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The obligatory sideblog by which I attempt to shield the people who've seen my face from my true nature
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Fic Masterlist

Kestrel x Arin (The Winner’s Trilogy)

Stand-alone Works:

  • gorgeous and alone, face to face - (t, 4,331 w) Kestrel and Arin talk in the tavern in The Winner’s Crime and this time the Senator has left before Arin can overhear them (and then they kiss)

James x Lily (Harry Potter)

Series:

it’s about the Gazing (hp verse)

Stand-alone Works:

  • it would have been sweet - (m, modern au, 5,306 w) Lily falls for James a month too late in high school and it takes a while for them to find each other again.
  • you make all the pretty girls cry - (t, hp verse, 2,589 w) In which there are many unsuccessful attempts at asking James (aka Hogwarts’ most intelligent idiot) to Hogsmeade until Lily finally gets her shit together.
  • if it’s a crime, then i’m guilty - (m, historical au - 1930s-40s, 15,304+ w, wip) James is a barrister, Lily is married, there’s a divorce case to win and a war coming.
  • but he’s a little but too far away - (m, historical au - 1980s-90s, 18,302 w) Journalist au. The toll of James’ work as a war correspondent is starting to hit home.
  • speak now - (t, hp verse, 1,472 w) Set after ‘silence and patience, pining in anticipation’ by @kay-elle-cee , after all the silence and patience has run out.

Jyn x Cassian (Rogue One)

Series:

i’ll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new (sw verse)

sad orchestra au (modern au - crossover with Mozart in the Jungle and sequel to @canardroublard’s Poco a poco)

  • tremolo - (t, 2,321 w) Cute little sick fic set before All The Pain of the main story.
  • encore (et moi je t’aime un peu plus fort) - (e, 19,787 w) Renowned concert pianist Jyn leaves violist Cassian waiting at the airport. Five years later, she’s back to play Rachmaninoff with his orchestra. Has anybody moved on? Fuck no.
  • the rehearsal (Jyn’s POV) - (t, 2,203 w) Chapter 2 of encore with a POV switch.
  • intermezzo - (e, 3,882 w) Very emotional phone sex set during Chapter 6 of encore.
  • allegrezza - (e, 6,681 w, wip) A bit of a grab-bag of happy ending scenes, including one of my favourite sex scenes.

Stand-alone Works

  • por más que crezca, vas a estar aquí - (g, sw verse, 3,542 w) A mix between a soulmate and a daemon au where Cassian grows up accompanied by the feline embodiment of Jyn’s soul because I wanted their childhoods to be Less Sad.
  • cake or death - (t, modern au, 977 w) The first thing I ever wrote and published as an adult! Is it silly? Absolutely. Is it good? Who can say?
  • in the bleak midwinter - (t, sw verse, 4,859 w) Set before the film, Jyn and Cassian meet when they’re both in compromised positions and proceed to help each other out in various ways. Also there’s a Christmas market.
  • when we were young - (t, sw verse, 2,688 w) Jyn and Cassian meet as kids in the Partisans.
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apalapucian

she's surprised to find james in one of the greenhouses on monday night.

it's late, and she's only there because she's out of asphodel, and she needs it for the potion she decided to brew at 1 AM because she couldn't sleep and she needed to do something with her hands.

she opens the greenhouse door, makes out a startled shadow to the right, immediately raises her wand — but then he goes, quietly, "evans?" and lily's brain lights up.

they both cast a lumos and find each other looking at the other with the same level of incredulity.

"what are you doing here?" she whisper-yells. but then a light opens from the office in the back — something that sounds like a chair scraping on the floor — and in quick, large strides their wandlights are extinguished and they're both crouched down behind the same shelf of sleeping mandrakes.

somehow, they're holding hands. lily doesn't know who reached out to whom and how the hell that happened, but they are, and james doesn't seem to notice —

"is anybody there?" professor morsden calls out. they can't see him from their hiding place, but his voice is husky with sleep.

close beside her, lily can feel james's shoulders move in slow, quiet breaths. his eyes are not trained on anything in particular, she notices, as he strains to hear, all other senses alert. specks of light are reflected on his glasses.

eventually morsden goes back in, the light is turned off, and james eases beside her.

"um, potter — "

"yeah?"

"my — hand?"

"oh. oh. sorry, i didn't — "

"it's okay."

_

"how did you know it was me?" she asks later.

"oh — your hair. it — um, caught light."

"and you immediately assumed it was me, and not, like, one of the fifteen other redheads in school."

"well, yeah. your red's different."

different how, she thinks, but it's such a moot point.

as if reading her thoughts though, he says, "it's the only red i recognize."

for @almosttenaciousmoon / @florenceafternoon, who sent the prompt "academic rivals" ♡

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WIP Tag

1. List the titles of your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!) 2. An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing 3. Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on! 4. Then tag 10 writer friends!

Top Five Two Priorities:

Okay so this year I am really trying to narrow my focus so this might be a short list!

  1. Chapter 4 of if it's a crime, then i'm guilty.
  2. 'you know you'll be gone by the morning'. Friends/rivals with benefits au of my au (self-indulgence ftw!) 'but he's a little bit too far away' where they start sleeping together while they're cadets.

That's kind of it! I am determined to get into the really juicy parts of it's a crime this year, so am keeping the plot bunnies at bay. Speaking of juicy bits.

Things I'm Looking Forward To:

  1. I mean it's barely a spoiler to say that of course James actually does remember Lily, and the scene where that is revealed is coming up this chapter. This is also the chapter where the 'm' rating is earned but those two scenes have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Such fun!

Also, because I was tagged in a snippet tag, have a snippet!

In her defence, it wasn’t just the wig that did it. She made it through the first hour or so of the trial relatively unscathed, taking notes on the court’s procedures and the opening argument of the lawyer representing the claimant. There were, perhaps, a few glimpses at James in quiet moments, resulting in some objective observations that yes, the crisp, stark lines of his jabot did play nicely against his sharp jaw, or yes, there was something about the contrast between the tight, ordered curls of his powdered wig and the inky mess of his hair that was inordinately compelling. But still, nothing untoward. Then came James’s opening statement.

2. I'm really excited to revisit the absolutely shocking communication skills of 'a little bit too far away' jily. god i love them.

Poll

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CH. 52: OUT OF THE CAULDRON

The thing about fibbing, Dorcas Walker knew, was that it had to be done with a delicate touch. As a rule, Mary Macdonald didn’t much believe in regrets. James Potter liked to think he was capable of quiet, noble suffering. It was an inescapable truth that Germaine King was of a nervous disposition. Sirius Black had resigned himself to the moral low ground.
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Anonymous asked:

Took me a bit of time to come up with a prompt but I've been dying of a cold for two days so "stuffed nose" for a prompt ? I'll let you run in whatever direction you like :) and I love your snippet for the prompt you posted !!!

the whole thing starts on thursday, during potions. they're brewing antidotes to moonseed poison, and something in the ingredients sets off lily's allergies. she's sneezing even until they're in the hall on the way to dinner.

in the common room, much later, mary finally says, "lil, i think you should go rest. seems like you caught something."

"ah, no. just allergies. something in potions earlier..." stuffed nose, itchy throat, the beginning of a headache. but she has antihistamines in her trunk upstairs, so she should be fine. she just has to finish this essay. "i am almost done though, so i might actually go ahead soon."

mary looks for a moment like she's going to argue, but the point was to get her to rest. so she concedes and nods.

they don't notice james watching from the fireplace.

sirius does, though. he fishes a forgotten receipt from his pocket, crumples it up, and throws it at him. "at least be subtle about it," he comments.

james glares at him. he returns to his homework for about two seconds tops before looking up to steal another glance. sirius rolls his eyes. "it's just — she's sick," james says defensively. "she must have caught something."

sirius turns to look at lily then. besides the occasional sneezing, and the pink-tipped nose, evident even from this distance and in the predominantly red-orange of the gryffindor common room — lily seems fine. "she said it's just allergies. from potions today."

"no, it's..." james frowns, quill hovering over fresh ink. "never mind."

"what do you think is it then?" sirius asks anyway.

james adjusts his specs, but his eyes stay trained on his rune translation draft. "not allergies," he says simply.

"how do you know?"

he shrugs. "i just do." he's smiling a bit at his parchment; stupidly, like he's thinking of an inside joke.

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Jily fics!

When a bunch of your favourites come together (sorry) for a festive gift exchange, what a way to end/start a year!

I have read more jily in the past few days than I have in the past few months.

Something for everyone 💕

Massive thanks to @thegobletofweasleys for organising <3

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kay-elle-cee
@hprecfest Day 31: A Fave Amongst Faves

Ship: James/Lily Rating: Mature Relevant Tags: Alternate Universe—Historical, Alternate Universe—Journalism, Mentions of Distressing Historical Events, Mental Health Issues, 1980s-1990s, Heavy Angst, Pining, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Sexual Content, Bisexual James Potter Warnings: Creator Choose Not To Archive Warnings Word Count: 18,305

A decade after they met as cadets for The Times, the toll of James chasing stories in war zones is starting to hit home for Lily.
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