"Let me show you that you can be loved. Just let me try." Alessia had mastered the art of self-preservation; guarded against disappointment and against hope because she'd learned not to expect anyone to stay. That was until James Potter came along, making her question whether anyone ever really had to be alone. In which James Potter gives up in his pursuit of Lily Evans and discovers that sometimes, what you've been searching for has been standing right beside you all along #1 jamespotter - 01/12/25 #1 mischiefmanaged - 10/01/26 #1 maraudersfanfiction - 09/03/26

"𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏" "𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖" A story in which her ocean blue eyes fell in love with his hazel ones. maurders era james x oc

━━━ 𝐈𝐕𝐘 | ❝ 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆? ❞ ▬▬▬▬ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ *:･･ﾟ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵: 𝗂𝗏𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗃𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗎𝗌. ( 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘂 ) ( 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝗿 ) ( 𝗼𝗰 × 𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝘀. 𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 ) ( 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 "𝗶𝘃𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝘁.𝘀. ) ( 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 ) © 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤

"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.)

❝𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒊'𝒎 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊'𝒎 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅. ❞ IN WHICH James Potter needs to heal, and fortunately for him, Grace Valdez was a born healer. ･｡COMPLETED [JAMES POTTER, Marauders era.] [james x fem oc !]

━━━ 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐅 | ❝𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅?❞ ▬▬▬▬ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ *:･･ﾟ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵: 𝗃𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝖿 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌. 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝖾𝗋𝖺 𝗃𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 × 𝗈𝖼 ©𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝟤𝟢𝟤1

James Potter has always been infatuated with Lily Evans. It was common knowledge at this point. But when a certain Arabella Silvers enters his life, he's not so sure anymore. Arabella has turned his world upside down, the question is; in a good or a bad way? Will contain: smut, smoking, mature themes, underage drinking, abusive household