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[jfpctter]

date: april 4th, 1925 location: the boulevardier  closed to @unpredictble​

years later, it still isn’t possible to not instantly recognize him. it’s something about the way he sits, broad shoulders hunched over. there’s very little that peter doesn’t hear on the streets so james has known the barty had been released for awhile now -- just never quite knew where to see him or if he should even see him. 

until now, anyway. fate has always had a funny way of putting the two of them together. he takes off his hat and coat and approaches the counter, where the bartender hands him a glass of whisky with a slight nod. 

“i heard you were out.” he begins, turning to his right, finally getting a good glance at the one and only. “been wondering when you were going to come find me.” 

[jfpctter]

-- JAMES F. POTTER

BASICS

NAME: james fleamont potter

AGE: twenty-seven

PRONOUNS: he/him

OCCUPATION: officially, he works at potter oil company, but since it’s his dad’s company, he barely does any actual work. unofficially, james is the founder of the marauders & bootlegger.

AFFILIATION: marauders

PERSONALITY: decisive, optimistic, ambitious, selfish, greedy, stubborn, bossy

SEXUALITY/ORIENTATION: bi/pansexual 

PARENTS: fleamont and euphemia potter

SIBLINGS: none

(brief and unorganized) HISTORY tw. infidelity, alcohol.

born an only child to fleamont potter, a ridiculously wealthy oil company owner and euphemia potter. truth is, neither of the potters really wanted a child but maintaining the image of a ‘happy family’ was beneficial for the business and their reputation as a whole. 

james always wanted a sibling but his parents obviously were not very interested in raising kids so he had a horse instead when he was younger that they kept on their manor. he was raised mostly by his nanny, carmella, and he probably has a stronger bond to her than he does to either of his parents. 

to be honest his family is not warm at all and his father cheats on his mom and there’s a lot of family issues but the potters are obsessed with seeming like the Perfect Family. and james also does worry about that and he never talks about his family problems or even his own problems to his friends because he doesn’t want to put a dent to their reputation, either.

still, he grew up very comfortably -- he had nearly everything money could buy. he got so used to everyone pandering to his needs and people only getting close to him for money that he grew disenchanted with the lifestyle fairly quickly. when he was of age, he went off to college to study business and came back, and he spent a few years post-college wasting money and wasting time until he decided he needed to make something more of his life. 

so when prohibition rolled around, james heard stories here and there of speakeasies popping up and alcohol being moved around, but it wasn’t until he met sirius that he thought he should actually get in on that action. he and sirius met at a dinner party and they connected - mostly because james thought he saw a little bit of himself in sirius. and eventually he offered sirius a way out of the black family & they formed the marauders with peter and remus. 

now, he’s getting greedy. at first, all of this was to help remus and he loves the marauders with all his heart, but there’s something more to bootlegging for him than just getting money. money is something he already has, but this sense of power and control and excitement is what’s been missing all his life and it’s damn near addictive. they’re doing okay moving a little bit of alcohol and making deals with evelyn, but he knows they can do something much bigger and the opportunity is there, right around the corner -- why wouldn’t he take it? 

WANTED CONNECTIONS

no. 1: someone who runs in the same Rich Elite Kids circle as he does -- they can be on friendly terms or they can be mortal enemies, but in general, james probably thinks you’re just another boring rich kid unless you’re doing something exciting like he is. ( open )

no. 2: someone james has fucked over in the past because he seems like the type to do that? maybe it was something to do with bootlegging, maybe it was something before that when he was younger. in either case, this person hates james’ guts and he honestly has never apologized for what he did. ( open ) 

no. 3: someone the potters want to marry james off to??? like he’s 27 now and in their mind he should start thinking about marrying a nice girl and starting a family of his own soon. he has no interest in this but he’ll probably still meet with her like once a week just to have tea and hopefully be polite. ( open )

no. 4: the one person that isn’t part of the marauders that james is actually really, really soft for. around this person, he doesn’t seem to be his usual loud, obnoxious self and he would give his limbs up for this person for whatever reason. they could be childhood friends, or maybe someone james just feels really comfortable around. ( open )