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old school (2010s ish) Jily recs

Thought I’d share a few of my favourite older Jily fics for anyone that hasn’t come across them before, or wants to reminisce.

Purely Business by Zayz (oneshot, rated M) - head students-with-benefits angst

“They didn’t do it out of love. They were not in love, nor did they want to be. They barely knew each other. None of this was romantic, not even close. What they had together was purely business.”

and it burns like me for you by Wilhelmina Willoughby (oneshot, rated T)

She’s almost to the library when a hand grabs her wrist and yanks her into what appears to be an empty classroom. It is. They’ve been here before. She’s intimately acquainted with the desk nearest the door. But it’s a good thing she’s not honest.

Kiss and Tell by SunshineDaisiesWindmills (multi-chapter, rated M)

The rules were simple. Provoke each other. Scream at each other. Snog each other. Do this as frequently as possible, but don’t ever, ever kiss and tell.

 If We Only Die Once by Apalapucian (multi-chapter, rated M)

Lily gets flak for dating James and gets sucked in to the belief that he’s better off without her. She tells him she doesn’t love him anymore, and after a while, she manages to make him believe the lie.

Bloody Shangrila by dorcasdeadowes (multi-chapter, rated M) - muggle AU

“The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promised land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la.

Love and Other Tragedies by Fancyeyes (multi-chapter, rated M) - Lily’s on a journey of self-discovery while trying to solve murders of students. This has one of the best plot twists I’ve ever read in fic.

And the Wolves All Cry by monroeslittle (long-shot, rated M) - AU angst (with a happy ending)

if a certain person doesn’t hear a prophecy, does it still come true?

Literally everything written by @fetchalgernon​ / cgner - AU queen! Honorable mentions to:

To Live Nobly (oneshot, rated T) - this one will break your heart a little

Question Time (oneshot, rated E) - Prime Minister James & MP Lily AU

Key Limes (oneshot, rated T) - Prince James & actress Lily AU

Lily and Fleamont would always exchange a good laugh, even before officially becoming family.

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“The charm that boy has… I have no idea where it comes from.” “He says you taught him all the moves.” “Ha! Enjoy the dinner, Miss Evans.”

Lily Evans

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Some morning around 1981

in light of recent structural failures in the global Wife Guy industrial complex, I feel the need to clarify that my James Potter will be distancing himself from the Wife Guy image and will be rebranding as a Proud Male Monogamist 

Fanfic writers be like: goddamnit, this idea is so fucking sad it’s making me cry just thinking about it. Let me write it down so I can inflict it on others.

Just married.

For him, it was like a dream. For her, it was the reality.

do not underestimate therapeutic powers of pride and prejudice 2005 dir. joe wright

also harry is brilliant in the scene where drunk tom waits for patrick, telling him he never only wanted to paint him in the first place and crying. there’s rawness and openness and vulnerability in the way he portrays tom’s turmoil, the way he’s so scared of himself, of who he is and of what he wants but precisely that he wants anyway, the pain of facing himself and the desire to turn away and keep up the silence, the thunder raging inside of him overflowing to the surface, ‘frightening’ like turner’s painting, it’s beautifully devastatingly and absolutely believably done