#fortunexflower

[zephyrbcll]

“Katie, honey, don’t eat that.” Zephyr called out as paused on the way to the door, yet another box in his arms as he watched Katie drop what looked to be a dirty rock. Chances were that she thought it was chocolate and no guessing just who taught her that chunks of brown stuff were supposed to go in your mouth. “Go help Auntie Lily, okay?”

At his words, Zephyr turned and gave Lily a crooked smile, feeling absolutely no guilty about causing her to be the focus of the little toddler’s attention, who had started to run in their direction agreeably. “The two of you can show Papa where he’s supposed to put this box, okay?” @fortunexflower​

[mxdnight-marauder]

James wouldn’t have ever considered himself a heavy sleeper. In fact, it usually didn’t take much of anything to wake him up, though lately he had thankfully been sleeping better the past few nights. Not as many restless slumbers where he would wake up at all hours of the evening and need to take a few laps before he was tired enough to try again. Thank Merlin for that, since the winter weather didn’t accommodate for being out from under warm covers. When James did wake, however, he rolled over groggily in bed, letting out a yawn before stretching out to reach for his glasses. It was then that something struck him as odd. 

Instead of touching the familiar metal of his glasses, his fingers extended to touch something round and smooth, though still metallic like. Sitting upright in bed, James confirmed his suspicions that he had indeed touched a Quidditch Snitch. Confused and a bit dazed still from sleep, James toyed with it a moment before noticing the note that accompanied it. Surely he would need his glasses for this, picking them up to read his wife’s handwriting. Time to gear up. “Lily,” James called to her, turning over and shaking her gently. “Lily, wake up. What’s this on about?” he asked, chuckling slightly, as he was still confused. 

@fortunexflower​

[fawley-en-face]

Cuz-in-Law

James was having a baby. Or rather, Lily Potter was having a baby, and James was going to be a father. Henry still couldn’t quite wrap his head around it. Accidentally meeting Katie after a few run-ins with Zephyr was one thing, but a member of Henry’s legal family having spawn? The idea was laughable. 

Also a little terrifying. Henry’s default opinion of parents had, for the longest time, been “they’re terrible and the traumatizing of their children is inevitable.” Except lately it had come to his attention that Henry’s only real evidence for that was his experience with the Burkes. James was nothing like them. And Henry assumed Lily wasn’t either. He’d never actually had a full conversation with her, although they’d been in the same year at Hogwarts and Henry had been on James’ side of the church for her wedding. 

Well, now he stood on her porch bearing gifts for mother-to-be and future infant, and knocked. 

“Lily! I bring gifts and chocolate. Is James here?”

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[siriuslyxpadfoot]

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What your muse’s name is in mine’s phone: LilsWhat your muse’s picture is in mine’s phone: xWhat your muse’s ringtone is in mine’s phone xMy muse’s last text to your muse: Tell James to call me. I miss his face. Yours too.

[mxdnight-marauder]

Can we always be this close?

James could hardly believe that Sirius was going to be a father. Of course, he was happy. Over the moon, really, at the idea of his best friend being a parent. Out of their whole friend group, though, he had just assumed Sirius wouldn’t be the next to have a kid, or that he would even want to have kids. It felt surreal, in a way, but James knew that just as Katie had been adopted into their growing family of the lot of them, the same would happen for Sirius and Juniper’s child. With Alice and Frank expecting, and now his best mate, James couldn’t wait to see little versions of his friends running around. And for them to find out right around Sirius’ birthday... that was probably the biggest gift he could have gotten this year. 

They had just left the birthday boy after having spent the afternoon with the gang, and James and Lily were now back off to their home to spend the rest of the evening. Already tipsy from the drinks they had been accumulating, the night was bubbly and warm with all of the good vibes surrounding them. James had his arm wrapped around Lily’s waist, pulling her in close to him as they walked along. “I know they’ve only just found out, but do you reckon they’ll have a girl or a boy?” James asked curiously as they continued. “I think Sirius might be lost, if they had a girl. But it’d be rather cute.” 

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[zephyrbcll]

“What are we even searching for?” Zephyr hissed quietly, getting as close to Lily’s ear as he could in an effort to keep the noise level to the minimum. He knew the basics, they split up to cover more ground, Remus and his friends had a map that showed who was moving around the castle and showed where everything was located, et cetera. 

But he was foreign. Even if it wasn’t his first time inside the castle, it didn’t mean he had any idea just where the hell he was going or just what he should be on the lookout for besides absolutely everything. It’s not like he knew where paths led, which floor someone was likely to be on, or anything like that, but goddamn was he going to have a lot of questions.

"Oh ho ho, what's this?" Said a sudden shrill voice from up at the ceiling, a translucent figure holding was looked to be a desk drawer hovering up near the stone. "Lost little party goers? Or did you come to join Peeve's private party?" @fortunexflower

[zephyrbcll]

Folded memories

“I can’t believe the camera fucking survived,” Zephyr commented as he turned the envelope holding the pictures over in his hand. He hadn’t actually had the camera out long at the wedding reception, taking just a few pictures of people celebrating at the Potter household before stashing it so he could join in himself, which was about the time that the wedding crashers arrived. Those sorry fuckers, honestly.

Oh, whoops. Language.

“Sorry, Katie,” Zephyr apologized as he shooed the cat so he could sit on the couch, Katie’s only response a shrill, garbled attempt at ‘Nac ydw!’, which caused Zephyr to sigh and look at the toddler in fond amusement. 

“That means no,” He translated. “I’m not sure if she’s rejecting my apology or telling me not to worry about it. But like I promised, I have pictures of your happy... half day? Whatever you want to call it.” @fortunexflower

[zephyrbcll]

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Unsent: Are you throwing Juniper a baby shower? Someone should throw her one, right? Unsent: Your husband is a terrible liar, you wouldn’t mind if I smack him in the back of the head for it, right?Unsent: Have you heard from Peter? I’m thinking about dragging him out to lunch, do you want to join?Unsent: Auntie Lily, are you responsible for the way my child keeps refusing dinner? Did you at least feed her something healthy?Unsent: You know you and James are first up to get Katie if something happens to Remus and me, right?Sent: I’m trusting you to mention to me if Remus says he wants something. We still disagree on what he deserves even though I warned him I was going to pamper him.