late afternoon, early spring light (completed, 2.2k) by @ohhevans. Rated G.
“You’re causing a raucous, Evans,” he says, “drunk, knocking over glasses, tickling me, very unbecoming behavior of a Hogwarts Head Girl, if you ask me.”
“The Head Boy is the one who got the Head Girl drunk,” she says, “so I think you’d be better off blaming him for the raucous.”
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one more happy birthday to james potter
it’s a game of give and take (completed, 10.2k) by @fishyspots. Rated T.
That horrible Halloween night, James and Lily wake up with matching curse scars and a missing child.
Six years later, they get him back.
all your life you've never seen (completed, 4k) by westeriss. Rated G.
Lily knows all his friends; of course he’s probably curious about hers, about her whole life outside Hogwarts since she doesn’t really talk much about it during term.
“I wasn’t really friends with anyone in primary,” Lily tells him absently, words fluttering from her lips, then sips at her coffee to stop any more. It's bitter, without cream, and ugh.
Her quip has James shifting, though, leaning a bit closer. He sets his cup on his knee. “What d’you mean?”
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James visits Lily the summer before seventh year, and accidentally, maybe, sort of learns she's Cokeworth's resident enigma. Just a little scene in the middle of their early months of dating, between sixth and seventh year of school.
You light up... my phone (completed, 247 words) by @abihastastybeans. Rated T.
March Jilymicrofics Prompt no.25: Echoes
Lily receives texts from a drunk James
Big Plans (completed, 3.7k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated E.
A menace. That’s what she had called him yesterday when he had pushed her up against one of the wooden beams under the quidditch stands. “You’re going to be the death of me,” she had said, her hands easily undoing the drawstring of his quidditch trousers. “You’re going to be the death of me because I could shag you everyday for the rest of my life and still not be satisfied.”
birthday mornings (completed, 807 words) by @petalsandantlers. Rated G.
in honor of james' birthday, just a short, fluffy microfic of jily being cute
(be) as you've always been (completed, 2.7k) by @juniperpyre. Rated G.
it's the morning of James' 21st birthday and he's in bed with Lily and Harry. they discuss having another baby, fear, and hope.
emergency contact (completed, 1.8k) by @gigglesandfreckles-hp. Rated G.
The intern clears his throat. "I can’t legally—" He swallows, eyes darting up at her like he already knows this is about to go badly. “Release private information about Mr. Potter to you.”
Lily blinks. “I’m his wife.”
Dinner Can Wait (completed, 4.7k) by @livelaughlovetoread. Rated E.
James made eye contact with Lily and immediately knew they were not going to make it to dinner without getting their hands on each other.
Method Acting (completed, 23.6k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated T.
“Tell me what to do and I’ll do it.”
How many times over the years has he said those words and when did he actually start meaning them?
All of them--every single bloody time.
a love that won't ever let go (completed, 1.2k) by @petalsandantlers. Rated G.
written for jily challenges march 2025
prompt: drown in my own tears by ray charles
partner: Merlinsbbeard
Oh My God, She's Insane (completed, 7.6k) by @annabtg. Rated M.
When the Order of the Phoenix discovers that Lucius Malfoy, rich bachelor and womaniser extraordinaire, may secretly be a Death Eater with access to an item that could be the key to bringing down Voldemort, Lily Evans comes up with a brilliant plan: to seduce him into inviting her to his house, and then take the opportunity to snoop around for information.
James Potter, her mission partner, is less than thrilled with this idea.
I’m So Afraid I Sealed My Fate (Even Statues Crumble If They’re Made to Wait) (WIP, 75.6k as of 30 April 2025) by tulipslilliesiloveyou. Not rated.
Six years ago an owl with Lily Evans’ Hogwarts letter was sent—six years ago, that owl never made it. Until now. Following a great tragedy, with nowhere else to go, Muggle-raised Lily Evans has no other choice but to accept her identity as a witch and enroll at Hogwarts as a seventh-year.
Six years ago, James Potter started at Hogwarts—with just one year left, he already has his future figured out: move-in with his mates, help stop the Blood War, win the Quidditch cup.
But the moment he lays eyes on Lily Evans, everything changes.
A beautiful mystery tangled in a hidden destiny that threatens to break them both—as long as it doesn’t tear down the rest of the world first.
How to Not Win Friends (with your girlfriend's father) and Influence People (completed, 1k) by @eastwindmlk. Rated M.
James and Lily have the house to themselves... Or so they think.
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