For never was a story of more woe than this of James Potter, and his sad, pathetic attempts to win the heart of a girl who thinks he's a prize idiot.

As was previously 'Queen of the Crunk'. He asked her to Hogsmeade one hundred and thirty seven times. Then he stopped. And now Lily Evans has to battle her own fat mouth and mad head and the probability that number one hundred and thirty eight's going to have to be on her if she wants James Potter to ever smile her way again. Oh dear.

"Well, I'm not asking you to say anything, Evans," James retorted, apparently oblivious to their potential audience, "I just quickly wanted to talk about-" Lily held up a warning hand and hissed, "I'm not talking with you about *that*!" ***A classic tale of Jily***

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.

The last thing Harry Potter wants is to be lumped with a trainee Auror, especially one that idolises him. As he guides her through the realities of being an overworked Auror and tentatively settles into adult life with Ginny, a dark plot brews on the horizon... Winner of Mugglenet's Quicksilver Quill Awards 2016, Best Post-Hogwarts.

Modern Era AU. When Lily Evans seeks assistance from James Potter to avoid the attentions of a suitor who just won't take no for an answer, she accidentally lands them both on the front page of every gossip magazine in Britain. She should have thought about that before pretending to be the girlfriend of a famous athlete.

James Potter can find anything he needs in his local supermarket - bread, milk, the woman of his dreams - they've got it all.

After six years of bouncing from foster home to foster home, Lily Evans thinks she'll never find a real family until Fleamont and Euphemia Potter show up out of the blue. Just as unexpected is falling for their only son, who doesn't seem to know how to act around her. Modern era AU.

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...

Modern Era AU. When Remus Lupin moves out and Lily Evans moves in, James Potter finds himself instantly drawn to his beautiful new neighbour. Little does he know that a mysterious force of nature is secretly pulling the strings.

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.

When James finally starts going grey, you would have thought the entire bloody world had caught on fire. (They Lived AU? Grey Hair AU? JAMES IS GETTING OLD AU? All of the above, assuming they're real AUs)

A look into the connection between mother and son. It seemed James knew he was meant to fly as soon as he left Ginny's womb.

It's the first ride to Hogwarts and the sorting ceremony. It's the homework and the classes. It's quidditch and the infirmary. It's locked bedroom doors and nights in the common room. It's hate at first sight and being in denial. It's dramatic declarations of love and tears of pain. It's the past, the present and the future. Trace of Mischiefs is a journey,will you board the train?

Nature is an institution. As is love. (Remus/Sirius)

After the battle but before all was well, those left in the wake of the Battle of Hogwarts struggle to find their lives again. This story follows Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Draco in a series of one-shots that capture their coming to terms with all they've done and all the things done to them. Normal seems almost out of reach, but a happy ending may be coming.

A series looking at the development of Lily's relationship with the Marauders. One chapter for each year they knew one another (1971-1981), plus an epilogue for October 31, 1981. Each chapter has four parts, each of which shows a key moment between Lily and a different Marauder. Does include Peter. Jily endgame.

After an accident Ginny can't remember. She can't remember her family, her life, or Harry. In the struggle to find her memories, can Harry make her fall in love with him again?

A collection of my AU Jily drabbles, all written from prompts submitted on Tumblr. Rated M overall, but each drabble will have an individual rating. Cover art by Burdge.

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.

As the first war gathers steam, Lily and James work to build a life together, while Lucius and Narcissa's fragile world collapses. Severus copes with the consequences of his choices, and Peter encounters a temptation that will define him. Sequel to Buried Treasure and Transmogrify.

You mean to say that Potter's family is coincidentally staying across the street from our beach house for the summer, Mum and Mrs. Potter are now randomly best friends, and they expect me to hang out with that git for two months? You've got to be joking. (Even worse? There's a sequel.)

Her grandfather's war and her father's war were fought with metal and manpower. Hers was done with magic.

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

"You're a pretty, innocent-looking young witch. You could get away with anything." As an obituary writer and spy for the Order of the Phoenix, Lily looks to her past to keep the part about innocence at least partly true. LE/JP, set in 1979.

The war is over and the wizarding world's rebuilding begins - but when a new threat is revealed, Harry Potter finds himself in the spotlight once again. The story of the "missing" nineteen years, staying true to the details disclosed by J.K. Rowling.

Lily Evans has spent years despising James Potter. He has spent just as long worshiping her. When seventh year pairs them Head Boy and Girl, each comes to realize that their judgment isn't quite what they thought it was. This is the same story that was over on Checkmated, but I completed it here. Prequel to Heroes for Ghosts. Warning: this story is a strong M rating.

A very pregnant Lily invites the Marauders round to help her entertain James. Somehow, this degenerates into 4 Jameses wandering around her living room, with her having to guess which is her actual husband or (horror of horrors) lose a bet against Sirius Black. For hpshipweeks.

"If you must know, I heard a rumor that a pretty girl was going to be here." "Oh. And?" "The gossips were wrong, of course, as per usual." James surprises Lily with an unexpected visit to a Slug Club party.

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.

All Right, Evans?, Part II [7th year]: "As in all wars, life goes on." -HP/HBP

AU. Lily Evans isn't a witch.

The harrowing account of Mr Prongs as he faces off against impossible odds, lumbering idiots, furious young ladies, and most impressively his own staggering idiocy, with additional commentary from Messrs Moony, Wormtail, and Padfoot. Recorded in the two-way journal known as the Marauder's Log.

The direction of a life can be changed by the simplest things.

AU. if a certain person doesn't hear a prophecy, does it still come true?

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.

It was beautiful, just beautiful, but the best part would always, always be right after.

Seventh year is almost over, and after indulging in the kitchen a bit too much, James inadvertently reveals his deepest fears for the future. Lily realizes he is not quite who she thought he was, and admits to something she had never really considered.

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

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

Seven canon chapters about how James and Lily happened and how Severus Snape happened around them.

James comes up with a nickname.

The Three Broomsticks is the setting for five significant scenes in Lily and James's relationship.

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.

Falling in love is merely realizing that you are already in it. And vice versa.

L/J. The Aha Moment: a point in time when something finally clicks. Everyone realizes that there's something more between James and Lily, though it takes some people longer than others. James has always been a slow learner.

Abandoned by her best friend and suffering the torment of her hideous older sister - and her sister's hideous boyfriend, Lily Evans thought she was in for a boring summer. James Potter had other ideas.

Transfiguration Professor. Head of Gryffindor House. Deputy Headmistress. Love Guru. Minerva McGonagall is a woman of many talents.

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?

LJ. "They didn’t do it out of love. They were not in love, nor did they want to be. They barely knew each other. None of this was romantic, not even close. What they had together was purely business." R&R?

Under the emerald stars, they went to war to bring them down... Lily & James, when it comes to picking sides and defying Dark Lords- since isn't that what they do everyday? Three times they chose to challenge You-Know-Who.

The fic about nothing. Complete.

Severus Snape wore a red carnation to the Potters' wedding, to which he had not received the merest hint of an invitation... Of only one thing was he certain. He would not be staying for Sirius Black's speech.

A Scrooge channeling Lily runs into a bit of trouble with a bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhisky after she finds the Marauders drunk in the Head dorms. LJoneshot

In which Lily tells James she's pregnant.