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some notable favorites.

#cute #wholesomeness #queue te la pongo

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sometimes i need to remind myself that i'm writing fanfiction for free and i'm allowed to have a shitty sentence or two

#writing advice

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OOF I. LOVE. IT!! Can never get enough of Lily thirsting over James 😍😍 and omg Sirius is the best!! Hahahahah of course he knows what she was doing 😁😁 Fantastic job, Petals, thank you for sharing!! ❤️❤️❤️

He’s shirtless.

He’s fucking standing there, shirtless.

Lily did not know what to do with her hands, or eyes, or legs, or hair. She’s frozen in the middle of the field where she’d been meeting Marley for a post practice walk back to the castle for the Slug Club meeting. Marley was busy blabbering on about Anna Spinnet getting on her nerves, going on and on about some rule book thing.

Maybe.

To be honest, the words didn’t even register in Lily’s brain. There was nothing going on up there, not a single brain cell firing, not once she caught sight of him. Instead she stood there, mute, wondering if she could die from attraction.

Next to “Fatal Attraction” in the dictionary, was James Potter.

Now don’t get her wrong, she crushed on him everyday. He had many qualities that made him worthy of a swoon.

His hair, for one, was windswept to one side with curls sticking out in places he’d not managed to tap down. She’d once gotten to run her fingers through the strands and they’d felt like sugar candy from the fair, waves spun like thread that might melt from her touch.

His eyes, if she were standing close enough, would be a deep shade of brown with gold and green flecks. Not emerald green like hers, a softer green, like the color of the sea in photos from southern islands. She’d seen it in postcards, almost like diamonds reflecting a green light.

More impressively, he was shirtless.

Rippled arm muscles demanded her gaze as he drank from a water bottle, the water dripping out of his mouth he was so careless with it. It was May, warming up, and the early summer sun had slightly tanned his chest. Curly black hair ran across his chest, and normally she hated chest hair, but this was James Potter. 

He broke all her rules but that only made sense where he was concerned. Lily often wondered if the man had ever followed a rule in his life. He was known for detentions and late night parties with friends. He had no idea how to stay out of trouble, but maybe that’s why she liked him so much.

She couldn’t stay out of trouble either.

Lily imagined if he ever showed up to class like that, she would grab him by the waistband of his quidditch joggers and pull him into her lap. Merlin, he’d tower over her, consume her, on top. His hand was big enough to hold a quaffle so he could handle her breasts with ease. One of those hands ran across his beautiful body, preparing to stretch and—

She swallowed a sigh just as someone side smacked her, making her call out and capturing the attention of everyone nearby.

“What was that for!” Lily demanded with a cry, rubbing the side of her head and glaring at Sirius Black who had his arms crossed and was looking at her like he could read her mind.

“Dunno,” Sirius tilted his head, his grey eyes slightly narrowed, “I couldn’t tell if you were having a stroke or not, your eye kept twitching.”

“So you hit me?” Lily stepped away from the tall Gryffindor, still rubbing her cheek pathetically, her eyes darting back to James who (still shirtless) was now watching them with one eyebrow quirked.

“My house elf taught me to smack my uncle Boris when he was having a stroke,” Sirius shrugged as he waltzed past, cool as could be, in James’ direction. “Hasn’t failed me yet.”

“I wasn’t having a stroke!” She called after him, “I was—“

Sirius grinned wickedly as he turned on a heel to watch her expression momentarily falter as she stopped herself from speaking. “I know what you were doing, but until you’re willing to pay up, gawking counts.”

She shot him a nasty hand gesture at which he laughed before finishing a complete turn to face James who mumbled something to Sirius quietly. Sirius kept in a bit of laughter as he passed James a shirt, not answering.

Lily cursed Sirius within an inch of his life when James took the shirt and covered back up. Sure, she might’ve made a bet with Sirius that she’d never date James Potter, or else she’d owe him twenty galleons, but that hardly meant she couldn’t stare politely when James offered himself up for it.

She just had to figure out how to get him shirtless again.

#jily #jily microfic #well i didn't count but it looks like it xD #shirtless james potter may #fic rec

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James Potter and Lily Evans, aka the hottest head girl and boy Hogwarts had ever seen.

#oof YES #james potter #lily evans #jily art #art reblog #hot!!!

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Genuine question: are y'all getting kudos every single day on your fics??

#most days there's at least a couple #but there is the occasional day without

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I wanted to download We Will Rock You, but…

#max raabe #more people need to learn of him #music #queue te la pongo #tumblrific

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You're the one that I want

The crossover jily/Grease nobody asked for but was greatly needed.

#i hadn't seen this! #great work! #james potter l #lily evans #jily #art reblog #constance is a star

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I declare Shirtless May officially open!

Don't thank me it's a pleasure

@mppmaraudergirl @startanewdream @petals2fish @wearingaberetinparis @practicecourts @joyseuphoria @blitheringmcgonagall @annabtg @siriuslychessi @missgryffin @abihastastybeans @kay-elle-cee @thejilyship @questions-forthe-marauders @daiziesssart @thecasualauthor @maluceh @efkgirldetective@ohmygodshesinsane @jamesunderwater @chierafied @chdarling @harryissuchalittleshit @possessingtheproperspirit @eemolu @maraudersftw @the-dream-team

@apalapucian

#fabulous! #shirtless james potter #shirtless james potter may #james potter #art reblog #constance is a star

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#lilypad #sirius x lily #moodboard #lily in leather has my whole heart

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Rational, for today's @jilymicrofics

"Together," Remus repeats slowly. "You and Lily are going to Hogsmeade... together."

Remus purses his lips but he doesn't add any comment, his voice barely betraying a hint of amusement. James could always count of him for discretion — a quality that Sirius does not possess.

"So is it a date?"

James chokes, pumpkin juice spilling from his open mouth, face tinting of a deep red. Next to him and looking imensely undisturbed, Lily pats his back calmly.

"Be serious," is all she says.

"Oh, I was. Am. Cannot not be." Sirius is smirking and, unfortunately, far enough that James cannot kick his shin. "Some things just are—like two people going out on a trip, alone, just the two of them... that's usually called a date."

"It's not," Lily replies dignifiedly, even as, under the table, her hand traces James', drawing soft circles on his open palm. "You know we are Heads."

Sirius glances at the badge on James' robes, a familiar frown on his forehead. "As if I could forget."

James breathes again; he can do this silly banter and he knows his well-rehearsed line. "We need to escort the Third Years in their first trip today."

"And you are going together because—"

"It's rational." Lily hesitates for a heartbeat before glancing at James. Her voice softens. "We work better together."

And now her expression cracks for a moment; her sentence was innocent enough that it could mean all the time they spent together as Head Boy and Head Girl, all the plans and shifts, patrolling the halls, watching detentions, or all those infinite meetings that could have been owl mail. But when their eyes meet, James knows she is thinking about later: the innocent then not-so-innocent touches and lingering looks, and, later, the kisses they never pretend were innocent at all.

There is a smile at the corner of her lips now — one that challenges very much their resolution of keeping things low between them until, at least, after this first date — but luckily, no one else seems to notice it. James is quite safe that they've fooled everyone.

That's an illusion that's broken on the narrow street behind the Hog's Head, when loud claps interrupt a kiss that could never be considered innocent.

"You forgot a detail, Padfoot" Peter is saying, smirking. "Two people going out on a trip and making out—that's definitely a date."

"I don't know... Remus, you are the prefect. Snogging other prefects is a requirement?"

"Not that I've been informed."

"Right, or else I might have been more interested in the job."

"No, you wouldn't," James says, recovering his voice.

"Yeah..." Sirius considers it for a moment before winking at them. "So, Evans, remind me of how serious should I be."

"Oh, shut it," she says, sticking her tongue at him and refusing to let go of James' hand, something he is quite content with.

"We are Heads," he says, echoing her words. "After so many hours alone, it was only rational we'd end up snogging."

#this is so SOFT and CUTE #love it!!! #and the boys catching them kissing lol xD #jily microfic #fic rec

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I feel lied to. This is where the bugs bunny NO meme cokes from

#tumblrific #fwiw i feel lied to as well #queue te la pongo

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- I'm so exhausted.. it's too painful. I can't...

- we'll find a way, Moony! We'll find a way to help you!

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The day after a full moon at the end of 4th year.

#eee cuties! #james potter #sirius black #remus lupin #art reblog #constance is a star

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It’s here! Welcome to Mystery Microfic May for 2024 folks. 

Thank you to this year's participating authors: 

@abihastastybeans, @annabtg, @annasghosts, @chiechie97 @eastwindmlk, @jamesunderwater, @kay-elle-cee, @myuntoldstory, @nena-96, @nodirectionhome-ao3, @ohmygodshesinsane, @practicecourts, @thecasualauthor, @thelighthousestale and @tinyluminaryzombie

This event just isn’t possible without all of you. 

The event collection is now live!

Unlike last year we are giving you a head start to get reading and ruminating on who you think each mystery author could be. Then next week we will release polls to confirm your guesses! (Watch out for our master post next week). Polls will run for 7 days and we will then reveal authors once the polls have expired. Happy sleuthing! 🕵️‍♂️

Authors remember if you're going to comment on works do so using guest comments or you'll give yourselves away 😉

#mystery microfic may event 2024 #YEAAAAAAAAAH #go go go!!

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sorry but like sirius is so powerfully hot?? like hes canonically the most attractive super handsomest to ever handsome, he has a dark past that he outgrew bcs hes stronger and better morally, he has a found family, hes incredibly smart and talented, hes rich, hes mysterious, hes gay (subtext), the whole world turned against him only for him to prove them all wrong, we find out his motives are always for the good of his loved ones, he loves animals, animals love him, he would die and kill for his loved ones-

like come on

#sirius black #sirius is the best and this is a hill i will die on

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Forearms

Based on this

#i am this irl #yum #james potter #sirius black #prongsfoot #art reblog

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with every god awful take about james potter on the internet an angel loses its wings.

what do you mean he didn’t care about the dark arts and death eaters until it affected him personally. what. you mean the famously blood traitor potter family? you mean one of the only actual canon things we have about james being that he hated the dark arts? you mean the james that yelled at snape for calling lily a mudblood?? you mean the james that went on the front lines of a war he had the privilege to not fight in????

please anti blood supremacy is literally ingrained in his core beliefs can we just keep this ONE THING about him 😭

#all of this #james potter

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The Jily Fandom Rec List 2024 is a compilation of Jily stories our readers want to keep an eye on for this year's awards.

APRIL

Choose Your Own (sexy) Adventure (WIP, 214.9k as of 30 April 2024) by @ghostofbambifanfiction. Rated E.

Too many cooks can occasionally write a story.

green light (completed, 4.7k) by @apalapucian. Rated T.

there are yellow roses on the kitchen table. a cup of coffee charmed to keep warm for a time. a scrawled "morning! :) –james & harry" on a scrap of paper, the torn bottom of a receipt for... milk, she finds. and strawberries. harry was signed by harry himself, and lily wants to cry at the shaky strokes, the crooked lines. she can hear them in the other room where james's window seat project is almost finished. harry is laughing. he asks questions, mocks his dad's shabby handiwork, drops the things he's asked to hand. roses and handwritten notes and coffee and giggles nearby. this is her life now. she skims the flowers, the sun itself in her heart. or: the war is over. everybody lives AU. (well, not everybody everybody, but the potter family + sirius + remus + even peter* live.) old fic rewrite. * = you'll see.

To Bring Down a Kingdom (WIP, 18.5k as of 30 April 2024) by @mppmaraudergirl. Rated M.

“If we do this…” “For all of time, they will say it was our love that brought down a kingdom.” A story about forbidden lovers, the battle between duty and love, and the cost of betrayal. Inspired by the film Tristan and Isolde.

your love thawed out (completed, 13.8k) by ML_Fox. Rated E.

He felt her pain in ways that made the cores of his bones ache, but by the end of it, she glowed. She beamed and laughed and cried happy tears that made her shine. Harry squalled and squirmed as she held him close to her chest, crying and sobbing and falling heavily against James, and the weight of both halves of his heart leaning against him made him feel like he was finally complete. Like falling in love all over again. In the first few weeks after Harry's birth, James tries to recover from the trauma of the delivery. To help him are moments of domestic bliss, happily married life, and mad, chaotic friends who will spoil the hell out of his beloved son.

Find the previous months' recs here!

Remember that all eligible Jily fics (written and/or updated anytime between Nov 2023 and till the end of Oct 2024) are welcome on the list, so don't forget to send in your suggestions!

Happy reading!

#jily fandom rec list 2024 #jily #signal boost