#james 001

[jaceeverett]

WHO: Jace & @james-adams

WHERE: downtown Merrock

WHEN: spring, 2024

It had been a long, long day. Waking up with the sun, Jason had worked the daylight hours at the state park, clearing trails, helping hikers, manning the front office, and just as he had pulled into his driveway, ready to call it a night... he had gotten the emergency page that they needed help at the station, gone out on a call for a garage fire, someone burning brush a little too close to the building. Regardless, by the time he stepped out onto the sidewalk, swinging his bag up over his shoulder, he was ready for a long night's sleep... or a drink. Or a gigantic burger as big as his head, he wasn't sure, and he was lost in thought about it as he checked his phone, only stopping himself from running into the person in front of him by sheer coincidence as he looked up. "Oh, whoa, sorry."

[benjyxfenwick]

☼ benjy & @mighty-prongs​

☼ location: diagon alley

Benjy was on high alert, as likely everybody else was within Diagon Alley. The protest had been going on for quite some time now, the chants getting louder and the crowd growing larger by the hour. The Aurors had been dispatched a short while ago, forming a wall around the protestors as if to contain them. He watched the protest unfold from the end of the main street, leaning against the front of a shop. Benjy had a horrible, uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. Something in the air was teeming, more sinister than the protest, just waiting to erupt.

He spotted James coming down the sidewalk and nodded in his direction. Dumbledore had advised them to blend into the crowd and observe for any suspicious activity, and should they see one another, act as if it were a normal run in. “Hey, mate,” Benjy greeted casually when James was near. “How’s everything going?” Translation: Have you seen anything suspicious?

[sxriusly]

Sirius liked meeting in Hogsmeade. Hogwarts, and by extension the small town its students frequented, was the first place Sirius felt at home. It was where he’d found his family, including the man he was currently drinking with. He also found he was less likely to run into people he didn’t like, but that might’ve just been his perception.

To say the two men had been through a lot was a severe understatement. At this point, James and Sirius had leaned on each other more times than they could count; they were each other’s partner in crime, through the thick and thin and everything in between. They listened to each other and talked about difficult topics when it was necessary, but sometimes it was necessary to pretend that the war they had found themselves in the middle of didn’t exist. Sometimes it was necessary to pretend that everything was fine and that the largest problem the two men faced was whether or not their Quidditch team was going to win.

In this case, two national teams were playing, neither of which were England. Though they were the underdogs, James and Sirius decided to cheer for Scotland in the Bulgaria-Scotland match up. Not only did James know some of the players on the Scottish team, but with Hogwarts being in Scotland, it was kind of like they were cheering for their second home team.

“Oh come. That’s fucking bullshit,” Sirius complained as the commentator’s voice cracked through the old radio. Sirius hadn’t taken to playing Quidditch the same way James had, but he'd been a fan of the game since he was a child. “I feel like if they made that call against England, your assistant coach - the shorter one - would’ve asked for a review of the play.”

@potteringpctter

[unchainedxandromeda]

Preparations | Andie & James

@on-borrxwed-time

Andie had been startled but not surprised when she heard the news that Lily had gone into labor. Luckily they were all prepared for this - even more luckily, Ted happened to be at home when the news came. A little, selfish part of her was so angry that one of the few nights she might have spent with her husband had been interrupted but she hid that as she gathered her supplies and apparated to the Potter’s house. 

It took a few minutes to get Lily settled upstairs and calmed down again - not that Andie blamed her for any emotion she might be feeling. Andie herself had been terrified when Dora was born. So she could easily relate to Lily’s emotions and took the time necessary to help her relax as much as possible before examining her. They had time yet, although the baby was coming sooner rather than later. Sirius was here - not surprising either - and Andie left him with Lily for a few moments, beckoning for James to follow her. 

“I’ll need towels and water,” she said when they were outside the room. “I thought you’d be better to ask than Sirius.” She motioned for him to lead the way and trailed behind him. “Are you all right?” The fathers all seemed to land on an end of the spectrum near frightened during the birth, and then excitement once it was over. It would be interesting to see how James and Sirius handled everything - although Sirius was already doing better than Andie would have guessed.

[llilyevans-potter]

When: October 13, afternoon Where: Hogsmeade Who: @prcng-s

They can’t move fast enough through the Ministry halls, almost tripping in their haste. Lily stops and takes a breath: keep calm, don’t fall and break your nose, you have to look professional here. You have to at least try.

And it’s not like James and Harry will vanish if you don’t get there fast enough, they reassure themself. They keep a schedule even if you don’t. James had left the Ministry not too long before Kingsley had waved a hand, saying, go home, Lily, the Ministry will survive without you for a single afternoon, and since then Lily had made a beeline for the exit. For once, Lily had not stayed behind to protest, to stare Kingsley down and insist they had too much work to get done to leave now. They’d been doing that near-constantly for ten years. They’d missed out on enough time with their family to keep doing it now.

Lily’s out of the building and Apparating into Hogsmeade maybe a half hour after James, already brimming with excitement about the surprise. By the time they run up to the Tonks household, James is coming down the path with Harry and they’re ear-to-ear grinning.

“Hey, strangers,” they call a split second before James sees them, too wrapped up in whatever Harry is telling him. “Mind some company?”

[picavirgo]

@ppprongs

You’re giving me a very stern look right now. 

[totallyrad-tilden]

cards on the table ;;

@ppprongs

My dude, hey, wait a sec. [ she grabs his arm ] Have you found Lily yet? Or Sirius?

[bloody-avery]

@ppprongs

Cassie just wanted to get out. She wanted to get out of the city, out of the country, but with things the way they were, she couldn’t afford it. London was her temporary prison, while she smoothed things out, and she would remain there, reluctantly, until it was safe for her and Barty to get a break. She left Bronte’s and started walking. She didn’t know where she was going or why, she just kept walking. 

And found herself, inexplicably, in the park across the street from Sirius’ flat. 

She paused, looking at the building where she knew his flat was, and pursed her lips. She didn’t expect to hear anything from him, nor was she sure she wanted to, but she couldn’t help but be curious about it. She leaned against a lamp post and alternated between looking up at the building and looking down at the street, her own hands, her shoes. Until someone said her name--Avery, not Black or Cassandra, but Avery-- and she nearly jumped out of her skin.

“Potter.” The two of them had never gotten along, and her voice was, immediately, on the defensive. “What the hell are you looking at me for?”