#Quidditch crew

[lifeofkaze]

@kc-and-co the whole of our favourite crew is there and it's making me so happy

So many background gays making lovey dovey animations to each other! Yes I am counting Erika and Skye because I don't believe it's an coincidence that EVERY time Quinn entered the Three Broomsticks in this quest they were together.

The ones in the middle even talked about proposing 😁

And I love that they made both girl and boy pairings. If you don't count Rathkin it's even 50/50

I love queer rep ❤️

[detectivedrewshouldgetaclue]

Hannah is actually a Quidditch champ. 🧹

[bridenore]

HD Party Games fic recs

Here are a few drarry fic recs in which party games play an important part. Listed in alphabetical order, as always.

Back to You by @aibidil & daisymondays [8k]

The eighth years make Harry and Malfoy go head to head and back to back in a question-and-answer drinking game. The worst that can happen is they end up drunk, right?

Boom Clap (The Sound of My Heart) by @femmequixotic and @noeeon [39k]

Post-war Hogwarts has been energized by its new teaching fellows program. Where once bitter enmity divided the wizarding community, Malfoy and Potter chummily patrol hallways together whilst Granger and Zabini seek lost parts of the castle at McGonagall’s behest and Chang supervises Quidditch when not lecturing in Charms. It’s a veritable wizarding utopia and life is predictable for the first time in years. Which is, of course, when everything blows apart as the result of a drunken dare and Malfoy’s life is ruined beyond his capacity to repair it. Ever. In a million years.

check this hand 'cause I'm marvelous by @lqtraintracks [7k]

Harry's had a crush on Malfoy for months now. But it will take a bar full of his friends, some Firewhisky, wagers made on his behalf, and Malfoy himself to get him to act on it.

Erase the Shame by FleetofShippyShips [6k]

An Inter-House unity party is the last thing Draco wants to go to. It's not long into a game of Truth or Dare when he is reminded why. But maybe his dare is worth it after all.

Exceeds Eggspectations by Elle Gray (LGray) [61k]

Eighth year. Winter. Christmas has been and gone. Harry’s just been dumped and so has Malfoy. There’s a stupid fake baby assignment to be done, and what’s the harm in doing it together, really, when life is this shit already? This is not slow burn, this is a roman candle pointed at a pile of dry twigs that represent your heart.

Games Night by @agentmoppet​ [6k]

Harry has no idea why Hermione decided that an inter-house Games Night would be a good idea, but he’s here now, and he intends to beat Malfoy, no matter what game he chooses. But, who would have thought muggle games could be full of so much... tension?

How to Handle an Enemy by who_la_hoop [7k]

Everyone knows that it’s no fun playing truth or dare with a Slytherin. But add a little Veritaserum, a scheming duo of Slytherin girls and surprising things can be revealed. Particularly about the fine line between love and hate… Turnbout Is Fair Play by who_la_hoop [10k]   After a – cough – revealing game of truth or dare instigated by  his fellow Slytherins, Draco Malfoy finds himself in possession of a).  the interesting knowledge that a certain Gryffindor horror may not be as   immune to his personal charms as hitherto suspected and b). the   password to the Gryffindor Tower. But Draco makes a fundamental error   when he decides to make use of these facts.

Love, Harry by Zzzara [26k]

Harry Potter keeps a huge secret: that scary thing he can’t tell anyone about. Until a mysterious penfriend changes his life, because he keeps a secret, too.

Never Have I Ever Thought That You Might Want Me, Too by @drarrymyheart [8k]

“When it’s his turn, Ron gives Harry an ominous look. “Never have I ever wanted to kiss any of the boys in this room.” Harry freezes. Dean, Seamus, Hermione, Hannah, Pansy, and even Blaise are all immediately lifting their drinks. Malfoy moves to pick his up as well and Harry tracks the movement as if watching in slow-motion…The ridge of Malfoy’s bottle of cider pushes against his lower lip as he takes a sip. Harry nearly groans. Steeling himself, Harry drinks.” Harry and the crew take a ski trip. Harry can’t seem to keep his eyes and thoughts off a certain blonde.

One Night at the Leaky by birdsofshore [41k]

Harry should have known better than to accept a drunken dare. Especially when Malfoy was sitting right there, looking like that and wearing those bloody tight trousers. 

A Perfectly Valid Dare by kitty_fic [5k]

“It’s a perfectly valid dare,” Pansy says, and somehow she looks like she actually believes what she says. “I am not doing that,” Draco insists. He really has no idea when daring someone to wank in Harry Potter’s bed became a perfectly valid dare?

Right Hand Red by @lqtraintracks [73k] 

Harry felt Malfoy’s breath on his lips as they came together over the bottle, hands firmly planted on the floor as though they each needed their familiar soil, refusing to cross into enemy territory. Except that Malfoy no longer felt like his enemy. Malfoy felt inevitable.

Silk Scarves and Enchanted Handcuffs by TommyLane [28k]

It was only supposed to be for seven minutes and then the blindfold would come off and he'd be free from the dark cupboard and his mystery partner - only Harry was no longer sure he wanted it to end.

Starts With a Spin by Maxine [119k]

It started with the spin of a bottle, and now Harry and Draco have gotten themselves so far into their own game there's almost no way out again. Except to keep playing.

Truths, Dares, and Love Affairs by @ronbinary [17k]

NEWTs are approaching, Mind Healing is mandatory, and something is wrong with the castle. And then, there’s Potter.

When I Put My Eyes On You by Zzzara [31k]

When a hero defeats a villain, there’s supposed to be a happily-ever-after… but when did anything ever happen to Harry Potter the way it was supposed to? Having sacrificed himself to the greater good, Harry is left alone in the darkness, blindly groping for the shreds of the life he knew. When the enemies meet, how is the story supposed to go, once they learn there’s more to it than the eye can see? A story of pain, hope and things we discover, once we stop looking for them with our eyes.

where all the veins meet by eight_of_wands [146k]

It’s the summer of 1998. The battle is over, and Voldemort is dead, but Harry still has more questions than answers. Who is he without a piece of Voldemort’s soul in his head? What is he supposed to do now? His friends try to help, but the only thing that can hold his attention—one of the only things that ever has—is Draco Malfoy, out on parole and weirdly hanging around the British Museum. As they keep running into each other, Harry sees that Malfoy is different, and he wonders if he can be someone else, too. Featuring rumpled band shirts, poker games everyone hates, fumbling sex, and a Harry going a little mental over how wands even work.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did!

[jilyawards]

The Jily Fandom Rec List 2024 is a compilation of Jily stories our readers want to keep an eye on for this year's awards.

OCTOBER

The Quidditch Captain's Secret (completed, 7.6k) by Finnicksarchive. Rated G.

Embarrassed at having caught a muggle cold, James Potter decides to weather through his illness alone. His loyal friends agree to keep his condition a secret, but his absence is quickly noted by none other than one Lily Evans. On her search to discover the truth about his seeming disappearance, Lily is confronted with a terrifying reality: she actually cares for the cocky quidditch captain. Eventually, Lily finds James in bad shape, and takes it upon herself to nurse him back to health.

The Clean Up Crew (WIP, 16.9k as of 31 October 2024) by @alittlebitofeverything23. Rated T.

There’s an unspoken rule about hosting a House party: if it’s your party, you’re in charge of cleaning up. Follow James and Lily throughout their years at Hogwarts via House parties, birthday bashes, Slug Club events, and more.

Simmer Until Ready (completed, 3.6k) by @kay-elle-cee. Rated T.

James Potter is not a healer. His is a potioneer—the Order of the Phoenix's lead potioneer, in fact. So when their top field fighter—Lily Evans—comes to him for treatment after a particularly rough mission, he helps the best way he knows how: a vial of freshly-brewed Skele-Gro and a dose of laughter. Written for Jily Week 2024 Day 4: Flip the Script

Stupid T-Shirts (completed, 5.5k) by @kay-elle-cee. Rated E.

The last night on a group vacation, Mary pushes everyone to engage in a tacky T-shirt swap before going out. Suggestive shirts, months of pining, and one particular tequila shot finally lead Lily to reach her breaking point. Drunken kisses can be dismissed and joked about, but this—this would be crossing a line they won’t be able to uncross.

You Know How To Ball, I Know Aristotle (completed, 6.8k) by @wearingaberetinparis. Rated M.

Now that the global superstar, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lily Evans and professional football player James Potter are together, they have to juggle the difficulties of a relationship in the public eye. Fresh off her World Tour, Lily Evans arrives at Wembley Stadium one year after James Potter first attended her show, to perform there for one final weekend before heading to the studio to record her next album. Her boyfriend, in the meantime, is off to Germany to play at the Euros for England. How will they ever make their relationship work when Lily is - so the press loves to imply - the least supportive WAG of the tournament?

Between the Desire and the Spasm (WIP, 31.8k as of 31 October 2024) by @uncertainwallflower. Rated M.

Trains are arguably the centre of everything. The sinew of civilisation for muggles and wizards alike. They are where all walks of life converge. Congregate. In synchronised traversal. Shared agony inflicted by the piercing screech of metal on metal, bonding all patrons aboard a carriage. And outside. A passing glimpse of someone you thought you’d never see again. Trains. They change everything.

Check out the previous months' recs too: January, February, March || April || May || June || July || August || September

NOMINATIONS OPEN TOMORROW AND WILL BE OPEN TILL NOVEMBER 22ND!

Get reading and submit your nominees for each category! The stories included in the rec list are NOT automatically nominated - if you read and enjoyed one of them, submit it in the categories you think fit it!

[lifeofkaze]

@kc-and-co idk what you mean. Murtriona is canon.

Larian, this is already a crime. So many lovely and unreachable... - - - Who is your favorite? 🧡

[misguidedasgardian]

The Lifeaters

Pairings: SlytherinBoys! x Fem!Reader

Will be added by chapter, but for now all relations are platonic

Warnings: "Mugglephobia", cursing, Magic, curses, deatheaters, (more will be added by chapter)

As you begin Hogwarts, you begin your magical life in the company of your best friend Draco, and the rest of your housemates in Slytherin.

Being a part of the Wizarding Royalty gives little concerns, but to get good grades, learn new spells, make friends, have your first times, that is until you are face to face with life changing decisions as the dark Lord approaches and you have to fight between your nurture and your nature. Your friends and everything you believe in, or what you are coming to believe yourself when you finally discover who your own father was.

Slytherin Crew Archive

Year I.

Chapter 1: Diagon Alley

Chapter 2: Slytherin

Chapter 3: Teacher's pet

Chapter 4: Pumpkins, mischief and Trolls

Chapter 5: Back home

Chapter 6: Chirstmas with the Malfoys

Chapter 7: Matches

Chapter 8: The Forbidden Forest

Chapter 9: Exams

Chapter 10: The House cup

Year II.

Chapter 1: A Kerfuffle

Chapter 2: Chaser

Chapter 3: A Halloween feast

Chapter 4: The match

Chapter 5: The dueling club

Chapter 6: Christmas at Hogwarts

Chapter 7: Cupid

Chapter 8: Guilty

Chapter 9: Basili(s)k

Chapter 10: See you later

Year III

Chapter 1: Something's in the air

Chapter 2: That Chicken

Chapter 3: Your greatest fear

Chapter 4: Hogsmeade

Chapter 5: Crush-ing it

Chapter 6: The Shrieking Shack

Chapter 7: A mandragora's leaf

Chapter 8: Moths and Dogs

Chapter 9: The rubber duck

Chapter 10: Truth will out

Year IV

Chapter 1: The Quidditch World Cup

Chapter 2: Black Ferret

Chapter 3: Three Wizards... and Potter

Chapter 4: Team Dragon

Chapter 5: The Yule Ball

[jewishregulus]

How do you headcanon regulus personality to be like? Do you feel as though James and regulus complement each other in some ways?

why yes of course! i fundamentally disagree w outwardly mean and evil regulus bc it makes no sense canonically. perhaps in an au where he separates himself from his parents and gets to be happy but regulus cares too much to be outwardly rude to people . it would impact his reputation and his families reputation like he isn’t hexing people in the hallways . he’s a professional faker (shit talks behind people’s back most definitely) and feels guilty and horrible everytime he’s plagued with an evil thought . i know many people view him as a selfish character but i think he’s fundamentally not . he puts everyone else’s wishes for him above his own . he doesn’t really exist as a person outside of his family . i do think , outside of this control, he would be sarcastic and have very dry humor , would love to read and would be very introverted but long for connection and friendship. a loner not by choice, he enjoys company but has no idea how to reach for it. i think he loves magic and magical creatures and genuinely holds a lot of love in his heart that his family disapproves of !! regulus soft black !!! not to say i think regulus doesn’t have an attitude and an edge …. i just think he has fundamentally good morals sorry! i’m a good person regulus black enjoyer i can’t help it …. of course he’s morally gray but most of the decisions he makes r caused by the life long abuse and trauma he is subject to . regulus black was suicidal as hell in those deatheater meetings the moment he turned 18 he killed himself LMFAO . i just know he was the most uncomfortable person in there at any given moment . i think vaguely threatening posh regulus is true but it is his exterior and the assumptions ppl make … and then they get to know him and realize he’s got like a little kid version of himself who holds the world with so much fascination . and it makes you sad when you realize he thinks it’s a flaw and wants to stomp it out

in this way i think he compliments james very well!! both people who really do value others and life but behave in very odd judgmental ways (regulus being a fake recluse who can’t function as a person w control over his life and opinions who is fake as hell and sarcastic whilst also having no understanding of social situations and desperate to be liked by people around him. number one peer pressure victim. 15,000 mental illnesses and a penchant for self harming behavior.) (james potter who is unfortunately consistently acting like a frat bro at any given moment : assumes everyone naturally loves him and is mostly right which does evil things for him as a person . would die for his friends but is also insufferable to be around (affectionate) . harshly judgmental to anyone who doesn’t fit into his box of what counts as a good person (which by the way regulus challenges in a way i think helps james as a character!) . looping back to the frat bro thing i think james is the type of person to throw a crazy party and convince everybody to drink and do unsafe things for the fun and when u realize u don’t have a ride home and can’t walk u are so fucking SCARED to ask to stay the night bc of his general vibes but then he ends up taking care of you and getting u pain killers and making like an awesome breakfast for the whole crew? should be the worst person you know but just beneath the surface is so much good it’s impossible to hate him.) you would never think these people would get along but then they both love quidditch and train for it like it’s their life and they are both academics with serious opinions on art and literature they would both die for even though they are often opposing . they are the first people they can have a conversation with and truly match eachothers freak on any given topic. the fundamentals of both of their characters is how much they care about life and the things inside of it . it manifests in different ways but i truly think the thesis of jegulus is that they are so much more similar than one might think outwardly , and it creates a soft intimacy between them . and also just james introducing the concept of silliness fun and happiness into regulus’ life lol!!

[solarisburns]

Marauders actor au - part 2

Sirius and Regulus dedicate pictures of them getting drunk together in a shitty flat to their parents

Mary runs a fashion blog and is famous through that

The marauders are horrible to work with when their tired, not because their mean or anything their just so ridiculous and find Absolutely Everything Hilarious and will laugh at pretty much anything. And there were a lot of night shoots

Theres an ongoing blog of where they find Even sleeping and similarly a blog of people (pandora, barty, reg, and dorcas) stacking things on top of him

James, who is scene was supposed to be very mad, accidentally smacked Regulus I the face as he was gesturing alot and just immediately stopped and started apologizing and fussing while Reg laughs

Lily manages to catch Peter in the face with her pony tail not once or twice, but six times in one day. theres a blooper of him pausing midsentence to pull red hair out his mouth and say it tastes like butter

The great hall scenes take Hours to film and it's become a game to see what random things they can hide on set and see what the crew finds (the crew is ok with it as it adds character to the set, like its actually a school)

Library scenes often devolve into aggressive sushing competitions

Unscripted Marlene fully tackles dorcas after a quidditch game and dorcas' squak is now a meme

[midnightmoonytales]

𝕊𝕝𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟 𝔾𝕒𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝟚

A/N: Some of these are based on my Last of Us Fanfic that I'm in the midst of writing. I really enjoy making these headcanons. The nicknames I gave them aren't very creative but idrc. Let me know if you would like to see more of the Slytherin Gang or just them by themselves.

Tried to keep as gender-neutral as possible Unedited

Mattheo is a pyromaniac; there have been MANY burned things around the castle. Ranging from tapestries to House memorabilia (mostly Gryffindor)

Draco wears his family ring - even if it is the only ring he wears; if he makes a tough decision you bet you can find him fiddling with it

Even though Draco and Mattheo are cousins, they grew up very distant and have a slight hatred for each other.

Pansy lived with her aunt for most of her life, her parents opting to explore the wizarding world for new spells. Only returning home to join Voldemort's side once again - and forcing her to follow their footsteps.

Blaise is always showing up to class...well blazed. I mean it's literally his name, fight me.

Theodores' parents host yearly balls for the scared twenty-eight families; in order for them to marry off their children to other pureblood families.

Yk what Sirius is to James? Well, Mattheo is the Sirius to Theodores, James. That's all I have to say on the matter.

Mattheo only tried out for the Slytherin Quidditch team to spite Draco. (Given he wasn't chosen for the team and Draco was, he was now the spiteful one.)

Pansy and you are always having to pull the boys (Mattheo and Theodore) out of trouble. You two are the ones who have to cover up Mattheo's pyromaniac ways.

While Pansy can be a stuck-up bitch at times, she would do anything for her friends and will absolutely demolish anybody if she hears them talking rubbish about her friends. She will have 100% hexed some students, and that'll show them.

Pirate!Au: I don't make the rules, but you're the captain. Sike, I do make the rules and you going to be the captain.

Pirate!Au: Mattheos your first mate, but also has the nickname executioner.

Pirate!Au: Pansy is your Master Gunner, give that woman a gun or a canon and there she blows. Cruelest gunner in the seven seas if I dare say so myself. Her nickname is Ace.

Pirate!Au: Blaise is 100% the surgeon on deck, give him some needle and thread and bottle of gin and he'll have you sewn up in no time. His nickname is Stitch, bc damn he is good with a needle n' thread.

Pirate!Au: Draco is the Boatswain, he is supervising everything that is happening on deck, deciding who is worth keeping or fish food. In charge of calling shots when they leave or setting up at the docks. His nickname is Riv, no true reason, they just thought it fit his rugged appearance.

Pirate!Au: Theodore is the Master-at-arms, got me new meat on deck - he's wringing them out and training them. He goes by Snapper, known for having a low patience span.

Pirate!Au the lot of you started as low life thiefs all looking for a sense of adventure. Soon establishing one of the cruelest pirate crews the sail the seven seas.

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@ghostofscarley @devilishwitchfantasies

[rewritingcanon]

I saw your post on how albus would ask ginny to send tutorials on bat bogey hexes to use on polly and her crew and all I see is ginny skimming over the letter and materializing at hogwarts and breaking the laws of magic just to get to him and teach him everything she knows.

Ginny: it is time son.

i found the post your referencing and 100% yes this is albus’ redemption for being shit at quidditch. his mama does not gaf about school rules when it comes down to her legacy 😭😭

[g-xix]

Chaos Crew x Harry Potter [Alternate Universe]

ArthurTV!HP au where every day after classes you'll either find him down helping the care of magical creatures professor + listening and sharing what they've heard n know about Hippogriffs, or something alike, or find him cuddled in the library with a Newt Scamander Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them book, trying not to doze off whilst simultaneously being completely absorbed by the book he's read possibly a million times over, already.

ChrisMD!HP au where Chris got recruited as chaser for the Quidditch team and hates being woken up to practice every Saturday 5am - but will concomitantly race his friends down to the pitches after lessons, just to bun ArthurTV as keeper (he has 0 experience and is statistically the worst one to put as keeper) whilst he manoeuvres between the rest of his friends on the pitch and effortlessly managed to kick, punch, or throw the quaffle straight through the hoops. Initially, the boys practically fought to stay in the warmth of the castle, but when they saw how many girls would show up in the stands to do homework and watch Chris play? They were just as eager to get down to the pitches as Chris was.

George Clarkey!HP au where he finds out he's a parselmouth when Arthur finds a boomslang beneath their sink and pulls it out at 3am, causing George to shriek and clamber up onto the bed, hissing the serpentine language in horror - shocking not only Arthur, Chris and the snake - but even himself.

Arthur Hill!HP au where he gets scolded by his head of house for playing the Weird Sisters well past midnight, and thus scours the library (with ATV's help) until he finds a Muffliato spell which he uses to soundproof his dorm so that him and ATV, Chris n George can listen all night.

[world-beauty]

Americans Defeat Russians in First Space Quidditch Match

Credits: STS-92 Crew, NASA

[greycappedjester]

I like to think that despite being from a completely different country, the twins get close with the Beauxbatons crew even after they leave…. Especially one Atsumu and Omi Omi

I definitely think the twins get super close to Beauxbatons! I feel like there's a strong chance Atsumu goes to play for a French Quidditch team after graduation. I think the twins likely had a very different experience from not being able to play on the same House team (and Atsumu not at all) since the start of their time at Hogwarts...but that's another story.

[jmagnabo92]

PW2024 - Day 4 - Enemies to Lovers - The Broken Sort

@prongsfootweekarchive

When Dumbledore decides to flip it so the sorting is reverse ABCs, and eleven-year-old James Potter opts for Slytherin so he'll be with Sirius Black (his destined BFF), things don't go to plan and instead a rivarly is born.

AO3

***

James Potter was an enigma to almost everyone in Slytherin House, but that’s mainly because he appeared to be everything opposite of what most Slytherins pride themselves on and no one could figure out how he ended up in their house. 

Especially since Snape had spread the word about James’ disparaging comments about Slytherin on the train before the sorting.

The truth is that he’d met a boy on the train, one that he believed would be his best friend and one, who believed that he would end up in Slytherin since his entire family was in Slytherin.  James had always been ambitious enough for his future, and cunning when it comes to planning surprises for people, so when McGonagall announced Dumbledore’s grand plan to start with the end of the alphabet first, James figured he had to go to Slytherin. 

That way he could be with his new best mate, Sirius Black.

Only eleven-year-old James Potter’s dreams were for naught because when Sirius Black was sorted, he went to Gryffindor… and James was persona-non-grata in Slytherin due to Snape claiming he ‘hates’ Slytherins.

So, he’d tried to be friends with him anyway, but the other Slytherins and even the Gryffindors set out to separate them.  It was as if neither of them could ever reach out with getting targeted and after a few weeks, Sirius had loudly proclaimed that he didn’t want to be friends with slimy Slytherins when confronted by a pair of his roommates and well… James changed his tactics.

Just because Sirius wouldn’t give him a chance over his house doesn’t mean he’s done with James, not if James had anything to do with it.

So, he spent the better part of the last five years doing everything he could to get his attention.  To punish him for refusing to be James’ friend.  Every prank he planned (on his own and sometimes with the only roommate he liked, Charlie Wood) was targeted at Sirius and his ‘crew’, which sometimes included all of his roommates, but mainly hit him and Kingsley Shacklebolt, the boy who had taken James’ rightful spot as Sirius’ best mate.  He deliberately became one of the best chasers and leaders on the Slytherin quidditch team (becoming captain in fourth year) when Sirius got a spot as one of their three chasers in second year, becoming Captain in fourth year.  James constantly went back and forth in the rankings with Sirius, each trying to determine they could be the best in the year across the board, and when fifth year came, they both became Prefects.

They were the ultimate enemies and rivals.  Trying to one up one another and prove they are the best. 

No one has won, yet.  

The Prefect thing was a surprise to everyone because they’d both gotten in more trouble than typical prefects over their constantly pranking one another and landing in detention.  Their detentions were never together, but James knew they were both nearly breaking the detention records there, too. 

Yet, somehow, they were chosen.

They managed fifth year without losing their badges and not getting paired up together, but this year, they haven’t gotten so lucky.

The first schedule came out and they were partnered together for every shift that they have. 

“Woah, wait a second,” Sirius says, looking at the schedule.  “Have you two gone mental?”

The Head Girl, a Slytherin, Marlene McKinnon smiles at them.  “I can assure you that Frank and I have thought this through.  We want to help our houses to actually be in the running for the House Cup this year, but despite your quidditch wins and points won by answering questions, you’ve both caused our houses to be out of the running by constantly pranking one another.”

“So, we thought that you could learn to get along and stop all of your pranking of one another and Gryffindor might actually have a chance,” Frank Longbottom, the Gryffindor Head Boy, says.

“Obviously, if Potter can keep to himself, Slytherin will win, but the point stands,” McKinnon states.  “We want a chance this year, as it’s our last year and we think that the two of you can learn to get along if you just spend some time together.”

“And there’s no chance of you changing your mind?” Sirius asks, nearly pleading.

James grumbles at the tone.  Why does Sirius hate him so much?  It’s not like he was the one that insulted Sirius.  He wanted to be his best mate, but Sirius hated on him the moment he went to Slytherin (or at least it seemed that way after James overheard the slimy Slytherin comment). 

“Not a chance, Black,” Longbottom states.  “We’ve made our decisions, and this is what’s happening.”

“Fine.  Meet me in the Entrance Hall ten minutes before the shift and don’t be late,” Sirius states before turning on his heel and walking away. 

It makes James furious at Sirius ordering him around, but it’s not like he has much of a choice, and he’ll just have to deal with that.

Maybe this will be a way to get his attention without detention.

***

The first month of the schedule with Sirius was passed with James attempting to make small talk and Sirius giving no answer or one-word answers. 

It’s terrible.

James doesn’t like this situation. 

Despite the terrible way that Sirius has treated him for just being a Slytherin, there’s a part of James that still wants to be his friend.  He feels like there’s some sort of … like he ruined something great by going to Slytherin, even if he’s ambitions to have his own broom-making company are rather ambitious (or so Slughorn tells him) with the way the market currently stands, maybe if he’d listened to the hat, he would’ve gone to Gryffindor instead and he and Sirius could’ve been…

Well, who knows?

The fact is that James, despite everything, is obsessed with finding out why something as dumb as his house had ruined the potential for their friendship.

He’s not some slimy snake, and if he’d been given a chance…

Yet, Sirius isn’t giving an inch. 

He shows up to the Prefect Shift, does his job and leaves.  Barely engaging if at all and it’s driving James mad.

He needs to do something because he goes completely around the bend, so he opens his mouth to – well, he’s not sure – when Sirius says, “Look, Potter, there’s no need for you to constantly chatter in my ear while on the job, so why don’t we just walk in silence?”

James could just let it go… but that’s not him.

“Why do you hate me?” James bursts out, stopping in the middle of a quiet corridor.

“Hate you?” Sirius questions, stopping, too.  “I don’t know – I mean, isn’t it obvious?”

“No, it’s not,” James retorts.  “I’m the one that should hate you, not the other way around.”

“Excuse me?” Sirius scoffs.  “What have I ever done to you?”

James rolls his eyes.  “Like you don’t know that I tried to stay friends after the train ride and then you called me a slimy Slytherin and that you’d never be friends with me.  That you were just ‘entertaining me’ to stay on my good side because the Potters are one of the Ancient and Nobel Houses.”

Sirius shakes his head.  “I said that when I was eleven and surrounded by peer pressure to believe that Gryffindors and Slytherins couldn’t be friends, that you’d lead me down a dangerous path like they thought Snape would do to Evans… that Slytherins couldn’t be trustworthy and then you went and proved it by ruining my hair with color changing potion in my drink the next time we ate together by the lake.”

James frowns.  He never bothered to actually confront Sirius on the things that he said that day to find out if any of what he said had been true.

It would make sense if that were true… if Sirius wanted to be friends but had the same peer pressure that James had dealt with (and would’ve easily ignored), which resulted in an ongoing feud because he was hurt by James and James was hurt by him.

“I – I overheard you say that, and I thought you were playing me.  All I wanted was to be your friend and you said that you’d never be a friend of a Slytherin…”

Sirius scoffs.  “And then, you decided to cut your losses by starting a feud with me.”

James nods.  “Yeah, I – I messed up good.”

“Yeah, you did.”

“You didn’t help,” James accuses.  He’s not the only one to blame here.  Sirius could’ve laughed off the prank and decided to be friends. 

Sirius shrugs.  “I followed your lead; you can’t blame me for that.”

“Yeah, you’re right, maybe we could start over instead?”

“I suppose so.”

***

The first of their prefect rounds after that until the holidays were a lot better. 

James had been right about their connection.  Once he and Sirius had decided to be friends rather than enemies, they were like two peas in a pod.  All of their classes were together since they were sixth years, and even time in their common rooms weren’t spent away from each other because James had his invisibility cloak. 

That’s how the day before the holidays began, James finds himself laying on Sirius’ bed in Gryffindor tower.  The curtains are drawn and they’re sitting across from each other, looking at their new, finished invention – the mirrors.

Now that James had Sirius’ attention, he never wants to let it go.  They’ve been called co-dependent, but James doesn’t care, the last few months at Hogwarts with Sirius as his best mate have been amazing. 

“Ready to test it?”

Sirius nods.

“James Potter,” Sirius says into the mirror, and he appears in James’ mirror. 

James grins.  “It works.”

“Did you ever doubt that it would?”

“Nah, we’re too brilliant for that.”

Sirius grins into his mirror.  “Imagine the things we could’ve gotten up to together if we’d been mates all along.”

James laughs.  “Maybe we’d be more than best mates, even.”

Sirius looks up at him.  “More than best mates?”

James flushes.  He’s come to realize that his sort-of obsession with Sirius spiraled from wanting to be his friend to a fancy somewhere along the line. 

“Er, forget I said anything.”

“Maybe I don’t want to forget,” Sirius says, taking both of their mirrors and putting them off to the side.  “Do you fancy me, James?”

“I think you know the answer to that,” James answers, watching Sirius scootch forward.  “I don’t think I would’ve kept up the feud with you if there wasn’t some other reason for my obsession and you are the Gryffindor Casanova.  Any bloke or bird would be lucky to land you.”

Rather than answer, Sirius leans forward and gently grabbing James’ face, kisses him passionately. 

It’s everything that James had been thinking about for months – since he realized that he fancied Sirius. 

Unfortunately, they’re interrupted when Shacklebolt comes barreling in with some of Sirius’ other roommates that James never cared to learn the names of (he was only jealous of Kingsley being friends with Sirius and that’s why he learned his name). 

They jump apart, both panting and flushed. 

“Potter, what are you doing in here?” the sandy-haired one asks.  He seems to dislike James the most, but James could care less. 

“Snogging my new boyfriend,” James states.  Of course, they only just kissed, so Sirius might not…

“Yeah, and you just ruined a perfect kiss,” Sirius says to his mates.  “So, leave?”

“Not a chance, Black,” the same bloke as before says.  “This is our dorm room and Potter isn’t even supposed to be here.”

Sirius huffs.  “Fine, we know plenty of places to snog anyway, let’s go.”

***

Their walk to Sirius’ hideout snogging spot isn’t the smooth walk that James had assumes as they’ve taken to randomly stopping and kissing and teasing and joking all the way there.  It’s like they were on a cloud and James couldn’t be happier.

It’s later when they’ve gotten their fill of snogging and they’re cuddled up in the falling snow under a tree by the frozen Great Lake, that James asks, “Do you think we’d have always ended up here if we had been sorted together?”

Sirius smiles.  “I think we’d have cost too much chaos in the same house, but yeah, we’d always end up here.”

“Me too.”  James grins.  “Maybe we’d have ended up here sooner, but I definitely think we were destined to be together.”

Sirius hums and lifts the cup of hot chocolate they’d gotten from one of the house elves.  “Here’s to destiny.”

“Destiny and happily ever after.”

[greenerteacups]

you cannot tell me minerva mcgonagall did not watch draco- son of narcissa black, cousin to sirius black- get sorted first year and think “ah fuck here we go again.” You CANNOT tell me she doesn’t brag about him to snape especially since he’s second in the year. I love that she’s obviously proud of him- especially when he saved harry from falling and said “hat was right”. i genuinely think about that line so often. roughly 85% percent of the harry potter series can be summed up by “hat was right”

oh god, you're tempting me to write a oneshot that's just Minerva's perspective of Draco's Sorting. it would be so good. because yeah, she knows exactly who he is, and as soon as it goes "gryffindor," she's thinking oh god fucking damnit. i didn't get paid enough to raise the first morally stunted under-socialized genius Black heir, and i'm sure as fuck not being paid enough to raise the next one. like, she will, but she's not happy about it. (she is, actually. she's super happy about it. especially since she gets to watch the absolute spit of Lucius Malfoy smirks his way up to the podium stool, sit down, and promptly get it wiped straight off his face. she also gets to see Severus's reaction to all of this. the part of minerva's head that is not flipping over all the furniture in her brain in a silent rage-induced war tantrum wants to kiss the hat full on the mouth.)

and then it WORKS?? and it turns out that this slimy little sonuvabitch falls in with harry FUCKING potter and his crew, and ends up throwing his life on the line MULTIPLE TIMES for his sake, miraculously bullies the Longbottom kid up to snuff in Potions, and spends half of her class muttering and passing notes to her teacher's pet best student, Ms. Granger, a muggle-born, and severus comes into the teacher's lounge like once a week bitching about how he's having to speed up the curriculum because Fucking Malfoy and Goddamn Fucking Granger keep reading ahead, and she gets to gloat for days — oh, i'm sorry, did the class rankings come out this week? hmm? what was that the Nott boy got on his Charms exam? an E, you say? how............. respectable. (and that's before we get started on the Quidditch of it all. when Oliver Wood turns in his 1993 team roster for Head of House approval, the Tower cat doesn't stop purring for days.)

at the end of the day, minerva mcgonagall would never go so far as to describe her relationship to her students as familial — she's far too professional for that. however the students feel about her, she firmly maintains respectful boundaries and urges them to prioritize their own families (knowing that she can't be the mother many of them want.) and yet — and yet — you know what, she sees that little blond bastard take a forty-foot dive for a boy his father would've tried to have killed, right there in front of every gryffindor and slytherin there is, and when she gets close enough to hear his loud whinging about his (self-inflicted) broken arm she swears she hears the ghost of Sirius Black barging into Transfiguration bitching about James Potter's six o'clock quidditch practices.

she writes narcissa malfoy a very long letter that night. she doesn't send it, but she keeps it. just in case.

[misguidedasgardian]

The Slytherin Crew

Character Archive

MASTERLIST

I put this together for myself, to add more detail to the story, and I thought it was kinda cool, so I will share it in case you are interested

Draco Malfoy

Personality: Incredibly smart, creative, loyal

Favorite subject: Potions

Least favorite subject: Divination

Extracurriculars: Quidditch

3 likes: Quidditch, reading, hanging out with his friends

3 dislikes: Gryffindors, fudge brownies, when days are cloudy

Clothes style: Classic

Familiar: Eagle Owl

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Ferret

Pansy Parkinson

Your girl BFF <3

Personality: Fiercely loyal, brutally honest, funny

Favorite subject: Astronomy

Least favorite subject: Potions

Extracurriculars: Art 

3 likes: Fashion, art, music

3 dislikes: when colors don’t match, gryffindors, reading 

Clothes style: Dark academia, chic

Familiar: Barn owl

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be: Rottweiler

Matthew Gaunt

Personality: Unpredictable, chaotic, funny

Favorite subject: Astronomy (will never admit it, but loves the peace and quiet and star-gazing)

Least favorite subject: History of Magic

Extracurriculars: None

3 likes: You, Weasley’s products, playing pranks on Filch

3 dislikes: The library, curfew, Being put on the spot 

Familiar: Bay Owl

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Snake

Daphne Greengrass

Personality: Calm, Superficial, kind

Favorite subject: Herbology

Least favorite subject: Care of magical creatures (didn’t take it) 

Extracurriculars: Chorus! 

3 likes: Singing, pink, self care

3 dislikes: wild animals, Potions classroom, bad weather

Clothes style: “Old money” style

Familiar: Siamese cat 

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/patronus: Cat

Theodore Nott

Personality: Sneaky, courteous, easy-going

Favorite subject: Defense against the dark arts

Least favorite subject: Potions

Extracurriculars: None

3 likes: Astronomy tower, coffee, reading

3 dislikes: Thestrals, Divination class, the mornings after a long night

Clothes style: Classic

Familiar: Cat 

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Fox

Milicent Bullstrode

Personality: determined, mean, sensitive

Favorite subject: Charms

Least favorite subject: History of Magic

Extracurriculars: None

3 likes: Trifle, cats, music

3 dislikes: Hermione Granger, studying, dancing

Clothes style: 90’s classic

Familiar: Cat

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Hedgehog

Blaise Zabini

Personality: Serious, sneaky, generous 

Favorite subject: Potions

Least favorite subject: Divination

Extracurriculars: None, future: Quidditch

3 likes: Quidditch, gossiping, chess

3 dislikes: Messes, winter in the dungeons, Extremists

Clothes style: formal

Familiar: Barn Owl

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Wolf

Tracy Davies

Personality: Misterious, clever, determined 

Favorite subject: Divination & Herbology

Least favorite subject: History of Magic

Extracurriculars: Xylomancy

3 likes: Night Time, paint her nails, french fries

3 dislikes: crowds, meats, Peeves

Clothes style: Boho

Familiar: Cat named Moon

If she/he would turn into an animal, it would be/ patronus: Owl

And our boys Vince & Greg