Before Harry, before Godric's Hollow, before the Dark Lord was defied three times... Lily Evans and James Potter discovered that neither of them were what the other had expected, and embarked on a relationship that would change the world as they knew it.

A collection of drabbles about James/Lily. Written for a Tumblr Challenge/Jily October/etc. Some have already been posted separately, but I wanted to post them all together as well. Rated M for language, and Chapter 10.

After an accidental meeting between the future Head Boy and Girl over the summer, Lily is surprised that she's made a new potential mate. But is this Summer James the same boy she'd learned to despise over the years? Long fic, Seventh Year to Death if all goes well. Written as Lily in first person, and anybody else in third person. (So I can include some James scenes)

In which Lily Evans makes the best of insomnia, with the help of her womanly wiles. Edited July 2021.

James was vaguely aware that the sky outside his window produced a bright crimson. He could have thought of blood. He could have thought of the fate right before him. His last thought, at the end, was of Lily's smile.

In which James asks Lily out... only once.

This is the story of James and Lily. Lily, a reporter for the Daily Prophet, and James, a Professional Quidditch player, become acquainted as Lily aims to write the story of the century. When secrets are revealed and hearts get broken, Lily is torn between her feelings and her job. AU James/Lily. I recently changed the rating to M, for language mostly (and later chapters).

"I think I'd marry the person who tells me I have an exquisite, wild soul." "You have an exquisite, wild soul." Your laughter rings out. I lean over and kiss away the sound. JPLE One-Shot

"You walk away from the boy with kisses and shockwaves dusted across his lips, and you become Betty Boop, crawling into your muggle Escalade, batting your spider eyelashes as salt drips down your dry, dry, cheeks." JPLE One-Shot, Experimental.

Jily oneshot: smut indeed. A chance meeting in the shower.

"James. Can you please focus. You're not a dishevelled wandering star. You're not an artist. You're drunk right now, and high, and it's one in the morning and the girl you love is sleeping inside. Now be a man, go up to her, wake her up, give her the stupid flower, and ask her out, alright?" JPLE One-Shot.

Lily's hair was red. That was the first thing James noticed about her.

It's been a long, hard summer. Drought takes and takes until there's nothing left. It's unrelenting. Unforgiving. But it's almost over. Draco/Harry

Lily Evans is rarely seen without her camera round her neck. Unnecessarily fluffy.

"It wasn't until Professor Flitwick had finished his introduction that he realized that on his other side, Lily Evans sat next to him. And their arms were touching." L/J fluff

Mature one shot. "We'll leave these on, yeah?" he told her, voice husky as he kissed the lace decorating her right thigh.

You don't read Lily/James because you crave a love story. You read Lily/James because you crave attention. JPLE One-Shot.

The woman sighed and took one last look at the slumbering twosome before shutting them away; they really were the most beautiful couple.

Rose Weasley desperately needs to get Scorpius Malfoy to notice her. With the help of an old family heirloom, she does just that... and more. Long one-shot.

"You know, Lily," he continues, with the wisdom of a boy who understands the girl that he's in love with, "you're just scared of being vulnerable." JPLE One-Shot

James and Lily start hijacking one another's rounds in order to sneak off to entirely inappropriate Hogwarts locales. LJSmut. Lemon.

"Mister Potter!" A sharp voice rang out, Lily's face heating up as James casually removed his lips from her neck, "What do you think you're doing to Miss Evans?" "Ravishing her, of course." JPLE One-Shot.

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.

For six summers, Lily's parents hear all about that Potter boy. Then comes the seventh.

"This is me Lily" He spoke with absolute conviction that thrilled her to the core, "This is me" And he smashed his lips to hers and Lily saw stars.

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.

It was wrong, the way that he wanted her and the way that his fingers were ghosting over her hips like raindrops in a sun shower and the way that her breathing was heavy and the way that she was pressed too close too close to him in the broom closet. JPLE

James bit the figurative apple. So Lily, being God, threw him out of the figurative Eden." JPLE One-Shot.

They were three sisters in all, sisters who stuck together and loved, sometimes only each other. And then came new types of love. Obsession, duty, and possibly true. Bellatrix, Narcissa, Andromeda. Andromeda/Ted Narcissa/Lucius COMPLETED

Because dangerous things happen when we touch. And when he leans. JamesLily

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.

It has been suggested that James observe Lily, learn more about her, figure out ways to get her to like him that don't involve his tongue. Notepassing, observations, and general prickiness abound.

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!::