A medley of unconnected drabbles focusing on James and Lily.

Before Harry, before Godric's Hollow, before the Dark Lord was defied three times... Lily Evans and James Potter discovered that neither of them were what the other had expected, and embarked on a relationship that would change the world as they knew it.

How does Lily discover her buried feelings for James Potter? Picks up from James's and Lily's 5th year, shortly after Lily ends her friendship with Snape.

An L/J drabble Collection with the occasional Marauder thrown in.

You mean to say that Potter's family is coincidentally staying across the street from our beach house for the summer, Mum and Mrs. Potter are now randomly best friends, and they expect me to hang out with that git for two months? You've got to be joking. (Even worse? There's a sequel.)

Set of short L/J drabbles about the times Lily took her mother's advice and the few times she completely ignored it. **UPDATED 13/10/2014 Chapter 20 - Time Does Not Heal All

Lily can't stop thinking about the boy on her cousin's soccer team. AU.

She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.

Lily has always considered herself ordinary. But as she enters her 7th year, things start changing and Lily starts going a bit mad. Suddenly, she's Head Girl, her mates are acting strangely, and there's a new James Potter she can't seem to get rid of. PRE-HBP

Their final year, their final chance at finding each other, his final plan to call Lily Evans his. To grow up. Full detailed summary inside. Canon pairings/characters. JP/LE alongside the ever wonderful Marauders.

A series of drabbles centering on Lily and James Potter.

After the first few years, interest in Lily's bizarre ability to not be injured by the prick of holly leaves faded. By fourth year, nobody so much as blinked at the sight of the wreath. It became part of the scenery. Nobody questioned it again. Well, except for one. Which brings us to James Potter's Christmas tradition: to unravel The Mystery of Lily Evans' Holly Wreath.

The one thing that stands between the Head students and their winter holiday is a reluctant confession to their mates that neither of them is excited to make. So, they linger as long as they can in the corridors, oblivious to anything except each other.

And she was the sun and he was the moon and maybe they weren't perfect, but they weren't trying to be. After all, they were really only ever two teenagers, madly in love. James/Lily Post Hogwarts

well all I really wanna do is love you, a kind much closer than friends use.

James and Lily face and survive Voldemort three times. But at what cost? T for a smidge of language and some violence.

"I don't want you dating her," came a soft voice from the other end of the couch. "Lexa?" James asked stupidly, "What's wrong with Lexa?" Lily blushed. Nothing was wrong with Lexa. "Lexa Thorton? She's…she's…" Perfect? Beautiful? A bloody angel? "A slag!"

Ten years. Ten days that James Potter will never, ever forget.

Seventh year is almost over, and after indulging in the kitchen a bit too much, James inadvertently reveals his deepest fears for the future. Lily realizes he is not quite who she thought he was, and admits to something she had never really considered.

Sometimes James Potter mixed with marriage. Sometimes, he didn't. Lily POV.

Professor Minerva McGonagall survives seven long years of James Potter and Lily Evans

Contrary to popular belief, it's not always the man who does all the chasing.

She could not do this. In another time, in another place, with a long life assured them, she would marry him in a heartbeat. But not now. Not like this.

This is a story of how Lily and James got together after the infamous event that followed the DADA O.W.L... How they went from enemies to friends to finally love... (UNEDITED AND UNBETA'D)

And that was why he was now sitting on the lawn overlooking the lake drinking stolen wine and thinking about the girl who tormented him every moment. He was a mess.

James knows only one thing, and he knows it with utmost certainty. He is going to die.

He kissed her, quickly and quietly, as another firework went off – the exact opposite of what she had dreamed of as a child – but she was in love, and the quiet confession of a lip on a lip was all she needed as proof. JPLE One-shot.

When Alice and Frank break up, Lily finds herself wondering if her own relationship has a chance after all.

My version of how Lily and James finally got together...with a little help from a broom closet of course.

Not long after they have left Hogwarts, James waits for Lily to return from her first mission for the Order.

After being kicked out the common room by Sirius, James and Lily use the room of requirement for something they both require. Rated for language and sexual nature.

"The first time that James had apparated into her flat to find her dressed in one of his old t-shirts, dancing about to Dancing Queen, with her hairbrush in hand, he was more certain than ever that that was the girl he was going to marry."

James realises - not for the first time - that he cannot possibly be Head Boy when it takes three attempts plus Remus's interceding just to get Lily to agree to have lunch with him. 2011 LJfest

A collection of unrelated moments that mean nothing and yet everything.

She never believed in love at first sight. She didn't believe in soul mates. He believed in soul mates & love at first sight. She just wanted to be happy. He wanted the moon and the sun and all the stars in the sky. Could it ever work out? LE/JP Oneshot

James teaches Lily how to ride a broom.

James Potter pulls a childish prank on Lily Evans, and of course, name calling ensues. Only, this time Lily is sounding a bit less convincing.

Lily Evans has always despised James Potter. But when some devious blackmail forces her to "fake date" him, she can't help but wonder what exactly he isn't telling her. Will the secret help her see the Marauder in a new light, or push her further away?

Lily/James. "There's a difference between lust and love Potter. I suggest you figure it out." Lust and love? The difference between lust and love? What the hell did that mean? T for sexual references and language.

James comes up with a nickname.

Because Lily Evans is most definitely not boring, and James Potter is most definitely a complete idiot.

The Three Broomsticks is the setting for five significant scenes in Lily and James's relationship.

"I think you're an arrogant, selfish pig, and I think you'd be doing both of us a favor if you just left me alone!" Potter stared at me for a moment, an unreadable expression in his hazel eyes, before uttering a single word: "Okay." J/L, Lily's POV.

The Head Girl makes a mistake. Now the Head Boy is in the Hospital Wing with no recollection of who he is or who she is- but he certainly doesn't care enough to keep his perverse thoughts to himself. One-Shot. Rated M for naughty language and sex talks.

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.

James and Lily discuss Valentine's Day. LJoneshot

A series of drabbles between Lily and James that I decided to write because I wanted to be self-indulgent one last time.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Epic in a One-Shot. Rated T for language and mild adult themes.

Lily has a very serious problem. It won't be long before her problem notices. Lily/James, 7th year.

Potter boys are destined for red-heads, there really is no use in fighting it.

Lily Evans has spent a very large portion of her life wanting to punch James Potter in the face - but when she finally does so, it's not for the reasons she expected. L/J.

As the day that Lily is to go on her first Order mission without him arrives, James' worst nightmares plague him. Lily/James

It's all they can do to pretend that neither of them is scared of the man that James becomes.

L/J. The Aha Moment: a point in time when something finally clicks. Everyone realizes that there's something more between James and Lily, though it takes some people longer than others. James has always been a slow learner.

Lily/James, and an interesting situation they get themselves into. R&R!

Potter was going to say that he wasn't my boyfriend. I couldn't let him do that. For the love of Merlin, I could not let him do that. I had to stop him. He couldn't tell her the truth. So I did the only conceivable thing I could think of. I kissed him.

In attempt to present an olive branch to Lily, James takes Lily on a walk in the snow. But what happens when they get stuck in the Quidditch shed? Not even James knows, since for once, this wasn't his fault. RE EDITIED

James Potter well remembers the telling off he received from Lily Evans during OWLs. A year later, a different incident casts him and his friends in a nobler light.

In which Lily and James celebrate their first Christmas as a married couple and there is lots of Christmas fluff. Oneshot!

"Around me, people began to slow down, staring. The concept of Lily Evans and James Potter holding hands was about a million times more interesting than Sirius' 'new bird', as he so charmingly called her." Oneshot.

Abandoned by her best friend and suffering the torment of her hideous older sister - and her sister's hideous boyfriend, Lily Evans thought she was in for a boring summer. James Potter had other ideas.

James Potter is funny and foolhardy and brave and loyal. He doesn't run away from post-battle Order meetings or ignore his best friend's pleas to stay and talk. He doesn't drink alone, in the dark. And he most definitely does not kill people

It wasn't about being reckless, or looking for a fight. It was about fighting for something that was important, no matter the risk. L/J Order years.

ONE SHOT. A short rendition of how Lily Evans finally told James Potter that she loved him.

A rare feeling of safety wraps itself around Lily's shoulders, easing ever so slightly the spark of worry buried in her gut. They are safe. -October 31, 1981

A guide to keep your OCs from becoming Mary Sues. Includes name, appearance, background, personality, and examples. Based in both Marauders' and Harry's eras. Slightly sarcastic at times, no offence meant. All reviews/suggestions welcome.

Just a little bit of Lily/James fluff to start your week.

James knows when he's made a mess of things. Written for lilyjames fest 2010.

Though they've "known" each other for years, it takes Lily Evans and James Potter several moments to truly connect. *Complete*

Lily Evans needs a minute to figure something out - and it's a little hard to think straight around James Potter. L/J one-shot.

Stalking James Potter in the middle of the night while he's asleep and shirtless may not sound like a good idea. And believe me, it isn't. OK. I lied. But honestly, I am never listening to Alice again. I lied then too. Oneshot. L/J.

The final chapter of Molly Raesly's "Boyfriend" series.

Lily Evans has finally figured out that she fancies James Potter. But instead of happiness and sunshine and passionate snogging, there's a lot of mysterious Comfort Caramels and wallowing in the kitchens. An L/J one-shot.

Lily Evans is suffering from Insomnia. There really was only one person she could think of to cure her boredom. Of course, she should have known that in the wee morning hours he would have something else in mind.

It started out as a simple quest - he wanted to see her smile again. That alarmingly beautiful, incandescent smile. But over time, it turned into something more. An L/J one-shot.

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." – Erica Jong. One-shot M for strong language.

"I dropped my fork. Did he really just say that? Smehkaleen." The much awaited sequel to Molly Raesly's "Boyfriend."

J/L 'For the first time, James's calm demeanor broke, revealing his matching frustration with me. It was actually satisfying, knowing that he was upset too.' Lily just needs a break from life, but James is right there to mess that up too.

Transfiguration Professor. Head of Gryffindor House. Deputy Headmistress. Love Guru. Minerva McGonagall is a woman of many talents.

Sirius makes a toast at the Potter wedding, recounting James' first encounter with Lily.

James and Lily are on good terms during their seventh year. Lily agrees to go with James to grab a butterbeer on a Hogsmeade day, only to realize after the fact that she might have just accidentally agreed to go on a date with him.

Oneshots of insignificant length and drabbles, all centered around Lily & James Potter. Ranging in theme and date, from tragic to fluffy!

James looked as though he didn't know whether to laugh or try to protect me. Obviously, he opted for laughing. LJ Oneshot.

James reconsiders his views on mistletoe during the annual game of Christmas Eve Drunken Poker. LJoneshot.

I’m under the influence of chocolate. Anything I say about James Potter’s incredibly enticing lips or mesmerizing hazel eyes or toned upper arms cannot be held against me.

They skim through their vague memories and they scan the dusty photographs and they know they didn't live, and they didn't die, in vain.

The day James Potter and Lily Evans started dating was possibly one of the strangest in Remus Lupin’s young life." Remus' perspective of James and Lily's budding romance, and the story of how he got dragged into the middle of it all.

I don’t get jealous. But why am I so jealous?” She paused to catch her breath. Then, looking back down at the ground, Lily continued, “And why is the letter “J” stalking me like a bloody ghost?”

When Lily Evans imagined James Potter sweeping her off her feet, it had always involved him snogging her senseless. Instead, she finds herself sitting in a muddy puddle, shoeless and throwing up slugs. Where did it go wrong? L/J Oneshot

Straightening his glasses to make sure he was seeing things correctly, James was surprised to see that the shirtless picture of himself with very low trousers and eighteen abs was still staring back at him.

James Potter's pick-up lines annoy Lily, but they provide amusement for the rest of us.

she started to like this James. This James was interesting. This James demanded more than a mutually superficial relationship. This James drew her attention." Lily falls for James - One shot.

James receives a note from his girlfriend, asking him to meet her somewhere unusual. ::Mature::

Her brain had been scrambled with the day, and she was now disregarding the laws; she was stepping closer to him." James has always infuriated her...but what if deep inside, she's attracted by the rage? Anything can happen on a snow day.

Lily comes home after completing her last term at Hogwarts, dreading the prospect of living in the empty, transformed house of her childhood. Hardly one night passes, however, when she realizes she won't be as alone as she thought.

One-shot about the time Lily had to rescue James and, as usual, he is a pain about the whole thing. T - one use of strong language

L/J. James takes time to remember.

What she didn’t realize until after she agreed to go out with him was that these things were piling on his shoulders until he was hunched under the weight of the world and it was all he could do not to throw it off and watch it shatter.

As if Slughorn wasn't bad enough already, now you'll never be able to see him again without spontaneously combusting from shame.

Caught in the act of trying to learn how to waltz, James's dancing troubles result in some interesting consequences. LJ.oneshot

LJ. "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." R&R?

L/J. 'James chuckles. "I should get on? What did I marry you for if you're not going to make breakfast in the morning?"'

“It was love at first sight.” “Star-crossed lovers.” How come everyone else gets the romantic moments and I get the ones that happen when my brain and mouth aren’t functioning properly?

I swear Professor Scalar has something against me. She asks me to stay to erase the board after class; when my hand is raised, she doesn't pick me, but when my hand isn't raised, she picks me. Plus she stopped me from ogling the Best Bum Ever. Oneshot.

Spell engineering has never been so complicated than when an afternoon of trying and trialing leaves James and Lily in an interesting position. LJ-oneshot.

LJ: “I think we need to get engaged.” It was only when she heard James chocking loudly, however, that she finally got up the courage to look up at him, “something wrong love?”

James wakes up in St. Mungo's, but can't remember anything from his past. He struggles to figure out who he is and why he ended up with amneisa. Of course, it's no help that his Healer is a beautiful redhead whom he can't seem to get out of his mind.

James and Sirius. "Why can't a heterosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that he thinks his booty is fly?" An inside look at one of the closest friendships the world will know.

Maybe it's the stifling summer heat that makes her take his hand, but she's always wanted to shock people. He's one way of doing that. Lily, James, and the moment that changed everything.

L/J. "We should leave." With the receiver pressed against her ear, Lily waited in the quiet of the night, twisting the telephone cord in a white-fisted hand. She should've known he wouldn't like the idea, but she was so tired of the nightmares...

LJ: sometimes the best therapy can come in the form of somethign even as ubiquitous and mundane as a lift.

History of Magic never really was an interesting class, but one day it was excruciatingly dull. To solve this problem, Lily engaged in flicking small balls of parchment at the back of James Potter's head.

L/J. He wants to wipe clean the possibility of her death, wants to annihilate the mere thought of it, wants to make it disappear, to turn her into his own eternity. "You are forever."

L/J. A series of short vignettes. James and Lily like to appreciate the little things in life.

L/J. The darkness makes this easier to say, the cadence of his heartbeat lulling me into a relative safety, and it rolls off my tongue like the most powerful kind of magic. "I love you."

L/J. Kissing James Potter in the middle of the common room is wrong, so wrong, but Lily gives up. She hasn't slept in two days and her brain is obviously delirious, so she releases hold of it and it clicks off like a light switch. Nox.

A light-hearted look at what James considers to be his worst week ever. Based on the song 'To Last a Lifetime' by Del Amitri. L/J Oneshot.

- oneshot - Lily and James spend an entire day alone with each other, making love for the first time. In the after-sex conversation, their dreams and future are brought up. How will the couple overcome their next obstacle? - LJ - fluff -

Darn those bloody Quidditch robes. For all Lily Evans cared, Quidditch could be chucked into the next century. In fact, the stupid sport should just be outlawed all together. Come to think of it, so should the game of Truth or Dare. LJ 7th year.

COMPLETE. After Lily's roommate convinces their Charms class to participate in a friendly Secret Santa gift exchange, Lily starts to receive surprising presents from an anonymous source. Oneshot.

“What is your connection with me and the color yellow?” James, who thought she had been asleep, rolled over on his side to face her. His eyes roamed over her pale face and questioning emerald gaze. She was really expecting an answer. L/J, fluffy one-shot.

COMPLETE. Companion piece to Seventeen. Rated for language. James Potter mulls over his relationship with Lily Evans and realizes...he's doomed.

We don't remember days, we remember moments. A series of James and Lily drabbles. Part 16, a missing scene from Deathly Hallows. The story of how the vase from Petunia was broken.

When your boyfriend doesn't turn up for breakfast, forgets to walk you to Potions, practically ignores you in said Potions lesson and then makes up pathetic excuses to get out of spending time with you you know something's wrong. JL

COMPLETE. Lily Evans over analyzed everything until she fell in love with James Potter. Then everything more or less stopped making sense and she was just seventeen.

Lily Evans has some trouble when coming to lies. James Potter knows this. Fortunately for her though, it works to her advantage. LJ One Shot.

Tossing aside his manly pride, James decides to take Lily on her perfect Valentine's Day date at Madam Puddifoot's tea shop.

A Scrooge channeling Lily runs into a bit of trouble with a bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhisky after she finds the Marauders drunk in the Head dorms. LJoneshot

Lily won’t date James because of his Quidditch obsession, so he quits it for a bet. In 7 days, he struggles to cope with withdrawal symptoms, while she attempts to not fall in love with him and prevent embarrassing situations like sniffing his boxers.

Why is Head Girl Lily Evans SKIPPING CLASS on a Monday and eating chocolate in bed instead? Because chocolate brightens everyones' day! Well, in everyones' case except Lily's... perhaps some problems need bigger help than chocolate... romancehumour LJ

Because dangerous things happen when we touch. And when he leans. JamesLily

I’m so clever, said James Potter, letting out an elitist laugh. No one else would ever have thought of this ingenious plan. He rocked his chair back onto two legs, and almost fell, but didn’t.

1981: In the final days of the first war with Voldemort, Lily resorts to Dark magic, James is not a hero, Peter justifies himself, Harry sees all but understands nothing, and everyone has secrets to keep. Warnings: violence, dark magic. Written 2004-2005. To be edited and podficced at a later date.

James and Lily oneshot. McGonagall gets an eyeful.

Lily Evans has been distracted lately…and it’s all because of James Potter and his stupid, unbuttoned shirt. Hardly any fluff, but plenty of shirtless James for everybody. Seventh year fic.

A case of selfinflicted laryngitis leads to some interesting repercussions for Lily Evans. LJ oneshot

James Potter loses his glasses and seeks help from Head Girl, Lily Evans, to be his guide dog. No doubt, unintentional boob grabbing always occurs with temporary blindness. One shot.

Lily's having some trouble sleeping but of course, James is there to 'help' her. One Shot

James and Lily have a fight when James goes off to fight against Lord Voldemort. When he shows up wounded and nearly dead at a hospital, how will she respond and what will happen to them? Oneshot, somewhat angsty. LilyJames.

Can James Potter, Marauder and troublemaker extraordinaire, ever convince Lily Evans, Prefect and good girl, that they were meant to be? Now complete!

In her seventh and final year at Hogwarts, Lily Evans finds herself facing a tragedy that leaves her life in pieces. She ultimately finds great strength both within herself and those she never would have expected. FINAL CHAPTER UP July 8 05!

One shot. Here, read this speech. I went through a lot of pains to get it. It belongs to a certain best man, who read it at a certain wedding. LJ

[One Shot] "You know he was someone special because she never brought one of her boyfriends home before."

In which Lily grudgingly agrees to judge a contest between James and Sirius, and is the only one surprised at the outcome. Pure fluff. One Shot, COMPLETE

Lily had seen past the charm and sexy hair, and thought them immature boys. To them, she was a fearsome but lovely girlfriend. As he recalls teenage amour and antics, James hopes his son will endure the same enjoyable aggravation.

It has been suggested that James observe Lily, learn more about her, figure out ways to get her to like him that don't involve his tongue. Notepassing, observations, and general prickiness abound.

LJ, one-shot. Sad, dark blue fluff, the silkier kind. 'You must have loved her very much, not many people remember enough to wait.'

Lily Potter has managed to her new husband tickets to one of the most anticipated Quidditch matches of the year. It would be a dream come true for James, if it weren't for one, minor detail...

She started going out with him in seventh year. Once James had deflated his head a bit." James is desperate, but can he really change everything he is for a girl? Well... he can try. ::It's done! And it's won awards!::