As a child, Princess Lily of Ravenclaw was kidnapped and locked in an enchanted tower at the behest of her jealous older sister. In Gryffindor, Prince James's family was usurped by Severus Snape of Slytherin, who tasks him with a dangerous quest in return for his mother's life - rescue the long-entrapped princess from her tower, and present her to Snape as his new bride.

The heartwarming Christmas tale of Lily Evans and James Potter - two plucky kids who hated one other, until the day they really, really didn't. AU.

With a best-laid plan, a naked rear end, one jalapeño and a pair of light-up antlers, Lily Evans's carefully crafted life is hurtled into chaos.

James unexpectedly finds himself trapped in a dodgy apartment elevator with Lily Evans. {Muggle AU}

Oneshot. Answer to the prompt: Head Boy James is trying to keep his cool because some Slytherins are causing trouble and he doesn't want to hex them but Lily sails in to the rescue.

A medley of unconnected drabbles focusing on James and Lily.

Modern Era AU. When Lily Evans seeks assistance from James Potter to avoid the attentions of a suitor who just won't take no for an answer, she accidentally lands them both on the front page of every gossip magazine in Britain. She should have thought about that before pretending to be the girlfriend of a famous athlete.

James Potter can find anything he needs in his local supermarket - bread, milk, the woman of his dreams - they've got it all.

Sixth year Lily is home, sick, on Christmas. Can a visit from her friends cheer her up?

After six years of bouncing from foster home to foster home, Lily Evans thinks she'll never find a real family until Fleamont and Euphemia Potter show up out of the blue. Just as unexpected is falling for their only son, who doesn't seem to know how to act around her. Modern era AU.

Modern Era AU: James Potter is a talented young detective who's used to doing whatever he wants. When his new boss, DCI McGonagall, tires of his troublemaker ways, she hires her brilliant protégée, Lily Evans, to keep him under control. Now, if only Lily could control herself...

WolfStar Coffee Shop/University AU: Remus Lupin is a barista working at the Blue Moon Coffee Co. Sirius Black, or "Padfoot" apparently, is the hot guy who keeps stopping in, and Remus is the asshole who keeps spelling his name wrong.

Modern Era AU. When Remus Lupin moves out and Lily Evans moves in, James Potter finds himself instantly drawn to his beautiful new neighbour. Little does he know that a mysterious force of nature is secretly pulling the strings.

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.

Jily. Fluff. One-shot. A jealous Lily and an amused James.

Written for February Jily Challenge on Tumblr: you're a pirate pillaging my village and instead of stealing an item you steal me, what the hell? AU feat. Pirate!James and Maiden!Lily.

verb. To take a brief or hurried look.

It's 1976 and Hogwarts' N.E.W.T. Divination class can only see the homework in their future. Lily Evans and Sirius Black certainly can't foresee they're falling into friendship. What happens in Divination, stays in Divination.

Lily's mouth twitched for a second as if she was going to laugh. – OotP. Lily had a sense of humor. Sirius had a plan up his sleeve. It All Started With Puffskein Poo.

"You're a prat, Potter." "You're a prick, Evans." His eyes darkened as he leaned forward, closing the gap between their lips. Because, somethings can never be undone. *Mature Content*

a modern AU of James and Lily and the marauders and how they were all friends before Jily happened. One shot

After the fiasco at the lake, Lily writes her future self a letter containing very pointed advice about one James Potter. When said James Potter, husband and father-to-be, finds the letter years later, he panics. But only a bit. [L/J Oneshot]

"Mum thinks I'm a pillock, and Dad reckons I've been hit with too many Bludgers. They're not wrong, but I need to explain why we weren't at the house after you returned from taking the girls home."

Lily Evans leads a simple life of making pies and waking the dead. She doesn't wake them for good, mind – only for a minute, until she and Sirius can find out who killed them. Their latest case: James Potter, moneyed heir, messy haired, and recent murder victim. Keeping him alive is a terrible idea. Too bad Lily's always been a bit reckless.

In which nothing much happens besides excessive flirting and coffee-drinking. L/J. One-shot.

Lily is trying desperately to run away from what happened the night before at the Quidditch celebration party. And even though she means that figuratively, it's still very hard to do with a unwieldy body and a certain someone who won't let her be hangover in peace. [L/J Oneshot]

A snapshot of four Christmases that James and Lily spend together at Hogwarts. Turns out that the annual Gryffindor Christmas Party is pretty good at bringing people together. Dedicated to Meg for Jily Secret Santa! Cover art by Britaisybabe.

A Modern AU in which James is really nervous about meeting Lily's parents for Christmas dinner.

Five times Lily says she loves James, and one time James says it back. Cover art by viria.

James Potter was sure that Lily Evans liked him, he was willing to bet money on this fact. He knew exactly what he was going to say, and if his pickup line didn't work on Lily, he would offer to do Sirius's laundry by hand for the rest of the year.

In which James comes to the rescue to save Lily, who has managed to get herself into a bit of trouble. Except his girlfriend is not exactly the grateful damsel-in-distress he might have hoped for. [L/J Oneshot]

"The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promise land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la." AU.

If pressed, later, she'd say it was exhaustion that caused her to forget who she was talking to, and it was that same exhaustion which prevented her from foreseeing the inevitable fall-out of telling James Potter, "Ugh, no thanks, I hate flying." / Lily/James, seventh year.

James is bored; Lily has an essay to work on. They banter. The usual.

6th year. Jily. One shot. At 1:00 a.m., Lily finds James alone outside the castle. What follows is their first conversation, full of tears and confessions, as well as laughter and love.

Their love story would eventually shape the future of their kind, but these kinds of things tend to take their time.

Sirius, Peter and Remus work hard at exact revenge on their best mate. Do they know him well enough to pull it off?

Professor Potter and Head Girl Lily Evans... The Dark Decline

Jily Muggle AU: After being set up on a blind date neither agreed to, Lily and James decide that fake dating and staging a horrendous breakup would be the perfect pay-back for their friends' scheme. But after a while, who can say what's real and what's fake?

James and Sirius decide that they're qualified to give advice to their fellow students concerning matters of the heart. Set in the Haggis from Algernon universe. A present for cgner.

Remus has a superpower. Sirius is sure of it. It's one that the quiet, unassuming werewolf isn't even aware of possessing, and it's one that drives Sirius completely up the wall. Now a four-shot, WolfStar, Marauder Era, SLASH. *Three times Sirius Black was an utter twat and the one time he wasn't.*

Butterbeer, hot chocolate, tea, and coffee. Four drinks, four moments.

Sexual tension between Lily and James are higher than ever, and a new type of war has begun. Lily will not be the one to succumb to her body's desires, but James isn't willing to back down either.

In his will, Remus leaves Harry a vial full of memories. Through them, Harry sees his parents' relationship develop from their first days at Hogwarts to their last months together. Oneshot, Post-DH.

"What did you think this was?" she asked. "Last night." He pulled a hand through his hair. "I don't know," he said honestly. "I've never done this before. I just thought...you'd stick around, we'd talk about it, maybe go to breakfast together." She looked at him curiously. "By 'this' you mean a one night stand?" He shook his head. "I've never done this before," he repeated.

Lily got pregnant at sixteen and left Hogwarts to work at an inn. After seventeen years of single parenting, she now has to manage a persistent James, nosy villagers, and a son who's all too interested in joining the Order. (Gilmore Girls AU)

When sixth year James Potter realizes Lily Evans doubts the sincerity of his feelings for her, he constructs a plan to ask Lily out every day for an entire month in hopes that she will finally understand the truth about his very real and very strong feelings.

If there's one thing that Lily has learned in the last nine days, it's that there's no good way to handle the death of your parents. In fact, the ability to handle something like that at all is pretty much obsolete.

She smiles at him, warm and wide, and James is amazed at how massive of a moron Terrence is for letting something like that get away.

Lily and James and what is definitely not a date in Hogsmeade.

Marlene McKinnon loves loudly. She loves in shouts and hugs and kisses all round. Lily Evans does not.

au where James and Lily meet in a lecture hall at university

University AU. Sirius is not keen to take notes for the sick, sweater-wearing boy in his Gender Studies class. However, he soon becomes fascinated by this lonely creature, and does everything in his power to show him that he is more than just his illness. RL/SB [5k reads! Thank you all!]

Lily is trying to study but James has other plans. (All dialogue Jily fluff) One-shot.

James and Lily brew Amortentia together—and nothing happens. Lily thinks she's officially gone forever numb, James thinks the dungeons smell like a swamp, and everyone concludes they're both idiots. Everybody's daft in love.

James gets into an altercation with some Slytherins and finds himself in McGonagall's office.

The ebb and flow of Teddy and Victoire's gradual relationship.

The deterioration goes something like this.

It's Lily and James' first time exchanging Christmas presents, but Lily's gift leaves her feeling uncomfortable. Written for Jily Secret Santa 2013

James and Lily are interrupted on their first date.

Lily is half asleep, crawling over James as she gropes for her wand on the nightstand. She's about to question the funny look on his face when she realizes that the grain and weight of the wand in her hand is all wrong. Her cheeks burn with the realization that it's not her wand, but his, she's holding. She releases it instinctively, dropping it to the bed.

"If you must know, I heard a rumor that a pretty girl was going to be here." "Oh. And?" "The gossips were wrong, of course, as per usual." James surprises Lily with an unexpected visit to a Slug Club party.

OWLs were a bad week for everyone, but between her treacherous best friend and an overenthusiastic suitor, Lily's having it worse than most. Part Two in 'Seven Weeks, Seven Kisses', a series of seven stories on how Lily Evans fell in love with James Potter. Rated for mild language.

Lily is visiting her favourite bookshop when she senses that something is amiss - A man gets lynched for absolutely no reason in broad daylight. Why was it that this was becoming commonplace? Why was it that no one tried to intervene?

James and Lily had always had completely Irregular Orbits. Sometimes, they crashed violently together. Oneshot

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

All Right, Evans?, Part II [7th year]: "As in all wars, life goes on." -HP/HBP

"She too noticed, quite slowly and dreadfully, that the booth next to theirs was occupied by four troublemakers- one of which so happens to be the bloke she just confessed to having feelings for." Lily confesses and James overhears. (james/lily oneshot)

Lily wasn't sure what to do about him. L/J oneshot

Jily smut. MA, for mature audiences only, please.

When you kissed her and she wore her blue hat, she tasted like water, no whisky. When you kissed her and she wore her blue hat, you were the tide and she was the shore. JPLE One-Shot.

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.

In which Lily Evans makes the best of insomnia, with the help of her womanly wiles.

"He had never, until now, called her Lily." JPLE Oneshot.

Another oh-so-clever, broom-cupboard attempt to woo the unyielding Lily Evans. But in the end, perhaps it's not quite that hopeless. L/J. One-shot.

"His name was Terrence Hunter, muggle-born and all kinds of perfect, but Lily couldn't help but note the lack of callouses on his fingers, the way his brown curls crowned his kind face a little too immaculately, the way his eyes were of the wrong hue…how there wasn't a pair of spectacles for her to remove before he leaned in to kiss her." Three-shot. JPLE.

The simple tale of an idiot at Christmas.

It's late afternoon in the middle of September, and Lily Evans and James Potter are fighting outside in a thunderstorm. L/J. One-shot, songfic.

It was beautiful, just beautiful, but the best part would always, always be right after.

In her seventh year at Hogwarts, Lily finds herself trapped under enchanted mistletoe with James Potter for what seems like the dozenth time. This time is different, however: this time, James doesn't kiss her. (A Christmas one-shot...sort of.)

"'I pity your future girlfriend, Potter,' Lily said with a grin, looking up to observe the boy that she had addressed the statement towards." However, by the end of their conversation, she finds herself regretting what she said to him. R&R!

A compilation of one-shots that examine a series of Lily Evan's and James Potter's interactions from their First Year at Hogwarts until beyond their Seventh Year. Each chapter is centered around a different "first" in their lives, such as their first kiss, first meeting, and first date.

Lily Evans is in her last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With returning long-ago memories, confusing feelings and a war raging outside the safe stone walls, Lily's year as Head Girl isn't going as peacefully as she thought it would.

She had no idea how she stumbled upon it, but she knew James had been hiding something from her. She was just hoping for something a little less… sparkly.

The four times Lily visits a Marauder in the hospital wing and the one time they visit her. xOneShotx

"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!"

For James's thirteenth birthday, his father presented him with a new, limited edition, Scrivenshaft's original, self-inking, fine-tipped, phoenix feather quill. LilyJamesOneshot

It's James Potter's birthday - what do the Marauders have in store? How will Lily Evans react to their escapades? Read to find out.

"That was lucky," he said quietly. Sirius nodded, his brows furrowed together as he thought over something. "Think she'll start snooping like her little Slytherin pet did?" He shrugged. He honestly wasn't sure when it came to Lily Evans.

Lily Evans had a glowing reputation as a pillar of good sense and a poster child for scruples. It merely took one evening for that to fall spectacularly to pieces, and this is the story of how she did it.

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

One double period of Potions and the interference of a couple of friends was really all they needed.

She would have thought that Hogwarts was above such petty gossip and rumors that were, of course, absolutely false. Right. False... Oh, hell, who was she kidding? She was entirely guilty and thoroughly flustered and for Merlin's sake, where was Marlene?

James Potter needs to stop making me laugh. I'm falling for him. James/Lily

James and Lily share a moment on the bench outside Honeydukes as they wait for their mates to join them.

JP/LE. "She's the one that you do this for. Why you smoke, why you drink, why you go off into the Quidditch pitch at night and just leave me here all by myself... you're doing this to get HER attention! You'd never do this for me!"

She's the good, quiet girl. You're the outgoing, reckless boy. You can't figure out how to connect the dots. JPLE One-Shot.

"He's seeker in a game of Quidditch and she's the snitch. It won't stop until he's caught her, but he fears he never will. He'll be prisnor to this torturous game forever." Lily/James two-shot.

Lily's going through a hard time, James is the same as always. When shoved together in Potions and on rounds, Lily learns that spending time with James Potter is not so bad, despite the burns and uneven root chopping. ONESHOT OF EPIC PROPORTIONS.

Since the fateful night in sixth year, Lily and James had made no secret of their mutual loathing. But when their new positions as Heads forces them into unwilling cooperation, old wounds reopen and new truths are brought to light.

It started with a bet. It passed through exhaustion and fear and exhilaration. It became them. James finds himself backed into a corner and Lily helps him out of it.

As the Voldemort War rages outside the castle, long standing prejudices begin to seep their way into Hogwarts. James/Lily, background Remus/Sirius Full summary with warnings within

It's a challenge. One week. Lily's hanging out with the Marauders. But trying to keep up with four seventeen year old boys isn't that easy. "If I win you don't ask me out. At all. Never again." "And if I win, you're my girlfriend." This'll be interesting.

Lily and James talk about their futures before Seventh Year.

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

Lily genuinely liked James Potter. He was handsome enough to make any girl swoon, but he was also funny, clever, and secretly kind. Unfortunately, he could also be rude, thoughtless, spoiled, and cruel. Finding the balance was the tricky part. Author note: James is a jerk. Please don't be surprised.

Lily Evans is lonely. Can a day change everything? Random Oneshot! Enjoy.

His body pins mine against the wall and his mouth covers mine. Hands, fingers, and tongues are everywhere. This isn't the first time.

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

Lily Evans struggles with urges she has regarding one James Potter. Unfortunately, he's not making things any easier for her. Written for mwpp mischief

"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 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

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.

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.

It's Lily Evans's seventh year at Hogwarts. This year things are about to change, big time. Sorry, I suck at summaries"/ Jus read and decide for yourself if you want to continue?

"Then why won't you go out with me?" James asks quietly, looking down at me with blazing eyes. There are many reasons why I won't go out with him. 1 He's a selfish git. 2 He's not my type and 3..."You would hurt me."

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

James and Lily work well together in many different situations. Lily/James

Lily finds James after a particularly grueling Quidditch practice. LJoneshot ::Mature::

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.

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.

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

Lily and James. They've been together for months now, but not in a romantic way--it's purely sexual for her. For him? Well, he's tired of being used. And maybe, just maybe, she's tired of using him. Smut, Lemon, M-for-a-reason, etc.

There were four things that I was incredibly certain of— 1. Prongs was a troublemaker. 2. He very well could be lying and really was a female. 3. I had no clue who he was. 4. I one hundred percent fancied the pants off the bloke.

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

It was only a little kiss, a groundbreaking, earth-shattering, spine tingling kiss. Lily frowned, what was that all about?" James/Lily, need I say more...

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.

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.

Lily tries every party game known to man, and a few known to James Potter. LJ A

Sequel to Following the Code. Maurauder 7th year onwards. James finally got the girl...so what next? LilyJames

Lily's boss at the Daily Prophet decides she's developed an unhealthy fixation with Aurors so he sets her the task of covering Gilderoy Lockheart's book release instead. But it seems someone has taught Lily how to smell a rat anywhere she goes. LilyxJames

While your older sister bought into the fairy tales of happily ever after and knights on horses it did not appeal to you. You would not hold your breath waiting for Prince Charming. And that’s what made you the perfect candidate for finding him.

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

She didn’t know why she was here, to be entirely honest. Lily and James get lost in some rosebushes. LJ [oneshot]

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.

Lily Evans hates James Potter, and Potter is none too fond of Evans. But when Lily does the unexpected...James falls for her. Literally.

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

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.

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.

Lily Evans has done the unthinkable, and it's all James Potter's fault. Oh yeah, AND his shirts'. [LJ oneshot sequel to Impending Doom, final shirt story]

James Potter's lost shirts have been found, but where is the redhaired perpetrator? [oneshot LJ. Sequel to Oy, Dormitory!]

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

Ever get the feeling the world is conspiring against you? That all of your worst nightmares are coming true? Welcome to my life or week anyway. Someone save me! And while you’re at it, get James Potter’s lips off of mine!

If you were a missing shirt, where would you be? Because James Potter would like his back, thank you very much. [oneshot, sequel to Horrible Person]

Jealousy is a fickle thing, and Lily’s resentment makes her become a little kooky, glare at James Potter’s crotch, question Remus Lupin’s gender, and hurl Butterbeer. JamesLily. One shot.

James Potter is losing shirts and he doesn't have a clue where they've disappeared to. [Oneshotish]

James Potter does not posses a single quality that could ever merit a swoon. And he is definitely up to no good..or at least that's what she told herself when she followed him out in the pouring rain. Definitely up to no good. Oneshot.

“Lily had a little lamb, Little lamb, Little lamb. Lily had a little lamb, Whose hair was black as coal! And everywhere that Lily went, the lamb was sure to go!” Damn it, Potter! Stop following me!

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

COMPLETE. James Potter has a journal. It has nothing to do with Lily Evans. He has much more important things to write about. And if you believe that, I have twenty completely indestructable cauldrons to sell you.

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.

Lily's parents arranged her marriage to a wizard when she was born, and sealed the deal with a binding magical contract! Nobody counted on Lily choosing not to cooperate! Someone's heart will get broken. Will it be her own? COMPLETE

An innocent walk to the common room is the trigger for a reassessment of feelings, as Lily Evans begins to realise that there is more to her maddening suitor Potter than meets the eye.