In Love and War (WIP) by Icepen. Rated M.
After a horrible summer before her Seventh Year brings the war to her doorstep, Lily Evans knows one thing for certain-- she will not be safe at Hogwarts anymore. Her position as Head Girl, her new friendship with the Potter heir and the disgraced Black heir, the sudden and tragic murder of her parents all shoves her into a limelight she never wanted. Learning to cope with her grief and her trauma, Lily needs to navigate the treacherous waters of her new situation as the war against people like her escalates in the world she is about to graduate into.
flying lesson (completed, 3.7k) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated G.
lily evans, 11, muggle-born, anxietic as fuck and there's a human megaphone yelling instructions beside her.
or
james potter, 11, sees the muggle-born girl looking confused during their first flying lesson and decides he needs to help her. because thats what gryffindors do.
stuck here, with you!! (WIP) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated M.
Lily, as the respectable Gryffindor Prefect, had to mentor James Potter in the Hospital Wing for a week because Remus’ ‘sick week’ and Potter’s quidditch accident overlapped together.
or
James cracked tf outta his skull and heard LETSSS GOOOO
Whoever You Want (WIP) by @allrightevanss1123. Rated M.
Lily had known him for quite a long time now—James Potter and his weird hair, his desperate jokes, and those horn-rimmed glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose. He couldn’t help but make a fool of himself in front of her every single time.
But Lily had never once considered turning him down as "resisting," despite everyone else calling it that, talking about his charm and how cute he acted, how much he fancied her. He was...pretty resistible, really.
Until he wasn't, at least.
Stone Cold and Rock Hard (completed, 2.4k) by @neverenoughmarauders. Rated T.
Lily let out a breath she didn’t know she’d been holding.
‘James,’ she laughed. ‘When a boy and a girl agree to grab a drink in Hogsmeade, they’re going on a date.’
—
Or: James Potter gets undressed and Lily Evans dives into the Black Lake for no reason whatsoever.
The Night Is Over But I'll Still Dance With You (completed, 2.7k) by @gingerqueen0567. Not rated.
Lily is so excited for the prom! Nothing can ruin the night, right?
What's In A Name Anyway? (completed, 2.5k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated T.
“Wait,” he says slowly, his heart somersaulting like it’s been taken for a ride on a broomstick, “A crush on McLauren or me?"
Lily shoots him a pitiful look.
“Please don’t make me admit I fancy you after basically seeing you naked,” she says bitterly, wiping at her eyes. “I won’t be able to live with myself.”
Second chances (completed, 3.5k) by @vivianjily. Rated M.
James thought he'd made peace with the slow burn of it—becoming Lily's friend, earning back her trust, hoping that eventually she'd see him as more. Then Benjy Fenwick makes her laugh and James realizes he's been fooling himself.
love struck (completed, 3.1k) by @sapphireleo. Rated G.
A love story told in colors of carnations (that he first thought were roses). Ending is kinda angsty.
Red. Purple. Blue & White. Pink. More white.
BLAME (completed, 36.7k) by @blitheringmcgonagall. Not rated.
“I take full responsibility for my actions, Sir, I know that you’re going to have to expel me. There is no excuse for what happened. I’m sorry to have to put my parents through this. And Professor McGonagall, I just really wanted to tell her how sorry I am and …”
His voice trailed off. Dumbledore’s cold periwinkle eyes regarded him intently, as though engaging in some complicated mental Arithmancy.
“If Severus Snape corroborates what you just told me, I’m afraid that is correct, you will be expelled, Mr Potter.”
A Marauders What If...?
What if James had been blamed for the Prank?
What if he got expelled at the end of Fifth Year?
What if there was never a Lily Evans and James Potter, Head Boy and Head Girl? If they parted enemies, if they never got together in their final year in Hogwarts? What if the marauders lost James? What then?
Sweet Thing (completed, 5.7k) by @stonecoldhedwig. Rated E.
“Ask me,” he says softly.
The room is so quiet, James thinks he can hear the sound of her heartbeat alongside his own.
“Tie me up.”
****
Or: Lily and James explore that little kink they discovered on Christmas Day.
Operation Love Languages (completed, 5.3k) by @exalthia. Rated T.
“The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate? Moony, what in the name of Merlin’s crusty toenails is this?” asked Sirius, derisively squinting at the cover. “‘Mate,’ is that some werewolf shit?”
“I told you, it’s a Muggle book. I think it could help James. Listen, this bloke says there’s five ‘love languages,’ and they’re different ways of showing your love for someone depending on what’s important to them: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gift giving, and acts of service. Our boy has been doing none of these, and look where it’s gotten him. He’s got to woo her.”
Love languages, James thought, sounded about as woolly as divination, but if they somehow helped him win Lily over, he’d do anything. He’d even probably attempt to fight the giant squid. Not bare-handed, though, he valued his life, lovelorn as it was.
OR—Lily has been unimpressed with James' efforts to win her over, so he tries a new tactic. A Muggle one.
Hard Work (completed, 4.5k) by @feed-the-birdss. Rated T.
Lily Evans is drowning in the effort to belong. James Potter has never had to put effort into anything. Somewhere between broken quills, failed patronus charms, and head duties, they figure out what effort is actually worth.
four a.m. knows all my secrets (completed, 2.6k) by @jilyflowers. Rated E.
They fit together so perfectly, two pieces of a puzzle, a comfortable reminder of what she’s got, rather than what she’s lost.
It's a quarter past four in the morning after a rough Order mission, and James and Lily can't sleep.
Ultraviolet (completed, 2k) by @deadlysansa. Rated G.
Emails between Lily and James & co about a missing notebook.
I’ll be Home for Christmas (completed, 4k) by @vagueshadows-fics. Rated E.
I’ll be home for Christmas.
The words echo warmly in his mind, a stark contrast to the brutal cold of his present reality. He’d said those words with cavalier confidence mere days ago, his hands on Lily’s waist as he kissed her goodbye on the doorstep of the small cottage they’d moved into only a few weeks ago. He can almost picture her now, cocooned in the safety of their new home — her cheeks flushed from the heat of the kitchen, humming muggle Christmas tunes as she stirs a pot of hot chocolate. The image feels like a beacon of hope in the suffocating cold of this mission.
James intends to keep his promise.
Or: When a routine reconnaissance mission goes sideways, James is determined to find a way home in time for Christmas
need you like a heartbeat (completed, c500 words) by @oakheartedmuse. Rated G.
"He needed her like a heartbeat and there she was, amusing herself with his suffering."
Or, James is sure he's losing his mind, but it's mostly because of the heat and this certain redhead...
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