#Jily Fanfic

[apalapucian]

it's lily who finds him. he's lying on the topmost bench on the quidditch stands, drenched and on his back, eyes open and narrowed against the rain. he's crumpled that leather jacket he loves so much into a lamentable pillow.

"i don't need your pity party," he says when she reaches him. she almost doesn't hear over the downpour. she wouldn't have if she hadn't seen his lips move, if she didn't know his voice so much that she can pick it up from anywhere.

she rolls her eyes. "you need a fucking umbrella," she points out, casting a drying spell and then sitting on the space beside his head.

sirius glares at the overly bright yellow umbrella now blocking his current best friend: his stupid, unforgiving ocean of nimbus clouds. lily waits for the cutting remark, the blunt admonishment. it doesn't come. he just huffs, and then closes his eyes.

eventually, he says, "my god, i am a drama queen," the ice not quite melting, but noticeably chipping at the edges.

"yes, you are."

"my brother's a fucking death eater though. that's got to be worse, isn't it?"

"regulus is not a death eater."

he flinches at the name. "not yet. but like we all just fucking heard, he's clearly — "

"that's not your fault."

he clenches his jaw. "feels like it is."

"it's not."

"how do you deal with all that shit with your sister?"

lily keeps her eyes on the pitch, but the umbrella sags an inch. this. this is why she sought him after that whole regulus fiasco. because he gets it. maybe she needed the pity party. she says, "well, not by storming off to brood in the rain alone, for sure."

he opens his eyes to raise an eyebrow up at her. when she perfectly mirrors his expression as an answer, he breaks and laughs. "why're you even here," he asks irritably, but he's sitting up now, and he's slackened, and lily doesn't need to answer his question because they both know that he knows why she's here.

he pries the umbrella from her hand and holds it up for them because he's taller. more on her side than his, she notices, but that's because he's already mostly rained down on. when she puts her head on his shoulder, he says, "stupid. i'm wasting effort here holding this up for you and you get yourself soaked anyway."

"shut up."

"if you get sick, james will kill me."

"if i get sick, i'll kill you myself."

that makes him chuckle, at least.

they stay like that until the rain softens to a drizzle, neither of them saying anything. when the mist has thinned and all the greens start coming back through, lily straightens up. "sirius."

"what," he says, in that eternally irate, snobbish tone of his.

"you have more than one brother, you know that?"

—

sirius thinks, i've got three more, yeah. i do know that.

he also thinks, and an annoying sister, seems like. do you know that?

and: thanks for being here. i feel like i'm losing my head.

and: it's not my fault it's not my fault reg's an idiot and that's not my fucking fault.

he says, "your hair makes my neck itch."

lily laughs.

—

james, remus, and peter see that laugh. they don't hear it, being too far down, but james knows exactly what lily's laugh sounds like, that one and all the rest, so he, at least, might as well have heard it. he pockets the map and starts walking back inside to the changing rooms. remus and peter exchange a glance before following suit.

"we're leaving?" asks peter, craning his neck while he talks, reluctant to wrench his eyes off sirius and lily.

"yep," says james brightly. "kitchens. let's go."

"but there'll be dinner in the great hall now," says remus, checking his watch.

"those two won't be feeling like dinner in the great hall tonight," says james. "we have to get them the good stuff before they run out."

"but i'm hungry," says peter.

"we can eat there, we don't have to wait for them," says james. "come on."

he slings an arm each around them, and off they go to the kitchens, james smiling to himself all the way.

#jily #jily* #blackevans #marauders #jily fic #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #jple #sirius black #lily evans #this is for everyone who liked/responded to that blackevans thing i posted last night and were like #THATS NOT A PROBLEM #here's a rewrite of an old fic #also im posting this out of spite because im annoyed this morning and work is kicking my ass lol #apalapucian*

[mppmaraudergirl]

a masterlist post

(this list is in no particular order, just subject to tumblr's horrible search function. big thanks to everyone who contributed to the jily love!)

AO3 collection here

Day One - The Big Moments

Good Chaos by @flowerpottlady

Wedding day fanart by @elleest

The Wedding Day by @mppmaraudergirl

The Big Little Moments by @annabtg

Disheartened by @chierafied

Incipience by @abihastastybeans

Querencia by @thelighthousestale

Scenes from a Proposal by @tinyluminaryzombie

Proposal artwork by @constancezin

The Big Moments by @charmsandtealeaves

First dance artwork by @daiziesssart

Day Two - The Little Doe-mestic Moments

James' Man-Cold by @nena-96

Filled to the Brim by @mppmaraudergirl

Indulgence by @abihastastybeans

The Big Little Moments by @annabtg

Good Chaos by @flowerpottlady

Inadequate by @chierafied

Querencia by @thelighthousestale

joy by @myuntoldstory

Missed Spot artwork by @constancezin

Little domestic moment by @charmsandtealeaves

Her Favorite Regular by @arianatwycross

Day Three - Thrice Defied

Patronus artwork by @elleest

Insolence by @abihastastybeans

Good Chaos by @flowerpottlady

Querencia by @thelighthousestale

Overcoming Obstacles by @charmsandtealeaves

Proud by @chierafied

Thrice Defied artwork by @constancezin

to have and to hold and to fight like hell by @kay-elle-cee

Day Four - Our Little Family

Querencia by @thelighthousestale

Revolted by @chierafied

Juvenescence by @abihastastybeans

Good Chaos by @flowerpottlady

Overprotective James artwork by @constancezin

Day Five - Celebrations & Victories

Satisfied by @chierafied

Ebullience by @abihastastybeans

Querencia by @thelighthousestale

To All the Kudos I'll Leave You Next by @wearingaberetinparis

Happy 64th artwork by @constancezin

Additional fics:

Several fics/days included on this masterlist by @practicecourts

Another @wearingaberetinparis fic sequel: My Baby's Fit like a Daydream

Please consider showing some love to these lovely people by reading, commenting, and reblogging their contributions to the jily fandom!

#jily #jple #james potter #lily evans potter #alight with happiness jily fest #masterlist #please please let me know if I missed anything #i searched the tag and my mentions a few times but yall know how tumblr can be #jily fic #jily fanfic #married jily #ftw!

[arianatwycross]

Hi my tumblr name is arianatwycross (this is not my real name but you may call me A or Ari) I'm a pommy that lives in Australia, I have a golden retriever that owns my heart and I'm addicted to cheesy romance novels.

I write mostly Jily but have been known to delve into Romione and am dipping my toe in some wolfstar!

last updated 18.03.24

Jily

Multi-chapters:

The Process of Wanting- University Muggle AU / Jily-microoops March prompts

Headlines - Muggle AU / Popstar James

once upon a dream - WIP Hogwarts AU / Lily has a crush

To send or not to send? - (Two Parts) 2023 April Jily Challenge / Theme: Letters, Notes and Texting

A (not so) bad day - (Two Parts) - Hogwarts idiots in love

We'll be a fine line -WIP a chapter a day for jilytober 2022 / a muggle au

Only for the Summer -WIP Rated E / Muggle Job AU / Friends to Lovers

Beach Reading -  Rated T. July 2022 Jily Challenge / Theme: Summer Prompt: “i really, really need this summer job, so please stop distracting me with your wiles/good looks. you’re going to get me fired”

The Art of Fake Dating - WIP written with @vertraymer / For the Mixed Up Writer Fest 2022 / Prompt: Fake dating AU!

Unlearnable - WIP, Rated M. Muggle AU. Angst.

Strawberry Lipstick State of Mind - Rated E. Canon. Seventh Year.

Just a touch - Rated E

Teenage Kicks - Rated E / Celeb AU with minor wolfstar

you are the sun - Rated M (Three-parts) Muggle AU/Secret Relationship

One Shots:

Skinny Dipping Part 1 - a jilymicrofic

Just the two of us - Hogwarts / Forced proximity, Hurt/Comfort

A Sweet Meet Cute - Muggle AU, small town romance

A romance of their own - Jily Valentine Gift Exchange 2023 / Celeb AU

Wet, Cold & Bothered - Rated M / 2022 Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge; prompt: Snowball fights

Muggle Christmas Traditions - Rated G/ 2022 December Christmas Jily Challenge. Prompt: The night before Christmas

The One Where Remus Has no Filter - Rated G. Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge

a year and 22 days - Rated T. Summer of Jily 2022 / lyric: all that I know is you caught me at the right time —"golden hour" (kacey musgraves) Scenario: late evening with friends in the garden

The One Where Petunia Can't Drive - April JilyChallenge / Meet uglies + prompt "i hit you with my car/broom and was the only one to visit you in the hospital"

two fools - Rated T / Feb 2022 Jily Challenge romance theme + prompt " “It’s not like I've thought about kissing you, or anything…”

Shut up & Kiss me - Rated M / December Jily Challenge, Winter theme. Muggle AU

Crush Phase - Rated T. Muggle AU

A Year Later - Rated M / Jily Challenge August 2021 . Muggle AU

consciously unaware - Rated GA / Jilytober 2021 bingo (5 prompts in one). Canon, friends to lovers.

Say my name - Rated M. Canon.

Romione

Multi-chapters:

Backseat Rider - Rated T / Muggle AU

One Shots:

Willow - Rated GA. Written for M.Windsor for the 2021 HP Romione Discord Secret Santa!

It’s better In the front seat… - Rated M (Backseat Rider One shot)

Confessions - Rated E / Canon

Books & Freckles - Rated T

Nobody Compares - Rated T / Muggle AU, professional football player Ron

Wolfstar

Skinny Dipping Part 2 - a wolfstarmicrofic

Teenage Kicks Spinoff coming soon!

#masterpost of fics #jily fanfic #jily #wolfstar fanfic #wolfstar #romione #romione fanfic #my fics

[ohmygodshesinsane]

the badge and the boy

All Lily wants from her final year at Hogwarts is to slip beneath notice and keep her head above water.

But Lily gets the badge, the bath, and - later - the boy.

[A story told in 20 Jily Microfics.]

Now Complete!

from the start | latest chapter

#the badge and the boy #jily #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #fanfic #james potter #lily evans #hp

[jamesunderwater]

Hey there! Just recently found your blog and your work looks fab🤩🤩 just wondered if you’re still taking those smut prompts? If so could you do 19 with Jily pleaseeeeeee :))

Hello!! (': that is so sweet, thank you! This really made my day. And of course. I am always open to smut prompts, for the record. 😉

Send me Smut Prompts! 19: “sit on my face”

NSFW under the cut :P

“James?”

“Hm?” He lifted his head from between her legs. She bit her lip at the sight of his glistening mouth, knowing it was her all over him.

“I want to try something…”

He lifted a brow, immediately intrigued. While he waited for her to continue, he moved a hand from her thigh and pressed the pad of his finger against her wet opening. “I’m listening.”

She blushed and chewed on her lip, rolling her eyes back at the feeling of his finger. Her blush was surprising–very little in the bedroom made Lily Evans red anymore. “I…” she breathed out, as he continued to press his finger slightly into her. “I thought…maybe a new position for your mouth…might be fun.”

This did sound fun. “And what position might that be, love?” He brought his mouth back to her clit, just lightly ghosting his tongue over it. She gasped, a hand grasping at the sheets on the mattress.

“What if…what if I–sat over you?” She opened her eyes now, glancing down to see his reaction.

Both of his eyebrows rose this time, and he’d paused with his mouth against her, looking her right in the eye. “Fuck yes.”

“Are you sure?” She asked nervously, sitting up so that she was propped on her elbows.

James was already rolling over onto the other side of the bed, positioned so that she’d have the wall for leverage should she need it. “Lily.”

“What?”

“Sit on my face.”

With a grin, she moved onto her knees and crawled on top of him, one leg on either side of his chest. He moved his hands to her bare ass and urged her forward, so she obliged, despite feeling incredibly self-conscious. “Merlin, this is hot,” James mumbled as she positioned herself directly over his face.

Well, that did help with the self-consciousness a bit.

“Lean down just a bit…”

As soon as she did, she felt James’s tongue press inside of her, and Lily let out a long moan. He began pushing her hips back and forth against his mouth, flicking his tongue inside of her in fast strokes. There was something magnificently sexy about being on top of him like this–the power of it, really, and knowing he wanted her that much. Lily reached down and grasped onto some of his wayward locks, and James groaned against her.

“My–my clit…” was all she had to say for him to understand. He slid his tongue out of her and up to her clitoris, where she felt him rapidly sweeping it back and forth. She leaned up a bit so that the sensation against her was light, and James started moving his hands from her ass closer to the inside of her thighs, towards her pussy. She moaned at the feeling of it, the desperation to feel his fingers inside of her, the teasing of it all. He pressed his thumbs around her entrance without actually going in and she grumbled, “Fuck, James,” which only made his tongue move faster.

The exhilaration of it was going to her head. Dizzy, Lily leaned forward and pressed both hands against the wall. He was still refusing to touch her, and from the teasing alone she could feel herself getting close. Just a moment or two with his fingers inside of her, and she was sure to explode. “James, bugger all, touch me, goddamn it!”

She felt him chuckle beneath her and groaned, hating him. He was massaging just outside of her now, and her orgasm was hanging at the edge. Her breaths were coming in faster, and she’d begun moving her hips against his tongue involuntarily. He seemed to be waiting for her to be almost there to finally—

Without warning, James suddenly slammed two fingers deep inside of her, and Lily clenched around him. It took two pumps of his fingers in and out for all of her muscles to tense up and the orgasm to spill over her. “Oh my god!” she cried, pressing down into his mouth and hand with no reservation. She rolled against him wildly, crying out his name and fuck, fuck, yes, until finally the pulsing orgasm began to slow. Breaths coming in hard, Lily collapsed onto the other side of the bed, her shoulder touching James’s.

“S-sorry…if I…suffocated you…” she said between breaths. When she looked over, James had a huge grin on his face, and his eyes seemed dazed.

“Lily Evans…you can suffocate me like that whenever you want.”

#jily #jily fic #jily smut #jple #jily fanfiction #jily fanfic #james potter #lily evans #the marauders #mwpp era #mwpp fanfiction #marauders fanfiction #my writing #smut prompts #jily* #smut*

[weird-obsessed-girl]

Harry Potter fic rec Time travel/dimension travel

Organised by word count. This rec list involved time travel and dimension travel, not really alt dimension/au. This will include multiple ships like Drarry, Tomarry, Jegulus and Wolfstar.

masterlist

Ouch you landed on my hand and somehow we are in the past - Gravepizza

Scorpius/Albus, wolfstar, Jily meeting the family | G | 1k

Fucking with the future - plecotusauritus

Wolfstar time turner used for inappropriate things, smut, Remus certified DILF | E | 1.6k

Changelings - TreacleTeacups

Tomarry time travel, kid fic, humour, established relationship, mamma bear harry | T | 1.7k

He Who Knows Too Much (and I, Who Knows Nothing) - coribbit

Tomarry time travel, fix-it, seer harry, obsessive tom | T | 1.9k

Everything and Nothing - XxTheDarkLordxX

Drarry post-hogwarts, time travel, hurt/comfort, angst | T | 4k

A Perfect Night for Trick or Treaters - PhantomGrimalkin

Wolfstar time-loop, first war, 1981, angst | T | 4k

Draco at Nineteen - birdsofshore

Drarry Time Travel, Age Difference, Hogwarts 8th Year, First Time | E | 5k

Our Little Life - tackytiger

Drarry post-hogwarts, time travel, dream sex, falling in love, past lives, idiots in love | M | 7k

The Soldier - woobyo

Wolfstar sirius fix-it, bamf sirius, harry is not a horcrux | M | 9k

Quick as a Flash of Lightning, Unhurried as Eternity - babooshk_art, onbeinganangel

Drarry Post-War, Time Travel, Auror Harry, Domestic Fluff | E | 10k

Fifteen - mysid

Wolfstar time travel fix-it, alternate realities, veil of death/opportunities | T | 11k

Brevem Conspectum - Lauren3210

Drarry Kid fic, Domestic, Fluff and Smut, Short Time Travel | E | 12k

Eudaimonia - duplicity

Tomarry time travel, child abuse, angst, age difference, happy ending, harry kinda helps raise tom | E | 15k

tempor · al | ary - asterismal (asterisms)

Tomarry time travel, established relationship, voldy wins, threesome | E | 16k

Yuletide Discussions - J_L_Hynde

Tomarry time travel, discussion of wizard politics, tom lusting harry, alt reality, auror harry | M | 18k

Relativity. - Ideasofmarch

Tomarry time travel, fix-it, BAMF harry, morally grey harry, slytherin harry | M | 18k

Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue 

Drarry PTSD, Time Travel, Slow Burn, Fluff and Angst, Character Study | M | 20k

Enoument - Accipitae

Tomarry master of death harry, harry grows up with tom in orphanage, time travel, homophobia, angst | M | 22k

We Shall Not Cease from Exploration - krabapple

Jily, Wolfstar golden trio time travel, Lily working for the order | T | 23k

The Devil’s White Knight - orphan_account

Drarry Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, Everybody Lives, No Voldermort | E | 24k

Just a Matter of Time - gracerene

Drarry Post-War, Time Travel, Unspeakable Draco, Age Difference, First Time | E | 24k

Draco Malfoy and the Letter from the Future - DracoWillHearAboutThis

Drarry time travel, POV draco, harry potter series retold, draco and harry friendship, draco questioning parents beliefs | G | 33k

More Than You Know - moonscone

Wolfstar friends to lovers, oblivious sirius | G | 47k

If we could turn back time - MBlack93

Tomarry master of death harry, magically powerful, time travel, fix-it, sane tom, slytherin harry, bamf harry, knights of walpurgis | E | 54k

Time is of the Essence - Leaslemoon

Jegulus time travel, fix-it, angst with happy ending, slow burn, friends to lovers, sibling bonding, OOC snape, canon divergence | M | 58k

The Guest - BummedOutWriter

Drarry kid fic, time travel, get together, mrpeg, truth serum, 6th year, seer draco | M | 60k

Heir Apparent - MonsieurClavier

Tomarry time travel, sane voldy, voldy adopts harry, pseudo-incest, powerful harry, possessive behaviour, enemies to friends to lovers, humour | E | 61k

The Devil's White Knight - orphan_account

Drarry dimension travel, no voldy, time travel??, enemies to lovers, post-war trauma, everyone is gay | E | 65k

The Lesson of You - thecouchsofa

Drarry accidental chil acquisition, getting together, family feels, kid fic, fluff, time travel, smut | E | 65k

Everything Black - General_Jellyfish

Drarry Time Travel, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, BAMF Harry Potter | T | 66k

Game On, Your Move - Ailora

Tomarry time travel, crack treated seriously, obsessive tom, sassy harry, time loop, eventual happy ending, enemies to lovers | T | 75k

Tip of Your Tongue - Spork_in_the_Road

Tomarry time travel, fix-it, morally grey harry, dumbledore critical, slow burn, mystery | M | 78k

The White Pawn - Soupy_George

Drarry time travel, romance, adventure, disenchanted draco, relive sixth year | T | 81k

At the end of every road - sassysquatch

Tomarry time travel, obsessive harry and tom, mutual manipulation, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, class issues, politically motivated marriage | M | 84k WIP 1 last chapter

Into the Dark - PhantomGrimalkin

Wolfstar also drarry, time travel, established relationships, first war, slow burn drarry, suicidal thoughts, manipulative dumbledore, canon divergence | T | 89k

Into the Dark - PhantomGrimalkin

Drarry time travel, first war, slow burn, suicidal thoughts, hocrux hunting, established wolfstar | T | 89k

where are you (my lion)? - harrysblueshirt1

Drarry time travel, canon divergence, jily sent to future, fix-it, emotional hurt/comfort, good draco, professor harry | 99k

That'll Be The Day - Waterloo

Drarry time travel, friendship, hogwarts redo, slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers, pov alternating, wolfstar raise harry | M | 112k WIP

Far From The Tree - aideomai

Drarrys kids time travel to hogwarts, pre-relationship, down and out draco, dom draco | E | 112k

you belong to me (i belong to you) - Child_OTKW

Tomarry time travel, slytherin politics, mind games, auror harry, slytherin harry, master of death harry, PLS READ ALL TAGS | 112k

Turning Leaves - Kbrick

Drarry time travel, pining draco, slytherin harry, angst with happy ending, harry is bad at feelings, drunk sex, auror harry | E | 113k

good night, darling - purplemineralwater

Tomarry time travel, fix-it, master of death harry, slytherin harry, knights of walpurgis, possessive tom, sane tom, hurt/comfort, slow burn | E | 138k

Bewildered - SparrowGrim

Drarry dimension travel, canon divergence, a/b/o, magically powerful harry, top draco, happy ending | E | 148k

When you are ready to go on... but you go back - Sakura521

Drarry time travel, fix-it, harry heir of house black, slow burn, good malfoy family | M | 166k WIP, 1 more chapter

Always Already - aibidil

Drarry time travel, post-hogwarts, department of mysteries, drarry go back to marauders era | E | 171k

Praeclarus Anguis - KaedeRavensdale

Tomarry time travel, slytherin harry, possessive behaviour, tom has met his match | M | 172k

Diablerie - Oceanbreeze7

Tomarry bamf tom, sane tom, time travel, ptsd, book 5, mental health issues, canon divergence | T | 176k

47 Days to Change (a translation) - snow_owl01

Tomarry time travel, slow burn, dubious consent, alt universe | E | 200k

What He Grows To Be - Severus_divides_into_H

Tomarry unhealthy relationships, obsessive and possessive tom, master of death harry, time travel, tom raised by harry, self-harm, psychological torture | M | 266k

What Souls Are Made Of - Emeralds_and_Lilies

Tomarry golden trio accidently time travel, angst, mind games, unhealthy relationships, slow burn | E | 278k

#harry potter fic rec #harry potter fanfiction #wolfstar fanfiction #wolfstar fan fic #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #tomarry fanfiction #sirius black x remus lupin #tom riddle x harry potter #time travel au #harry potter time travel #time turner #jegulus #james potter x regulus black

[ginemrys]

golden hour

my @jilychallenge creation

theme: movie quotes

partner: @quietlycharmed

prompt: “I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me.”

Lily Evans just couldn’t believe her luck. And by luck she meant absolute horrific misfortune that made her fairly convinced that a witch or someone had cursed her to be miserable for the rest of her life. It was a shame that she’d only just made it to a quarter of a century existing on the apparent ball of despair that people had named ‘Earth’.

Only she, as unlucky as she was, would end up living with her worst enemy. 

read on ao3

#jily challenge #jilychallenge #jily #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #jily fic #romcom #movie quotes

[chierafied]

Jily Microfic March 13: Lonely

@jilymicrofics, 250 words. On AO3. 🦡💛

Lily lay on her bed, leafing through a magazine. Slanting sunbeams crept across the room and tickled her bare toes. The house was quiet. Her dad was at work, her mom was off visiting friends. Petunia was around somewhere, lurking, which was why Lily had shut herself in her room. Being alone was better than the poor and painful company of her sister. 

It was the third week of her summer holidays, and she already desperately missed her friends. Her summers hadn’t used to be so bad. She’d always been delighted to spend time with her family. And she’d had Severus. 

But now... Petunia grew colder every year. Her parents were wonderful, but their Muggleness and the heavy secret of the brewing war Lily kept close to her chest so as not to worry them had become the brick and mortar of the wall built between them.  

And Severus was lost. 

It wasn’t just growing up, Lily mused, frowning at the glossy pages of the magazine. The gossip, celebrity interviews, the fashion and makeup tips any normal teenage girl would be absorbed in were starting to feel foreign to her. She was growing apart, a mere visitor in the world she’d been born in. 

An abrupt knock startled Lily and she looked up. There was an owl at her window. She leapt up from the bed and rushed to let the bird in. Lily was smiling even before she picked up the letter bearing her name in a messy scrawl. 

#jily #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #jily fic #jily microfic #Team Hufflepuff #chie writes #fic: jl

[amontaguscapulet]

70s Lily Evans core

(Halloween 2023)

#harry potter #Lily evans #marauders #the marauders #marauders fanfiction #marauders fanfic #Jily #jily fanfiction #Jily fanfic #Lily evans cosplay #lily evans fanart #Lily potter #marauders fanart

[annabtg]

James Potter, renowned potioneer, has a secret side career as an erotica writer under the pen name of Scarlett Goldwing. When his latest book starts to take off, and Scarlett is asked to promote it at a public event, he has no other option but to recruit his colleague Lily Evans to pretend to be Scarlett. The only problem is, Lily Evans hates his guts… or does she?

**Chapter 9: Finale**

The familiar lavender banner had been hung above the dais in the conference room of the Godric’s Hollow town hall. Eva’s acumen had correctly predicted that the town’s small pub wouldn’t be able to accommodate everyone who wanted to attend the presentation; and indeed, today’s crowd was bigger than even the one at the Evergreen book fair. In addition to pretty much the sum of the town’s female population, a flock of visitors had arrived from all over – among them, some familiar faces: Sirius with Remus and Peter; Mary, child-free and ready for a rare evening out; Belby with Anthea Spore; Wanda with her friend Constance, and even Pimhill. Their Department Head was a curious individual, Lily and James knew; they wouldn’t put it past him to buy the book, to get a glimpse into his subordinate’s literary pursuits.

Read chapter 9/9 on AO3 || Read from the beginning

NOW COMPLETE!! (46.5k words)

#jily #jple #jily fic #james potter #lily evans #jily fanfiction #jily fanfic #jily smut #my fics #nom de plume

[apalapucian]

“a fresh slice of a plastic galaxy on the ceiling of her four-poster, the renewed glow a nostalgic reminder of her earlier years in hogwarts. it should be cinnamon apple, not apple cinnamon, she remembers sometimes as well, laughing quietly in the dark, eyes already closed.

(also: because i like you, he said. not like that, he said. i think you're cool, he said.)” — bad day wall (ao3)

#jily #jily* #jily fanart #lily evans #lily evans fanart #jily fanfic #jily fanfiction #fic recs #here's visual representation of lily evans falling in love with james potter without knowing it lol #@ lily smiling to sleep thinking “what an idiot” means you're in love babe #did i just make fanart for my own fic #yes #did i do this to proscratinate on writing part 2? #also yes #did this do anything to motivate me at all? #i have yet to see #bad day wall #jily fanart* #apalapucian*

[all-things-jily]

I haven’t done one of these in so long, but then found this in my drafts from over a year ago and “Jily from Snape’s POV” has always been my favorite guilty pleasure trope, so I thought why not? Might as well finish and publish this list lol

Lovers and Voyeurs by  @jilyyall 

Towards the end of their Seventh Year, Snape wants to make amends with Lily, but ends up witnessing a private moment between her and James Potter instead.

She Didn't by @ashotofogdensoldfirewhiskey 

He’d seen it coming. He’d known it from the beginning, some unconscious part of him recognizing the signs as they appeared before him, trying his best to find some other interpretation but always coming to the same inevitable conclusion. He’d tried to reassure himself through the years that she loathed him just as he did. But it wasn’t until now, as the feelings of betrayal and anger washed over him like Stinksap, that he wondered whether she’d ever uttered those words at all.

Snape remembers all of the moments through the years where he suspected Lily might have fancied James back. Canon-compliant, Snape POV, set during Marauders-era Hogwarts years.

Until the Tree Dies by  @nought-shall-go-ill

It's the winter of his seventh and final year at Hogwarts and Severus Snape has a date with destiny. A meeting is on the horizon that could change his life forever — but in the week leading up to the big event, he hears three rumours involving the love life of his former best friend Lily Evans and the four Gryffindor boys he hates the most. In a quest to find out the truth, Severus finds himself once again allowing himself into her world. Because, after all, Lily Evans would never go out with Peter Pettigrew... would she?

you see me watching baby, so stuck on you by  @condescendingsmirk

The footsteps stopped. More giggling. Severus strained his ears. “Merlin, Lily, how many butterbeers have you had?” His blood ran cold despite the early summer breeze as James Potter’s face came into view. No.

The Fool You Made Me by CokeBottleK

That smile was for Potter now, and she was beautiful for him – just for him. Snape knew it. He could tell. She was lit up from the inside and it was Potter who did that to her.

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[mppmaraudergirl]

Prologue

James had never lived in a world not torn apart by war. His mother once told him his first cry was like that of a battle cry, that he’d somehow grown used to the sounds while in her womb and come into the world ready to join in the fight. He’d believed her as a child, in the way all young boys were quick to believe, but aging brought him skepticism. Aging brought him many things.

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[arianatwycross]

Home

Lily wanted to go home. That's how she felt, what her brain kept telling her. Except she didn't want to actually go home, to her parents house and she couldn't go to Hogwarts. So instead, she wandered the streets of Diagon Alley. Numb and restless, Lily paced up and down the streets until she came to an abrupt halt. Standing outside Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor was James. An immediate rush of warmth filled her belly. Her fist real smile in weeks tugged at her lips. "Lily?" James smiled brightly once he saw her. It was her name coming from his lips that made her realise. Maybe home wasn't really a place, but a person.

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[isahorcrux]

love, james | chapter 7: see you at christmas

James likes Lily. And Lily likes James. How the hell did it get so complicated?

Love, Rosie, but make it Jily. Written for the Jilytoberfest 2023 Rom-Com Event.

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“You’ve double checked you’ve got your passport, right Lil?”  “Dad, I told you.  I don’t need a passport for the Floo,” Lily rolled her eyes as her father turned onto the M6 motorway. Mr. Evans shook his head, “And what if the Floo is down?  How will you get home then?” Lily shrugged, “Wait for it to start working again I suppose.” “And leave me all alone with your mother and Petunia over the holidays?  Absolutely not,” Mr. Evans reached into his messy glove compartment and pulled out a passport, Lily’s passport, to be exact. “Dad,” Lily laughed, rolling her eyes affectionately. “Just for emergencies.  I know you’re perfectly capable of magicking your way back, but something to reassure your old dad.” “Thanks,” Lily smiled and took the passport, tucking it into her rucksack, “And thanks for, you know, driving me to London.  I could have just taken the train.”

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[jamesunderwater]

@jilymicrofics - sept. 18th: thaw - words: 834 - cw: mental illness, self-harm

Storms

The vegetables were disappearing in the blur of her tears, but she didn’t care. Thwunk, thwunk, twunk. The knife kept coming down, and each time she thought, it’s going to be my finger this time Thwunk this time Thwunk this time Thwunk. 

“Lily!” His voice did nothing to disrupt her rhythm. This time - thwunk, this time - thwunk. Though in the back of her mind, she did picture him calling out to her from the top of a lighthouse, while her boat kept steering right for the rocks below him. She knew this was how he saw her. But James wasn’t on the boat; he couldn’t see that it was sinking, anyway.

She still hadn’t blinked the tears away when he grabbed her wrist, pulling the knife from her grasp. “You weren’t even looking, Lils! Please.” The desperation in his voice was heartbreaking, stabbed through her like the knife should have. Lily blinked.

Her husband (husband, husband, husband, husband, she rolled the word around in her mind like a piece of sweet, forbidden chocolate) with his wild hair, his skewed glasses, his stained night shirt, made unrecognizable by the stiff flat stretch of his mouth, the lines of worry sliced between his eyebrows. She wondered if he thought she looked unrecognizable, too.

“If you need me to help you with something, just ask! What are you even doing, dicing vegetables in the middle of the night?” James put the knife in the sink and pulled the cutting board away from her, already starting to package up her work before she could even tell him what it was for.

Lily would have answered him a few weeks ago, would have told him the whole thing in one breath. I was staring at the ceiling fan go round and round hoping it would make me tired, and then I tried to time my breaths with two rotations of the fan, and then I was counting my breaths, and I got up to 33 but then my foot itched so I tried to itch it with the bedsheet slowly enough that it wouldn’t wake you, but that made me lose count on my breaths and then I couldn’t get the blasted itching to stop and then I swear, James, I swear it started crawling up my leg, the itch did, it was coming after me, I just knew it, so I had to get out of bed, you know, to get away from it, and I did manage to slip out quietly, without waking you, I was proud of that, but then the itching leapt from my foot to my hand so I scratched and I scratched but I was so scared that nothing was going to stop it so I thought, I’ve got to do something with my hands, I’ve got to do something that would scare the itch away. So I thought, stew. James will wake to a proper pot of stew and the itch will leave and it will have been a good night in the end, and it worked, you know, chopping a bit carelessly, threatening the itch like that, it disappeared altogether.…I can’t tell you why that made me cry, though. I just felt so lonely, once it left.

Instead she said, “I don’t know,” and chewed her lip, because she’d learned it was much easier to be looked at with sadness than alarm. 

A tupperware lid snapped closed with a pop! She bit down her lip to draw blood and sucked hard, waiting for him to turn around. Why had she scared the itch off? It only wanted to be near her. “I wanted to make stew.” 

James turned away from the tupperware and met her eyes. His were so heavy - too heavy for twenty-one, just a boy playing lighthouse keeper without any experience with storms. The old Lily inside of her wailed at the sight of him. She sobbed so loudly her temples throbbed with the pressure of it. She banged against the glass walls in her mind, crying, Look at his eyes, he’s crumbling! I have to hold him, I have to... I have to get out of here. I am going to die if I can’t touch him, please! I have to get out of here. How do I get out of here? As if she could manifest it into reality, she pictured reaching out to take his head in her hands, his arms pulling her into him with the desperation of a first breath after nearly drowning, and with these simple touches, everything healed. 

Lily thought it was almost funny he was so worried about the knife, when it was these vestiges of her old self that would likely kill her in the end.

“Stew?” James had righted himself, burying whatever had been in his eyes before. Crumbling like a poorly built house in an earthquake. Her husband, so young and foolish, believing he could withstand her destruction. “Sure, yeah. Let’s get the roast out to thaw.”

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