8. because she believes in him.
[Promise.]
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Lily wanted to scream or shout or do anythingbut break down and cry. She felt frustrated and angry and so very confused, and the one man she believed to have all the answers had absolutely nothing for her.

James, uncharacteristically silent, placed his arm around her shaking shoulders. "I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore. We should leave." Without waiting for a response, he guided his wife outside, hoping a walk in the brisk autumn air would help calm their nerves.

Once they were away from their former Headmaster, Lily, who could barely meet his eyes, whispered, "Do you think it's true? The prophecy?"

He knew she wanted him to reassure her that it wasn't. "No, Lil, Dumbledore's actually gone mad this time. None of it is true." But he couldn't utter the words, and he didn't believe them at all. With their world falling apart, their friends and family either risking their lives every day or already fallen for the cause, the possibility of something as ludicrouslycruel as this occurring was magnificent. People were dying, people were going to die, and words, whether they amplified the peril or masked the horror, were useless.

So James simply held her, burrowing his face into her hair. "We'll get through this, Lily. I promise. I'll do anything to make sure Harrygets it through this."

And though she knew he couldn't guarantee anything, just for that moment she was finally able to lose herself in the comforting feel of his arms.

Maybe they didn't know what the future would bring, but she believed in them. She believed in James. So even if the worst happened, part of her trusted that they really would make it through—together.


This one's a tad serious (and really short - sorry!), and I kind of stole this scene out of my first Lily/James fic, Epistulae Desiderantis(Letters of Longing, or at least that's what I think I was going for, since my Latin's a little rusty), but it fit the prompt so well that I couldn't resist. And I only have a crack drabble and a bunch of tiny (like 200-300 words each, kind of like this one) drabbles left to post, so I'm up for taking new prompts (words or quotes or song lyrics - anything that sounds Lily/James to you) if you have any. Thanks for reading, and please review!