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FIC: Rising from Embers - Timestamp Meme (L/J)
Title: Timestamp Meme for queenb23more, from Rising from Embers
Author: shiiki
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Lily Evans, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily/James
Fandom: Harry Potter
Word Count: 360
Summary: Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.
Request by queenb23more: Rising from Embers, one hour or so after the end.
Notes: Belongs to the pre-DH Ashes universe, and is therefore A/U.
The warm bath was, of course, a great help, but even without it, Lily would have felt comforted by the welcome she’d met upon entering Potter Manor.
Both Mr and Mrs Potter had invited her in with open arms; on seeing her wet and dripping state, the latter had personally run upstairs to run up a bath for her.
Neither had asked any questions, for which she was grateful. It felt too painful to explain about Petunia.
She supposed James was doing the explanations to his parents when she came downstairs, feeling fresh and dry, and found Sirius sitting alone at the kitchen table, a steaming plate of buns before him. He looked up as she entered, and pushed the plate towards her.
‘Andrew had Kibby make these. They’re scrumptious.’
Lily bit into a bun. Sirius was right. The Potters’ house-elf did possess remarkable culinary skills. She suddenly found that she was ravenous; the first bun slid down quickly, and she immediately reached for another.
Sirius studied her with an odd expression on his face. When she looked up at him questioningly, he said, ‘It was like this for me as well.’
She had to swallow her mouthful of bread before she could ask, ‘Sorry - for you?’
‘Yeah.’ Sirius shrugged. ‘When I first came to stay.’
‘Oh.’ She hadn’t thought about it before - she knew that Sirius had lived with James in the holidays, but it had never crossed her mind to inquire about how it had happened. ‘Why did you …?’
‘I ran away from home,’ he said tonelessly.
Lily nodded sympathetically. Knowing what she did about the Blacks, it couldn’t have been a memorable experience for Sirius.
‘They’re decent people, Andrew and Patricia. They gave me a home and a family - and they’ll do it for you, too.’
He said no more, because James returned then.
‘Why the serious face?’ James pulled out a chair between Lily and Sirius. ‘Feeling better?’ he asked Lily.
She nodded. ‘Thank you.’
James smiled at her. ‘Whatever you do now, Lily, remember that you’re always welcome here.’
Suddenly, Lily found that she couldn’t speak for the overwhelming emotions rising in her chest.
Author: shiiki
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Lily Evans, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily/James
Fandom: Harry Potter
Word Count: 360
Summary: Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.
Request by queenb23more: Rising from Embers, one hour or so after the end.
Notes: Belongs to the pre-DH Ashes universe, and is therefore A/U.
The warm bath was, of course, a great help, but even without it, Lily would have felt comforted by the welcome she’d met upon entering Potter Manor.
Both Mr and Mrs Potter had invited her in with open arms; on seeing her wet and dripping state, the latter had personally run upstairs to run up a bath for her.
Neither had asked any questions, for which she was grateful. It felt too painful to explain about Petunia.
She supposed James was doing the explanations to his parents when she came downstairs, feeling fresh and dry, and found Sirius sitting alone at the kitchen table, a steaming plate of buns before him. He looked up as she entered, and pushed the plate towards her.
‘Andrew had Kibby make these. They’re scrumptious.’
Lily bit into a bun. Sirius was right. The Potters’ house-elf did possess remarkable culinary skills. She suddenly found that she was ravenous; the first bun slid down quickly, and she immediately reached for another.
Sirius studied her with an odd expression on his face. When she looked up at him questioningly, he said, ‘It was like this for me as well.’
She had to swallow her mouthful of bread before she could ask, ‘Sorry - for you?’
‘Yeah.’ Sirius shrugged. ‘When I first came to stay.’
‘Oh.’ She hadn’t thought about it before - she knew that Sirius had lived with James in the holidays, but it had never crossed her mind to inquire about how it had happened. ‘Why did you …?’
‘I ran away from home,’ he said tonelessly.
Lily nodded sympathetically. Knowing what she did about the Blacks, it couldn’t have been a memorable experience for Sirius.
‘They’re decent people, Andrew and Patricia. They gave me a home and a family - and they’ll do it for you, too.’
He said no more, because James returned then.
‘Why the serious face?’ James pulled out a chair between Lily and Sirius. ‘Feeling better?’ he asked Lily.
She nodded. ‘Thank you.’
James smiled at her. ‘Whatever you do now, Lily, remember that you’re always welcome here.’
Suddenly, Lily found that she couldn’t speak for the overwhelming emotions rising in her chest.