Non Exhaustive Jily Recs: Hogwarts Years
Evergreen and Pine by @tinyluminaryzombie - 1K words
Sirius and Lily friendship while they’re both pining
Full disclosure I wrote this 🙈
Lily Evans is stuck in a closet with Sirius. All Sirius wants to talk about is exactly what she's trying not to think about: James Potter. Or: A seven minutes in heaven that's more like seven minutes of sweet sweet interegation ft. Lily and Sirius.
The Dog You Feed by @january3693 - 100K words (25 chapters)
Lily getting close with the Marauders. Lily and Sirius friendship. Pre Jily and Wolfstar. TW abuse (Sirius)
Beautifully written and love how it shows the evolution of Lily’s friendships.
When Sirius ran away from home he went to live with the Potters, but before he made it there he wound up lost, alone, and hurt in Muggle London. With James out of the country, Peter stuck at home, and Remus trapped by the full moon, it’s Lily Evans (who hates his guts) that Sirius is forced to turn to for shelter and more advice than he could have bargained for.
A Dog in Stag’s Clothing by @lynxindisguise - 4.8K words
Great James and Sirius prank. Jily and Wolfstar get together
So funny and sweet and cute!
In which Lily is bad at feelings, Remus loses all powers of observation, James is clueless, and Sirius has to do some waiting.
Erasmus Lovegoods’s Guide to Brewing Love Potions by @thelighthousestale - 5.3K words
Love potions, humor, and love confessions
Mixes in the potion instructions in a really cool way and is such a fun read!
How an accidental explosion in NEWT-level potions finally forced Lily and James to confront their feelings.
Through the Rain by @bookeatingbean - 6K words
Vignettes of Jily at Hogwarts
Such a well rounded and beautiful story!!
James and Lily's first kiss, and the story behind it. There's some fluff, some character study, and some good old fashioned angst.
Accidental Magic by @missgryffin - 9K words
Jealous Lily, love confessions, first kiss, first time
Hot hot hot hot hot hot!!!!!!!!
What else is there to do after confessing feelings in the middle of the night than spend a lazy Saturday in bed?
i would drink a case of you, darling by treacherous_talks - 13.4K words
Pining Lily while she’s friends with James plus seventh year / first war angst
Such a good how did Lily and James go from friends to more fic!
James is like seventy-ish percent certain that Evans is trying to make a move on him. But that thirty-ish percent doubt isn’t worth the risk of ruining the friendship they’ve worked so incredibly hard to develop. So he spends his days in blatantly enforced ignorance. Lily doesn’t know how much more obvious she can be. There’s only so much fluttering eyelashes and touching-his-arm-accidentally she can do. She can practically feel her brain cells dying every time she twists her hair around her finger. So she finally accepts that Potter won’t make the first move, and takes it upon herself do so. Sirius is just here to enjoy the fireworks. (And outside Hogwarts, the world grows ever darker.)
As If By Magic by @annabtg - 34K words
Awesome multi chapter with so much pining!
Lily Evans, Head Girl, is starting her seventh year at Hogwarts. Alongside her, Head Boy James Potter, who has always had a crush on her yet has given up all hope of winning her over. But between working together, sharing fun times with friends and getting through the darker moments that come with living in an era of war, things between them are bound to change...
New Year by scaredofclouds - 92K words (14 chapters)
One year in life of Jily + all the Jily feels.
It’s on fanfiction.net but i love this fic so much and it’s definitely worth venturing from ao3!
Lily Evans is planning on seeing the New Year in alone, then just getting through the rest of the year with as few problems as possible. Unfortunately for Lily Evans, very little in her life is that simple. Still, what difference can a year make? 1977 through the eyes of L & J.
Fireside Chats by @kay-elle-cee - 1.7K words
Lily and Sirius friendship. Slight angst + family drama.
So so good and I love their friendship!
“He’s still upset, then?” “Evans,” Sirius starts, and she can hear the disbelief in his voice. “You uninvited him to Christmas with your family. Yeah, he’s still upset.”