You can find a link to my masterlist tumblr page here (it's sortable!)
A note for 2026: My focus is on wrapping up ISOSM then pivoting to in the latter days. I'll also be on maternity leave the first quarter of the year, so while I'm hoping to make progress, please give me some grace with my update schedule as I adjust to taking care of a tiny human 😅
Newest & In Progress
In Search of Something More || 12 Chapters. 76.5K Words. Rated M. Regency AU. || tumblr post || Now Complete
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.
in the latter days || 5/26 Chapters. 17.6K Words. Rated M. First War AU. || tumblr post || playlist *on hiatus until ISOSM is complete*
In February of 1983, a cataclysmic shift occurred in the wizarding world, plunging it into chaos. Four years later, revelations shake the core of James Potter’s new reality when, on a mission, he discovers another faction of the Order of the Phoenix — and with them, the woman he thought he’d lost forever.
Some of My Favorites (below the cut)
Angst
no, i could never give you peace || Oneshot. 4K Words. Rated M. || playlist || tumblr post
Lots of Order!Jily angst.
to be young and at war || Oneshot. 2.5K Words. Rated M. || tumblr post
Order!Jily hurt/comfort. Written for the Jily Week 2022 prompt “blood on my hands”.
Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) || Oneshot. 14K Words. Rated M. || Playlist || tumblr post
Sirius, Lily, and James deal with the fallout of the events from the end of 5th year. This fic is heavy on the angst.
the silence in the sorrow || Oneshot. 4.3K Words. Rated M. || tumblr post
Secret Relationship Order!Jily written for Jilytober 2023 Masquerade with the prompt: "What if it doesn't work?"
Fluff
A Thrill Divine, Down My Spine || Oneshot. 2K Words. Rated T. || tumblr post
“You know what I'm getting at — you're like a really good thing personified. Take a compliment Potter, God.” She turns on her stool to face him, sliding one of the firewhiskies his way.
Or: Two totally platonic friends get drinks after a rough day.
loved you three summers || Oneshot. 631 Words. Rated G
A pregnant Lily has a not-so-sudden realization.
Stupid T-Shirts || Oneshot. 5.4K. Rated E. || tumblr post
The last night on a group vacation, Mary pushes everyone to engage in a tacky T-shirt swap before going out. Suggestive shirts, months of pining, and one particular tequila shot finally lead Lily to reach her breaking point. Drunken kisses can be dismissed and joked about, but this—this would be crossing a line they won’t be able to uncross.
to have and to hold and to fight like hell || Oneshot. 2.2K. Rated T. || tumblr post
It's James and Lily's wedding day, and emotions are…complicated. There's a target affixed to their backs — a muggleborn witch marrying the last Potter — and Alastor Moody plans to use that target to the Order's advantage. (Written for mppmaraudergirl's Alight With Happiness Jily Fest.)
pick up & start again || Oneshot. 8.9K Words. Rated T. || tumblr post
For fifteen glorious months, Lily Evans has lived her life Potter-free, only to have him crashing right back into her life on her most important work assignment to date. How very like him.
i'll be fine, i'll be good || 6 Chapters. 63.8K Words. Rated M. Slytherin!Lily AU || tumblr post || playlist || picrew || extras
From the moment the Sorting Hat is lifted from her head, Lily Evans knows nothing but the need for survival. Her Slytherin housemates despise her for her blood, and the rest of the war-worn world is suspicious of her for what qualities a centuries-old hat saw in her at age eleven. Lily Evans is never enough. Until she’s given the chance to be. Until she is.
restless waves rise and fall || 5 Chapters. 48K Words. Pirate AU. Rated T. || tumblr post || moodboard || picrew
In which James Potter is a gentleman pirate and Lily Evans is his loyal but vastly more competent First Mate. (Originally written for the Jily Week 2022 “Pirates AU” prompt.)
Things That Haven't Happened Yet || 4 Chapters. 21.3K Words. Rated E. || tumblr post
A @jilymicro-oops fic based on Taylor Swift's "I Can See You". A slight error in Legilimency lessons leaves Lily a bit more exposed than expected, and James in shock.
it's (always) you || Ficlet Collection. Rated T. Most chapters ~1k or less. || tumblr post
A collection of Jilytober 2023 ficlets for the 31 prompts. A multiverse of meet-cutes.
Another day, another afternoon it’s 89* in the house with a broken a/c and my landlord won’t commit to prorating my rent even though it’s a safety hazard for our family to live there until it’s fixed.
starting the countdown until gaylors start saying that Adam Sandler officiating Taylor's wedding (sorry if this is how you found out) is actually proof that it's a sham because it's a reference to I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), in which Sandler and Kevin James play heterosexual men who enter a mutually beneficial fake gay marriage, a dynamic that Taylor is inverting as a queer woman pretending to be straight while cleverly flagging the obvious farce to those with the eyes to see
Still no timeline for when they’re going to fix the ac. We have an infant who literally can’t be in the house because it’s a safety hazard at 85* and we can’t get a straight answer on when we can expect a fix. Oh, and no reimbursement for a hotel or anything. Indefinitely displaced from our new place on a holiday weekend…fuck us, I guess.
I am always reminding myself that it can take up to two years to heal from child birth. And up to seven years to recover from pregnancy!! Please take care of yourself!!!
Thank you, Anon! Yes, 18 months is the one I hear most (aka my doctor and books saying to space pregnancies out at least that long).
All the stuff is moved, just have to clean and turn in keys and then the dreaded unpacking begins…. So hard heavy lifting is done, thank goodness! And honestly my feet took the brunt of it.
Shout out to my MIL for reminding me to take breaks from loading/unloading boxes every now again because I literally had a baby 5 months ago and my body is NOT fully healed even if I feel like it.
ok tomorrow the move starts. still haven't packed up my office. not quite sure how we'll juggle this with also having to manage the baby (but THANK GOD my in-laws are coming up to help because that's going to help with the logistics a bit.)
“It’s digestible” is pertinent!! Okay, for those of you who haven’t researched Crisco for writing fic about gay sex in the mid-late 60s:
The first-edition of The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, “Vegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestible”[4] Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that “Its digestible” and “Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.” Similarly, in the 1978 sex manual The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the book’s index. Discussions of the shortening’s use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: “The lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.”[5] In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s. Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco. Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20th century.
from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html
Love this post for so many reasons but most especially because this is from all the way back in 2012 and and yet not a single blog in this thread is deactivated
Love the gay history, but i just wanna correct that the “it’s digestible” in the gay stuff was a reference to crisco’s tagline it had been using since 1911, the actual meaning of its digestible is because it’s main competition came from “enhanced” lards which were rendered pig fat mixed with non food thickeners that literally did not digest and caused people to basically just shit out pig cream, since crisco was veggie based the body digested it along with the food
This post is the opposite of net zero information. Not only did I learn several new facts about gay history but also we rounded our way back to the original question of the tag line and the mini obelisks.
For a brief moment, Norrington breaks into a wide, boyish smile. His military bearing reasserts itself, but only just.
➢ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) // accepting the proposal
Keira played this scene perfectly -- there is a real sense in her performance that while she may never love Norrington, she likes him, respects him, and could even find some joy in being married to him ...
The single most important thing in this scene is Norrington's reaction to the words 'You are a fine man ... James.' Jack Davenport has an utterly charming smile, and we wrote the scene to that moment -- the moment where the audience would recognize: Hey, this guy is human -- and I like him!"
