#˗ˏˋ conversations ⟶ ❛ james potter & sirius black ❜

[miiamour]

moral of the story ii

fem!reader x james potter | part i.

inspired by ‘Moral of the Story’ by Ashe ft. Niall Horan

summary: you and james see each other again years later. [AU where voldy doesn’t exist]

warnings: honestly idk, a bit of angst, a bit of fluff, mentions of pregnancy and heartbreak, implications of wolfstar.

word count: 0.8k

a/n: happy belated birthday to james

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it seemed like fate. what a bloody coincidence that the one day you decide to go to an actual coffee shop instead of making yourself coffee, like you usually do, you run into the boy— now man— who left you full of melancholy during your teenage years.

you now lived in a small flat, by yourself, going to school to become a teacher. you talked to both sirius and remus regularly, they lived not too far away in a cute little flat together. you hadn’t spoken to james since you graduated from hogwarts nearly 2 years ago.

the two of you barely spoke since the night you told him that you loved him. nothing but short conversation and interactions. you tried to make the friendship work, but everytime you spoke to him, there’d be a distressed feeling in your stomach and it felt as if he was pulling on your heart strings with every word he spoke.

you moved on now. obviously. you would have to have been crazy to still be in love with james.

but when you heard his voice, all the memories the two of you had in school came rushing back; the time you and james got detention for dancing on top of tables, or the time snivellus chased us throughout the school for graffitiing his dorm door and merlin you can’t forget that mid-night quidditch game where it was the two of you versus sirius, peter and remus where obviously you and james won. he got so excited that he lifted you off the ground, spun you, and he even kissed you. it was short but sweet, the other boys didn’t even notice. that was the night you knew you loved him.

you sat at a small table rereading invisible cities when you heard his voice, ordering coffees.

“ four coffees please. two black and the other two extra light and sweet”

no it couldn’t be him.

“name?” the bartender asked.

“james.” he replied.

and that was when you knew that it was really him. james turned around to, presumably, take a seat and wait for his coffees but he saw you. his eyes met yours and for a second, it felt like the world paused. as if nobody existed but the two of you.

“y/n.” he breathed out, followed by a chuckle “y/n!” he walked closer, you stood up and james gave you a tight hug. “merlin how long has if been? what two, three years? it’s great to see you.” he said the last part sweetly and genuine.

“it’s great to see you too james.” you smiled back at him before gesturing to empty chair i’m front of him. “how have you been?”you asked.

“i’ve been good.” he grinned “i heard you’re still in touch with moony and pads.”

“i am. they came over last week”. it was a tad bit awkward. you hadn’t even gone to his wedding. not that you didn’t want to, you were out of town. honest.

“how’s lily?” you asked. you were never really close with lily but the two of you were friends. to be completely honest, it was mainly teenage girl jealousy. who would want to be best friends with the girl the boy you were in love with was pining over? not you.

“pregnant.” she laughed.

“no way! congratulations!” you smiled wide. “boy or girl?” you asked.

james potter was expecting. wow. you were immensely happy for him.

“boy.” he replied. you remember that james always wanted a boy, but to be fair he didn’t really care as long as they played quidditch.

“that’s great. and again, i’m really sorry i missed the wedding” you apologized.

“no worries! just promise to come to the baby shower.” he joked.

“oh i’ll be there; any idea what your going to name him?” you asked.

“not a clue. i suggested ‘proof i had sex with lily” but lils wasn’t too fond of it” he chuckled at his joke. you laughed at him, he’s hasn’t changed one bit.

you admired him for a moment. you thought back to a time where you loved him. a time where you would’ve done anything for him. he looks happier.

you’re happier. it all worked out in the end.

“james?” the bartender called out.

“oh. that’s me.” james grinned, he stood up and so did you. he hugged her again “it was great to see you y/n”

“it was great to see you too, jamie” you held him tightly.

“visit us sometime eh?” he placed his hands on your shoulders. “come and meet the baby when he’s born”

“of course” you smiled sweetly.

james walked over to the counter and grabbed his coffees, “goodbye y/n!” he grinned widely as he bagan to walk to the door.

goodbye james.

you remembered your hogwarts days and how you always thought that james would be your happily ever after. but not all love stories get a happily ever after, sometimes it’s just a once upon a time.