Mar 22, 2020
To all of you with poc!Harry Potter (or poc!James Potter) headcanons, May I present: Richard Ayoade
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To all of you with poc!Harry Potter (or poc!James Potter) headcanons, May I present: Richard Ayoade
What are some of your favorite one shots?
We all picked some favorites! Plus we have a one shots tag.
Title: Dead Men Rise Up Sometimes Author: cgner Rating: TGenre(s): Romance, MysteryChapters: 1Word Count: 40,654 Summary: Lily Evans leads a simple life of making pies and waking the dead. She doesn’t wake them for good, mind – only for a minute, until she and Sirius can find out who killed them. Their latest case: James Potter, moneyed heir, messy haired, and recent murder victim. Keeping him alive is a terrible idea. Too bad Lily’s always been a bit reckless.
Title: Where the Air is Rarefied Author: thirty2flavors Rating: TGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: 7,322 Summary: If pressed, later, she’d say it was exhaustion that caused her to forget who she was talking to, and it was that same exhaustion which prevented her from foreseeing the inevitable fall-out of telling James Potter, “Ugh, no thanks, I hate flying.” / Lily/James, seventh year.
Title: UntitledAuthor: thornfield13713 Rating: Not ratedGenre(s): HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: It is a truth universally acknowledged that Professor Evans and Professor Potter are the one true OTP of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However little known the feelings or views of the professors may be to the student body of Hogwarts at large, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of their students that it is considered almost sacrilegious to ship either Professor Evans or Professor Potter with anyone but each other.
Title: Doctor Potter; Patient EvansAuthor: petalstofishRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: LilyEvans was already in trouble and it wasn’t because she was in the EmergencyRoom for the second time in two months…
Title: #JilyAuthor: Chie (Chierafied)Rating: TGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: 2,991Summary: Twitter seemed awash with the hashtag Jily. Lily blinked at in confusion, until she realised it was one of those silly couple monikers people had bestowed on her and Potter.…Though there was a small dissenting crowd following a tweet from Potter’s bandmate Sirius Black: Jily? Hah! More like LAMES.
Title: Question TimeAuthor: fetchalgernonRating: MGenre(s): Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: ~11,000Summary: Newly-elected Prime Minister Potter has his work cut out for him. If only a certain red-headed MP weren’t deliberately making life harder for him.
Title: The Yeast I Can DoAuthor: elanev91Rating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: 12,186Summary: Dr Lily Evans had an absolute shit day at work. Luckily, there’s a bakery nearby that offers a course that she hopes will take her mind off of things.
Title: Stop Flirting with the TalentAuthor: elanev91Rating: MGenre(s): Muggle AU, Modern AUChapters: 1Word Count: 13,200Summary: Prompt: Lily as a stage performer of some sort, actress, ballet dancer, opera, musical etc. Debuts in her first show, where she has to cover her face/wear a mask the whole performance and no one knows who she is. She becomes a hit and is the critics golden child and james/marauders snag an exclusive tv/youtube interview for the first time ever with her. Thanks tumblr anon xx (smut)
Title: For All My Life Author: highandlonelydestiny, LadyLai Rating: General AudiencesGenre(s): Fluff, RomanceChapters: 1Word Count: 13,094Summary: When saving the bees ends in a happy family.
Title: Three Swipes, You’re OutAuthor: twilightstargazer Rating: TGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: 4,342Summary: Sports star James Potter tries to pick Lily up on tinder. Lily Evans, a dedicated not sports fan is offended by the idea that someone thinks she wouldn’t recognize James Potter’s face. She laughs about it with her friends at a bar, until James Potter, who also frequents that bar, comes over to clarify that nope, he’s on tinder, and he’s definitely hitting on her.
Title: The Ocean Becomes YouAuthor: petalstofish & mollyraeslyRating: K+Genre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: 3,529Summary: “The ocean becomes you, lass.” His fingers ran through his black hair as he looked her up and down before settling on her makeshift necklace. “The land less so you,” she said, suppressing a smile as she walked away. XxX one-shot cowritten with mollyraesly for the Feb 2017 jily fantasy challenge “pirate AU” theme
old school.
hello, do you know of any fics in which lily and/or james are poc?
We do have a poc!james tag, but I’m less familiar with poc!lily fics, so if anyone has recs, please let us know! I am fairly certain this fic has poc!james and poc!lily:
Title: The Bakes of WrathAuthor: paddypads Rating: TGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 10 [WIP]Word Count: 30,132Summary: Lily Evans and James Potter are contestants on the 2015 Great British Bake Off. Lily is determined to beat James. James is determined to win. And to make good cakes. Rivalries and Twitter wars ensue.
hi! do you know of any jily fics with POC James, ones that specifically mention that he is POC? thanks so much!
We recommended a few in this post, our poc!james tag, plus here are some more (you may want to check out these authors for more!):
Title: make it easy (say i never mattered)Author: IrreverentFangirlRating: GGenre(s): Romance, Humour, FluffChapters: 1 [WIP/Abandoned]Word Count: 1,023Summary: Four people, four families. One story. “Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.” - Herbert Hoover. Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Marlie McKinnon, and Narcissa Black were well aware of this - better than most.
Title: hold on to my heartAuthor: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): Romance, Humour, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: 4,444Summary: The man holds his hand out, and Lily shakes it. “I’m James Potter. And don’t worry, the food’s safe.”“I’m Lily Evans.” She says, taking one of the dumplings off the tray and popping it in her mouth. They taste of coconut and sugar, and they’re really quite good. “Have you got a recipe for those?”
Title: You and I Author: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): Romance, Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: 4,360Summary: [Hum Tum AU] James Potter, a successful comic book artist and sort of former med student, has figured out most things in his life. Except, of course, why he keeps on meeting Lily Evans. Stories like theirs don’t end badly.
Title: on james potter and his impeccable singing voice Author: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): Family, Humour, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: 1,310Summary: James Potter really is a Good Iyer Boy, bless his heart.
Title: timelineAuthor: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): DramaChapters: 1Word Count: 1,834Summary: age zero: born janardhan iyer late in the night of sunday, march 27th, 1960. sleeps a lot. cries. is loved from the very beginning.
Title: everybody needs someone around Author: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): FluffChapters: 1Word Count: 1,211Summary: There is more to all of them than what numbers the tests give back. Remus is mischievous and kind and deserves all the nicest, softest things the world has to offer. Sirius is one of the best friends Lily could hope for, now that he’s cut down on the horrible jokes a little and is actually working on curbing his tendency toward reckless endangerment, and he has impeccable taste in music. Peter always knows what gifts to get people for any occasion, and if you want a mystery solved, he’s your guy. Marlene could probably lift a car, if she set her mind to it, and will probably become the Minister of Magic someday. Alice could make anyone her best friend and convince them it was their idea. Frank is incredible with animals, plants and humans alike. Mary is the best person to have on your side in an argument. And James… And James…“ And James?” James asks, hazel eyes alight as he grins at her, the flash of his teeth a stark, bright white against the dark brown of his face, and Lily’s eyes widen. Shit, had she been saying that aloud?
Title: friends, trolls, jily stansAuthor: highandlonelydestiny, LadyLai Rating: GGenre(s): RomanceChapters: 1 [WIP]Word Count: 8370Summary: James chuckled, shaking his head. “You’ll be keeping me around a good, long while, though.” “Only if we’re shooting for a happily ever after.” Lily laughed. “Lucky for us, you hate tragic endings.” “Lucky us.” James grinned, shifting a little closer to Lily and bending down to be inside the frame as well. He pressed a kiss to the top of her head, smiling fondly as he hugged her tight. “We’ve really got it good.”
Please send us suggestions of others!
There's this one jily fic that I'm pretty sure is a one shot in which James is Jewish? It's whee lily gets pregnant from a one night stand with James. And James is super supportive but he asks her if it's okay if the baby is Jewish. Thanks!
Here you go!
Title: it continues (the beginning doesn’t matter)Author: mightbemelissaRating: TGenre(s): AU Muggle, AU ModernChapters: 1Word Count: 3,200Summary: She is the last person he expected at his door at that exact moment, despite feeling unsure about the fact that she managed to track down his address, he agrees to go out to coffee with her. A lot could be said about James Potter, but nobody could claim that he had good self-preservation skills.They meet in a bar. Mistakes happen. They learn to keep going.
Hi! Are there any new muggle aus you'd recommend?
Title: Sing A Reckless Serenade Author: twilightstargazerRating: Teen and UpGenre(s): Humour, Friendship, Romance, Fluff, Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: 7,817Summary: After an almost minute of silence, she finally relents, “I need you guys to help me with a work thing.”A hefty pause. And then-“What kind of work thing?” James asks, warily.Lily takes a breath. It seemed like a brilliant idea last night, when she was more than three drinks under, but now in the light of day it just seems… pathetic. Still though, she needs help, and needs it soon, so she finds herself blurting out:“I need you to fake date me for a week.”
Title: A Penny For Your Thoughts, £400 For Your MealAuthor: bonnRating: UnratedGenre(s): Humour, Romance, Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: 2,294Summary: 8:50. Avery glances at the bill and goes down to his car to retrieve his conveniently forgotten wallet.8:59. Malfoy goes down to see what’s keeping him. 9:29. Nott slips out to answer an important call.9:44. Mulciber dons his coat to take a piss.9:51. Severus excuses himself for a quick fag, and Lily is left sitting alone at their table with a growing sense of suspicion.9:53. Lily finally convinces herself to look at the bill, and her stomach drops to her knees.
Title: James the pizza maker AUAuthor: the-prisoner-of-the-maraudersRating: UnratedGenre(s): Humour, Fluff, Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: Marlene’s suggestion was the best thing to do after a break up was always a girls night, where they swiped through tinder looking for prospective replacements and of course there should always be pizza.
Title: Baby, It’s Cold In Here tooAuthor: fyeahjamesandlilyRating: GGenre(s): Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: 616Summary: The power goes out around Christmas time in Lily’s flat. James stops by because of course he does.
Title: UntitledAuthor: fyeahjamesandlilyRating: UnratedGenre(s): Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: ‘met by a minor car accident’ au
Title: Risky BusinessAuthor: fyeahjamesandlilyRating: UnratedGenre(s): Muggle AUChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: both a royalty and/or uni au.
This is the best jily site i've ever seen, good job with that! I was wondering if you had any recommendations for any really cute fanfics, be they AU or not, long or short, but just really cute?
Here are a bunch of really cute one shots with varying genres. Also, check out our fluff tag for more!
Title: UntitledAuthor: hiddenpolkadotsRating: UnratedGenre(s): RomanceChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: 27-Who would sing to their child back to sleep?
Title: A Royal AffairAuthor: marionettebluesRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, FriendshipChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: princess lily and prince james had hated each other, and detested their parents’ idea to unite their kingdoms, but the more time they spend together, the more things change.
Title: Train WreckAuthor: chierafied Rating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: 992Summary: Prompt: “Can we pretend I didn’t just say that?”
Title: UntitledAuthor: marauders-groupieRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: Jily fluff? You got it! An AU where no one dies and there is meta stuff!
Title: Jily music shop AU Author: the-jily-lifeRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: “The summer of 1977; Vietnam is officially a member of the UN, “Beatlemania” opens on Broadway, Marvel Comics publish “Kiss book” tributing rock group Kiss.”
Title: My first fanficAuthor: hellmellowRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: Power of the written word
Title: UntitledAuthor: thejilyshipRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: Snowed in AU
Title: for the price of a cup of coffeeAuthor: fetchalgernonRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~ Summary: An amnesia fic for Jily Trope Fest
Title: Shades of RedAuthor: fetchalgernonRating: MGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: A Veela fic for jilyfest
Title: EmphasisAuthor: october31st1981Rating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: “He doesn’t know to explain it without sounding like a prat.”
Title: hold on to my heartAuthor: highandlonelydestinyRating: GGenre(s): Romance, Humour, FluffChapters: 1Word Count: 4,444Summary:The man holds his hand out, and Lily shakes it. “I’m James Potter. And don’t worry, the food’s safe.”“I’m Lily Evans.” She says, taking one of the dumplings off the tray and popping it in her mouth. They taste of coconut and sugar, and they’re really quite good. “Have you got a recipe for those?
Title: Season Ticket Author: GlisseoRating: KGenre(s): FamilyChapters: 1Word Count: 1,632Summary: Children grow up, the giddy excitement of youth fades, and some traditions don’t last forever. AU.
Title: When She Wore the Seeker’s SweaterAuthor: clanmeiRating: MGenre(s): RomanceChapters: 1Word Count: 8,878Summary: He couldn’t understand why Lily Evans, Queen of I-won’t-date-James-Potter World, was standing in the Gryffindor stands wearing one of his old sweaters that said ‘Potter’.Her lips were a drug to him and the first taste gave him an instant high.
Title: Doctor Potter; Patient EvansAuthor: petalstofishRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: LilyEvans was already in trouble and it wasn’t because she was in the EmergencyRoom for the second time in two months…
Title: if i told you i loved you would you take it the wrong way?Author: jamespttrRating: UnratedGenre(s): Romance, HumourChapters: 1Word Count: ~Summary: a mash up of a professor!au and a single parent!au