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It was a predictable predicament, Lily in a bikini, a torment James had all too willingly – eagerly – signed himself up for when he’d agreed to invite the girls on the beach holiday. But of course he’d agreed, because James is a good friend.
Or a glutton for punishment.
Or a pervert.
All of the above, probably.Or: It’s the summer before their 7th year, and James invites the Gryffindors to his family’s beach house for a week. How many tropes can Lily and James wade into before the week is over?
For Jily Week 2025 Day 5: Summer Fling!
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It has been just over three weeks since Harry was born, and Lily no longer feels human. She feels like a corpse. A reanimated corpse. Of a cow. The reanimated corpse of a cow at the mercy of a tiny tyrant who never sleeps and demands milk at all hours.
Or: Lily and James struggle with exhaustion, anxiety, and isolation as they navigate the new terrain of parenthood in the middle of a war, but find that love is always something worth fighting for.
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James paces outside the Hogwarts library, feeling uncharacteristically nervous as he braces himself for the most formidable task any 15-year-old boy can undertake: asking a girl out.
Or: Over the course of his 5th and 6th years, James works through the stages of grief as he tries to win the affection of Lily Evans, and grows up a bit in the process.
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The story of how James and Lily fell in love — told in every time period they can imagine.
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07 Sep 2025
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The old Lily Evans chose casual flirting, a bit of light dancing, an exchange of numbers, and a hope for a future when she met a man.
The new Lily Evans, however, is tired of that same old song and dance. She wants to forget about the future and enjoy the reckless now.Bookmarked by vagueshadows
01 Sep 2025
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James Potter, one of the best players of his favourite online game, Wizarding World Wars, is on top of the world in his role as leader of his gaming group, that is, until the arrival of a new, mysterious player who is far too adept at trash talk, and throws his entire life completely off balance.
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01 Sep 2025
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Magnolia by theesteemedladydebourgh for GhostofBambi
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
18 Aug 2025
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Exploding Ministry memos and one or two requisite dragons and cursed magical objects. Old school romances with a dash of new workplace flirtation. James Potter and Lily Evans may have missed each other the first time around…but not this time, if Ministry regulations have anything to say about it.
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19 Aug 2025
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i don’t know why i like you (but i do) by firefeufuego for isahorcrux
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Mar 2025
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‘You are so exactly the person I thought you were, James Potter.’ That’s his girl, still so condescending even when she’s put down.
‘Yeah,’ he says, not looking back, ‘I guess I am.’Lily and James read History together at Balliol College at Oxford. Unfortunately, they just can’t seem to read each other for shit.
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17 Aug 2025