"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.)

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧. Valentine Lotus was a rare girl; wickedly smart and constantly sweet. That is, unless, you get on her bad side, which James Potter just so happens to do when he dumps a canister of red paint on the wrong person. ~ In which James Potter gets more than bargained for thanks to a prank gone wrong. ~ #1 - Hufflepuff Marauders era James potter x FEM!OC Gifs by @-LIVTHEECREATOR Completed

It has been over a year since the murder of his wife, Lily, and James Potter wishes every day that it is simply a nightmare that he will wake up from. Unfortunately, it isn't and in the wake of her death, James finds himself as a single parent to their son, Harry. The Boy-Who-Lived is known all around the wizarding world as the one to defeat Lord Voldemort on the same night that Lily was killed as the proclaimed "Dark Lord" attempted to rid of the child as well, yet failed. However, James is just trying to do his best in raising Harry in the most normal fashion as he can possibly muster but it's not easy. With one of his former best friends in Azkaban for the betrayal to the Order and his two remaining best friends not on speaking terms, James finds himself drowning in stress. Yet, relief comes in the form of a young woman, named Renata, and their first encounter is nothing short of a chaotic mess. But at the same time, it's the first thing that's made James laugh in months.

Book 1: Nepenthe Book 2: Halcyon For those that survived the war and carried on, happiness was waiting for them just around the corner, they simply had to find it. For James Potter, it took a wrong turn to end him in the right place where he met Renata Abate, a witch who was searching for her purpose in life. It was Harry who initially brought their paths to cross, but there was something else that kept the paths intertwined. Renata didn't only help to heal James, but he helped to heal her as well as some of the brightest smiles in the world hold the darkest pasts. Soon it became two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other and from that blossomed the start of a beautiful family and the wonderful memories that they would share in, for years to come.

𝑒𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎- (𝑛.) 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 After her mother's death as a young child, Asteria was constantly fighting against her father and his cruel ideas of society. In addition, she was a disappointment due to the fact she had been sorted into Hufflepuff which seemed impossible, especially because she was a Parkinson. As a result, she had kept her defences up constantly but could she lower her guard and let James Potter in? Plus, there's Wolfstar!!! #15 James Potter #1 Ben Barnes #2 Andrew Garfield #1 Aaron Taylor Johnson #1 Sirius Black #1 Hufflepuff

❝ɪᴛ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴍʏ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʙᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ᴘɪʟᴇ ᴀʟʟ ʟɪᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ❞ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 - 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱-𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 disclaimer: i do not own any of the original harry potter characters, they belong to the author of harry potter. ⤷ i do not support jk rowling's disgusting transphobic views

"in the end we are our choices. build yourself a great story." -jeff bezos rankings: {#36 in Harry Potter-07/24/18} {#4 in Hogwarts-07/07/18} {#8 in Sirius Black-07/31/18} {#4 in Wizarding World-06/29/19} {#1 in James Potter-07/10/19} status: completed [1/23/18-7/19/18]

"You know you're not half bad under the many layers of arrogance." "You are absolutely terrible at compliments." •Marauders Era• •Part of the 'Poems' series• •I'm terrible at descriptions lol•

𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐄 | ❝ 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗐. ❞ ── in which a drunken night completely changes james and olivia's lives forever. or ── where olivia kinsley and james potter give their all to protect the family they created. 𝗝𝗨𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗹𝗡𝗘 © 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗫 𝗢𝗖 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗘𝗥𝗔

[BOOK ONE OF MISCHIEF MANAGED SERIES] "Just look at her, James!" Sirius cried out exasperatedly. "Can't you see it? You're in love with her." He shook his head stubbornly. "No, I love Lily." "Get over yourself. It's always been Catherine, Prongs. Just look at her!" And so he did just as Sirius did too. And in that moment, Catherine tipped her head back to laugh at whatever Lily told her, and James realized that it was true. He was in love with a girl he never expected to fall for. But it wasn't only him, Sirius too realized he had fallen for her. ««•»» Catherine Valentine had it all. She was exceptionally kind, beautiful, tall, a mischievous prankster, had a loud melodious laugh, belonged to a rich family, could care less about blood status despite being a pureblood, and an exquisite personality everyone loved. Oh, and let's not forget the heart of a certain Marauder. Not one but two Marauders. Highest Ranking: #1 in Marauders #1 in Mischief Managed #1 in JK Rowling #11 in James Potter #61 in Sirius Black #20 in Remus Lupin