#established jily

[merlinsbbeard]

Witchy Woman

@jilymicrofics Prompt: wine, words: 393

It was dark already by the early hours of that December night. The stars twinkled in the sky, but the moon did not shine on Potter Cottage.

The exposed brick walls, usually bathed in milky light, were the same ink that hid the sun. The vulnerable windows revealed the lounge room, proper and neat, doused in warmth from flickering wicks and buzzing globes. It was like a picture on a black screen.

Lily swayed her hips to the sound of Witchy Woman blaring from the record player.

Sparks fly from her fingertips.

The stem of her glass rocked precariously between her tipsy fingers, nettle wine sloshing.

“Harry, have I ever told you the story of how your mother and I met?” James re-entered the lounge and leaned against the wall opposite the window.

Harry babbled at his father from his floor seat.

“Right you are, Harry. We were on the Hogwarts Express…”

Lily hummed an agreement amid graceful turns about the room.

Woohoo, Witchy Woman.

Harry squealed and clapped whenever she did a particularly impressive move, to his infant brain at least. These tended to be when her skirt billowed out or her long titian hair flicked over her shoulders.

“…I saw her in the carriage, and I thought she must be the prettiest girl in England.”

She held me spellbound in the night.

“Of course, I made a fool of myself and it wasn’t until sixth-year that she entertained the idea of me. By then she was undeniably the most beautiful lady on the globe.”

Lily laughed and gave him a twirl, her wine splashing onto the rug at her feet.

See how high she flies.

“Oh!” she said, noticing the large stain. “Oh no, I’ve ruined it.”

James was immediately at her side, and the weight of the glass left her, replaced by her husband’s own hand.

“We’ll clean it up, don’t worry.” His voice was soothing in her ear, and he smelled like wet ferns and cloves.

Hand in hand, they swayed and shoulder-shimmied enthusiastically to the twanging of electric guitars, the soul of the bass, and the crashing of cymbals.

Well, I know you want a lover.

He spun her in and out of his arms, their feet treading on the stained carpet without a worry in the world.

Woohoo, witchy woman. She got the moon in her eyes.

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#inspired by Catch Me If You Can (scene) #inspired by Witchy Woman by Eagles (song) #prompted writing #jily microfic #jily fanfiction #jily fic #potter cottage #potter family #father james potter #mother lily evans potter #lily potter #lily evans #james potter #jily #established jily #married jily #baby harry potter #marauders era #post hogwarts #godrics hollow #james lily and harry #merlinsbbeard #merlinsbbeard microfic #jilymicrofics

[theresthesnitch]

Sunday Snippet

Snippet from the next part of this.

Sirius walks in the front door, which still stands wide open behind Harry, and closes it. The quiet chatter of the Potters draws him to the kitchen. He pauses in the doorway, watching fascinated as James and Lily tag-team their three younger children. 

“Rose, it’s going to have to go into your trunk if you want to take it to Hogwarts,” Lily says. Michael is on her hip, clinging to her with arms around her neck. He’s really grown a bit too big to do that, but Lily has always been a sucker for her youngest kid. With her free hand, she stirs a pot on the stove. 

“That’s not going to work,” Rose says. “First years aren’t allowed to have broomstick, unless you’re a quidditch prodigy like bloody Harry–” 

“Language, young lady,” James says, glancing over his shoulder. In front of him, Holly sits on the counter as James applies a dragon bandaid to her knee. 

Rose crosses her arms. “The language felt appropriate for my feelings on the matter.” 

James and Lily exchange a fondly exasperated look. James turns back to Holly and presses a kiss to her knee over the bandaid and sets her on the floor again. “Go outside with your brother. No flying unless I’m out there, understand?” 

“Yes, daddy,” Holly says. 

“Love you,” James calls after her. 

“Love you!” she replies. 

James turns around and faces Rose. “Okay, you’re allowed to use that kind of language at home when the situation merits it, but it can never be directed to a person. ‘Bloody Harry’ does not work.” 

Rose rolls her eyes. “Fine. First years aren’t allowed brooms unless you’re a bloody quidditch prodigy like Harry.” 

James tilts his head, considering. “Lily?” he asks. He walks toward her, grabbing a bottle out of the cabinet over the stove and sprinkling it into the pot she stirs. 

“Acceptable use,” Lily says. “Questionable reasoning to use it.” 

James shrugs. “I’ll approve the use. It’s not really fair, is it?”

“So you’ll take my broom with your stuff so I can have it?” Rose asks. 

“No,” James says. “Unfortunately for you, it’s just unfair.” 

“If you get added to the quidditch team in your first year, then you may also have your broom at school,” Lily adds.

“Does that mean I also need to do a dangerous stunt to get noticed like Harry did?” 

“Only if you also want to serve the same discipline that Harry did,” James says. “Go ask him how much fun it was to spend every weekend in detention with me.” 

“Still made the team, didn’t he?” Rose says. 

Lily huffs, shifting Michael to her other hip. “No broom, Rosie. Go out and fly with your brother while you still can.” 

#wolfstar #jily #snitches get snippets #things that demand to be written #why have I not written more established parent Jily? #professors marauders

[hartsider]

“Life Line” james x lily | 308 words

Summary: Lily has a short life line

No cw

Feeling some angst at the moment. I am aware that the life line has nothing to do with how long you'll live, but I really like this idea

Lily has been thinking about it all day. She took divination for the fun of it, but she can't help but wonder if it's real sometimes.

They're learning palm reading this unit. James had taken the class to keep Lily company, and the rest of the marauders had followed suit. They all share a table through the lectures, working through assignments together.

She's sure that she read her palm correctly. She did exactly as her textbook had said, comparing the diagram to her own palm and marking her findings on a sheet of parchment.

She's spent ages marking the meanings of the planes and mounds of her palms, careful to differentiate between her dominant and non-dominant hands for accurate results.

Currently, she's staring down at her life line, distracted from watching Remus and James play a game of exploding snap. Usually, she loves to lean against her boyfriend's shoulder on the couch, watching their games, but now she can't keep her eyes on James’ cards.

“Hey, Lils, you okay?” James’ voice is a soft hum in her ear. “You've been looking at your hand all day.”

“Yeah, James, I'm just distracted,” Lily says, making eye contact. There's something concerned in his hazel eyes.

“By what?” Remus asks as James leans his head against Lily's cheek in a pseudo-hug. His curls tickle her skin.

“My life line's really short.” She shrugs.

“Lilypads, divination isn't real.” James grins, “have you been worried about this all day?”

She's almost sheepish to admit it, but she does, and James offers up his own hand to show her.

“Look, see? My life line's short, too.” He says. “It doesn't mean anything.”

And Lily smiles as James kisses her hairline, finally putting the thought to rest. After all, it's a stupid notion that James will die young. He's too full of life for that.

#marauders #marauders era #the marauders #the marauders era #drabble #established relationship #fluff #harry potter #harry potter fandom #flowerpott #jily #jily fanfiction #jily fic #lily evans potter #james x lily #lily potter #lily evans #james potter #james #lily #fanfic #imagine #blurb

[startanewdream]

Written for the @jilychallenge (@jilychallenge2023)

February theme: Butterflies 🦋 | Prompt:  ‘Could you tell me what’s real? / Why are these the things that I’m feeling?'

Partner: @abihastastybeans (thank you so much!)

***

“This is it,” James announces as he joins her on the Quidditch stands, bringing with him a picnic basket for their sunset date. There is a crooked smile on his lips, the one that makes dimples appear at the corner of his mouth and the same one that makes Lily’s heart race, even before James greets her with a soft kiss on her lips. “We are officially dating now.”

She arches her eyebrows. “So what exactly have we been doing for the past couple of months?”

“Hum.” He throws her a wink, mischievous, pausing on his way to set their picnic on the wooden row above them. “I have a good idea of what we’ve been doing.”

Lily does as well, the memories clear in her mind—and even more as James decides he wants to make her relive a few of them, breaking the distance between them; and then his lips are over hers, not so tender anymore, but rather demanding—and a demand that Lily is glad to attend every time, his wishes matching hers perfectly. She can always feel his smile through his kiss, hear the way he sighs her name each time they pause for a quick breath.

These pauses rarely make any difference; she is out of breath by the time they break apart, and then James keeps his eyes closed for a moment longer, his expression mixing amazement and peace before he opens his eyes—they are shining feverishly, seemingly holding a secret that’s only his for the moment, for he stays quiet as he finishes taking bottles of butterbeer from the basket.

“So—what’s different about this date?”

“I finally lost count.”

“Count of what?”

James grins broadly. “Of how many dates we’ve had so far.”

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#Jily #jily challenge #Jily February Challenge #partner: abihastastybeans #Butterflies #Established relationship #discussing relationship #it's cute I promise you #Lily has issues and I get her

[doorlene]

fame au where dorcas was the valkyries' electric guitarist and marlene is the lead singer. barty, pandora, regulus are co-stars for a thriller (& romance) film + peter's their director. james and lily are a love team, and evan is directing their new film, and mary is their makeup artist. sirius and dorcas are supermodels, and remus is a runway director.

#im working on this au rn!! #it's such a queer mess #mwpp #mwpp fame au #marauders era fame au #marauders fame au #fame au #lux wip #jegulus #platonic jily #jealous james and jealous evan #friends to enemies to strangers to lovers dorlene #pre established wolfstar #secret marylily #theres more #but i dont wanna give away too much yet #tee hee #also tell me if this has been done before

[tinyluminaryzombie]

@jilymicrofics | July Prompt #1 Tender | 201 words

Lily’s sure of it, James Fleamont Potter has made her a cliche. 

She was simultaneously melting and buzzing with feeling as James’ thumb drew circles on her arm. 

Melting. Buzzing. Falling. All heightened metaphors made love more a performance than reality. 

Lily was sure she’d experienced romantic attraction and love before. She was adamant that sparks were made up, a combination of nervousness and excitement. None of her exes turned her into a goddamn puddle. And that was fine. Because everyone else was embellishing.

So, she had no reason to believe it would be different with James (which just proved how blind-sighted she was because everything was different with James). 

Everything with James was tender and sincere. It was almost too much. Smiling across hallways. Goodbyes lasting half an hour. And her current problem: his thumb on her arm, now falling to her waist. 

Ever since their first kiss, one taste of James turned her blood into sugar-soaked putty, her whole body flushing from too much sweetness. Tilting her head, Lily turned into him and hid her blush in her chest. 

Loving James was turning her into a swooning preteen (it was gross and amazing and too much and not enough).

#jilymicrofics #jily fanfic #jily #james potter #lily evans #jily established relationship #cute jily shit #maurauders era #my fic #my jily fic

[jegulily-stuff]

I was thinking how I always write Jily as like the main relationship of Jegulily. Reg tends to come later, and there's a general vibe that he's the additional one. And it got me wondering about other people's thoughts, therefore:

#i could do regulily too. they are my two fav characters #but jily happens more easily so i often end up with it pre established #idk why jegulus doesnt work this way for me. even with james being regs crush 1st year onwards and even if they date first #lily just cant not be the backbone i guess. queen of my heart #jegulily #poll #regulily

[kayrma]

kids on tiktok really turned regulus black into their timothee chalamet oc like aw baby he would have joined the death eaters for his family no matter what he only went against voldemort because he thought his only friend kreacher the house elf might get killed he would never have associated with lily let alone be in a polyamorous romantic relationship with her and james 

#they're all 'but the marauders fandom was created by the fans it's just for fun' #acting like they created the fandom meanwhile some of the most famous fics are from 2005 before half of them were even born #like girl there's still established canon about these characters what are you on #fuck jkr obviously but jegulus and jegulily shippers are so weird #and because they care about gay ships so much they decided oh let's just ship all the girls together #sorry but what is pandalily since when did pandora lovegood exist in the capacity of the marauders #jily #marauders

[jfleamont]

Okay, so what's the biggest argument jily had once they were in a relationship?

I've thought about this quite a lot because I don't like the idea of them being all lovey-dovey and super romantic after getting together... I mean, they would definitely be insufferably cute and sweet but what I've always loved about them is the way they fight, banter and flirt. You can't give me an enemies to lovers story and then completely erase the conflict after they become a couple. I think they're pretty competitive against each other in class, and they like to keep each other on their toes: they tease and make fun of each other, and they both want to have the last word, but they're never offensive and 90% of the time these back and forths end with a snog.

I think that they don't fight much while they're at Hogwarts: they have the occasional row when Lily is stressed because of exams and Head duties but the honeymoon phase would keep them pretty happy.

Things change when they start planning the future: Lily wants to work but James doesn't think it's safe for a Muggleborn. He doesn't understand why she'd want to work when he has so much money, but eventually he realises how much it means to her to be independent and feel a sense of fulfillment. According to canon neither of them had jobs but I do like to think she did at first (at an apothecary in my opinion), but then the Order needed her more and more so she made the choice to quit her job. I don't think this was the biggest argument but it definitely changed them: they had been a regular teenage couple up until then, but they were maturing and becoming adults together.

Their biggest argument is when they've been fighting full time for the Order for a while; they have back to back missions and don't see each other as often as they should, so when they're finally together they don't want to talk about how they feel because why would they want to bring the mood down? But all these feelings are bottled up and this creates a distance between them: one day one of them (doesn’t matter if it's Lily or James) goes on a very dangerous mission without telling the other and they go missing for a couple of days. When they come back, the other gets angry and they start shouting at each other. The fight ends when one of them leaves, but after some time alone they eventually get back together and make a conscious decision to communicate more and make more efforts. It gets a bit easier after that, but at least they can share the burden.

Thanks for the ask ❤️

#sorry if there's any typos #I've been thinking about this a lot #because I always struggle with writing them in an established relationship #I don't want them to lose that fire you know? #jfleamont rambles #harry potter #jily #jple #james potter #lily evans #asks

[marauderfic]

by whitmans_kiss

Summary:

Remus knows the end of the world is fast approaching.

Comments:

The story is structured in a series of alternating vignettes from Lily's and Remus' point of view. It's poignant and beautifully written, like stark snapshots of their last days, slowly growing more desperate, more sad and heart-wrenching. The pain and despair of the first war is overwhelming.

Illustrative quote:

She wants to scream, to throw things, to completely lose control for just five minutes. She was not made to sit at home and tend the child and wait patiently for her husband to return. She refuses to play Penelope as the world crumbles around her, the war that never ends reducing the best and brightest of their age to empty husks as she sits at the window looking out to sea and weaves her own shroud. This is not who I am, she whispers to her son in his cradle, this is not who you need me to be.

She would gladly give her life for her child, but not like this, not like this.

#wolfstar #remus/sirius #james/lily #post-hogwarts #one-shot #angst #harry potter #jily #established relationship

[runin-reads]

James/Lily vs James/Sirius: a case of accidental queer coding

Jily (James/Lily) is a pairing central to the HP universe in the sense that had they not been married, Harry Potter, the main character, would cease to exist and neither would his story as we know it. Yet we are left with only a few brief glimpses of their relationship in canon whilst other pairings are textually far more fleshed out– take Prongsfoot (James/Sirius), for example, who are frequently portrayed as The Duo, not just by those closest to them (Lupin) but by many others too such as McGonagall, Flitwick and so on. Harry himself could see how close they were during SWM in OOTP and this is someone who had a very limited time with Sirius and close to none with James. 

Queercoding is described as “the subtextual coding of a character in media as queer. Though such a character's sexual identity may not be explicitly confirmed within their respective work, a character might be coded as queer through the use of traits and stereotypes recognisable to the audience.” One character comes to mind when I think of “queercoding” and that’s Sirius Black. He’s estranged from his family, goes against the norms associated with his upbringing, there’s no mention of any ex-girlfriends and most notably he has intense love and devotion for his male best friend; James Potter.  At first glance, James had led an incredibly hetero-normative life by virtue of his wife and son, but through his relationship to Sirius there’s leeway to reach a queer reading of him as well. 

As recognised by countless characters and even Sirius himself, Prongsfoot come in a two-for-one deal:

“Do you remember who his best friend was?”  “Naturally,” said Madam Rosmerta, with a small laugh. “Never saw one without the other, did you? The number of times I had them in here — ooh, they used to make me laugh. Quite the double act, Sirius Black and James Potter!”  “Black and Potter. Ringleaders of their little gang. Both very bright, of course — exceptionally bright, in fact…”  “You’d have thought Black and Potter were brothers!” chimed in Professor Flitwick. “Inseparable!” 

The use of the word “brothers” in the above quote is one reason why fans don’t interpret Prongsfoot as queer-coded and/or romantic. However, it’s important to note that Sirius never referred to James as a brother, and there’s no canonical proof to suggest that Flitwick was close to James and Sirius– he was their teacher, not their friend or confidant. He isn’t calling them “brothers” either but rather he’s saying that word to express how strong their bond was. Hence why I believe an exclusively fraternal reading of their relationship doesn’t hold much weight. 

They are, however, established as each other’s closest friend and most trusted confidant. 

“Harry had the distinct impression that Sirius was the only one for whom James would have stopped showing off.” “Potter trusted Black beyond all his other friends. Nothing changed when they left school. Black was the best man when James married Lily. Then they named him godfather to Harry.  “I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me.”  “Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed

On multiple occasions James and Sirius were described as a unit– The Unit– within their friend group. Lupin said they were “the cleverest students in the school.” They were the “ringleaders” of the Marauders; always on the same page and in agreement with each other.

“Then, with identical fluid movements, they reached into their back pockets.” 

Even during their very first encounter, they quickly and effortlessly become a team. 

“Got a problem with that?”  “No,” said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. “If you’d rather be brawny than brainy–” “Where’re you hoping to go, seeing as you’re neither?” interjected Sirius.  James roared with laughter.

This excerpt from DH also neatly sums up the Marauders group dynamic:

“To Sirius’s right stood Pettigrew, more than a head shorter, plump and watery-eyed, flushed with pleasure at his inclusion in this coolest of gangs, with the much-admired rebels that James and Sirius had been. On James’s left was Lupin, even then a little shabby-looking, but he had the same air of delighted surprise at finding himself liked and included” 

Lily herself acknowledged Sirius’ importance in James’ life in her letter to Sirius, where she all but says that only he could lift James’ mood whilst the Potters’ were hiding from Voldemort’s forces. 

“James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell — also, Dumbledore’s still got his Invisibility Cloak, so no chance of little excursions. If you could visit, it would cheer him up so much.” 

On the other hand, Jily is portrayed in a less compelling way for lack of better words. I spoke about this in my other meta but to summarise it briefly: Lily is James’ wife, the mother of his son and… that’s pretty much it. In the books they’re barely spoken about as a couple, unlike Prongsfoot who are always mentioned together as if they were a package deal– which they were, as recognised by practically everyone. That’s not to say Jily has zero textual backing, though it is far and few between.

“How come she married him?” Harry asked miserably. “She hated him!”  “Nah, she didn’t,” said Sirius.  “She started going out with him in seventh year,” said Lupin.  “Once James had deflated his head a bit,” said Sirius.  “And stopped hexing people just for the fun of it,” said Lupin. 

Conclusion

What we do know about James and Lily’s relationship is limited to the following: Lily disliked James because he and Snape were enemies, James developed feelings for her first, they began dating in seventh year once James had matured, they got married when they were nineteen to twenty years old, had a child together. The end. 

On the contrary, James and Sirius are constantly implied to be each other’s closest, most loyal friend; each other’s most trusted confidant. They are equals in every conceivable way. Both were popular, from wealthy backgrounds  and intelligent. Throughout the entire series Sirius’ only priority was Harry, James’ son. He went through unfathomable lengths to protect Harry: he was the first to escape Azkaban, he snuck into Hogwarts with all the dementors around and lived off rats during the GOF so he could be close to Harry, the last piece of James he had left. 

There’s also evidence to suggest Sirius was a narrative parallel to Snape. There are two adults in Harry’s life who sought to protect him due to their respective relationships with one of his parents. Snape was a double agent for Dumbeldore out of love for Lily; Sirius escaped Azkaban to protect Harry out of love for him, an extension of his love for James. 

All these factors are  why I believe that by not fleshing out Lily as a character and Jily as a couple, JKR accidentally queer-coded Prongsfoot. 

#prongsfoot #bambibelle #starbucks #jily #james potter #sirius black #lily evans #marauders #james x sirius #hp meta #relationship study #prongsfoot meta

[imsiriuslyreading]

okay so i read the loveliest little wolfstar fic the other day which i will talk more about later BUT it had BACKGROUND ESTABLISHED JEGULUS and listen

you know i’m a jily girl in wolfstar fics usually.

but this SLAPPED. so… does anyone know of any wolfstar with established jeggy?

#yes i said jeggy #lanas crying again #wolfstar #fic recs #jegulus #please #remus lupin #my everything #that’s my guy

[missgryffin]

"I think we should sweep the library. Make sure it's empty." "And why's that?" "Because I need to be alone with you."

Captivated (a Vindicated prequel)

A little spicy something for Jilytober 👻 featuring @jilytoberfest prompts #10 and #16 + library smut, established relationship Jily, and no plot whatsoever.

Right this way.

#missgryffin writes #captivated #jily #jple #jily fanfiction #jily smut #vindicated #jilytober #jilytoberfest2023

[cryingatwindermerepeaks]

Ok here’s a little something for those who asked for Marauders Era stuff …. It’s mainly focused on platonic Remus/Lily (but a little bit of Jily at the end) set around 5/6th year. Also this is not edited so yeah… sorry

Little/Remus, Little/Sirius, Caregiver/James, (Not yet established but it will be in part 2 caregiver/Lily)

As far as Lily Potter was aware, The students at Hogwarts held a complete disregard for when their prefects got to bed. Honestly, she’d been on patrol all night and busted about half of the school meandering around the halls (and quite a few hidden away in supply closets. Yes Mary, this is about you). It was eleven-thirty pm by the time she’d finished her rounds, cursing Sirius for insisting James needed his beauty sleep and making her patrol by herself. The boys always acted weird around the full moon. Remus, she understood. But the other three were always inexplicably exhausted the next day.

The Gryfindor common room was quiet and still, par a small lump of blanket huddled at the edge of the couch closest to the fireplace. Lily caught sight of the Mousey-Brown hair and smiled softly. Remus. She figured he’d fallen asleep studying again. However, as she drew closer her face knitted in confusion. Remus was quite awake. However his thumb was firmly planted between his lips and the head of a small black stuffed dog was settled beneath his chin.

“Remus?” Lily called out softly, as not to alarm the boy. It was a futile effort though as upon hearing his name Remus whipped his head in her direction, eyes alarmingly wide and lacking any semblance of the calm they’d just held. His body was rigid and stiff as he pulled his thumb from his mouth and shoved his hand behind his curled leg. Lily approached slowly,

“Love, you’re alright, sorry if I gave you a fright,”

Remus’ eyes grew teary and his grip on the small toy grew tighter.

“M’ sorry.” He whimpered. He began blabbering barely comprehensible apologies and promises to never do it again. Lily stood dumbstruck until it suddenly dawned on her. Age Regression. She’d read about it passingly in a few books. Something about trauma and an altered mental age.

She knelt by the couch, eye level with Remus’ now teary cheeks.

“Are you feeling little, love?” She cooed, “It’s ok if you do, you’re not in trouble,”

Remus took a long shaky breath, “Gon’ be in so much trouble, not sposed’ to go out” He whined,

“Who’s gonna get you in trouble? Hm?”

Remus frowned wiping his flushed cheeks,

“Da,” Lily tilted her head in confusion,

“Well I’ll make sure he doesn’t get you in trouble, I promise” Remus buried his face in the soft black fur of his stuffie.

“Who’s this?” Lily asked gently, stroking the small dogs ear,

“Pa’ft” He answered, his still damp cheeks creasing with a smile.

“What a lovely name,” Lily hummed gently, tugging the sleeves of her jumper over her hands and using them to dry the boys face. He giggled wildly as she did this,

“Ickles!”

“Oh it tickles does it?” Lily smirked, before reaching forward and tickling Remus’ stomach. The little squeaked with laughter and squirmed away from her reach.

Lily smiled climbing onto the couch next to him, gently brushing a few brunette curls from his face,

“Do you wanna tell me what you’re doing down here?”

“No sleepy an’ no wake Da’” he explained quietly, breathing returning to normal as he calmed down,

“And who’s Da?” Remus frowned at her, pointing to the stairs to the boys dorm, “Da.”

Lily nodded in understanding, it had to be one of the other Marauders. Sirius, probably.

Remus yawned, sliding his thumb back into his mouth now he was comfortable around Lily.

“You sound tired darling, let’s get you back to bed,” Remus pouted around his thumb but otherwise made no complaints as he uncurled himself from the couch. Remus kept his thumb firmly planted between his lips but tucked his stuffie under his arm so he could hold Lily’s hand.

Thats how the pair made their way to the boys dorm. Which upon opening revealed borderline chaos. James was standing over Sirius’ bed and shaking him awake in only his boxers, Sirius was pathetically hitting the other boys arm away. Peter came out of the bathroom,

“He’s not in there.”

“Looking for this one?” Lily interrupted the panic. The three Marauders turned to her in shock.

“Moony!” James sighed in relief, finally startling Sirius awake.

“Da!” Remus squealed, crossing the floor and throwing himself against the other boy. Oh, Lily thought. That’s not what she’d expected. James looked at her anxiously, a protective arm wrapped around Remus’ back.

“I won’t tell anyone, I promise,” James nodded, squeezing Remus’ shoulder. The boys seemed to calm down after that, clearly trusting Lily as she already knew about the other stuff.

“Thanks for bringing him back,” Peter sighed, collapsing onto his bed.

“Moony you know the rules, what were you doing out of the room?” James reprimanded sternly.

Remus frowned, looking at Lily.

“He was just in the common room, no one else saw him it’s ok.”

James sighed, “You gave Dada a big fright.” If he was hesitant to show Lily this side of his relationship with Remus James certainly didn’t show it.

“S’rry,” Remus sighed around his thumb, still leaning heavily against James.

“It’s ok buddy, why don’t you get to bed now, Dada’s gonna talk to Lily.” Remus nodded and climbed into Sirius’ bed. Now Lily actually looked at Sirius properly she realized that the older boy had his own stuffed stag clutched in his arms, antler in his mouth. How many other secrets were the boys keeping from her?

Remus climbed into Sirius’ bed next to him and James led Lily out of the room.

The pair sat at the top of the stairs. Silence enveloped them for a few moments.

James sighed, “Look. I know it seems weird-”

Lily reached for James’ hand, “I don’t think it’s weird,”

James smiled at her softly, “They’ve just, well, neither of them had brilliant childhoods and I just want to help them however I can.” Lily nodded in understanding,

“How old are they?”

“Remus is around eighteen months and I’d say Sirius is around three,”

“So they regress often?”

“Yeah, I mean, it tends to happen more around the full moon, for Remus at least.” Lily leaned against James’ shoulder, enamored by the soft tone in his voice as he spoke about his friends,

“I think you’re adorable with them,” James’ face lit up, like it would when Lily asked him about his quidditch games or practices, pride beaming off every inch of his skin.

#age regression #safe agere #sfw agere #age regressor #agere blog #agere community #little space #little space community #agere #marauders era #marauders #the marauders #jily fic #remus lupin #wolfstar

[noahmullariii]

I've been thinking about how much I adore Tonks and Remus' dynamic but physically cannot ship them because my brain is being weird about their fucking age gap. this is so frustrating. they would have been so lovely for me if Tonks was like at least 27 in 5th book. Ronks (yeah I'm not calling it Remadora, Tonks hates her birth name ffs) would have been my ride-or-die alongside Jily and Wolfstar for sure.

because literally nothing else that Ronks antis consider deal breakers for them matters to me - not the fumbled way they get together in canon, not them getting married so quickly, not Tonks getting pregnant, not the assumed queer-coding of both characters (which I personally see, don't get me wrong. but it's assumed and who the fuck says they can't be queer4queer anyway?). sure, the nuclear family narrative being pushed so quickly and thoroughly onto them is peculiar but who says they didn't want to make the most of their time during a war? I love wartime drama and they would have been my shit if it weren't for... well. Tonks being 22 and Remus 35 when they meet.

I just can't ship big age gaps unless the youngest character is closer to 30 than 20. which is infuriating, because Ronks is objectively more fascinating because of their gap. my fucking loss, don't you think?

anyway, after thinking of ways I can make Tonks older without hurting the story, I began wondering whether her age is narratively important, and yes, turns out it very much is - for Harry.

Tonks being 22 in order of phoenix makes her the closest of Order members to Harry's age (Weasley twins don't count because they're Ron's brothers first, order members second for Harry) and the one Order member Harry can relate to the most in his youth and desire to fight. She almost perfectly parallels marauders and Lily in first war and represents the fun of the fight, the fire of youth, the confidence of a new recruit, the safety of relatability for Harry. She's one of the biggest inspirations for his newfound dream of becoming an auror. Harry needs Tonks among those older, battle-worn, cautious, secretive adults who don't take him seriously and never look him in the eye, because he wants to be what she is even before realising it and only reflects on it after spending time with her.

all in all, Tonks being 22 matters quite a lot for Harry's story.

now, we have no way of knowing whether Joanne came up with Ronks storyline prior to Tonks' introduction, but it shouldn't matter for their relationship, not in Joanne's opinion - Tonks' youth already fulfilled its narrative role in order of phoenix and stopped being an important asset of her character in half-blood prince.

oh, but unfortunately it still matters in the grand scheme of things, Joanne. you don't just introduce a young adult character (I'm 21 myself and gods, 22/23 is barely more mature), chuck their established age out the window and pair them up with a character in their mid-to-late thirties. and of fucking course it makes sense for a 23 year old to be down bad for some scruffy 36 year old man, it's incredibly realistic! this 36 year old man acting upon such crush is a little questionable, but still realistic (and we know Remus is very flawed, so I'm not surprised). but you know what isn't realistic at all?

Molly - a 46 year old woman, married to her high school sweetheart, mother to 7 children, 3 of which are close to Tonks' age - being extremely supportive of actually engaging in that sort of relationship, going as far as reprimanding Remus for not committing to it. I'm sorry, what? Molly might have some flaws as a mother, but she is nothing if not protective of her kids and those in their age range. She genuinely becomes somewhat of a mother figure for Tonks during their time in the Order, and I just cannot for the life of me understand how Molly could encourage her to pursue Remus and vice-versa, instead of consoling Tonks in her tragic crush and making sure Remus doesn't even look at her like that.

Minerva - an even older woman who taught both Remus and Tonks at Hogwarts, witnessed Remus becoming an adult from his graduation in 1978 up until 1981, then saw an 11 year old Tonks start Hogwarts 3 years later in 1984 - chiding Remus for not being "brave" enough to commit to such relationship. first of all, why the fuck is she involved in that narrative at all? it's none of her business??? she's not in any pseudo parenting role for either of them, unlike Molly, so I never understood why she even has a place to voice her opinion about their romance. second of all, even if it was her business, Minerva - a professor who witnessed both Remus and Tonks grow up so many years apart - would realistically feel pretty weird about such relationship.

those aren't problems with the ship itself, but rather the way Joanne implemented their romance in the story. I think it would be more realistic if Ronks was some kind of fucked up forbidden romance from other characters' perspectives. the way everybody is so instantly supportive of them is quite jarring to me.

interestingly, when I read hp for the first time at 11 I was quite adamant in my belief that Tonks was in love with Molly up until that scene in half-blood prince. a very weird belief for a kid, I know. I just only liked girls at the time and was relating to Tonks quite a bit since her introduction, so I guess I unconsciously decided she was a lesbian even without knowing that term yet. I also had a crush on my teacher in 4th grade and she was quite similar to Molly... yeah, this girl was projecting too much. I didn't pick up on Remus' queer-coding until I fell down the rabbit hole of lgbt discourse at 14, but was pretty shocked to read about Tonks falling for a man at 11. she was so like me until she wasn't :) it's pretty funny to think about now.

in conclusion, I'm hella jealous of those of you who don't have weird brains and can enjoy Ronks to their fullest potential. their canon writing has its issues but they're more interesting for it, truly. I'll stay in my no fun corner, headcanoning them as lavender married, queer-platonic, bisexual besties co-parenting Teddy Alastor Tonks.

#ronks #remadora #i don't like that ship name ugh #remus x tonks #tonks #nymphadora tonks #remus lupin #harry james potter #molly weasley #minerva mcgonagall #teddy lupin #teddy tonks tho #cuz remus doesn't deserve him #canonically deadbeat dad #lowkey wanna punch this man

[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