6 for the end of year ask? hope you're well āŗļøš
@comaraudery!!! i hope youāre doing well too, lovely ā¤ļø thank you for this sweet ask that i donāt even know how to begin answering so iām just going off of what my incredibly kind reviewers say:
āI must meet your mother and thank her for raising an endangered species.ā from Red Chrysanthemum, which I wrote for @maraudersftwā xx
And then thereās this entire section from With a Flourish (and Blotts), which I wrote for @charmingwillow as part ofĀ @siriuslychessiās gift exchange <3
Lily fidgeted nervously with the end of her braid, even as her chin jutted out confidently. āDid you⦠think I wouldnāt be glad to see you?ā
āWellā¦ā James chuckled lightly. āIf Iāve learned anything, itās to never assume to know what youāre thinkingā¦ā
āThatās⦠really mature of you, actually.ā
āThanks, Iāve had seventeen years to work on it.ā
āYou know that they say, practice makes perfect.ā
āYou think Iām perfect?ā James smirked.
Lily blushed. āLetās not get ahead of ourselves.ā
āWhat do the Muggles call it?ā James continued, wiggling his eyebrows. āA Freudian slip? It reveals your truest, innermost feelings?ā
Lily sniffed delicately. āI suppose you do need more hot air in your hard head otherwise your neck would crumble under the pressure.ā
James guffawed. āYouāre a riot, Evans. A perfect, brilliant, beautiful riot.ā
And then thereās either Lily or Jamesā declarations of love from Iāll Go the Distance (betaād by the incredibleĀ @xomarauders), which I started writing entirely upon @pianistbynightās request XD
Lily Evans: You donāt have to say anything right now, or ever. If you want we can pretend this never happened because I value our friendship too much to let anything get in the way of it like before⦠You didnāt⦠and I think thatās part of the reason why I love you now.
You always put others first.
You have a wonderful disposition.
You care deeply without reservation.
And I donāt know what makes me think that I could be The Person in your life who puts you first and who never fails to put you in a good mood and who loves you for everything you are but also everything youāre not⦠but I want to be. I want to learn to be if youāll let me.
James Potter: i love you too.
iām sorry i donāt have a more eloquent reply on hand⦠youād think i would after years of loving you but i think that loveās changed and grown with us, so i can never pin it down to one single declaration.
i just thought iād better say something already since it seems like youāre freaking out a little over there :)
letās just say that if you asked me to, i would do or not do, be or not be anything you wanted, no questions asked. i trust you with my life, my love, my everything.
wow, thatās a lot of cheese⦠at least i know youāre not lactose intolerant, haha
Lily Evans: You were doing so well up until you called yourself out. I happen to love cheese.
James Potter: and i happen to love you <3
Or this BAMF Lily moment from Dancing Around You:
āYou want me to die for you, Lily?ā he seethed. āBecause thatās what the Unbreakable Vow will do if I breathe a word of anything to anyone āā
āI want you to work with me. The Vowās power is only as specific as the oath you swore. There must be something they left out. Something we can use to get you out of this mess āā
āNow, youāre the one not listening! I donāt want out! I want further in! These people are the future leaders of the wizarding world, Lily. I can secure a place for us in it āā
āIf itās a world where bigots like Malfoy get to spit in the face of people like me, maybe I donāt want in,ā she snapped.
Or this, spoken by Remus to Sirius from Two Shots of Whiskey:
āAnd you took the time to do that, didnāt you? James is a great playmate for them, but he always points them to their teacher, to their mum when things get⦠personal, which is not a bad way to handle it, mind. But you invest , even though itās not your child and I think thatās why they knew youād make a good choice. A good godfather.ā
Or this from my very first fic (this year or just ever) The Marauders: A History, spoken by the Sorting Hat to Sirius:
āA rebel who wants to belong. A fighter who wants some peace. An intriguing paradox.āĀ
thanks so much again for this ask, iām getting emotional now, looking back :ā)Ā