Box
It was like any other day, really.
The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, Sirius Black was winking at some girl.
Yes sir. Lily Evans had high hopes for the afternoon, hopes that included a warm blanket hand-knitted by her mother, a good book, and the fire in the common room.
She had high hopes... until she was pulled into a box by none other than James Potter.
A James Potter who, upon further investigation, happened to be sporting a carefully constructed newspaper hat and was armed with an equally hand-crafted telescope.
"Lily! So good of you to drop in!"
"You PULLED me in, James!"
"SHHH! You'll alert the enemy!"
Rolling her eyes, Lily peered out of what appeared to be a tiny window cut into the side of their cardboard hideout. There, to her great astonishment, Lily spied a certain Remus Lupin across the lawn in what appeared to be an elegant pirate hat... nothing like James' haphazard head gear. And adding to the spectacle, one of Remus' normally present hands was replaced by a hook.
"What on earth?!? Why is Remus dressed like Captain Hook? And why are we in a box!?"
"Lily, Lily, Lily. That is NOT Remus. That is CLEARLY the scurvy dog named Disembowlin' Pete, and he's trying to live up to his name! Will you help me, Pirate Mauvebeard?"
"Pirate... Mauvebeard?"
"Well... you have ginger hair. And pirates need a beard. As long as you're on board the Jolly Roger, you will henceforth be known as Pirate Mauvebeard!"
"This is a box, James."
"Quiet, wench! You will address your captain as Captain Moonscar!"
Stifling a giggle behind her hand, Lily amended her previous statement. "I apologize, Captain Moonscar. How shall Pirate... Mauvebeard serve you and this... glorious ship?"
"Put this on."
***
Looking over the sprawling grounds to the small cardboard box, Remus "Disembolwin' Pete" Lupin saw two newspaper telescopes sticking through roughly cut window panes, and two pointy newspaper hats appeared out of the top.
He believed the Heads were spending their time quite wisely.
He believed so even more when he saw Pirate Mauvebeard kiss her Captain's cheek.
Ummm... I used to do this when I was little. ALL the time. I would make a house or a pirate ship out of a large cardboard box... and I just thought of James and Lily in a box... and what would be likely to happen. So here it is!
I'm really sorry about my long absences! But if you all have ANY prompt ideas, please give them to me! I'm running dry right now haha. But I have more time. Thanks for reading, everyone!