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F1 driver james potter dedicating a lap to lily~

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happy birthday to my favourite spoiled child <33

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April 9th and 10th for @jilymicrofics with the prompts the and rules

“What happened to you?” He whispers, laugher clear in his voice, as he lets her lead him inside the Library. “You’re the one who always reminds me to stick to the rules, to be more responsible now that I’m Head Boy –”

“Shut up.” She mutters, silencing him with a kiss.

The library is dark at this time of night and she feels for the desk behind her, jumping on it before dragging James back towards her, fusing their mouths together.

What he is saying is true, she can’t deny it, so it’s easier to distract him like this than to argue. She is the one that often reminds him he should be more careful, that Dumbledore counts on him to be an example, but secretly she gets a little thrill at breaking the rules, loves being the one to drag James away from their patrol, knowing they could get caught, knowing they could get in trouble.

In moments like this she thinks that despite their differences they must be well matched after all and what they are doing isn’t just sneaking around, drunk on each other. It’s both scary and exhilarating to find out how much they have in common, to realise he isn’t simply a match to her wit, or a bloke she is attracted to, but he is just as passionate about his beliefs as she is, unashamed and unafraid to speak up. He’s also someone that wouldn’t judge her for being irresponsible so maybe next time she won’t shut him up with a kiss, she will tell him, bold as he is. Not today though, she isn’t ready yet.

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Chapter 1: Secret Keeper

She isn’t ready for it—but then again, when would she ever be.  

“Nice ferula charm, Evans.”

Lily doesn’t need to look to know whose smug grin stares down at her. She waits a beat, hoping in vain that silence will deter him and he’ll go off to follow the sea of students pouring out of the classroom. It’s wishful thinking of course–when has he ever done what she wanted?

“Look Potter, I’m not interested in sarcasm this morning.” She keeps her gaze down, busying herself with lining up the corners of her books flush against each other. She’d hoped that after five years of suffering under his confident and calculated gaze it would become less intimidating, but like muscle memory a deep wash of heat enters her stomach, making all her vitals stir.

“I’m not being sarcastic,” James says, “If you hadn’t second guessed your wand movements and just kept a steady elbow at twenty degrees it would have been perfect.”

An infuriating twist of her gut. He’s right and she hates it—but she hates even more that he was watching her closely enough to notice.

“Yeah well, if you just kept your arrogant arse steady at—” She turns, ready to finish her admittedly childish jibe when the words cut in her throat. He’s closer than she thought, leaning with one hand against the desk. His eyebrows arch in anticipation for the rest of her sentence but his mouth remains in a flat line.

“Uhm—”

It comes on slow. A deep, warming feeling that she hasn’t felt before–not from him at least. It pours right down her veins and pools into the pit of her stomach, hot and syrupy and drowning all her insides until she swears the air has gotten thinner.

It’s unsettling how much she likes it.

Read on AO3!!!

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artist: olga__snow

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“Kittywater just doesn’t make sense-” SORRY?!!? You’re a Jegulus shipper. You ship two characters who have never interacted in canon (just like kittywater). You ship the canonical death eater and the canonical order member who was killed by Voldemort personally. You’re part of the “who cares about canon?” police, the “let people have fun!” police! It’s okay to not ship kittywater or headcannon regulus as strictly gay or be upset that kittywater is sometimes used to make fun of jegulus shipper but I will not here ‘it doesn’t make sense’ ‘umbridge is EVIL’ ‘regulus didn’t die for this😭’. Fuck that.

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a bruise and arousal are the same btw. blood rushing to a part of the body thats desperate for attention

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Not gonna lie I kinda hate the compulsion in fandom to shove every relationship into rigid definition boxes. Every relationship is either parent-child, siblings or romantic. Come on. Relationships are so much more complex than that. Do you at least have friends.

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James and Lily had Harry during a war!! The possibility of them dying and leaving Harry alone was not something they were unaware of!! They knew it was completely possible, especially since they were literally fighting and targeted!! They didn't pick Godfather in your average, sweet, honorable, fluffy way!! it was literally life or death, it was about who they'd leave Harry to!! So the fact that mid war, targeted and threatened, they picked the one person they fully believed would be perfect to raise, protect and be responsible of Harry!! That was Sirius Black for a reason!!

If they did pick Sirius before the prophecy or before Harry's birth, before they were truly targetted, they stuck to that decision!!

But I. Still see. This fandom. Portraying Sirius. As an irresponsible caretaker. In Everyone Lives AUs. Mmm.

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no rizz i’ll just send you telepathic messages and hope you receive them

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what if you matched my freak AND my loving heart huh

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*Sirius enters three broomsticks*

Sirius: "Where's James?"

Peter: " He has his date with Lily tonight, d'you not remember?"

Sirius, gasps dramatically : "Oh shit i forgot that it's today!!!...I never got to tell him about the dos and don'ts of a first date, OH GOD"

Remus: " Sirius relax...James is not a kid, he can handle his date without your instructions"

Sirius : " Moony you don't understand, this james we're talking about!!!!"

Sirius, looks at his watch : " Oh my god they're 20 minutes into their date, James probably already told her that he loves her!"

*Sirius runs away dramatically*

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"You're my dream"

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James Potter’s life plan

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I hate when Sirius Black is not the most attractive man in the room. I'm sorry Remus, who? James, who? Regulus, who? Barty, who? Get out of here. It's Sirius of Troy, girl.

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can weeee have a snippet please for one more time now 😭

of course! here's a snippet from the flashback scene for chapter 11. i'm afraid i don't have much to offer you other than angst this week.

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James lets his head loll to the side. The world tilts violently. He feels weightless and heavy all at once—like his body isn’t connected to itself properly. A hand touches his cheek, light and careful, and he knows it’s hers.

He’d know it anywhere.

It’s the same trembling motion she performed, a week ago, before she told him no and I can’t marry you, James and this doesn’t feel right anymore and I don’t know how to explain it in a way that you’ll understand and please don't look at me like that.

He doesn’t even get a full second of warning before he’s vomiting—on his shirt, down the front of his trousers, onto the floor. The taste is acidic and sharp, and it burns on the way up.

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Shirtless james for @annabtg

Lilys admiring off page or sthing lol