February
Scarlet Haze (completed, 6.4k) by @nodirectionhome--ao3. Rated M.
She glares at him. “Just trying to make sure Albert didn’t make a colossal mistake in choosing you. We’re going to win the Cup this year, if you can manage to stay on your broom.” OR A tale of Quaffles, Snitches, Bludgers, and two young Gryffindors ready to fall for each other.
last first kiss (completed, 3k) by @sapphireleo. Rated T.
The first time he wanted to kiss her. The first time she wanted to kiss him. Their last first kiss.
Early Riser (completed, 2.3k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated T.
“This is stupid, Evans.” There’s a silence, then Lily turns her head, eyes glassy. “What? You climbing in bed with your mate's woman friend just to be an asshole?” Lily says quietly, voice attempting to remain steady. “Yeah, it’s pretty—” “No. This. You and Prongs. Hiding shit badly and for no reason. I mean, for fuck’s sake the fact that you just referred to yourself as his ‘woman friend’ just proves to me how delusional you’re being.”
A Small Seed of Something (completed, 2.1k) by @yallthemwitches. Rated T.
James’s eyebrows raise, grin blooming. “There is nothing dramatic or delusional about saying that being with you is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, Evans. That’s a fact. Way better than quidditch, I reckon—” “Oh my god.” Lily sits up, half sputtering, half laughing. Taken aback, James gives her space, propping himself up on his hands with an eyebrow cocked. “Nothing is better than quidditch for you,” Lily says defiantly, cheeks burning. “Right. Well, you are.” “It’s not possible.” “It’s my barometer we are using to measure these things, Evans. So yes, actually. It is possible. Nice try though.”
First Kiss (completed, 5.9k) by @petalsonparchment. Rated T.
“You’re being really weird,” she said, blunt as ever. “Am not,” he replied automatically, which was exactly the sort of thing someone being extremely weird would say. “You stopped dead in the middle of the path and stared at me,” she’d stepped back up the hill, removing more space between them. “You looked petrified, honestly.” He hoped the grin he gave her was charming and didn’t look as remotely frightened as he felt. “I was appreciating the view.” That wasn’t a lie, because he wasn’t talking about the lake. One of Lily’s eyebrows arched with surgical precision. “The view is behind me, James.”
happy bloody valentine’s day (literally) (completed, 11.5k) by @apalapucian. Rated M.
Lily, feeling ridiculous that she feels more nervous now than when faced with five armed Death Eaters, says, "Look, I don’t — not — feel the same way." He turns to her. Processes that. Then, "You like me?" Lily purses her lips. "Yes." "As in — ?" "Yes." "As in you want to kiss me, and — ?" "Yes, James." "Oh."
Never Enough (completed, 1.1k) by @annabtg. Rated G.
It's the last day of the school year. The sixth year Gryffindors are having a lazy evening in the common room, and James is sitting next to Lily.
Closing the Gap (completed, 2.3k) by @heldinconstellations. Not rated.
She knew the pattern by heart now. They would flirt, tease, then draw the line and settle back into the safety of familiarity. But Godric be damned, it had been a whole year and an almost kiss of this cycle now. Maybe it was the firewhiskey, or just her sentimentality, or both, but she was done playing. She looked him square in the eye, her voice dropping into something dangerous. "Or, we could actually spend the night.”
bad idea, right? (WIP, 12.3k as of 28 Feb 2026) by @gigglesandfreckles-hp. Rated M.
In her first year at uni, Lily Evans broke her own heart. She always thought her relationship with James was simply an issue of timing and that things would eventually work themselves out. It's been nine years now...and she gave up on that hope long ago.
Louder Than Words (WIP, 21.4k as of 28 Feb 2026) by @loverlupins. Rated E.
Lily Evans wants to be the subject of Schumann’s Papillons, dreamy and ethereal. She wants to let herself bloom like the flowers in this early spring, resilient despite the frost that clings to their petals each night. She wants to live, forget, and relinquish all that she left behind in 1978 — and may just do so, when she sees (rather, hears) James Potter for the first time. Or, the one where Lily is tired of keeping herself from what she wants, and James is the (infuriating, glorious) new student in Professor McGonagall’s piano studio who is more than happy to oblige.
The Years (WIP, 9k as of 28 Feb 2026) by @ghostofbambifanfiction. Rated M.
"Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others." Coming of age, falling in love, and everything in between. Snapshots of moments across time.
You've ruined my life (By not being mine) (completed, 5.6k) by emmathecasualauthor. Rated G.
Lily Evans had realized that she was rather in love with James Potter about two months ago. This, she thinks, is by all accounts the worst thing that has ever happened to her.
this is the worthwhile fight (WIP, 77.6k as of 28 Feb 2026) by @ohhevans. Rated T.
“Yes. I think it matters.” James is shocked at how soft his own voice is, but even more so at the pause in her footsteps. They’re quiet for a second, and then he hears them approaching. “Why?” She asks, slowly, slowly walking back towards him, rejoining him at the wall. “Two more years at this place and nobody will care how many O.W.L.s we got last year or who was a prefect or Quidditch captain. Voldemort won’t care. This,” she gestures at the air around her, “won’t mean anything when we leave here.” “But it means something now, doesn’t it?” – It is sixth year and everything has changed, everything is changing, nothing is the same, nothing is different at all. This is a story of love and of loss (like every story that has ever been told), and of growing pains and growing up. Lily Evans, James Potter, Sirius Black, new friendships forged and old ones not forgotten, alone and not alone with their changing minds, falling in love and falling into place when the walls are falling down around them, everything is falling out from under them. OR A long form, slow burn, canon compliant tale of Lily Evans and James Potter, and all the people they love, have loved, have lost.
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