"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.

"Between you and me, love, the kitchen is more of a boy's club." Lily applies to be a cook at a cafe Severus works at, but is hired as a waitress instead while two inexperienced gits get her job. James/Lily Muggle Restaurant AU. Warning for Very Strong Sexist Language.

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.

"He took a deep breath and sunk to the bottom of the pool to drown in his hormonal anguish, where, incidentally, he came up with the eighth thing he was sure of: Percy Jackson absolutely, unequivocally, no-doubt-about-it, hated high school." [AU]

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

"I'd like to assign the two of you a special, undercover mission," Dumbledore says, his wrinkled fingers steepling on his desk. "I require two Order members to pose as a newlywed couple."

James and Lily as they existed around and apart from each other. A collection of drabbles.

James Potter does not see his life flash before his eyes. He hears it.

In which James Potter is the right kind of stupid.

Part I of in-progress trilogy [6th year]: The thing about being Lily Evans and James Potter was that you couldn't do anything without everybody else saying something about it.

In this extremely AU story, set in the Muggle world, we see the Marauders as a group of crime-fighting, spotlight-hogging, fabulously-styled superheroes. No, seriously.

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