Author's Notes: Hello! It's been a long time since I posted anything here, but I've missed it so much! I've been inspired by some writing prompts that I've seen online, so I thought I'd start a story that is just a collection of Lily & James oneshots. They likely won't go any further, but as always any kind of feedback is massively appreciated. Enjoy!

"Don't you have a department to run? An evil wizard to catch?"

"My favorite person is in the hospital, the ministry can wait."

"I don't think it works like that."

"It does today."

I sighed, unable to stop the inevitable grin from spreading across my face. Of course he was here. Of course he'd dropped everything and flown halfway across the country when this happened. I don't even know why I was surprised.

"I had to know you were OK."

His tone had changed, no longer jokey and sarcastic, but much more serious, his voice much quieter. I reached to put my hand on his arm reassuringly, ignoring the pain and amount of effort that it took to perform such a simple action.

"I'm fine. It was an accident, everything's going to be fine."

He snorted. "Really, Evans? You're the one lying half dead in the hospital and you're comforting me."

He shook his head before reaching across to clasp my hand between both of his.

"You shouldn't have gone after him, it's not worth it."

"Of course it is!" I shrieked, wincing as every muscle in my body ached at the action. He instantly moved, his hands hovering over my body, unsure of where are where not he could touch without me screaming in agony. Eventually he sat down and went back to holding my hand, safe.

"You know it is, you would have done exactly the same. I was so close, and we've lost too many people and worked too hard to let him get away again."

"Exactly, Lily! We've lost too many and you can't be another. You could have died."

"Oh, come off it, you would have done exactly the same. And can we please not talk about this right now, I don't want to argue with you. Especially when we both know I'm right."

I smiled at him as he raised his head to smirk at me. It was such a serious, depressing topic, yet we both knew how to laugh it off. Being an Auror was a scary, painful, sometimes deadly job, but he knew I loved it, and I knew he loved running the department. But we also both knew how bad things were at the moment. We were literally in the middle of a war.

"Lily, you're my best friend. I won't lose you."

The strength in his voice was intimidating, yet strangely reassuring at the same time. I weakly squeezed his hand before closing my eyes, feeling safe for the first time since the accident, and tried to get some sleep whilst he was there with me. I knew he'd be there every second, and I knew he'd be there when I woke.

"You won't."