James/Lily (smut)

“Their eyes lock again, and the heat in his gaze catches her off guard, making her stomach swoop. She presses her thighs together without thinking, but James notices—the quick flick of his eyes downward, the sharp swallow that follows.”

James/Lily, Snape/Lily

He was stealing. Every sigh, every shiver, every soft sound pressed into his mouth belonged to another boy, and still he hoarded them, greedy, desperate. The guilt pressed hard against his ribs, sharp and jagged as broken glass.

(Or: Snape inadvertently runs into Lily while using Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as James.)

James/Lily

“And for a moment the steam, the water, the danger beyond their walls all seemed to fall away. It was just them—two terrified, reckless kids about to be parents—holding on like the world couldn’t pry them apart.”