posts
Longest Tag: 65 characters
#you can ship whatever and multiple ships with the same characters
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Soulmate - Sirius/James/Lily !!!
I'm glad to see someone enthusiastic lol
"Git" the word appeared on his side, bold big, it even had a shadow on it, and he wasn't sure why was that.
Git was a fairly common word that anyone could call him at any given moment for any given reason, and James Potter had received a very few gits in his life, earned and not, but they never seem too romantic towards him, nor he felt anything special towards the person uttering those words.
You would think the universe would choose a better word to recognise your soulmate by, other than git, wouldn't you?
6 notes - Posted March 10, 2022
#4
First Sentence Game
Thanks for the tag @blitheringmcgonagall
Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have fewer than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns.
Favorite Line: You know that line that they feed you about couples, the one that says the first kiss is always the perfect kiss?
Frustration (Potterverse, Jily)
Snow always made things quiet and gorgeous at Hogwarts, at least outside of the castle.
The Dare (Potterverse, Jily)
It started with a party, didn’t all great things start like that?
07 AU Everybody Lives (Potterverse, Jilytober)
Summer, a flickering season that started okay; with the sun shining through the clouds and always ended with shirts soaked in sweat and the promise of a recurrent sunburn if you forgot to apply sunscreen.
06 Dancing (Potterverse, Jilytober)
There were so many pictures around the house that he usually didn’t remember when they were taken, or what exactly was the point of his having one photo on the small Christmas tree.
05 Lily finding about Remus/Animagi (Potterverse, Jilytober)
Blood, blood everywhere, that’s how the morning after the full moon had found James and his friends.
04 Forced proximity (Potterverse, Jilytober)
It wasn't his plan, this wasn't his plan.
03 Sneaking out after hours (Potterverse, Jilytober)
James found a way to sneak the Cloak from home for his seventh year.
02 Head Boy/Head Girl Fight (Potterverse, Jilytober)
James Potter was a teen boy, a man in wizard years, and to anyone that new James Potter they would say his biggest trait was that he was fun to be around.
01 First Kiss (Potterverse, Jilytober)
You know that line that they feed you about couples, the one that says the first kiss is always the perfect kiss?
Más de una década (Potterverse, Sirius and Remus friendship, Spanish)
Doce años, nueve meses, tres semanas y cuatro días era el tiempo exacto en el que a Sirius se le ocurrió por última vez pisar esa casa.
Risas (Potterverse,Mary MacDonald, Spanish)
Cuando la guerra llegó a la vida de Mary ella no supo muy bien cómo reaccionar.
Salvation & Damnation (PJO)
The streets of Los Angeles weren’t riddled with homeless people,
We Are all Flawed (Potterverse)
Horace Slughorn was a man of refined taste;
See the full post
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#3
WIP Game
Tagged by @annabtg
Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!
Robin Hood – Jily – AU
Percy Jackson – Saint Seiya – AU
Goong - Marauders/Jily/Blackinnon AU
Coffee Princes - Blackinnon/Jily AU
The Prank – HTGAW style - Marauders
Doctor - Teacher - Jily
Soulmate - Sirius/James/Lily
Last Christmas AU - Jily
Tedromeda - Persephone’s myth
10 things I hate about you - Blackinnon
Kimi no na wa AU - Jily
Fruit Basket AU - Marauders
Bake Off AU - Jily
Cursed Smutt - Blackinnon
First Kiss - Jily (challenge)
1st War - Jily (challenge)
Tagging: @siriusuntiltheveryend @midnightelite @blitheringmcgonagall @matrixaffiliate and anyone else that wants to join.
8 notes - Posted March 10, 2022
#2
I’m not ready for my jily mutual to all turn into wolfstar, my Blackinnon ass is not doing its work 😂
12 notes - Posted November 13, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
James Potter parents' names
I don't know why this topic has been going around lately, we were talking in various groups about the change of names of Harry's grandparents, and the fandom just going with the flow. How much is fandom accepted and how much is actually canon? is the general questions so I thought that maybe some of you would be interested in a little fandom history.
If you are not, it's fine, you can skip this post. (I'll even put it under read more)
I don't want to make a big long post so here is the brief story, as best as I can put it. Ever since PoA being published in 1999 there had been stories about the Marauders, their relationship with Harry Potter, and a bunch of other things that we came to know as fanon.
However, from 1999 until 2006, we didn't have any idea on what Harry's grandparents names were, we still don't know what the Evans were called. Yet, at some point in 2006 JKR gave us a tiny piece of information, something small that we grabbed hold to it for deer (pun intended) life, and didn't want to let go of, and it was the Black Family Tree:
This was hand drawn by JKR for an auction, you can read more about it here, and we all just went wild with head canons.
As you can see, one of Walburga's (Sirius' mother) aunts, was name Dorea Black, and she married a Charlus Potter, they had one child, nameless, and we all just assumed that child was James Potter.
Why? you may ask.
We knew James parents were an elderly couple. Dorea being older than Orion and Walburga made sense. So the nameless child became James Charlus Potter (because we all know the middle name is always the dad's name).
After years of this, JKR decided to update her website, that was filled with puzzles and little details of the characters, and created Pottermore. Here she added another nugget of information about the Potters and it was that James parents' names, giving us Fleamont and Eupemia Potter, the names we have come to grow and love as well.
Yet from almost 9 years from 2006 to 2015, Dorea and Charlus held a special space in our hearts and this is why, if you decide to read vintage fanfiction, you will see these name being plastered around without any disregards, as it was fanon fuelled by a little bit of canon, as most ideas start in many of our communities.
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I posted 1,404 times in 2022
That's 1,390 more posts than 2021!
353 posts created (25%)
1,051 posts reblogged (75%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@kay-elle-cee
@emeralddoeadeer
@unknowableroom
@periodedits
@vlolets
I tagged 1,191 of my posts in 2022
Only 15% of my posts had no tags
#queue gotta step into the daylight - 361 posts
#jily - 203 posts
#kelsey writes - 154 posts
#ask game - 65 posts
#ask me - 59 posts
#emeralddoeadeer - 58 posts
#fic recs - 52 posts
#restless waves rise and fall - 44 posts
#jilytober - 44 posts
#potc - 42 posts
Longest Tag: 138 characters
#and like all my friends and my partner don’t have that same history of fandom and it’s so hard to communicate my overzealousness sometimes
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Magic Like This || Read on Ao3
“Do you want to go?” He presses.
“It’s not that simple.” If only it was. Of course she didn’t want to go.
The boy in front of her shrugs. “It sounds simple enough to me: it’s going to be miserable for you. Don’t go.”
Lily blinks at him—he speaks as if it’s the easiest thing in the world to just live by your own rules, put yourself first. He’s standing there, staring at her as the concept winds its way through her mind.
What Lily really wants, if she’s being honest with herself, is to spend the day with James Potter.
My fic for the @jilytoberfest Bittersweet Challenge. Prompt: "Don't Go" but make it fluff.
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#4
restless waves rise and fall || read chapter one on ao3
In efficiency and general seafaring know-how, First Mate Evans makes up for what Captain Potter lacks.
So she has to make up for a lot.
Or: In which James Potter is a gentleman pirate and Lily Evans is his loyal but vastly more competent First Mate.
Written for @thegobletofweasleys Jily Week 2022 pirate au prompt. It has since gotten out of hand and is currently shaping up to be 3 parts (you can blame @sunshinemarauder for the encouragement).
78 notes - Posted July 19, 2022
#3
no, i could never give you peace | Read on Ao3 | Playlist
But the rain is always gonna come if you’re standing with me
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
James blinks. “Are you breaking up with me, Evans?” he jokes softly, resting his hand on hers. It’s a joke, but her body tenses and it immediately puts him on edge. The silence that follows is excruciating.
“I’m not doing anything.” Her nails begin to tap on the mug again—a nervous habit that James spots immediately. “I just think we should have a conversation.”
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#2
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.
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My #1 post of 2022
But the rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
James blinks. “Are you breaking up with me, Evans?” he jokes softly, resting his hand on hers. It’s a joke, but her body tenses and it immediately puts him on edge. The silence that follows is excruciating.
“I’m not doing anything.” Her nails begin to tap on the mug again—a nervous habit that James spots immediately. “I just think we should have a conversation.”
Playlist
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97 notes - Posted June 6, 2022
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Sirius wrote on this, with his elegant and posh handwriting
"Mr James I'm Over Her Padfoot I Swear Potter"
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"Miss Lily We're Just Friend Evans"
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Jily mutual pining is my fav
@jilytoberfest and specifically dedicated to @joyseuphoria for her birthday 🎂
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Shag, Marry, Kill
Prompt 12 of @jilytoberfest: One overhearing something they're not supposed to
“Shag, marry, kill, Marlene go.”
“Shag Benjy, marry Remus, Kill Rosier.” James halts his search in the Transfiguration stacks of the library. Through the bookshelf he can see the table of Gryffindor 6th year women cramming for their end of year exams.
“Everyone wants to marry Remus,” he hears Mary giggle.
“Shag, marry, kill, your turn Mary,” Marlene selects the next victim of the game.
“Shag Gideon, marry Fabian, kill Sirius.” Mary answers easily to a snort of giggles around the table.
“You’re sick!” Dorcas cackles, “Shag one brother and marry the other?”
“Definitely twisted in the head,” Lily agrees.
“It’s called taste,” Mary shrugs unabashedly with a flip of her hair, “Besides Remus was already spoken for.” She rounds on Lily, “Alright Evans, shag, marry, kill.”
“Oh this will be interesting,” James could practically hear Marlene’s eyebrows wiggling and the rustling of robes on tables indicating the girls were leaning in as he did the same.
“Jason Bones has been looking pretty fit,” Dorcas teases.
“Come off it,” Mary says with a laugh, “She’s only got eyes for one bloke.”
“But where will he end up in the line-up I wonder,” Marlene pries.
Anything but kill, anything but kill, James pleads to her silently.
“Shag Potter,” Lily begins.
James thinks his legs will give out from under him, as he swiftly inhales.
“Marry Potter, Kill Potter.” She finishes.
Yeah, that checks out, James can hardly contain his grin as he continues on the search for his book.
#jilytober 2021#jily supremacy#jily drabble#jily fluff#jily fandom#jily fanfic#idiots in love#marauders era#jilychallenge
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Marlene: I'd never thought I would say this. But I am actually having a good time
James: *walking into the room*
Lily: *angrily* Hey, what are you doing here James?
Sirius: *while blowing on his newly painted nails* Yeah this is girls night
#source: that 70s show#harry potter#marauders era#incorrect quotes#marauders#sirius black#hp#sirius#padfoot#moony wormtail padfoot and prongs#mwpp era#lily evans#lily potter#jily#james potter#jilytober 2021#marlene mckinnon
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Two Blind Dates
Summary: Lily has had her fair share of good dates, bad dates, dead boring and dead-end dates. But she has never, in all her life, been on a date and had him say, “This might sound insane, but I think you’re my best mate’s soulmate.”
(Or: Lily's friend sets her up on a date. Her date has a different idea.)
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I wrote something! My (unofficial?) Jilytober contribution!
10.5k words. All fluff and foolishness, no angst.
Muggle AU, feat. James x Remus friendship and also a blossoming Remus x Lily friendship HELLO PLEASE SHOW REMUS SOME LOVE
#i guess this is my jilytober contribution?#i know there's something official set up but i'm not active enough to keep up so this is my unofficial jilytober contribution#jilytober#jilytober 2021#jily#jily fanfic#jily fanfiction#jily fic recs#james potter#lily evans#lily potter#remus lupin#marlene mckinnon#moonawrites#my writing#two blind dates
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21. Golden hour; (time of the day with perfect golden sky, sunrise, sunset. The magic hour for photography) - day 21 @jilytoberfest
what are they celebrating? I don't know, after you survive a war, every day is a celebration ;)
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"All together!" James yelled, scooping Mia up and running to where everyone was standing, listening to the loud laughter of Sirius and Harry, who looked a little drunk for that time of day. But that was okay, today was a day to celebrate.
"Dad, this isn't going to work," Harry said, hugging Ginny's waist and smiling at the camera.
"I want a family photo, be quiet," James complained, and Lily laughed, shaking her head and then smiling again.
"Teddy doesn't seem to like this idea, Prongs," Remus held his son closer to his chest, but the boy looked annoyed at being taken out of his toys, and Mia too, who also looked annoyed in James' lap.
Tonks laughed, changing her face to that of a duck to make her son smile even a little. It worked.
''We're sweaty, Potter,'' Hestia, who was standing next to Sirius, said, rubbing her forehead and trying not to look like they'd been out, swimming, playing with the kids for hours already, sweating like never before on that summer day that felt impossibly hot.
"No one will smell us, Hess," Lily flipped her hair back over her shoulders.
"I'm glad," Ginny joked, grinning.
''Stop talking! Everyone smiles in one, two…” The click was heard, smoke exploding from the camera as the photo was taken, soon flying into James' hands, who shook it so they could see.
They were all there, laughing, looking happier than ever. Harry with his hand on Ginny's already prominent belly, little Teddy laughing at Tonks' duck face, and Remus looking passionately at them, Sirius seeming to laugh at something Hestia was muttering, even though she continued to smile at the photo, Lily beside Harry smiling and holding Mia's chubby foot, and James holding his daughter in his lap as she reached for his glasses. All being illuminated by a golden light that made everything seem even more perfect.
''Done! We have a family photo,” James said proudly.
#jilytober fest#jilytober#jily#jily lives#hinny#remadora#sirius x hestia#jilytober 2021#james x lily#remus x tonks#my fic#harry x ginny
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the denial month
My last contribution to @jilytoberfest. Thanks so much for @joyseuphoria to organizing this and for @midnightelite for helping me check this for any mistake.
(AO3)
"The gate creaked a little as he pushed it open, but James Potter did not hear. His white hand pulled out the wand beneath his cloak and pointed it at the door, which burst open...
He was over the threshold as James came sprinting into the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand...
"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"
Hold him off, without a wand in his hand!... He laughed before casting the curse ...
"Avada Kedavra!"
The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banisters glow like lighting rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut…"
A heavy sigh comes after these words, followed by a string of muttered curses.
From her couch, absently doing her Sunday crosswords, Lily readjusts the glasses on her face. "James, do you really need to read that aloud?"
"I can't help it! That's the stupidest thing I've ever read. Like a marionette?"
"It's Skeeter, what did you expect?"
"Some twisted version of the truth, maybe, but this… we die, Lily!"
"And that's why I don't read it. I remember when the first book came out—"
"The Philosopher's Stone," James reminds her, rolling his eyes.
"Wasn't it Sorcerer's?" Lily shrugs. "Anyway, dear Mrs Walkers from the apothecary seemed surprised I was alive! I go there every week for the past thirty years and she asks me if I was really Lily Potter—"
"Exactly! We can't let people keep thinking this thing is true… Can't we sue Skeeter for spreading lies?"
"I talked to Hermione when the Stone book came out. Skeeter was clever enough to call it a work of fiction based on true facts." Lily narrows her eyes. "And she was clever to also hide while publishing all this."
"Seven books! And we are dead! Why did we have to die?"
"A tragic hero sells better than one with loving parents, I guess."
"Ugh, I can't believe this is a best seller."
She throws him a mildly disapproving look. "Well, you did buy the whole collection."
"I got curious, you know I can't help myself! Sirius kept teasing that my death scene was even worse than his and I wanted to see."
"And it was?"
"Nah, he fell behind a veil, Lily. That was more stupid than me just showing up in front of Voldemort… but you know who got a good death scene? Snape!"
"Harry did see him dying—"
"No, no, he can't get a better death than me, I'm the protagonist's father! And Moony dies off-screen, he is barely mentioned… no, no, we need to do something."
"Burn the books?"
"Maybe it's time we publish our own memories. People have to know what really happened."
Lily opens her arms, and James accepts it at once, pulling her closer. "They know, love."
"I just hate everything… Do you know what happens when Harry goes to the forest to die for our sins? We show up with the Resurrection Stone… and we support him walking to his death!"
"Hey!" Now Lily is truly alarmed. "We'd never—"
"Exactly!"
"I can't believe they are turning this into a series of plays."
"What?"
"It was announced last week on the Prophet. I thought you had seen it."
"How come—"
"Something to celebrate 40 years since Voldemort's first fall."
"You mean the day our son apparently got orphaned and Dumbledore left him in the care of your sister?"
Lily shudders.
"Ugh, don't remind me of this part. The only thing that Skeeter probably got right was Vernon's personality."
"Nah, Umbridge was just the same. And Snape, real charming guy. A little obsessed with you though."
Lily shakes her head, amused with his disgusting tone. "Some famous actor is playing him, people were gushing about all over the Leaky Cauldron last week."
"I can't believe it… wait! Who is gonna portray us?"
Lily shrugs. "Dunno. We are not very important, are we?"
"Come on, you sacrifice yourself all nobly, and I… well, my friends love me, my only lines are not from my best moments… ugh, they are just going to cut my character in these plays, aren't they?"
"You said the books were stupid," Lily notes amusedly. "Why would you want to even be portrayed when they got you so wrong?"
"Because Sirius will be shown and he gets more screen time than me," James replies as if it's obvious. "Can you believe we don't kiss once in these books?"
"I'm pretty sure we do," she notes, winking at him. "Harry was born after all."
That makes James let out one of his infectious laughs. He runs his hand through his hair, strands of white hair reflecting under the lights of the room.
"I’m serious, not a single kissing scene. Not even a smooch."
"We can fix that," she suggests, grinning, and when she feels James' lips over hers, Lily is sure that reality is much better than any fiction.
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Dear readers,
While we generally try to let these diary entries speak for themselves, we at the Daily Prophet feel the need to provide a forward for today’s entry. We have not edited or revised this letter in any way. We have chosen, with the consent of Mr. Potter, to publish the entry in full. Please know that no other entry has affected our staff as much as the one below.
Please be kind to yourself and read on if you feel you are prepared to do so.
To Harry Potter: you have our kindest thoughts and deepest sympathies.
G.R. Abbott, Editor
Please turn to page 3 to continue reading.
October 24, 1981
My dearest Harry,
My sweetest darling. My little love. My bundle of endless, boundless energy. I hope I am always able to remember the way your eyes light up when you see me, and the smile that breaks open your face when you laugh. As much as I hate the situation we're in now, I shall forever be grateful for this closeness. It is just you, and me, and your father, and we have so much time to spend together - time that may have otherwise been devoted to silly meaningless things.
I hope that one day you can forgive me. I am not a perfect mother, if such a thing exists, but I have tried to do the best I can by you. And yet, I am burdened by a great deal of guilt for the lot in life that has been assigned to you because of my selfishness. James and I chose to have a baby, in the middle of the war, thinking that you could be our bright spot of happiness. You are, in every way, the best part of my life. However, because I wanted you to make my days happier, I have cursed you.
Sometimes I find myself wishing that James and I had never become pregnant. Not because you are not so incredibly loved my darling, because please do not think that is the case. However, by choosing to give you life, I have placed you at the center of this prophecy that will haunt you for your entire life.
The problem is that even if I had known then what I know now, I still wouldn't have changed a thing. I still would have pushed back against the forces of evil, stood up for those that needed it, and I still would have loved your father. Even to my dying breath I shall still love your father, and I shall still love you. I cannot change the situation we are in now, and I would not change you for anything.
I wish I could save you from this great burden. It is a mother's obligation to protect her child, and I have failed you. If you are truly meant to be the one who stops him then I'm afraid I know what this must mean. I want to be wrong. I hope I am wrong. Yet, fighting a war for the entirety of my adult life has left me disillusioned with the notion of hope. There is no hope here; only tragedy.
So I know what this must mean.
We didn't know, of course, that you would have a destiny when you were only a small thing in my womb. It wasn't until you were nearly born that we even heard about the prophecy. I tried to hold off the labor for just a few more hours so that you were born in August rather than July. But you came exactly when you wanted, exactly when you were meant to.
Sometimes, I still hope that it's not you, but that's a selfish thing, too. If I am hoping that it is not you, then by extension what I'm really doing is hoping that it's Alice's little boy, and how could a mother wish for that destiny on someone else's child. So I cannot hope for that either. There is no hope here.
I suppose I hope that your destiny comes calling quietly. I hope that it is a quiet victory and that nobody knows except that he is gone. And I hope it happens soon so that you can spend the rest of your life happy. I hope that you have the longest, happiest life possible.
I won't even bother hoping for the same for myself. That's not what this means. What it means for me…
It means that our time together is short, yours and mine and your dad’s. It means that you will grow up without us. It means…
It means that we are going to die.
I know that when the time comes, I won't be able to not stand in his way and try to protect you once more. Perhaps if it is your destiny I should just step aside, but I cannot. I cannot. I shall stand in front of you even if it is the last thing I shall ever do. If I can protect you for even a moment longer, it shall all have been worth it.
My darling baby. My life with you has been so beautiful. You are so loved. My biggest regret is that I shall not get to live to see more of it. If there’s some sort of afterlife, know that I shall always be watching you and waiting for you. I will see you again.
Please mind Sirius. I know he is not the same as having your parents, but he does care for you. I hope he reminds you how much I love you so often that the words are carved into your ears and your mind. And please do not believe any of the stories that he tells you, as I guarantee it is either an exaggeration or an outright lie.
Please always remember that I love you. I will love you forever. I will love you until my dying breath. I will love you in the beyond. I will love you until the very, very end.
#the last diary of lily potter#letter to Harry#jilytober#jilytober 2021#jily#james potter#lily evans#jily fic#sirius black#the daily prophet presents#i know#I'm really sorry#this one hurts a bit#snitchwrites
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Rating: E
At seventeen, Lily fell in love in secret. At eighteen, she said no to a marriage proposal from a man she loved. At nineteen, things that were always meant to be come back together.
(How Lily and James fought a war, lost each other, and fell in love a second-first time).
For the @jilytoberfest Bittersweet Challenge! FLUFF TO ANGST: "It's nice that your voice was the first thing I heard today."
Thank you @clare-with-no-i for helping me push my Sisyphean Boulder up the hill by making me add this post (and @mabeltothknows aka the original architect) and all it’s E-ratedness to this. your order!jily separation anxiety legacy lives.
um also if you’re on the jily discord and saw me go through my mid-life crisis trying to finish this fic…no u didn’t
It was October.
The rain pattered for weeks and anxious first years were overheard excitedly wondering if it would abate in time for the first Quidditch match of the year.
Lily nearly laughed when she heard this and told them not to worry; the Gryffindor captain was too determined and insane to let something like weather spoil a match. Which might have been quite inconsequential, if their Head of House didn’t share the same values and could be heard loudly lecturing on the importance of a stiff upper lip in the face of ‘a bit of rain’.
Lighting and thunder boomed outside, rattling the windows of the Great Hall.
Lily’s eyes went to James.
He was sitting on the far side of the hall, tucked amidst his laughing friends and teammates. Lily was on the steps by the doors; out of sight, out of mind. The Slytherins were getting bolder each day, more and more Muggleborns ending up in the Hospital Wing, and the shadows offered her a bit of peace.
James spotted her looking and an instant smile broke across his face. He didn’t wave, but he cocked his head at the table, a silent invitation.
Lily shook her head, raising her napkin filled with toast as justification.
James grinned. Mouthed: Hey.
Lily bit the inside of her cheek so she didn’t smile, then glanced around to make sure no one saw them. He wasn’t being as careful as they usually were today, but his mates were all distracted with their own things, so there was no harm done. They were still a well-kept, lovely secret.
Good luck, she mouthed back. See you after?
He grinned and made another vague gesture—one that left nothing to her imagination as to what he wanted to do to her after.
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"I thought this was what you wanted."
(a @jilytoberfest drabble)
"All right. Here you are my love," says James, shoulders back and proud as he sets down the plate and plants a kiss on Lily's head.
He takes a few steps back toward the kitchen but stops when he glances over his shoulder. Lily pushes the plate away with a quick shove of her hand, a grimace appearing for a fleeting moment before she presses a palm to her mouth.
"What? What is it?" He spins back around and closes the distance between them again.
"I can't—I just can't."
"Why not?" His brow furrows, confusion and concern intermingling in one solidarity look. "I thought that was what you wanted."
"It was," she concedes. "But now that it's here. Ugh I can't stand the sight or smell of it. Please...please just take it."
James does as asked, swiftly pulling the plate from her and jogging back to the kitchen.
"You have to eat something, love. Does anything else sound good?"
Lily groans, head falling down onto the table in front of her.
James reappears, a hand nervously flying to his hair. "I do have something that may help."
Lily looks up at the sound of a vial being set on the table. "What's this?"
"Anti-nausea potion. I thought it might help."
"You b-brewed me anti-nausea potion?" she asks, voice thick.
He nods and she sniffles loudly. "Oh no. Lil—"
"You brewed me anti-nausea potion?"
"Please don't cry—"
"I love you so much."
James moves forward on instinct, cradling his two-month-pregnant wife in his arms as she cries. A moment later she pulls back and the sudden motion startles him.
"Fresh bread. The bakery—"
"On it!" James interrupts, already bolting across the room to fetch his shoes. "Drink some potion. I'll be back in a minute!"
"Oh, can you also get crisps? Hurry please!"
James can only chuckle in response to his wife's sudden change in demeanor before he Apparates into town.
When he returns, the vial is empty as is the first plate he made for her.
#james potter#jily#lily evans#jily fic#jily drabble#drabble#jilytober 2021#sweet domestic jily#perhaps my first time writing pregnant lily#sorry sister if i get first tri nausea so do you
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Inktober day 18 - Moon
@jilytoberfest ‘s prompt 18 - “This ISNT what it looks like” except this is EXACTLY what it looks like
What actually used to happen on full moon nights.
Sometime in fifth year
Padfoot: So, Evans, huh?
Prongs: Yeah (sighs)
Moony: Can you two stop talking? I’m trying to concentrate!
Wormtail: Go fish, Prongs
#joy’s art#marauders#jily#inktober#marauders fanart#jily fanart#jilytober#jilytober 2021#jilytober fest
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