#ch jily

[mrsaluado]

lari from @hotchfiles' archive for fics unrelated to criminal minds.

tags on this post will guide you to works for each character & type of reader.

[yallthemwitches]

It will most definitely be cut but I could t help myself

[livelaughlovetoread]

A Light In The Shadows || Ch. 6 || 30.3k || Rated M

From the Beginning || Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Lily Jane Evans

By now Lily knew she could do things that her sister and parents couldn’t. Every time she does something nifty, they explain it away. “The light must have made it look like that,” said her mum after she had changed the color of her socks. “You have a real talent for helping me fix things,” her dad commented after she fixed a leaky faucet. “What a fascinating trick,” Aunt Bertice had cheered after Lily had made a paper butterfly flap its wings. “It’s freaky when you do that,” Petunia would say when they were playing, and Lily would levitate toys to herself. “You’ve a real talent for magic tricks,” her Uncle Eddy had said after she changed a card to be the one he had picked after she lost it. Lily was starting to think she should stop pointing out all the things she could do. She knew she was doing them, but her family just didn’t understand.

And with this, we are at the end of Part One!

[curseofaphrodite]

I want The Last Enemy to show up on every I've-read-ATYD-and-wanna-read-another-marauders-fanfiction-just-as-great person's doorstep so we'd have a bigger fanbase so I could be unhinged with more people.

[memebijin-love]

Me imagining Wolfstar scenes in TLE but knowing that maybe not even one will exist... sigh 😭. (Btw I dreamed with new chapter again.)

[violetsastrocytes]

James' heart is doing something funny. It's like Lily has written him a letter, put pen to paper and spelled out his name. Thought it, written it: Dear James. James, J-a-m-e-s, his name, his name on her mind. - Last of the Summer Sun

[losver07]

HIIII i know i've not been active this last couple of days (i'm okay, with a cold and feeling a bit down but still alive!) buuuut i've been using my time to write a bit and!!! more importantly!!! come up with a name for my fic! so yeah basically i need you to tell me if it's good or if my feverish brain has had the cringeiest, most silly and unoriginal idea of all times

okay so hear me out. "The Virgin Suicidals". as in they're all in the same hospital for attempting and also they're all losers. and as to reference the movie/book too. like. yeah. yeah that is my idea. is it good please tell me

btw if you vote no please?? help me???? like fr this is me doing my best

[touchlikethesun]

oh i almost forgot i wanted to tell y'all, one of the girls from class reminds me so much of lily evans, partly because she’s a redhead but mostly because she’s kind and very smart, and today i noticed that she had a draco sticker on her laptop and i was like "oh are you a draco girlie" and she was like "i used to be but these days im more into the marauders" and i told her that i was a fan too and asked who her favourite character was. she said james. lily coding confirmed.

[frenchdispatche]

told myself im gonna just focus on the One Wolfstar Fic and now im planning an angsty jegulus backstory fic, james/reg reconciliation into romance spinoff, angsty remus wouldve/couldve/shouldve inspired oneshot, and a tangential jily undercover spies power couple 5+1 fic. i cannot do this anymore ive written only 500 words but my brain will not rest

[charmsandtealeaves]

My partner’s last week of holiday leave so made the most of being able to read on the beach while fishing 🏖️

Read This Week (12/1/2025):

This month's book club read:

We haven’t set a book for January yet, but I’ve continued working through all the summer swap books. So this week was Longbourn by Jo Baker which I am still yet to start.

Other Reads:

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Fics:

Fearlessly Red by @petals2fish

Complete (199.5k), Muggle AU Jily, Rated E

Red. It was such an interesting color to correlate with emotion because it was on both ends of the spectrum. On one end there was happiness, falling in love, passion, all that. On the other end was jealousy, fear and frustration. Maybe that's why James thought the nickname fit Lily so well. (Bodyguard!James/Celebrity!Lily)

Before the Crossword by Petals2fish

Complete (700w), HP missing moments, Rated G

During the events of Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid is taken to Azkaban and finds himself locked in a cell across from Sirius Black.

A Life With You by @kay-elle-cee

Complete (15.1k), Jily lives AU, rated T

A Jily Lives AU collection of small moments from Hogwarts onwards, using the 31 Jilytober tumblr prompts.

In Search Of Something More by kay-elle-cee (Ch.7)

WIP, Regency Jily, Rated M

In the sunlit garden of her sister’s home, Lord Potter had promised Lily a life of her own design, with minimal expectations—her presence at community events, companionship, and an heir. As the two stumble into the routine of marriage and work to make a life together at Stinchcombe Hall, unsolicited feelings provoke each to start wondering if this is merely a marriage…or if it could be something more.

In The Latter Days by kay-elle-cee

WIP, canon divergent Jily, Rated M

In February of 1983, a cataclysmic shift occurred in the wizarding world, plunging it into chaos. Four years later, revelations shake the core of James Potter’s new reality when, on a mission, he discovers another faction of the Order of the Phoenix — and with them, the woman he thought he’d lost forever. Now the two broken factions of the Order must team up to finish what they once started, while James and Lily work through four years of loss and rediscovery

The Professional by @annabtg

Complete (941w), muggle AU jily, Rated T

James Potter is nothing if not a professional - yet his new co-worker, a gorgeous woman who seems to hate him, is putting his sense of professionalism to the test...

Alright, Potter? By annabtg

Complete (1.8k), canon divergent Jily, Rated G

On a sunny day after the Defence Against the Dark Arts OWLs, Lily Evans finds herself in a fight with her nemesis - until James Potter interferes.

Bad Egg by annabtg

Complete (1.1k), crack fic treated serious, Jily, Rated G

After her first overnight stay at James Potter's house, Lily Evans is met with an unpleasant surprise.

Waylaid by @missgryffin

Complete (16k), muggle AU Jily, Rated E

Lily Evans is thirty years old, single, and racing a blizzard to get home for Christmas when James Potter crashes into her life. Literally.

All Buttered Up by @wearingaberetinparis

Complete (6.6k), muggle AU Jily, Rated T

James Potter, one of the youngest and most charismatic MPs in Parliament, never expected his viral baking blunder on the Great Christmas Celebrity Bake Off to land him back in the tent. But when the show’s host, Gilderoy Lockhart, falls victim to ironic food poisoning, James is asked to step in at the last minute — opposite BBC presenter Lily Evans, the sharp, no-nonsense woman he’s had a painfully obvious crush on for the past year. As filming heats up, James must face his trauma, while navigating burnt pastries, soggy bottoms, and sparks that might just turn into something real.

The Parent Trap by wearingaberetinparis

Complete (22.8k), second chances Jily AU, Rated M

After falling pregnant at university, Lily Evans and James Potter are co-parents to their seven-year-old son, Harry. When James unexpectedly shows up at Lily’s Cokeworth flat on Christmas Eve, a blizzard traps them inside together. Forced to spend Christmas under one roof, old tensions between the former lovers resurface. A 3-Part Second Chance Jily Romance

even if it's a false god, we'd still worship this love by wearingaberetinparis

Complete (34.2K), mythology AU Jily , Rated M

Being a God is divine - until it’s not. James, the Sun God, has had enough of immortality, celestial parties, and endless adoration. He’s ready to trade in his golden throne for something far more thrilling: mortality. Enter Lily Evans, a mortal desperate for anything to break the monotony of her very ordinary life. But when their paths cross, the line between mortal and divine begins to blur, drawing them into a tangled web of prophecy, power, and peril. As shadows stir and the God of the Underworld sets his sights on Lily, James must face the one thing even a God cannot control: fate.

So Bring Us Some Plummy Pudding by @merlinsbbeard

Complete (2.6k), James at Christmas, Rated G

In which James Potter adores Christmas.

Keep Pace by @gigglesandfreckles-hp

Complete (8.6k), Hogwarts Jily, Rated T

“So,” she says after a moment, her voice light, “is this a thing you do? Invite girls to kill themselves on a run after you find them crying. Or am I special?” Sirius laughs. It’s a sharp sound, almost surprised, but it makes her stomach loosen. “You’re special,” he says dryly, finally turning to look at her properly. He watches her for a beat longer than she expects, like he’s searching for something in her face—some answer she doesn’t know how to give. Whatever it is, he seems to find it.

Sip Happens by @eastwindmlk

Complete (4.6k), muggle AU prongsfoot, Rated T

After a very long, bad, not so good, terrible day James Potter finds himself alone in a cocktail bar and finds companionship and flirtations with the handsome bartender and his sinful forearms.

Safe by @yallthemwitches

Complete (1.6k), order! Jilypad, Rated M

It was an arrangement out of necessity than anything else. The safe house was nothing more than a glorified shack, barely habitable besides a creaky iron bed with an ancient quilt tucked in under the mattress. He had offered to sleep on the ground. "I'm a dog after all." But Lily wouldn’t hear of it. So they shared the bed so to speak. One couple and their mangy best mate at their feet.

[calmlyerratic]

Sooo I'm writing a Marauders AU where they (plus Lily & Sev) time travel to OotP in 1996 and meet Harry.

Some background info:

▪︎ this fic has a canon oriented timeline with wolfstar, jily, alternating pov's, & lots of humor (but also an emotional rollercoaster)

▪︎ Snape's Worst Memory and the willow incident haven't happened in 1976 yet, but in 1996 Harry has just seen SWM

▪︎ Dumbledore has just left Hogwarts & Umbridge is Headmisstress

▪︎ anything is possible: older characters meeting their younger selves, character clashing, timeline divergence/resurgence

▪︎ I have a plan for this fic, but I'm wondering...

Encounters of the Future Sort by CalmlyErratic on ao3, ch 16 just posted :)

[yallthemwitches]

Do you ever just wake up from a fugue state and find shit like this on a word document??

[livelaughlovetoread]

A Light in the Shadows || 16k || Rated M

From the Beginning || Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Remus John Lupin

TW: Suicidal Ideation. Suicide Attempt.

“What do you mean I am a werewolf,” asked Remus confused. He sat up a little more straight from his potion in bed. His dad who was standing by his bed looked like he was going to be sick. “Mab bach,” said his mother as she wrapped her arms around him. “That wolf attack was not a normal one.

The first six chapters cover the first 11 years (Brith to August 31st, 1971) of the main protagonists: James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Severus, and Lily.

If you like smaller sections, the breakdown below the cut will give you smaller sections. You can search for the dates in the fic.

The whole chapter has a TW, however, the most intense sections are in red.

Thursday, March 10th, 1960 - Wednesday, April 24th, 1963 (3 sections 1.3k)

Wednesday, November 18th, 1964 -Wednesday, February 17th, 1965 (3 sections 2.3k)

Saturday, February 27th, 1965 - Thursday, March 18th, 1965 (5 sections 1.6k)

Monday, May 10th, 1965 - Wednesday, December 21st, 1966 (6 sections 2.5k)

Tuesday, November 21st, 1967 (1 Section, 1k) TW

Saturday, May 18th, 1968 - Saturday, June 7th, 1969 (3 sections 1.1k)

Monday, November 24th, 1969 - Tuesday, November 25th, 1969 (2 Section, 1.1k) TW

Friday, January 2nd, 1970 - Friday, January 23rd, 1970 (2 sections 0.9k)

Thursday, August 6th, 1970 - Thursday, December 24th, 1970 (2 sections 1.3k)

Saturday, January 16th, 1971 - Tuesday, August 31st, 1971 (3 sections 2.8k)

[juniperpyre]

little snippet from ch 3 of prof/student jily au

Lily walked around his desk to his side. She steadied herself with a hand on the back of his chair and leaned, slightly, to look at the book and the diagrams. 

“You’re a very good artist.”

“Thank you. I liked cartography when I was a teenager so I got a lot of practice.”

“Cartography?” Lily smiled. “At Hogwarts?”

James chuckled, a youthful, devious look behind his eyes.

“Yes, at Hogwarts.” 

“I wonder if we would’ve gotten along if we were at school together.”

“I wasn’t very studious, then.”

“Too interested in cartography?”

“And Quidditch, and, shall we say, extracurricular projects.” 

“Girls?”

“No,” his voice lowered a touch. “I mean, yes, I dated a bit, but no one caught my attention.” 

“Not even your wife?”

“Not until we were older.” 

“So you underperformed in school and now you’re a professor.” 

“I was an O student.”

Lily rolled her eyes and James grinned. He’d turned his chair slightly towards her as they spoke, his head turned up to focus on her rather than the work on his desk. 

“Of course you were, Professor Potter.” 

She didn’t mean to be sultry, but desire layered with her voice. It was a touch sick up, how calling him professor turned her on, but not the sickest up thing about the situation.

“I think you would’ve been too good for me at Hogwarts,” he said, the strain of attempting humor only his attraction clearer.

They stared at each other for a moment, Lily’s fingers digging into the back of his chair to keep from touching his lovely face. Unconsciously, Lily parted her lips, and James snapped his head back to the work.

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

introducing my debut fic That Odd Melancholy Feeling.

canon compliant (as much as it can be with a non-canon ship)

marylily centric but their character exploration as individuals is my priority

all the valkaries + marauders are there

dorlene & wolfstar is also there!!

switches between mary & lily's povs

ends with jily because of canon compliance (and btw i love jily very much, there's no jily/james bashing at all, just cruel realism)

title based on an abba song, what else do you need??

slow & irregular updates but will be updating nonetheless (student duties unfortunately)

lily is not a goddamn mary sue (and she doesn't need to be perfect to be lovable)

realistically complex female characters

ch-1 is up!!

can read on ao3 or wattpad

[eastwindmlk]

Multi-chapters

The Boy (in the bedroom) Next Door|| 9/9 Chapters +bonus chapters. 21.7K Words. Canon Divergent, No Voldemort. || tumblr post

One Kiss at Midnight|| 4/4 Chapters. 7.2K Words. Fake Dating.

Echoes of Tuning Hearts || 10/10 Chapters. 27.6K Words. Band AU. || tumblr post

Echoes of Tuning Hearts: First Movement || 1/1 bonus chapter. 2.8k words. Alt POV ch 4. || tumblr post Hearts in Tune || 1/1 bonus chapter. 2.5k words. || tumblr post

Put on Bedrest|| Jily. 3/3 chapters 5.1K Words. Fluff. || tumblr post

Heavy in Your Arms || 2/2 chapters 5.2k. Rated T. Canon Divergent. || tumblr post

Of Big Fishes in Little Ponds || 2/2 chapters 4.3k. Rated T. Muggle AU. || tumblr post

One-Shots

Shall We Dance? || 4.7 words. Holiday Fluff. || Tumblr post

Developpement || 340 words. Angst. || Tumblr post For the greater good || 1.6k words. Angst, hurt/comfort. ||

Sacrum Libera | 2.8K Words. Canon-compliant. || tumblr post

Diagnoses: Dateable || 1.9K Words. Rated G. MuggleAU || tumblr post

Lucky Charm || 432 Words. Rated G. Canon Compliant || tumblr post

Far Post || 3.1k Words. Rated T. Muggle AU || tumblr post

The Princess Problem || 3k Words. Rated G. Muggle AU || tumblr post

Desperate Measures || 1.9k Words. Rated G. Canon Compliant || tumblr post

(even if it is just) in your wildest dreams || 1.9k Words. Rated T. MuggleAU || tumblr post

Surface Pressure || 1.3k Words. Rated T. Canon Compliant || tumblr post

The Only Proper Way || 1.1k Words. Rated G. Crack || tumblr post

Queen Foxtail || 7.1k Words. Rated G. Fairytale retelling ||

Smut

Coffee & Cream || 6.5K Words. Rated E || tumblr post

Healers Orders || 1.7K Words. Rated E || tumblr post

Fever Pitch || 1.7K Words. Rated M || tumblr post

I love you still, I always will || 3.7k Words. Rated M || tumblr post

Between the wall and a hard place || 2.2k Words. Rated E || tumblr post

Under the Desk || 1.2k Words. Rated E || tumblr post

Under the Collar || 639 Words. Rated M || tumblr post

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