Sorry this is so late! My schedule has been crazy! But hopefully a new prompt each week again starting next week!
Prompt: Rejection
Rating: K+
Characters: James Potter and Lily Evans
Summary: He was tired of being rejected. But he did think it was something important every man should learn at some point in his life
Pairing: James/Lily
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He was tired of being rejected. He'd asked her many times and always got the same answer. The answer was always no by the way. He wanted to give up. Several times in fact. But then he would see her laughing with Snape, and told himself that if Snivellus ever got her, he would kill himself.
And James Potter never wanted to kill himself. Never ever. He told himself to just be patient. That she'd come around. And she finally did. In their 7th year, she agreed to go on a date with him. A Test Date, she had called it.
It wouldn't be their first date until she said so. And that would be after their Test Date. If she liked it, then he would have to take her on a real First Date. Lucky for him, she liked the Test Date.
When they got married, they had a child and named him Harry. He looked exactly his father, except he had his mother's eyes. But James was okay with that. Vibrant green eyes were much better than boring brown eyes.
When Voldemort came to kill them, James's last wish was to have Harry learn and experience rejection. It made James a stronger person. Being rejected helped him to change his ways into the right direction. Lily said that she knew he was commited because he kept asking her out even though she always said no.
He just wanted Harry to experience something like that. He didn't care that poor Harry probably wouldn't live past the night. But if by some miracle he did, James wished his wish. As his father told him, a father's last wish was almost sure to come true.
And it did.
