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Jily (James Potter/ Lily Evans)

Multi-chapter with @queen-isabelle-writes

I’m only seventeen, i don’t know anything (Uncompleted)-  It's seventh year for the Marauders and Lily Evans. Lily and James are dealing with their feelings for each other while the war with Voldemort brews in the wings. Canon Divergence. 

Multi-chapters by me :)

The Story of Us (Uncompleted)- When Lily Evans meets the man across the hall due to a fire alarm, she has no idea that a new chapter of her life has begun.

Dancing With Our Hands Tied (Explicit) (WIP)-  Following her attempted kidnapping, Princess Lily's new bodyguard is turning everything she's known on its head.

One-Shots

Dancin’ is a Dangerous Thing (Completed)- The times in which Lily and James danced. Fluff. No Voldemort. 

Gold Rush (Completed)- 7th year starts with Lily noticing James. Featuring a pining and jealous Lily.

falling (Completed)- James taught Lily how to fall

Series

Baby (Explicit) (Completed)- A smutty exploration series.

Challenges

Handprints on my Soul (Completed)- When Lily sees that mark that shows her soulmate has touched her; Lily, her best friend, and an unlikely ally go on the hunt to find her soulmate. Written for the Idiots to Lovers Jily July Challenge. 

Godric’s Hollow’s 286th Annual Lawn Competition (Completed)-  Between adjusting to her new town and the hot rude neighbor, Lily is determined to prove herself in Godric’s Hollow by winning their annual lawn competition. Featuring both shirtless Lily and James. Written for the summer themed August Jily Challenge.

our secret moments in a crowded room (Completed)-  In a fake PR relationship with Severus Snape, Lily can’t help be distracted by the real person who has her heart. September Jily Challenge- Celebrity AU

i don’t want to look anything else now that I saw you (Completed)- set in the same celebrity au as our secret moments in a crowded room. The night Lily and James met. 

i feel something when i see you now (Completed)- Written for Jilytober 2021 Masquerade Challenge. Prompt: James is struggling with potions, Lily with Transfiguration. They strike a mutual tutoring deal.

Heart On Her Sleeve (Completed)- Written for the December Jily Challenge. She was going to tell him she loved him with the ugliest jumper he had ever seen. 

4 times Lily and James fought over a bus seat and the 1 time they didn’t (Completed)- Written for the April 2022 Jily Challenge

Prompts/Asks/Drabbles

Call It What You Want To (Completed)- James trying to use a telephone to call Lily over the holidays. Pre-relationship and James pining but trying not to. 

Apart of Your World (Completed)- For training prompt Tuesday; James shows his muggle girlfriend Lily around Diagon Alley for the first time. 

Can We Always Be This Close? (Forever and Ever) (Completed)-  If someone had told James that he would be out past curfew, Lily Evans beside him, with their feet dangling off of the Astronomy Tower, James would have replied that that happened every night in his dreams.

if i tell the world, i’ll never say enough (Completed)- For clare-with-no-i’s November prompt challenge 2021.  Prompt: “I think you’re severely underestimating how long I’ve waited for this.” with Chasing Pavements by Adele. When Benjy Fenwick asks Lily out, James wishes he could give up.

[cruellesummer]

And, baby, that’s show business for you 

[tswiftupdatess]

Taylor Swift for 'The Life of a Showgirl'

(October 3, 2025 | via Spotify Canvas)

[booksarelife-stuff]

Hellooo, how are you? It's been a while, I hope everything is well <33

I just now saw this and have no idea when it was sent!

I've been good! Grad school has been kicking my ass which is why I haven't been active!

[alexaryebread]

I keep seeing people on the clock app talking about their dream casts for the HBO HP series, particularly people in the marauders fandom. And I just...????

I thought we all collectively agreed not to watch it...

Our fandom is supposed to be a safe place for queer and trans folks. What do you mean you're supporting she-who-must-not-be-named's latest money grab??

[booksarelife-stuff]

Coming back from the dead here for a second!

This is not acceptable to comment on anyone's fic. You can ask me to tag something and I will gladly fix it for you! However, I do not want to see any racism in my comments or be called an idiot.

The back button exists for a reason. You don't like it? Hit the back button and move on with your life.

Thank you!

[fanfictionroxs]

People try to put down Jily because James was horrid to Sev and yes I agree.. but imagine being Lily.. your best friend betrays you for your oppressors who hate your very existence, your sister too hates you for your very existence and you seem to have no place where you are fully accepted. And then there's this dude who has always been an immature ass.. but who stands by you like a rock against those discriminating assholes.. this guy you've always hated is the one guarding your back as you guard his on the battlefield where you're outnumbered 20 to 1... this guy who could have carried on his shitty bullying habits into the future, but instead chose to fight against the monsters who want to eradicate you when your own best friend left you for them... this guy who loves every bit of you from the magic to the non-magic and to your very bones he worships the hell out of you... he will die for you and he does.

I don't know man, but that level of character development is an understandable reason to marry a dude ❤

[theman]

you’re losing me | taylor swift

[reputayswift]

I wouldn’t marry me either, a pathological people-pleaser…

[penname-tbd]

tbh in some cases calling my projects "wips" kinda feels like a joke, because it implies that it's actually "in progress" rather than being a thing that plagues my brain every once in a while.

[foxofninetales]

WILTS: Works In Long Term Storage

[lasenbyphoenix]

WHMFUTF: Works Haunting Me From Under The Floorboards

[isahorcrux]

In light of the recent announcement of the Harry Potter TV Show and the fact that this is primarily a Harry Potter fan fiction blog, the below needs to be said.

I am not excited about this show.

If you told my past self 5 years ago this, I’d be shocked.  Five years ago, if they announced a Harry Potter TV show I’d be doing everything in my power to be involved some way or another.  However, in the last five years JKR has shown her true colors and spent her free time and money attacking the trans community.  There are many reasons why I’m not excited about the show or looking forward to it in any regard, but to me the most important is that this show gives JKR more money and cultural capital to further her anti-trans agenda.  This is unacceptable.

I think a lot of us raised on Harry Potter really wanted to separate the art from the artist, dive further into fanfic and fandom and just ignore that the woman who created a world in which we’ve spent most of our lives escaping into.  However, we can’t do that.  It’s come to my attention over the past few days that a lot of people aren’t even aware of the active harm JKR is doing to the trans community.  Most people just say, ‘oh she said some weird stuff on twitter’ right?

Well, yeah.  But, did you also know she launched an active campaign against a reform bill that made it easier for trans people to legally change gender?  You know what happened?  The UK blocked that Bill and Scotland now has to launch a legal challenge to the government block.  She’s also funding a Sex Abuse Crisis Center that excludes trans women.  Yeah, that’s right.  She’s using her money from a book about love and acceptance to actively exclude a marginalized group from a crisis center.  She’s also publicly admitted via twitter that she funds anti-LGBTQ political activity in the UK.

So yeah, there’s a direct line of fans supporting official trademarked Harry Potter anything and that money directly harming transpeople.  Sorry for that rude awakening, but some of y’all are doing backflips to avoid seeing this.

Now, is there a way to prevent Warner Brothers (and Max, lol) from making this show?  Probably not?  After mergers and at a point when the tv and film industry isn’t booming, they need money.  You know what makes money?  Harry Potter.  Which is why they’re rebooting it.  Another question that’s been raised, will the looming writer’s strike affect this?  I would guess probably not?  Most UK writers (and International writers at large) are not in the WGA.  JKR has always wanted the most amount of British people involved in Harry Potter adaptations, so they’ll use the strike to find a UK writer and get them to work.

So what can we do?

Don’t watch the show.  Or, if you do.  Pirate it. In fact, cancel your Max subscription before the show launches.

They’re going to spend A LOT of money on this.  If the numbers aren’t there for them they will do what every other streamer does with an unsuccessful show and cancel it.  They announced 5 Fantastic Beast movies, and yet…where’s that last one?

Anyway, thanks for reading this whole thing if you’ve gotten this far.  Please share with friends who are excited about the show.  Please engage in meaningful discussions with other Potter fans.  Please support our trans friends and strangers.

Once again, this blog says FUCK JKR.

[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

[jilychallenge]

another soul mates story!!! GO READ & ENJOY

[whitepeopletwitter]

[suburbanwildernessdeity]

[gryffindormischief]

dreaming of having enough energy to write fluff about fictional babes

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[blvnk-art]

Saying it out loud

[arianatwycross]

Chapter 3

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“Told you he liked you.”

Lily rolls her eyes. 

“Just because I made him blush, doesn’t mean he likes me still.”

“But it does.”

Lily groans, pulling herself from the floor and giving Mary another exasperated look. 

“Who likes who?” Dorcas interrupts. 

Lily groans once again. 

“Lily fancies-” 

“Nope! Not here Mare.” Lily chastises, her tone grave. 

Mary just smiles. 

The common room is not as full as it could be - being a free period for a few seventh years, there’s only a handful of them milling around. 

“Who do you fancy?” Dorcas whispers theatrically, sitting on the edge of the sofa behind Lily. 

“I don’t fancy anyone.”

Mary laughs. 

Before Dorcas can interrogate Lily, the boys wander in - loud and distracting. Lily’s eyes instantly travel to James. He’s taken off his jumper - recently, she deduces but the way his hair sticks up haphazardly. His shirt sleeves have been rolled up and she clocks his forearms straight away - she inwardly groans. 

“Oh,” Dorcas whispers behind her. 

Lily swivels around on the floor to question her oh but finds her looking at James and then back to Lily with a twinkle in her eye. 

Lily just rolls her eyes again. 

“Evans!” Sirius calls out when he spots her. She raises an eyebrow in response. 

“James is going to go for a fly this afternoon, wanna join him? I know how much you love watching him fly.”

Lily should have expected this. She can either rise to his torment, let him embarrass her, or - agree. 

“Ok.” She shrugs, pulling her hair into a ponytail. 

James watches her movement with his mouth wide open, Sirius laughs at Lily’s blase response, Remus walks into the back of James and Peter blinks curiously at the group now standing oddly in the middle of the common room. 

“Wait, what?” James finally says. 

“I don’t mind watching, I need some air anyway.” She manages to say it calmly, however, her heart beats dramatically in her chest. 

“Oh. Ok, cool.” James says, his hands flying to his hair, his eyes darting to Sirius and Remus. 

She cooly watches Remus whisper something into James's ear and Sirius slaps his best mate on the back.

“I just need to get changed.” He says, briefly looking at her before darting up the stairs. 

The entire group bursts into laughter and Lily feels strangely like the butt of a joke. 

She frowns, watching her friends laugh. Mary wiggles her eyebrows at her, making Lily swat her hand away from her ponytail. 

“You want to wear my coat? It makes your eyes pop.” Mary offers. 

Lily stands, brushing down her skirt, smoothing the crinkles. She ignores her friend for all of one minute before she nods and says thanks. 

Surprisingly, it's not awkward between them as they walk down to the pitch. Whatever James did while getting ready, alleviated the tension she saw in his shoulders just ten minutes before. Instead, James seems quite giddy. He’s put on a dark blue hoodie - the aura of cosiness makes Lily feel something almost uncomfortable - too much. He’s got a kick in his step as he leads them to the back of the castle, telling Lily about his previous training session the day before. The one she watched. 

She’s always been entranced with the way he tells stories - an aspect of his personality that she previously tried to ignore but James is the type of person to capture someone's interest whether they wanted it or not. 

She laughs as he describes the way a fourth-year student by the name of Betty, flung herself through one of the goalposts in an attempt to get away from a rogue bludger. She takes the opportunity to touch his shoulder when they pass through a crown of sixth years near the pitch, the action coming naturally to her. She notices a slight pause on James' behalf as her hand touches his jumper, but he gracefully takes a hold of her arm and pulls her through the throng of students. 

They stay touching like that the entire way, brief elbow touches, him guiding her by the back, her smiling as he talks - it’s more intimate than they’ve ever been and it's thrilling. 

He leaves her by the gate towards the pitch as he goes to pick up his broomstick. It's cold outside that afternoon, grey clouds cover the large pitch, making the green of the grass seem dull. She wraps her scarf around her neck tighter, trapping her ponytail and fringe. James appears suddenly, shocking her from her stupor. He chuckles but doesn’t speak as he pulls her fringe from her scarf with two fingers. She watches intently as his eyes track his fingers. Lily can physically feel the air thicken around the two of them, her entire body electrified by just a small touch -that small moment fuelling her need and vanishing her doubts towards him. She knows it could be good between them.