"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)

❝You could have anyone, mate.❞ ❝Yeah, but I want her.❞ or in which Hogwarts is his garden and she's the forbidden fruit that he's tempted to touch

𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑎 (𝑛.) 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 Odetta Greengrass carries deep scars from a childhood marked by abandonment and broken trust, courtesy of her parents. Just as she begins to heal, finding solace and unexpected love with James Potter, she discovers their romance is forbidden. Odetta is betrothed to another, a union designed to secure her family's status. "𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑖 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒." #2 Slytherin #7 Fanfiction #4 Greengrass #18 James Potter #12 Marauders Plus there's wolfstar!!!!

"Look at her. She's perfect." "Yeah, Lily does look good tonight." "What? No, I mean Lyra." [Marauders Era] [©-marauderslegacy_]

*will contain mature content such as sex, triggering themes, alcohol abuse and violence* Having to share a dorm with James Potter, what could possibly go wrong? jamespotter x oc wolfstar started: january 2021 finished: *rights to jkr for harry potter universe n characters etc* cover : @rottingflowrs

NOT EDITED, AT ALL. lots of grammatical errors and plot holes, read with caution. ❛ you're hardly the boy id fall for. ❜ kim © 2016 [ james potter (slowburn) | marauders era/slight after war ]

In which Milla Rosamund finds herself stuck in quite a compromising position beneath James Potter. - WARNING: This story will contain mature themes, scenes, and language such as profanity, drugs and/or alcohol, and sexual content. #SBRoadTo500k Rankings: #1 in Marauders Fanfiction as of May 12, 2018 #1 in Remus Lupin as of October 28, 2018 #1 in Harry Potter as of October 4, 2018 #1 in James Potter as of May 19, 2019 #1 in Peter Pettigrew as of January 31, 2019 #3 in Sirius Black as of December 5, 2018 #1 in Marauders as of March 17, 2019 Completed as of July 29, 2018

"You want revenge on Sirius. I want to make Lily jealous. The answer is too obvious, Merse! Let's date for fake!" ©papyrophobia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HIGHEST RANK BY FAR: #2 in Potter Fanfiction FAN-FICTION + story created april 2017 + full synopsis inside