#jilytober 2022

[jilychallenge]

UPDATED WITH BUTTERFLY 🦋 FIC added- just FYI me figuring there must just not have been a challenge that month…since I couldn’t find your fic, is a compliment of sorts in itself :)

Dear Ray, Sweet Charms,

As I was looking up this month's sign ups, I noticed something... Your name was not there, perhaps you forgot, perhaps you are a little busy which is absolutely fine! BUT I thought I'd take a look at your Jilychallenge history...

Since September 2022 (two years ago, people) you have signed up for every challenge and have posted within the set dead-lines for every one!

For special events you've even written more than one fic (December Jily Calender 2022) and all your stories have been absolutely lovely!

Let's put them all down here, people check out these fics, their stunning banners and leave your love for a wonderful person who has given us so much !

Back to School - September 2022

Jilytober- no jilychallenge

Nostalgic Tropes November 2022

December Calendar 2022 - Eat Snow

December Calendar 2022 - You Need to Branch Out

December Calendar 2022 - Resting Grinch Face

January 23 - One and One Is Two

Valentine Fic Exchange - no Jilychallenge

February 23 - Feelings keep running the Red

March 23 - Ties That Bind ( Soulmates)

April 23 - Meet Me At The River

May 23 - Mother's Day May

June 23 - Ice Breaker (collab with @jamesunderwater)

July 23 - Midnight Dip

August 23 - A Reason To Fight

September 23 - Sugar Quills

Jilytober - no Jilychallenge

November 23 - The x-Change Principle

December 23 - Mistletoe Adventures

Jan 24 - Fight Or Flight Response

February 24 - Grey Carpet Area

March 24 - The Stag Prince Across the Sea

April 24 - Knight in Shining Armour

May 24- Hockey and Headaches

June 24 - To Take Up An Oar

July 24 - The Co-habitation Agreement

August 24 - ...

... We can safely say you hold the record of consecutive jilychallenges, this post is therefore dedicated to you!

Thank you @charmsandtealeaves for all your jily-challenge support

[arianatwycross]

Hi my tumblr name is arianatwycross (this is not my real name but you may call me A or Ari) I'm a pommy that lives in Australia, I have a golden retriever that owns my heart and I'm addicted to cheesy romance novels.

I write mostly Jily but have been known to delve into Romione and am dipping my toe in some wolfstar!

last updated 18.03.24

Jily

Multi-chapters:

The Process of Wanting- University Muggle AU / Jily-microoops March prompts

Headlines - Muggle AU / Popstar James

once upon a dream - WIP Hogwarts AU / Lily has a crush

To send or not to send? - (Two Parts) 2023 April Jily Challenge / Theme: Letters, Notes and Texting

A (not so) bad day - (Two Parts) - Hogwarts idiots in love

We'll be a fine line -WIP a chapter a day for jilytober 2022 / a muggle au

Only for the Summer -WIP Rated E / Muggle Job AU / Friends to Lovers

Beach Reading -  Rated T. July 2022 Jily Challenge / Theme: Summer Prompt: “i really, really need this summer job, so please stop distracting me with your wiles/good looks. you’re going to get me fired”

The Art of Fake Dating - WIP written with @vertraymer / For the Mixed Up Writer Fest 2022 / Prompt: Fake dating AU!

Unlearnable - WIP, Rated M. Muggle AU. Angst.

Strawberry Lipstick State of Mind - Rated E. Canon. Seventh Year.

Just a touch - Rated E

Teenage Kicks - Rated E / Celeb AU with minor wolfstar

you are the sun - Rated M (Three-parts) Muggle AU/Secret Relationship

One Shots:

Skinny Dipping Part 1 - a jilymicrofic

Just the two of us - Hogwarts / Forced proximity, Hurt/Comfort

A Sweet Meet Cute - Muggle AU, small town romance

A romance of their own - Jily Valentine Gift Exchange 2023 / Celeb AU

Wet, Cold & Bothered - Rated M / 2022 Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge; prompt: Snowball fights

Muggle Christmas Traditions - Rated G/ 2022 December Christmas Jily Challenge. Prompt: The night before Christmas

The One Where Remus Has no Filter - Rated G. Jily Challenge December Christmas challenge

a year and 22 days - Rated T. Summer of Jily 2022 / lyric: all that I know is you caught me at the right time —"golden hour" (kacey musgraves) Scenario: late evening with friends in the garden

The One Where Petunia Can't Drive - April JilyChallenge / Meet uglies + prompt "i hit you with my car/broom and was the only one to visit you in the hospital"

two fools - Rated T / Feb 2022 Jily Challenge romance theme + prompt " “It’s not like I've thought about kissing you, or anything…”

Shut up & Kiss me - Rated M / December Jily Challenge, Winter theme. Muggle AU

Crush Phase - Rated T. Muggle AU

A Year Later - Rated M / Jily Challenge August 2021 . Muggle AU

consciously unaware - Rated GA / Jilytober 2021 bingo (5 prompts in one). Canon, friends to lovers.

Say my name - Rated M. Canon.

Romione

Multi-chapters:

Backseat Rider - Rated T / Muggle AU

One Shots:

Willow - Rated GA. Written for M.Windsor for the 2021 HP Romione Discord Secret Santa!

It’s better In the front seat… - Rated M (Backseat Rider One shot)

Confessions - Rated E / Canon

Books & Freckles - Rated T

Nobody Compares - Rated T / Muggle AU, professional football player Ron

Wolfstar

Skinny Dipping Part 2 - a wolfstarmicrofic

Teenage Kicks Spinoff coming soon!

[kay-elle-cee]

I'm trying to sort my brain to get ready for the @jilytoberfest 31 prompts and find myself at a crossroads:

In 2022, I wrote several short fics in the canon universe. Last year, I had a theme that I stuck to for all 31 (meet-cutes).

So the question is:

*The results of this poll are not legally binding

[emeralddoeadeer]

A complete list of complete fics, read on Ao3 *updated March 2024

a touch of magic (a magic touch)

Canon - Rated G, 2k - Lily Evans learns about magic

a day like any other 

Canon - Rated G, 1.5k - Sixth year Hogwarts. From Tumblr prompt asks: Having a bad day and the other noticing

Just some guy 

Modern AU - Rated T, 10.2k - A chance encounter, two random strangers. When Lily and James collide, sparks fly... but maybe it's not so random.

Specular 

Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2023, 31 Prompts in 31 Days

What I've felt, what I've known 

Mixed Canon/Modern AU - Rated T, 600 words - A collection of drabbles for @thegobletofweasleys jily week 2023

you don't know me (but I know you) 

Modern AU - Rated T, 3.6k - Lily has a crush, she knows his face well but can only imagine his name; until they meet that is. written for @thegobletofweasleys jily week 2023

Class of '78

Canon Divergent - Rated M, 38k - A reunion at Hogwarts five years post-graduation.

the days are bright and filled with pain

Canon Divergent - Rated T, 1.5k - Christmas Eve with the Potters.

Synthesis 

Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2022, 31 Prompts in 31 Days

this time I'll remember 

Modern AU - Rated T, 24k - Frank and Alice are getting married, but theirs isn't the only love story. written for efkgirldetective's Summer of Jily 2022

Everlong

Modern Au - Rated M - 273k - Second chances Jily. A journey through pain, miscommunications and complexities of the heart.

Times Like These

Modern Au - Rated T - 6.5k - Everlong extension, moments of their story (past and future).

Tiny drabbles

you just have to ask

a hint of possibility

The Less I Know the Better

Don't need to look no further

Labyrinth

Canon - Rated T, 3.1k - A collection of 100-word drabbles from Jilytober 2021, 31 Prompts in 31 Days

One hundred and sixteen minutes... 

Canon - Rated T, 1k - Jilytober'21 bittersweet angst to fluff.

Something So Simple

Canon - Rated M, 1.8k - A stolen moment brings Jily closer when James helps Lily work out some tension.

Laying Claim 

Rated T, 1k - A game of beach volleyball has Lily seeing green... written for efkgirldetective's Summer of Jily 2022

Lucky Star

Modern AU - Rated G, 2k - A spiralling Lily makes assumptions, who's being an idiot in all this? written for jilychallenge july'21

In the blink of an eye

Canon - Rated G, 2.3k - James is pushed to his limits, angsty. written for Tumblr Training Prompt Tuesday

Unaccounted For

Canon - Rated T, 1.4k - Where are half the Gryffindor 7th years and why are they missing?

[practicecourts]

Fic Stats Game

Rules: Give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most bookmarks, fourth most comments, fifth most words, and your fic with the least amount of words. =

Thanks @wearingaberetinparis and @startanewdream for tagging me

most hits Head Over Handlebars For You (5100) Muggle AU, multichap almost, almost finished (Haha, i've been saying that a while, but this time it's true). The very fortunate James Potter fears his luck has run out when he has an accident in Amsterdam.The less-than-fortunate Lily Evans falls head over feet for the stranger she fished out of the canal.

second most kudos It Was A Clear Black Night, A Clear White Moon (99) written for November JilyChallenge 2022. One-shotWhen Lily sees James slip out of the Castle late at night during a full moon, she decides, stupidly perhaps, to follow him.

3. third most bookmarks Shall We Shag Now Or Later? (14) After an Order Mission gone wrong, James Potter and Lily Evans need to stay under cover in a secret Order safe house. (M-rated)

4. fourth most comments (shared place with nr 3 ⬆) Snow Magic (21 threads) A happy Potter Family MomentWritten for the December Jily Calender 2022 - prompts First Snow for which @constancezin made the sweetest & loveliest art, (also on AO3)

5. fifth most words (actually 6th to avoid doubles) Beggin’ Written for 2022 Jilytober Masquerade, the prompt had lots of fluff potential but this became something different, I blame the fact Halloween was coming. Peter finds himself on the doorstep of Godric's Hollow on the 31st of October 1985...

6. least words (There are shorter ficlets in the one word prompts...) but for easy finding I picked this one: Summer Time (417) Written for Mystery Microfic May. Fluff

I think most people have been tagged so if you weren't and want to do this, consider this your tag!! I'm sorry if you've done this already ;-) @turanga4 @hinnyfied @moonawrites @downn-in-flames @tiffanytoms @only-that-but-that @oneofthesirens @suzyq31

[maraudersftw]

"Oh god. How long have you been standing there?"

Congrats love!!! ❤❤❤

Hey, Lauren! Remember when you sent this? 💖 Neither do I 🥲 But I wrote something for it, so thank you, queen!

Fighting Fear

Through the light veil of intoxication clouding his vision, he spots her across the room, stood near the fireplace with Mary Macdonald, a cup of punch in hand.

“—how he did that swerve and roll when the bludger came his way! Are you listening, Prongs? What’s—” Sirius’s annoyed tone morphs into a heavy sigh the very next second, and James doesn’t even need to turn to know that he’s spotted the girls too. “Ah. Suppose I’ve lost you now, then.”

With a self-admonishing shake of his head, James looks away, shifting so that his back faces the fireplace now; not entirely eliminating the temptation but lessening his masochistic tendencies somewhat. “It’s nothing,” he makes himself say, chugging a huge gulp of his own punch and instantly regretting the move when his insides recoil with horror. “I’m fine. It’s over… whatever it was.”

“Is it really?” Sirius asks, looking exasperated. “Because not a single person in the room—no, fuck that; the castle—would believe that, given the fat fucking clouds of gloom the two of you seem to carry around with you these days.”

James clenches his jaw. “What do you want me to say, Padfoot? I did what I could, but—”

“You gave up.”

That does it.

“She is the one who went fucking silent on me!” he hisses, fingers clenching around his now-empty cup. “I told her how I felt, I asked her out, because you—all three of you!—told me she had to feel the same way, and then I scared her off. It’s exactly what I'd feared, and now—”

“Stop whining for a moment, would you?” Sirius glares, snatching the crushed cup away from James's hand for no apparent reason. “She didn’t go fucking silent on you; she said she needed some time.”

“Yes, to think of how to let me down gently, no doubt.”

“You know, Prongs, Evans has called you arrogant ‘bout a dozen times in the past, but now is when you really need to pull your head out of your arse, mate,” he scoffs. “Give the bird a bloody chance. She’s never had her feelings all sorted out, like you have. She clearly likes to complicate matters and overthink them to death, and I shouldn’t have to tell you this, because you already know it! If you just stopped panicking like a headless bloody chicken, you’d see all of this more rationally.”

“Merlin,” James mutters, ears a little red. “What’s with you suddenly?”

“I’m tired of watching you mope around and be miserable. Disbalances the atmosphere in the dormitory.”  

“Right.”

“Are you gonna let her talk to you then? She’s been trying since Thursday.”

“I know,” James sighs, runs a hand through his hair. “I’m just—”

“Scared of getting your heart broken, I know,” says Sirius, rolling his eyes, though not without fondness. “That’s not going to happen. No one chases the person they want to reject quite that badly. If Remus hadn’t stopped her, she might’ve marched down to the locker rooms after the match today to find you.”

“You’re kidding,” James whispers, sudden images flashing through his mind about this potential confrontation that could have taken place. He thinks he sort of regrets its non-occurrence now. “You… really think I should take a chance?”

“For fuck’s sake, yes!” Sirius barks, eyes jumping towards the fireplace for a beat. “And I’d do it soon, too, because from the look of things, Evans has clearly started thinking you want nothing to do with her anymore.”

“What?” James frowns, turning around to find only Mary standing near the large, scarlet couch, glaring with undisguised annoyance right at him. “Okay, she does not seem well pleased.”

“No shit.”

“Where’d Evans go?”

“Outside,” Sirius replies, clapping James firmly on the back. “Now go fix this or Macdonald won’t be the only one hexing your balls off.”

“You can try,” he says, mostly distracted as his feet carry him towards the portrait hole. Heart thundering behind rib-cage, skin too red-warm, breathing a little unsteady, James opens the portrait to step out, all the while trying not to completely lose it.

At first, the corridor looks seemingly empty; quiet and unoccupied given the late hour, and he wonders how she could’ve possibly gone somewhere far so quickly. But then a soft, rustling noise catches his attention, and his eyes scan the space to land on the barely-visible movement of a shadow within the nearest alcove.

He swallows, keeps his footsteps light so as to not startle her, and moves closer.

However, before he can traverse the entire distance, she steps out of the darkness, a soft gasp of surprise escaping her lips when she notices him, feet coming to an instant halt. At the sight of her, something in his chest flutters madly, then tightens to the point of pain; her eyes are sad and red-rimmed.

“Oh god,” Lily says, “How long have you been standing there?”

“I haven’t—I just came outside to—not long,” he blabbers like an idiot, feeling worse by the second. Fuck, had she really been out here, crying by herself? “I came looking for you, actually.”

“Really?” she asks, and he finds his brows climbing high when she juts out her chin a little defiantly. The action almost makes him smile with its familiarity; but only almost. “Are you just saying that because you ran into me here and have nowhere to go? Because from what I’ve seen, James, you haven’t seemed very interested in even looking at me lately, let alone looking for me.”

Merlin, this wasn’t going well. “Evans—”

“So, if awkwardness is all you’re trying to avoid, please don’t worry. I can leave you be in peace. You don’t have to feel bad—”

“Lily, stop.” He frowns, takes a step closer so she’ll see he means to go nowhere. “I’m not here because I felt bad or anything like that—although, yes, I’m not feeling too grand at the moment. I came here to tell you I’m sorry.”

He’s surprised her again; the tension evaporates from her shoulders gradually, green eyes widening. “What?”

“I’m sorry. I’ve been such a prat.” James runs a hand through his hair, finds it difficult, suddenly, to keep holding her gaze. “I knew you were trying to talk to me, but I kept avoiding you because I was scared that you’d—” say it, say it! “—that you’d say no. Or worse, that you wouldn’t even want to be my mate anymore. It was just easier to run away from that, I suppose.”

He breathes out deeply, feeling a strange sense of relief even as his heart still continues to trill in anxiety. Lily blinks, lips parted, expression painted in stunned disbelief.

He rushes to add: “That’s not to say that I still feel the same way! I mean, am I afraid? Well, yes, deathly. But I’m ready to accept whatever your answer is, Evans, I promise I am. I never should have expected you to have an immediate response anyway, and I know that—that you probably don’t feel the same way, but I respect your feelings, so… yeah.”

Fucking hell, his face feels like it’s positively on fire.

But at least his embarrassing spiel has resulted in light pink splotches on Lily’s cheeks too, which he notices only a little too well when she steps even closer, leaving barely any space between them.

“So, you were not avoiding me because you changed your mind?”

“Changed my mind?”

“About how you feel… about me,” she elaborates, voice quiet.

He can only gape in response. “You have to be kidding me. Are you absolutely mental? You thought I could just move on, change my mind, about you in four bloody days?” He scoffs, or laughs, or sobs a little—it’s hard to tell. “Honestly, Lily, that’s the most ridiculous—"

“James,” she says softly, effectively shutting him up, and in that half of a millisecond in between, James thinks that if she’s about to let him down after saying his name like that, she’ll need to take a lesson or hundred on how not to be heartbreakingly cruel. Thankfully, what she does instead is smile the most beautiful smile he’s ever seen on her, and pull him down with a light tug on his jumper. “Thank you for respecting my feelings, but I very much feel the same way.”

And before his brain can even catch up with the words, before the grin on his face has any time to materialize, Lily’s lips slide softly over his, stealing his breath, heart and sense all in one fell swoop.

[theesteemedladydebourgh]

Kiss me. Lily, James, and the fragile hope behind beginnings.

a short, soft little something written for @jilytoberfest​ 2022 masquerade! 🥰 (that i’m only getting around to posting on here in mid-november loll) 

ty so much to Joy for being her usual joyful self ❤️

Read i let you into the garden of my loneliness on Ao3!

[constancezin]

I got a confession...

I love jily even in october

[startanewdream]

The polaroid

(For @jilytoberfest, prompt #1, smile!)

The camera had been a gift Sirius had bought himself in a Muggle store to supposedly celebrate the end of the term, but so far James hadn’t seen Sirius take one photo from himself. Rather, Sirius was motioning people, arranging them in funny poses, having the time of his life.

"Sirius looks like a director," said an amused voice next to James; Lily had just thrown herself on the couch next to him.

James tried to ignore the way his heart raced.

"Director?"

"Movie director," she explained, watching him with the same amusement. "You know, those Muggle animated photos I told you about?"

"Oh, sure. Cinema."

Lily smiled; her smile was brighter than the flashes of the camera as far as James was concerned.

"Everyone seems to love it."

James blinked. "What?"

She moved her hand, showing around. "The Polaroid." Lily chuckled. "It’s funny how wizards have moving photos and yet a Polaroid is making everyone crazy to take a picture."

"Well," started James. Lily was looking at him and that made something as normal as thinking more difficult in his brain. "Wizarding pictures take time to develop. There is something even more magical in seeing your picture right after it's taken."

"I guess--and at least you know sooner if you looked horrible in the photo."

Her tone was teasing, an open invitation to join him in her joke and yet James found himself saying: "I don’t think you could look horrible in any photo, Evans."

There was a moment of silence; Lily’s eyes glinted under another flash, and then it hit James what he had just said.

"I mean," he started hurriedly before she could say anything, "Sirius is a great director, have you seen the photo he took from Remus and Sir Nicholas? It looks as if Remus is a ghost, it was the perfect timing, the head was almost falling--"

His voice died, painfully aware he was just babbling; luckily, after a long second, Lily just let out a laugh.

"Yeah, it was a funny photo," she agreed.

James breathed again. "As you said, Sirius is a director. He should do a movie."

She bit her lower lip; that was very distracting.

"Have you ever seen one?"

"What?"

"A movie."

"No--we almost went during the winter break, but then we missed it."

"Oh, that’s fine." She breathed deeply, then looked around almost distractedly. "The best movies are out in the summer anyway. We should see one."

James wished he could answer that, but he had definitely lost his ability to speak. Was this... Evans couldn't... had she...

It seemed a lot like she had just proposed they went out in a date this summer, and James needed to ask her about this, he couldn’t keep wondering...

But the moment he turned at her, there was a distraction in the shape of Sirius.

"Smile!" He cried, and there was just time enough for Lily to put her arms around James' shoulder before the flash of light blinded James.

He blinked, trying to see through the dark spots in his eyes, but by the time his vision returned, Lily had already stood up, taking the camera from Sirius' hand.

Her face was flushed as she fanned herself with the developing photo.

James braced himself again to ask her what he must, but once more he was interrupted.

"Here," said Lily, giving him the picture. "We don’t look so terrible together."

And with a wink, she departed.

James looked at the photo. They were both smiling, though his smile looked dizzy, as if he had just been hit by a bludger; and Lily -- she wasn’t staring at the photographer, but rather at him. With her arm around his shoulder and the way she was smiling, a bit nervous but also certain, it almost looked as if they were a couple...

James had to agree with her. They didn’t look terrible together at all.

[theresthesnitch]

Chapter 9: The Beginning

Now Complete

Read from Chapter 1, or read the final chapter here.

Instead of a preview, I just want to thank all of you for your love and attention to this fic. It's this idea that I had built around this single moment, and the way it came together is so much more than I ever expected. I'm truly in awe of the love you've shown it, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the end.

Happy Halloween and Jilytober, everyone.

Snitch ❤️

[savannah-5555]

“I’ve never really been a fan of pumpkin”

“I’ve never been a fan of pumpkin” Coffee shop muggle AU, meet-cute Rating: K+

Day 2 of @magic-girl-in-a-muggle-world's #Jilytober prompts!

@jilytoberfest

“Pumpkin,” James definitively says for what is likely the twentieth time within the mini debate he’s having with Sirius. Tucked away at a small table inside the coffee shop of the moment, Puddles, he downs the remnants of his pumpkin spice latte. The haters will say it’s basic, but James will defend the PSL as a classic. 

“Apple,” Sirius Black smirks behind his laptop computer, shaking his head. Cheery sunshine beams through the large window frames of the cafe, “Tonks?” his voice elevated slightly, towards the pink haired barista behind the counter. The teenager, too preoccupied with the morning regulars, throws a thumb in the direction of the tip jars, both labeled with the poll of the week. Sirius wastes no time crossing the short distance between the table and the coffee bar, a crisp five pound note added to his cause. “Apple,” Tonks laughs as Sirius takes his place across from James once again. 

“Are you daft? Pumpkin.” James gestures to the small decorative gourds on the tables and coffee counter, “Pumpkin is the defining staple of fall.”

“Mate, be that as it may,  I’m telling you apple is the superior fall flavor,” Sirius Black smirks at his best friend from across their table at their favorite coffee establishment.

James scoffs, then sips, allowing the aromas of cinnamon and nutmeg envelop his taste buds.

“Tell you what,” Sirius leans across the table towards James, voice dropping conspiratorially, “Why don’t you go and get a third opinion?” He nods his head towards the coffee patron posted up a short distance across the cafe.

James acknowledges this as an opportunity to finally strike up an organic conversation in a perfectly casual manner with the cute red-head he’d noticed becoming a semi-regular connoisseur of Puddles. It’s Sirius’s nods of encouragement that give him the last hit of courage he needed to approach her. 

“Excuse me miss…Lila,” James squints at the hastily scribbled identifier on her to-go cup, “I’m hoping you could settle a debate between me and my mate back there.” 

“It’s Lily actually,” She gestures to her cup, laughing apologetically, “but Tonks is the best barista within blocks of my office so she can call me whatever she likes.” Lily closes her laptop, crossing her hands atop of it. Her cream colored sweater is rolled back to her elbows, hair piled up into a stylish shabby-chic bun, “And I’d happily be the deciding factor….”

“James,” he kicks himself mentally for not starting off with introductions. 

 “I’d happily be the deciding factor, James,” Lily extends an arm to invite him to take the seat across from her.

As he settles down, James tries, and fails, to keep his ego in check as he catches her eyes give him a once over, and notices her teeth nip the corner of her lip, just the tiniest amount.

He clears his throat, “So. Superior fall flavor: Pumpkin or Apple?”

Without hesitation, Lily answers, “Oh apple, definitely. Apple crisp, apple pie, apple cider, no doubt.”

“That’s what I’ve been saying this entire time! I’ve never really been a fan of pumpkin.”

“Then I am happy to confirm you’ve got excellent taste,” Lily leans in, eyes sparkling.

“I’ve got half a mind to ditch him, you know, for even thinking that pumpkin could have stood a chance,” James continue, his voice lowered in faux conspiratorial tones. 

“Well you’re more than welcome to join me here and we can further discuss apple supremacy.”

Turning back to flash a grin Sirius behind him who in turn gives James a less than subtle double thumbs up, James relaxes back into his seat and decides that maybe apple is not so bad after all. He decides to go all-in, “There’s actually an orchard that I’ve been meaning to visit this weekend, if you’re available…” 

[tumbledfreckles]

Thirty-One

Written for Jilytober 2022, based on @magic-girl-in-a-muggle-world​s 31 prompts. A mistake, a big one. It will take moments, many of them, thirty-one in fact, to fix it. 

Start here (first three up)

All 200 words (a double drabble) or less.

[arianatwycross]

we'll be a fine line

I started this fic in 2022 for Jilytober - here I am finally finishing it! (apologies)

Previously: James and Lily are finding their feat fresh into their relationship. On a visit to James' parents, Lily confronts James about her ring that she's had since high school.

Chapter 29

“It was a group present,” James answers tentatively.  Lily gives him a frown he hasn’t seen in years, shame prickles his neck.  “Your mum just explained that it used to be your grandmother's engagement ring.”  He swallows. He definitely should have informed his mum otherwise, but maybe this was the way this was supposed to happen - things tend to blow up behind his back.  “Yes, it was.” He admitted solemnly.  “So why did the card say it was from everyone?”

continue reading here on A03

[kay-elle-cee]

Hello, do you know if there is any tips on finding Jily fics on A03, without being lead into a trap by the fake tags? I opened one Jily fic but I had to closer the browser because it wasn’t Jily it was of James and Hermione 🤢 🤢literally the line was like “I love you, Hermes. Lily only cares about Harry she doesn’t think of me, your the one I love”. So I just couldn’t, do you have any recommendations on Jily fic authors that actually show James and Lily?

😵‍💫 Oh yeah that's....a bait and switch for sure!

Hi there! I will be totally honest, I get most of my fic recs on Tumblr for exactly the reason you've stated above...every now and then I'll find a good one through ao3 tags but often it's a total shot in the dark!

BUT recs? I can do recs! For starters, here's a roundup of some of my favorite fics I read last year! And I would highly recommend checking out the other works of any authors on that list. In addition to folks there, here are some other great accounts to follow: @jilymicrofics, @jilymicro-oops, @thegobletofweasleys, @athenasparrow, @charmsandtealeaves, @nodirectionhome-ao3, @mppmaraudergirl, @uncertainwallflower, @jamesunderwater, @abihastastybeans, @startanewdream, and @suzyq31 (who's just starting to write Jily, and we're very excited!).

And I know I'm missed some people but checking out these folks and the ones from my 2022 fic rec lists will definitely get you in the orbit of what you want! And a special plug for @jilytoberfest, which starts in a week and will have lots of Jily content!

Hope this was helpful, Anon!

Oops! Editing to add the links to the Jilymicrofics, Jilytober, and Jilyweek AO3 collections in case you don't have a Tumblr to follow these accounts!

Jilymicrofics on Ao3 Jilymicro-oops on Ao3 Jily Week 2022 & Jily Week 2023 Jilytober 2022 & Jilytober 2023

[nought-shall-go-ill]

(For @jilytoberfest’s Prompt 28: “Tell me a story”)

It’s nearly the 28th where I am, but I realise that’s probably not the case for most of you. Sorry!

“Tell me a story,” Harry muttered, so softly that only Mary could hear. The throng of Christmas customers in The Leaky Cauldron half suffocated the sound. “Of them. Tell me a story about them.”

Mary took a deep breath. What could she possibly say? Where could she possibly start? This boy had seen horrors she could scarce imagine. He was put on a pedestal in their world for ridding it of its worst enemy. And yet… he still chose comfort in the arms of his family.

Even if those arms were mere stories built on imperfect memories.

“What would you like to know?” she asked.

What was appropriate to say? He was only nineteen, only a child really.

“Everything…” He took a gulp of butterbeer, looking so much older than James ever got to be. “But I’ll settle for something nice.”

“Something nice?”

“Yeah.”

But that would be doing them a disservice. Lily and James Potter were never nice, nothing even close to nice. In the early days, they were vicious, as awful to each other as two teenagers could be. Cruel and vindictive and spiteful.

But then they were magnificent. Awe-inspiring. Ethereal. As bright as Venus in a clear sky.

Somehow everyone knew the moment she’d led him to that dance floor that they’d walk each other down the aisle. Somehow everyone knew that that baby would be as loved as it was ever possible to be. And somehow, when they passed, everyone knew they’d be cruelly taunted by the Potters and their love for the rest of their lives.

Sirius. Remus. Peter. Mary. The ones left had all searched desperately for a little bit of Lily and James in their own ravenous ways.

How could one ever sum up all that in a way that was nice?

“She used to doodle his name in her Potions book,” Mary replied finally, only half recollecting the fact.

Harry smiled, looking a lot more like her when he did.

“Yeah?” he chuckled.

“Yeah, with little snitches. Strange woman! Practically covered the thing.”

He laughed, a big hearty laugh that Mary suspected carried something he wasn’t willing to share.

“I suppose that’s not exactly a nice thing, though, right?”

Because hadn’t it been obsessive? Childlike? A sign of Lily’s desperate yearning in those moments when the embers had started but the fire hadn’t quite yet roared.

But would there ever truly be words to describe the love that followed?

“No. No, it is. It’s very nice!”

Mary guessed nice was subjective. But for her, it would always be too insignificant of a word to describe Lily and James Potter.

[ohmygodshesinsane]

breakfast; a jilytober microfic

My latest microfic for @jilytoberfest! Using the week 2 prompt ‘sleep’.

Read it under the cut or on Ao3!

Lily decided she hated sunshine. She hated sunshine, and chirping birds, and breakfast. She hated Hogwarts, and every class she’d ever taken, and most of all, the two N.E.W.T exams that awaited her later that day.

“Morning,” James said, handing her a glass of orange juice. “You look beautiful.”

Lily mournfully regarded her porridge.

“Enjoy this sight, Potter,” she said. “You’ll never see it again.” James frowned.

“You at breakfast?”

“Me at Hogwarts. I’m going to do so poorly they’ll boot me right away.” James laughed.

“Nah.” He swiped his fingers across her check. “You’ve got sleep in your eye.”