a collection of unrelated jily/marauders oneshots.

There are lots of ways to introduce oneself to a new neighbour, but breaking into their flat, perhaps, is a road less travelled.

Odd little one shots that may or may not be turned into their own stories.

Lily hasn't seen James since she walked out on him five years ago - until, that is, she discovers his bakery on her Instagram explore page and, awkward or not, she has to go see about the mince pies that he's got all over his grid.

It's too far out of her way and she's wasting so much money, but Lily can't help but return to the bookstore every weekend, where her passion for good literature has, perhaps, been unexpectedly reignited by the messy-haired, pun-making, rather handsome bloke who works there.

For unrequited love is the most savage killer of all. AU.

AU. James Potter frequents the local library and the librarians speculate what brings him in. Is he really that interested in the magazine collection? Or is he far more captivated in the pretty librarian at the counter?

During a week-long exhibition, professional Quidditch player James Potter encounters Lily Evans, Junior Quidditch Correspondent for the Daily Prophet.

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.

Alternate Universe. Answer to the prompt, "I left my phone number on the bathroom stall wall and you text me about your day and your frustrations for a month & it's really nice and cute but I still don't know who you are," with some twists and differences.

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...

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.

Lily Evans discovers she's been married off to James Potter without her knowledge. She and the spoiled count (in whom she appears to have finally met her match) have three days, for better or worse, to decide whether to accept the contract. With her sister adamant to make her life miserable, and a husband who seems equally determined to repel her, what else can possibly go wrong?

"'We're going to spend our senior year together,' Annabeth explained, 'here in New York...'" (Blood of Olympus, Ch. 56). Percy and Annabeth are back from the Giant War and will be together in New York for a whole year. A year of love, family, and the not-so-small challenge of finding healing after Tartarus and picking up the rest of the pieces that the war left behind. Post-BoO!

A 'which part of your otp does what' meme: holiday edition.

Clary is content with her gaming t-shirts and nights at home while her best friends were out partying and being popular. This is until her next door neighbor and school heartthrob Jace Herondale points out she has the label of the Duff. The approachable friend who makes her friends look better. Determined to break this duffness and get the guy, she enlists Jace to help her.

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.

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?

A series of quick, unrelated drabbles surrounding everyone's favourite couple. L/J.

Petunia married a biochemist, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter, and a world of intriguing new possibilities to exploit. And new friends, like Hermione Granger, and Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell... COMPLETE.

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.

"You fainted... straight into my arms as a matter of fact. You know, Evans, if you wanted my attention you didn't have to go to such extremes."

"Is there a reason you're lying naked in my bed?"

Lily and James decided to stay just friends at Hogwarts, and now Neville Longbottom is an orphan, Voldemort's missing, and Sirius is in Azkaban for killing Peter Pettigrew. James and Lily are the only ones left who can prove his innocence. If They Lived AU. Rated for smut and language. Cover art by Zeina.

There was a pause for a moment then he said "I'm Christian." "And I'm Jewish." I muttered sarcastically. ***So what if I was being paid for sex? It was just a huge misunderstanding. My already complicated life got all the more complicated when that Copper haired jerk entered my life.*** HEA/AU

A series of oneshots and drabbles that I wrote for Jily Alternate Universe Week.

James and Lily Potter struggle to protect their family in 1981, while twenty years in the future, their only son fights to end the war that has come close to consuming his life. AU, DH disregarded.

In which Academy Award winner Lily Evans discovers the periphery of internet fandom and the existence of Prince James's gold star system.

Lily wants James to stop doing the thing, so she sends him a note. Only James has no intention to stop doing the thing...even if he knew what that thing was. Oneshot. Some language. Written for Jily Week.

It's a seriously bad idea to ignore a man's last request.

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.

Lily Evans is NOT happy when she finds out who the new Head Boy is. But why is he acting so… mature? Amidst crazy teachers, shooting stars and snowball fights, Lily discovers that sometimes what we want least in life is exactly what we need most.

When she gets to the Kitchens, she doesn't expect James Potter to be there. James drops the spoon he's holding. It clatters into the bowl of batter and disappears beneath the surface. A glob of it lands on his jumper. "No! No. Come in. I'm making cookies. For Sirius."

They get married in October.

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

Percabeth. It's all you can think about this summer: kissing Percy Jackson. Which is a total waste of energy, because there is entirely too much for you to think about. Kronos. The Titans. Mount Olympus. And while you're trying to focus on all these other, more important things—like not dying—Percy Jackson walks around with his stupid, clueless face.

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

That smile was for Potter now, and she was beautiful for him – just for him. Snape knew it. He could tell. She was lit up from the inside and it was Potter who did that to her. L/J [Snape POV]. One-shot.

Lily finds herself a date on her way to the Christmas dance. One-shot. Lily/James.

L/J. It doesn't surprise her at all that James Potter comes rushing into the Hospital Wing only an hour after she lands herself there. And for someone she doesn't even like all that much, she's still glad to see him.

James poses as an advice charm in Lily's diary. He's really got to start thinking through his shenanigans.

Everyone just expected her favourite flower to be lillies, but how terribly cliche would that be? The fact that he had noticed was either terribly sweet or terribly creepy, and she decided that, just this once, it was possibly the former.

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

HIATUS. L/J. "The first duty of love is to listen." In arguing, neither gave up. But when James finally walks away and Lily is left standing in his wake, the echo of his silence ringing in her ears, something changes in her heart.

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

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.

Tony and Pepper, at the beginning. / "Can you make quiche?" "...Sir?" "Quiche. Fluffy, cheesy baked dish?" "I... could learn to make quiche."

L/J. It's easy to say that the Prefect's bath is his favorite place in the world lately.

LJ. Lily Evans keeps a diary in her seventh year to chronicle the strange, murky, embarrassing, and sometimes plain crazy events that a young witch set to graduate has to navigate through. Written in the style of 'Bridget Jones's Diary.' R&R?

Two rival Chasers on professional British Quidditch teams are in for the ride of their lives as an off-sides affair compromises their reputations as well as their hearts. Lily/James.

L/J. James takes time to remember.

This is just the kind of thing that happens when life decides to punish you.

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

Lily gets an early-morning surprise on her birthday. LilyJames drabble.

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. Oh, James. Open mouth; insert foot.

Prequel to A Lily Story. Before they were Harry's eyes, they belonged to Lily. This is her world, where pranks, gardens, necklaces, uncles, Dark Marks, and several infuriating Gryffindor boys reside.

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.

They say all there is to apparition is to cncentrate REALLY hard on the desired place. Don't ask Lily why she's staring at James Potter then! A fic invloving brain failures, stuttering and Lily developing an obsession for hazel twinkling eyes. LJ 2shot

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

[One Shot] Getting to know you is like a game of chess ...

The prose behind the dialogue. The thoughts, actions, and revelations that surrounded Lily and James during my alldialogue piece, Redundancy. It involves butter. And dinner rolls. And other stuff. Mmhmm...

LJ. When Lily tells a lie and says she's dating James will it work out for them? A potentially funny story with lots of snogging.R and

They always say that right before you die, your life flashes before your eyes. I never bought it. [One-shot] James' point of view seconds before his death.

Vernon loved normalcy almost as much as you did and these people were not normal. He hated them, but then again, you hated them more. [One-shot.]

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.

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!::

Ron is rather bored in History of Magic and decides to pass Hermione a note.