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proudgryffindor13 · 3 years ago

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Hi!!! Can you do 50 from general as a blackevans brotp?

Hi!! I said I wasn't going to write tonight, but as usual, Sirius Black makes his own set of rules. Hope this checks all the boxes for you <3

can also be read on AO3 :)

She says goodbye to her friends, careful to not look too far around the Entrance Hall before she makes her way back up to Gryffindor Tower. The trek is slow in a dawdling kind of way—because Lily Evans has nowhere to be presently.

When she clambers through the portrait hole, she gives the room a brief survey, though she does not expect to find many students older than Second Years as the rest are likely all headed to Hogsmeade. She is surprised to find another Sixth Year still in the tower, lounging in the best armchair near the empty fireplace.

“Evans,” he greets when she draws closer.

She sighs before perching herself on the armchair across from his. “Black.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I didn’t know where else to go,” she answers with a shrug. To save from elaborating further, she turns the question back around to him. “Why aren’t you down in Hogsmeade?”

“Lost its charm.”

“Oh really?”

“When you can go there whenever you’d like, the idea of fighting through crowds of overexcited Third and Fourth Years loses its appeal very quickly.”

She nods slowly. “Where are your other brain cells?” She pretends she does not already know the answer to the whereabouts of one particular brain cells as Sirius grins at her.

“Infirmary, detention, date,” says Sirius, ticking off a finger with each word. “But… something tells me you already knew about the last one.”

Heat travels from her chest upward at these words, and Sirius’ knowing grin only grows. “I don’t know what you mean.”

“Yes, you do. Why don’t you tell him?”

She sighs, chewing on her bottom lip. “I was going to… but then I heard he was going out with Melanie already and thought what’s the point?”

“That’s the Gryffindor spirit.”

“Oh, bugger off, Sirius. I’m not at all keen to make a fool of myself.”

“Good, James does it enough for the both of you.”

A small smile unfolds on her lips at these words. Where Potter once incensed her, James sets her aflame in a new way, a soft way.

“Y’know,” Sirius begins after a pause, “I could take you out to Hogsmeade.”

Lily stifles a laugh, staring questioningly at him. “It’s really all right. I’m fine staying here.”

“Could be fun though. James is on a date, why shouldn’t you go on one?”

“Because I’d never date you.”

“Of course you would. Anyone would. But what’s that matter? We’ve nothing better to do—”

“—Always my favorite thing to hear from a boy when speaking about dating me,” she cuts in, rolling her eyes over-dramatically at him.

“It’ll be fun. You can even snuggle up close to me in the booth. See if we can take the mick out of James for a bit.” He rises from his seat now, black hair elegantly framing his face—despite it being the weekend, he is still dressed in a button-down and slacks, likely due to his upbringing she thinks—and reaches a hand out to her. “You’ll be thanking me in two years at your wedding.”

Lily snorts but lets him pull her to her feet. “You’re touched in the head. We’ll only be nineteen, then.”

“Knowing James, once you two are finally together, even Voldemort himself wouldn’t be able to tear you apart.”

When they arrive at the Three Broomsticks, Sirius puts on his best gentleman act from what Lily can tell, and opens the door for her. She crosses the threshold focusing on not looking around the pub for James despite her natural instinct.

Sirius takes no such approach, throwing his arm around Lily’s shoulder as they walk further into the pub. He greets people shamelessly as they pass and Lily does her best to play along with the charade.

“Hey Prongs!” he calls jovially, tucking Lily closer to him as they pass behind Melanie, who swivels briskly in her chair at the sound of Sirius’ voice. “Lovely day for a date, innit? Ah, there’s a free table. This way, love.”

Lily is hardly containing her laughter as Sirius pulls out a chair for her. This table is three tables over from where James and Melanie sit, and directly in James’ line of view. She is swept away in how effortlessly and swiftly Sirius can devise a scheme all in the name of pranking his friend.

He starts speaking to her in a low voice so that she has to lean in closer to hear him. Her cheeks are warm from the effort of suppressing her laughter and she presses a cool hand to her cheek as she casually leans on the table to talk to him.

“You’re very good at this. Almost… frighteningly so.”

Sirius grins wickedly. “This is much more fun than moping around the Common Room, isn’t it, Evans?”

“I suppose. You know what would really help sell it? Butterbeers.”

He laughs. “On it.”

Lily returns his laugh as she watches him stand from his chair. He throws one last cheeky look at her before heading toward the bar. She shakes her head, biting her inner cheek to stop herself from laughing as the reality of their current situation washes over her again.

It is all a welcome distraction—a ridiculous one, to be sure, but welcome nonetheless. Motion from a few tables over catches her attention, and she looks up to see James rise from his chair and stride over to the bar.

He does not peer Lily’s way as he passes, eyes focused very intently on one particular target. He looks like a homing missile, coordinates locked, target in sight.

Lily watches as he leans casually on the bar next to Sirius, and she can just see from her angle that though he is facing forward his mouth is moving. After a moment, Sirius bends closer to say something near James’ ear and then James stands up straight, facing him in his reply.

James’ face looks purposefully impassive, but she thinks—or perhaps imagines—his jaw is clenched tightly in irritation. She waits just a moment longer and then—ah, James’ hand flies through his inky hair and she feels a victorious swoop in her stomach.

(Later, she will feel very silly, and a bit remorseful about going through with Sirius’ idea. But she’ll have to come down from where she is currently floating in order to do so.)

Sirius returns to the table, a butterbeer tankard in each hand, and James stares openly at the pair.

“Thanks,” says Lily, when she takes the drink from Sirius’ outstretched hand. “So?”

She knows there is excitement and anticipation rolled into that infinitesimal one-syllable word, but she is well beyond the point of caring now.

“Oh, he’s losing his mind over there. Make no mistake, I am never going to hear the end of this. A bit worried I might lose my Best Man’s position over it, if I’m honest.” The tone of his voice does not match the words. She pulls the butterbeer to her mouth to stop herself from beaming. (Remember, she’ll feel properly ashamed later, but now, she is simply too giddy.) “Please come by our dorm later and snog him senseless, would you?”

“And get you out of the dog house that easily, Padfoot? Not a chance.”

He laughs heartily now, drawing several looks from nearby tables, but none so fierce or focused as a set of hazel eyes. “You really are perfect for him, Evans. This will make for an excellent Best Man’s speech, don’t you think?”

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proudgryffindor13 · 4 years ago

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reasons why Snape's "redemption",

'your mum didn't let me fuck her bc im racist and called her a slur so now I'm a salty bitch',

doesn't mean shit:

a) he bullied lil children who were his students

b) he let the slytherins be assholes to any one who isn't pure-blood.

d) he caused more than one student to be insecure

e) a students boggart was snape even after the student's parents were crucio'd to insanity.

f) he caused a good hearted werewolf to loose his job bc one of his bullies didn't face the fate of getting his soul sucked out.

g) he made sure the said werewolf would remain unemployed from there on for the rest of his life.

h) he physically abused a fifteen year old, orphaned, abused, child by gripping his arm so tight that the child began to see stars and then threw him across the dungeon floor.

i) he made a hex that could literally KILL by the age of fifteen

j) he bullied the abused child feeling no sympathy towards him even tho the slimeball had been thru the same shit as a child

k) he invaded the said abused child's memory and CALLED IT GROSS EVEN THO IT WAS ONE OF THE ONLY MEMORIES THIS ABUSED CHILD HAD OF HIS PARENTS.

l) he made fun of tonks bc her patronus changed even tho the same shit happened to him.

m) he was racist in the wizarding way. he was racist to everyone except the woman he was, like I said before, he was unhealthily obsessed with.

n) he said that this woman was "different" while others, according to him, were worthy of hatred.

o) he joined the "Good" side bc the "bad" one targeted said woman.

p) he thought it was alright to have her family killed, to have everything she loved, ripped away from her.

q) he didn't care for lily's happiness, he just wanted to be a pathetic rebound.

r) he is the reason she died. voldemort found out about the prophesy bc of snape.

s) oh also, this one's for the people who say shit like "but he protected harry bc of his lOvE for lily". he "protected" Harry sometimes, like in mortal danger, bc he promised dumbledore.

t) he threatened to almost kill Trevor, Neville's toad. no wonder snape's his boggart

there's definitely a lot more and you know it.

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