James and Lily Potter have survived an attack by Lord Voldemort, but that doesn't mean that the Dark Lord is defeated. With Voldemort ravaging the lives of those throughout the wizarding world and James and Lily's first son, Harry, beginning school at Hogwarts, life is just a bit overwhelming. AU.

But he laughed at everything, and she laughed too much. He was a rebel… and well she was a rebel too, in a more covert way. He was witty; she was sarcastic. She fell in love too easily; he fell in love too hard. And from the beginning to the end, they were always there for each other.