james potter

nineteen. gryffindor alumni. professional vigilante for order of the phoenix. we are the reckless, we are the wild youth, chasing visions of our future, one day we'll reveal the truththat one will die before he gets there.

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athaircaraid:

That’s simple logic, Potter. You weren’t even gone that long. [ he moves the eye to focus on james’ face ] I don’t really give a damn what it makes me look like. I can look through your head right now and see the clock on the wall behind you. If it makes me look a little crazy, that’s not really a change on what people thought of me before, so why do I care? 

Yeah, but if I had been here, I could have stopped her. [ he focuses on the eye instead, a bit unnerved that it’s staring at him, but that quickly turns to fascination ] Can you really? If you focused less, would you be able to see my brain? How far can you see with it?

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fleurdelisxevans:

“Until midnight.  Standard fairy tale terms.”  She gave him a look, they both knew that Euphemia would be less than pleased if they squandered all her plans now.  “She’s been planning this for months,” she reminded him.  Lily had wanted to elope from the beginning, she hated being the center of attention.  “We can’t really get married this weekend.  Can we?”

“But that’s not fair, it’s such short notice.” He was whining, he knew it, but somehow he felt like a ‘get out of jail free’ card might be useful for a full twenty-four hours. “Yeah, but you already almost ruined all that planning, so I feel like she’d just be glad to have it over with.” Maybe that was a low blow, pointing it out, but whatever. “Why couldn’t we?”

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fleurdelisxevans:

She grinned as he kissed her, lips and teeth in the way as she laughed against his lips.  “Fine I’ll take pity on you today, but this is a one time deal.”  She spoke only moving centimeters away from his lips before she kissed him again.  She pulled back only at his suggestion, shock on her face.  “Your mother would kill me.  And then you.  And then me again.”

“Is this 24 hours of pity or until midnight pity? I need to know for logistics,” he murmured the question against her mouth, pouting a bit when she pulled away and looked shocked. “What? No she wouldn’t. She’d be there. And she probably will be so thrilled that we’re actually getting married that she won’t even care that I haven’t invited any of her friends to the wedding. It’s a win all around.”

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athaircaraid:

If you think that’s why she left you, the two of you need to have a conversation. [ he rolls his magical eye ] It’s patrol, it’s not a ridiculous scheme. I don’t do ridiculous schemes.

Oh, and you’re suddenly an expert on relationships. Right. [ he scoffs ] Sure you don’t. Is the eye supposed to make you look crazier or something? Cause it’s vaguely...off putting. 

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indogyearsimdeadsirius:

September 1st, 1971, you giant arse magnet. Eight years, this year. [ he rolls his eyes ] I bought him bees one month. I can’t top bees. I should have saved the bees. He bought us a cottage, James, what can top that? 

Oh, so you do remember. [ he sounds slightly assuaged.....slightly ] Wait, you got....you got him bees?! Was he supposed to get stung a lot? [ he purses his lips, considering ] Yeah, a cottage is pretty hard to top. But maybe....I mean surely there’s something he wants. Maybe you should ask Lily, actually, she’s probably better at this.

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fleurdelisxevans:

“It was awful,” she confirmed, still grinning.  “If you’d heard someone saying something like that back in school you’d have never let them live it down.  I should tell Sirius so he can properly react.”  Smushy as it was, though, she’d officially lost the battle to keep her smile in check.  She pressed her lips together though, trying to keep from busting out laughing at the image.  “The bustle?  If you’re going to help him find a dress, you need to know these terms, love.” 

“Shhhhhhhhh no don’t do that,” he said, using a kiss to try and silence her a bit. Mostly it was just an excuse to kiss her in that moment, as though he needed one. “Then he’ll get jealous and I’ll have to reassure him and I’m still too traumatized for that, take pity on me.” It was clear that the last word that could be used to describe him was traumatized, but he liked that it sounded big. “Yes, that’s the word. The bustle. Maybe you should tutor me.” And then, because it made total sense. “We should just get married this weekend.”

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indogyearsimdeadsirius:

And I’ve never snog– mm, nevermind, that’s not true. [ he sighs ] Hold on, is that what you’d do for our anniversary too? [ he sighs ] We celebrate our anniversary every month. I need to make this one special. 

Well, we don’t have an anniversary apparently, sooooo.... [ he makes an expression that resembles one of his mother’s too much ] So buy him something. Lily’s kind of easy to buy stuff for. But then she gets mad at me for being flippant with money. 

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fleurdelisxevans:

At that she grinned, rolling her eyes at the sappiness.  “That’s disgusting.  That’s downright smushy of you and I can’t allow it.”  She couldn’t help but laugh at the oh so serious way he described Sirius’ collection of dresses.  “You don’t think he’d find something that would work if it came down to it?  Besides, he’s got a wedding coming up you don’t know what he’s found in his size.”

He grinned, laughing a bit. “Yeah, that was pretty bad, wasn’t it?” He looked at her as she rolled her eyes, clearly way too smitten for it to be healthy. Well, maybe it was healthy to be this smitten with his fiance. “If you’re implying that Sirius would go wedding dress shopping without me, his best man, you are just wrong. Because who else is going to help lace up the back and do the....what’s it called? That thing where you bunch it all up in the back.”

[indogyearsimdeadsirius]

James. James, I’m nauseous, what does one even do with an anniversary. 

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[thelionheartedstag]

Ignoring the fact that you’ve never once celebrated our anniversary.....dinner? Drinks? A present? Sex? That’s what I do with Lily. Seems to work.

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athaircaraid:

So you and Evans haven’t worked out your little bender, then? Good to know. 

You mean the part where she left me because you sent me away for weeks? Nah, we’re past that, but I’m still saying no to whatever ridiculous scheme you’ve come up with this time.

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@athaircaraid

Whatever it is, the answer is already no.

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fleurdelisxevans:

She pressed her lips together to control her grin and shook her head.  “Not a chance.”  She knew that half of him was worried it was really true and half of him would never believe it and half of him was teasing.  “I mean I think you’re taking care of the worshiping well enough for both of us.  You can have too much of a good thing, you know.”  She pressed against him, her whole body relaxing as it always did when she was here in his arms.  She huffed out a laugh.  “Are we both going to pretend he doesn’t have one in his closet somewhere just waiting?”

He could see her cracking, the hints of a smile on her face. He was officially encouraged. “Can I? Can I really though? Because you’re a pretty good thing, and I never seem to get too much of you.” Good one, Jim. Real smooth there. No wonder she’s in love with you. “Nah, white’s not really his color. Everything he’s got is too informal anyway, all short and revealing.”

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indogyearsimdeadsirius:

You do give wonderful ear scritches, and you’re a wonderful cuddle partner, but I’ll keep whatever you’ve got going on there [ he waves his hand towards his feet ] out of my life.  [ he scrunches his nose ] You’re practically blind right now, how many fingers am I holding up? [ it’s one, it’s the middle one, he waves it in front of his eyes ] False. There were no fingers, it was one bird. 

Your loss. Besides, Lily would probably be horribly jealous if I shared this gift with you. Then you’d be constantly coming around, begging for more....It’d be a mess. [ he gives sirius a disappointed look ] Really? That’s the best you could come up with? You’re losing your touch, mate, Remus making you go soft or something?

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fleurdelisxevans:

“You think that but,” she pursed her lips and shook her head, “I think you underestimate how much more than you he loves me now.”  She snorted when he mentioned the closet, laughing at the memory and rolling her eyes at his ego as he went on.  She came around the couch, dropping down beside him and curling her legs up under her as she leaned against his side.  “It’s so sad you can’t enjoy the fawning and the hero worship.  You’re stuck with little old me.”  She wrinkled her nose.  “You know by the time we get to this while wedding thing, you’re going to have to figure out whether you want me or Sirius in the big white dress saying I do.”

“He does not, you take that back.” It’s only half mock-offense. Half of it is quit real. “I know. It’s tragic. The one person here to worship me, the hero, who defended her against horrifically evil people, and she won’t do it. You’re cruel, Evans,” a sly grin spreads on his face, though, as he wraps an arm around her to pull her a bit closer, relishing in the fact that he can do it without a healer protesting. “Don’t be silly. Sirius can’t fit into your wedding dress, he’s at least two dress sizes bigger.”

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indogyearsimdeadsirius:

Do you know what I love about us, Jamie? I can call you things like a gentle lover, and you just nod. [ he shrugs ] We could wrap them up in plastic wrap. 

That’s because I am a gentle lover. The best. Why deny such an obvious truth? [ he pauses, considering ] Look, ordinarily I would go along with this harebrained scheme, but I’m blind enough as Prongs anyways. I don’t need to compound the problem. 

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fleurdelisxevans:

“If you had been awake I wouldn’t have gone and so we either would have found out together or not at all so —” she stuck her tongue out at him before she chuckled.  “The kind who knows secrets before you because I have enough sense to not get hexed in a fight.”  But as she said it, she was bringing him a cup of tea, kissing the top of his head.

“Nah. Sirius would have dragged me into the closet to show me. Just so I could be the first to know. Wouldn’t be the first time we hid in a closet, after all,” he winks at her, reaching up to grab the tea. “Curse my bravery and heroism. Next time I’m letting you get hexed.” That was a lie, but he said it with a lot of conviction as he pointed to one of the healing bruises. “I mean, look at what it did to me? Now all these girls are going to be fawning over James ‘The Hero’ Potter and my battlescars and you’re going to get all jealous and I’m going to have to convince you that you are second in my affections only to Sirius.”

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indogyearsimdeadsirius:

What a gentle lover you are. It’s a real shame your eyes aren’t on the end of them. You know, like stalks? 

Yeah, but imagine how many times I’d poke myself in the eye trying to follow you lot through bushes. Then you’d have to explain to Lily that I was blind because of you guys.