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It's 1975 and Lily Evans lives a double life.
At home, she's the Irish Catholic daughter of a union organizer in a dying industrial town. At Hogwarts, she never puts a toe out of line, never gives her pure-blood classmates a reason to doubt her. Lily has big plans, even if she's not sure what, precisely, those plans entail.
James Potter has never had to be anyone but himself.
Why would he? Wealthy, good-looking, and intelligent, he knows he's lucky, but the war is bringing what's important into sharp relief. His aging parents have joined the Order of the Phoenix, and James longs to fight alongside them.
When Voldemort's followers murder seven Muggle-borns in broad daylight just before the start of their fifth year, tensions at Hogwarts reach an all-time high. The so-called Dark Lord is recruiting from the student body, and the time has come to act. The trouble is, Hogwarts isn't split between good people and wannabe Death Eaters, and old prejudices die hard.
Lily and James have always been enemies - ask anybody. But now that they've found themselves on the same side of an escalating war waged in classrooms and corridors, will they see each other in a different light?
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- Part 1 of The Things We Carried
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03 Jan 2026
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James Potter doesn't care for Lily Evans. And if their disastrous first date is any indication, he isn't her favorite person either.
So why is it that he’s invited her to his parents’ house for Christmas when he has zero desire to spend time with her, and by all accounts, the feeling is mutual?
Because he is a complete idiot, that’s why.
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05 Dec 2025
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She checked the time on her phone – it was a very respectable 8.47, meaning that she was a good 13 minutes early. This, she hoped, her new boss would take as eagerness to start.
The doors of the lift opened, and she looked up from her phone just in time as out stepped - oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god!
He had stopped in his tracks, too. His eyes wide behind his glasses, his hair messy and unkempt, slightly wet from the shower he had clearly taken himself after she had left that morning, and – she flushed violently, heat creeping across her skin. She had trouble breathing.
Based on a prompt I received on Tumblr: what about finding out your glorious one night stand is your new collegue/boss? 💋
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15 Nov 2025