"Hufflepuff gone bad? This, I've got to witness."

Mia Black loves many things. Renaissance paintings, the muggle movie Pulp Fiction (have you seen a narrative timeline so fucked up?)... and maybe George Weasley?

"Do you not have the stomach for this, Miss Lippincott?"

"Then I defy you, stars!"

"Briar Crouch is completely and utterly clueless...!"

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.

"Her eyes, they're so.. green." James smiled dreamily. Sirius smirked. "Yeah, you're definitely going to win her over with eloquent phrases like that." - Olivia has hated James Potter for as long as she can remember, and she is sure that the feeling is absolutely mutual. There is no way in hell that they are ever going to fancy each other, or at least that's what she thinks. As they enter their last year at Hogwarts, everything starts to change. One thing leads to another, and the both of them will soon realise that the lines between love and hate aren't as clear as they seem to be.

He adores her; from the way her eyes crinkle when she laughs, to the way her voice breaks when she's tired and the slow way she falls asleep. He just hasn't told her.

𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 james potter finds he's not that much into redheads as he thought