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Jily lives prompt:

“may I ask you, fair lady, for a dance with me?”

“Hehehe.. of course, my fair sir”

Sorry this took so long to get to! Thank you for your patience. I hope you like what I've done.

2 years

24 November 1981

The living room was a mess. Sirius and Remus had been babysitting for the day, giving the Potters a day off for the first time since the end of the war. Harry was always excited to see his godfathers, and left a trail of toys he just had to show them in his wake.

Lily decided to clean it in the morning, or leave it for James to do before she woke up. For now, she was just enjoying sipping a glass of wine and listening to the distant rumble of James reading Harry to sleep.

Soon, she heard his voice stop and tracked his movements towards her by their sound: the creak of Harry's door, light steps down the stairs, a small clink as he got his own glass of wine. A record started with a wave of his wand as he sat down next to her.

"Harry asleep?" she asked.

"Barely made it through the story before he was snoring," James responded. "We should have the dogfathers over more often."

Lily laughed. "I'll cheers to that."

He bumped his glass against hers and settled further down, one arm around her shoulders.

The song changed and Lily closed her eyes, remembering their wedding reception. They'd stayed until everyone had left and James had put on this record so they could dance one last dance, even as the decorations were packed up around them.

Gently, James took her wine glass and placed it on the coffee table next to his before standing and offering her his hand.

"May I have this dance, my lady?" he said with a little bow.

She laughed, but took his hand and let him pull her up.

"Of course, my good sir."

They gently swayed around the living room, barefoot and in their pyjamas. The last time they'd done this, Lily had been in her wedding dress with flowers woven through her hair, but James didn't look at her any differently now.

As the song slowed to a stop, she reached up and cupped his face gently, pulling him in for a kiss.

"Happy Anniversary, my love," she whispered.