Sirius/Lily - quill
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a female redhead Gryffindor must be in possession of a multitude of admirers.
Well, it at least held true in the case of Lily Evans. He had no idea how much the rule applied to other redheads, but Lily definitely had numerous boys begging her to go to Hogsmeade with them, one of which was his best friend.
That, in the end, was why he refused to let anyone know that he would love to be part of that hoard of boys. James was in love with Lily – truly in love with her, not the passing infatuation most of the others had – and he refused to get in the way of that.
If James found out that Sirius had feelings for her too, he'd step out of the way. James was good like that, more loyal to his friends than himself. And just like James was loyal to the Marauders, Sirius was too.
Besides, James was better for a girl than Sirius was. He was the one with the perfect life, while Sirius was nothing more than a mess of Black proportions. Letting someone, especially a muggleborn, into something as insane as his family life – well, it wasn't the best idea.
And despite knowing all of that, Lily was the one person he just couldn't resist. She'd never know just how he felt about her – but that didn't stop him from slipping a phoenix feather quill into her bag.
He could never be public about his feelings for her – but no one, not even her, would think twice about an anonymous admirer, especially not one on Valentine's Day.
That was all he was fated to be to her - an anonymous admirer hiding behind the facade of a friend.
an: so, this is a new collection of drabbles on valentine's day, based around a multitude of pairings, het, slash and femmeslash.
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