#2fast2keen

[pcttered]

2fast2keen aka james/marlene!

immediately begins to shimmy when maroon 5 comes on

I’m still not sure what a Maroon 5 is, but Marlene is quite the dancer.

wakes the other up at 3am demanding pancakes

Both of us are probably guilty.

sends the other unsolicited nudes

*Scandalized gasping* I never!

brags about knowing karate even though they never made it past yellow belt

Again, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m very accomplished.

comes to a complete halt outside bakeries/candy shops

Have you seen the sugar quills she carries around?

blows sarcastic kisses after doing ridiculous shit

That would be McKinny.

killed the guy (also, which hid the body)

Marlene probably killed Rodolphus or Severus or Lucius, and she knows damn well I’d be helping her hide the body.

wears the least clothing around the house

Shirts restrict my ability to dance whenever I want to and they’re a product of the patriarchy.

has icky sentimental moments for no apparent reason

Why am I always being targeted for this?

@mckinnonaf

[mckinnonaf]

2fast2keen // marlene mckinnon + james potter

james potter and marlene mckinnon start as a rivalry and grow into something inextricable from their souls; brother and sister and protector and friend, all that matters on the most fundamental level is how much they love each other.

they ride the high with each other during the good and they tide the other through when it’s bad. they do not give up on each other. they have always been so many things: teasing, caring, competitive, brave, mocking, impulsive—too fast, too keen.

james gets married, has a kid, plans a life. marlene does not. from the very first time she holds harry in her arms, she loves him completely, and is so proud of her james and her lily for creating such a wondrous and beautiful thing. even during the eventful occasion that is the first time james and lily leave their child in the care of marlene and the remaining marauders (mary, who would have been a great ally for remus and peter in the situation, was unfortunately busy with dorcas), their trust is resolute. james listens to marlene talk to his son and envisages a world where marlene is lecturing a rapt ten year old harry about dragons, lily rolling eir eyes fondly as ey presses a kiss to james’ cheek and sirius pretending to take notes for harry, and smiles. he is very lucky to have this, he reflects, and is looking forward to the rest of their forever.

marlene is very nearly twenty-one when she dies, but not quite. james is twenty-one, in godric’s hollow, with lily and harry, and marlene is crumpled on the floor, forever twenty, eyes glassy—never good enough, strong enough, fast enough when the world most needs her to be.

1fast1keen doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, james finds. it sounds too lonely.