Pandora x Lily

Lily is good at wizarding chess. She knows it, her friends know it. She even beats Peter more times that she loses against him, and he grew up playing the game she only recently learned existed. So when she sees a blond girl playing both sides of a wizard’s chess board on a Saturday afternoon she can’t help herself.

She walks up to the girl with the long blond hair and the soft, dreamy expression and asks if she can join her.

“Sure,” the blonde girl replies. “I’m Pandora.”

“Lily,” Lily introduces herself as she sits on the opposite side of the table.

Lily goes in expecting to win. She had seen the way Pandora played, there was no way she could lose. Not when her strategies had strategies, not when she knew every possible move that could be made.

She lost. Lily lost. She lost the game so fast she doesn’t even know what happened. It doesn’t make any sense. How could she lose?

She asks for another game, and Pandora agrees. Then another, and another. And by the time the sun has set and they have to make their way towards the Great Hall, Lily has lost track of how many games they’ve played and still hasn’t figured Pandora’s strategy out.

Pandora is unpredictable, none of her moves make any sense. Every time Lily thinks she has figured the pretty girls strategy out, Pandora surprises her with yet another strange move.

When, a week later, Lily spots Pandora once again sitting in the library playing chess by herself, she can’t help herself — she joins her. And a week later she does it again, and again, and again until it becomes a habit. Every Saturday Pandora sits in the library chessboard set up, and every Saturday Lily joins her.

Two months after this all started one of the younger students approaches Lily in the common room asking for help with something.

“I can’t right now,” she says.

“Yeah!” she hears James shout from the other side of the common room, “Lily has a date she can't be late to.” he continues teasing.

“It’s not a date!” she shouts back, “I’m just trying to figure out her strategy!”

“Sure.”

It’s no use arguing with Potter, she is already late enough.

And it isn’t a date.

(Little disclaimer so some of these make more sense I personally hc Pandora as blind or mostly visually impaired)

Lily calls Pandora "Angel" because Pandora walks like she's floating and wears long white dresses

Pandora calls Lily "Stargazer" because she can feel when lily is staring at her with stars in her eyes (also stargazer lilies)

Lily runs warm Pandora is always cold

Pandora realized she was in love with lily the first time she held her face in her hands, lily had the softest skin she had ever felt and she could feel the smile on Lily's face

Lily likes to lay her head in Pandora's lap and Pandora conjures flowers and braids them into Lily's hair

Lily wears bangles, and little bells on her skirts so Pandora can always hear her coming

Lily cooks all the meals and Pandora makes the deserts

Pandora plays the violin, lily paints, they each claim the other as their muse

Light, brief, safe.

Pandora's lips curl up into a warm smile and her eyes glimmer after a chuckle.

word count: 861

warnings: none, just tooth rotting fluff!!

summary: pandora just wanted to do something nice for her girlfriend, but it somehow all went wrong

spring scenarios masterlist

The kitchen was covered in flour.

Pandora had wanted to surprise Lily by cooking her something. Lily was always in the kitchen making something for Pandora and, despite how many times Lily claimed she didn't mind, she always felt like she should do something back. So, when Barty suggested making Lily something when they went for coffee, Pandora agreed. Naturally, she began flicking through recipe books like she was training for the Olympics. She wanted something perfect, something that showed Lily how much she meant to her while being easy enough that she could actually make it. But nothing seemed good enough. There were the strawberry cupcakes but they came with a buttercream and Lily always thought that buttercream was too sweet. Then there were the cupcakes with the Swiss meringue icing but they were carrot cake and, despite her flaming red hair, Lily despised carrot cake.

(It never occurred to Pandora that she could use multiple different recipes.)

Lily beams as she relaxes in the late spring sun, listening to Pandora talk a mile a minute about her latest experiment and trying to figure out where she keeps going wrong together. Moments like these are her favourite, a lovely spread of pastries and fruit lay before them on the picnic blanket in the park near their flat, revelling in the soft and comforting presence of her girlfriend. 

Eventually, she stops talking and smiles at her, eyes so full of love that Lily can’t help but wonder what she ever did to deserve something, someone, as wonderful as her. “I want to spend the rest of my life with you,” Pandora murmurs. 

“So do I.” 

Taking a deep breath, she pulls a small velvet box out her handbag, making Lily gasp as she reveals a simple, elegant gold ring. “You are without a doubt the best thing that has ever happened to me. You are the light of my life, shining through even the darkest of days. You’re the love of my life and I can’t imagine my life, my future without you. I want to start a family with you. I want you, forever, in whatever way you’ll have me. You don’t have to say yes, I’ll never leave you no matter what, but Lily Evans, will you do me the greatest honour of marrying me?” 

“Don’t be ridiculous,” she replies, tears having sprung to her eyes during her speech. “Of course I would say yes. I’d love nothing more than to marry you.” 

Sliding the ring on her finger, Pandora grasps her face and pulls her into a heated kiss. “God, you’re going to make the most beautiful bride ever.” 

“No, that would definitely be you.” 

“Agree to disagree,” she whispers, placing a soft kiss to her forehead. “I love you.”