Lily and Sirius’s Friendship
-They met through first year charms.
-Lily and Marlene sat one row to the left of Sirius and Peter
-This led to a lot of Sirius harassing them
-Sirius would lean across his desk to use their ink and spill it all over Lily and Marlene’s papers
-Or shoot fiery sparks at Lily’s worksheets, leaving small burnt marks and streaks across her work
-Or tape his wand to Peter’s and slowly poke her from across the desk
-Much to James’s anger, Remus’s amusement, and Peter’s confusion, Lily was never angry at Sirius’s constant bothering
-She knew that this was not remotely mean spirited and that Sirius wasn’t doing it to make fun of her, just to make her laugh
-And it did make her laugh
-Lily was thought to be “well behaved” and even a “goody-two shoes”, but this was impossibly far from the truth. She just knew how to not get caught
-If you ask Marlene, she would even argue that Lily could be worse than Sirius
-Lily and Sirius became amazing friends because of their ridiculous similarities
-They were the one of the most platonic OTP that ever existed throughout Hogwarts
-Neither of them really expected to be anything but enemies but they were just too similar to not love each other
-Lily and Sirius would have weekly study sessions every Thursday night after dinner during quidditch practices when Marlene and James would leave for practice and it would be quieter. Sirius pretended to hate it at the beginning but it quickly became one of the best parts of their weeks. Lily would bring color changing inks and her perfect notes and Sirius would bring dessert and muggle music to listen to. They would lay on the floor and study until one of them passed out because they wouldn’t admit they were tired. It was a competition.
-Sirius comforted Lily after Petunia sent her seven too many letters from home. There wasn’t another Gryffindor who understood what that was like better than Sirius. He found her sitting in the common room near the fire shaking with tears and rage. He didn’t even need to ask her what was wrong before she leaned into him and cried while he ran his hands through her hair and whispered that everything was okay.
-James was unbelievably jealous of their closeness, but learned pretty quickly that this had advantages.
-This led to a lot of, “Lily did you know that James’s hair is naturally that cool in an effortless kind of way and not because he hasn’t located his hairbrush since second year and is too stubborn to use his dad’s hair potion”
-And plenty of, “James is very strong from quidditch because it is a very legit sport and requires a lot of muscles”
-And eventually it was reciprocated to feature plenty of, “Lily might be ready for something if you would just ask again and NO DUCKS CANNOT BE A PART OF THIS JAMES NO I DO NOT CARE IF SHE SAID THEY ARE CUTE WHAT ARE YOU DOING SHE WON’T SAY YES IF YOU DO IT LIKE THAT”
-Lily was the first person that Sirius came out to at the beginning of fourth year.
-He was so surprised that he would admit this to anyone because he had just admitted it to himself
-Lily didn’t give one fuck if Sirius liked boys or girls or no one and told him so.
-She was also the first person who realized that Sirius was desperately in love with Remus
-She noticed all of the times Remus would be reading or talking and Sirius would be staring intently and smiling with this dorky smile
-She and James did what Sirius did for them and tried talking them up in the way Sirius had done
-Lily taught Sirius how to paint his nails and Sirius would charm their polish to flash different colors or to change with their moods or spell out the name of a person who is speaking behind your back.
-Lily quickly became Sirius’s muggle objects dealer. Over breaks she would bring back muggle records, clothes, makeup, snacks, movies and some random objects like a stapler or post-it notes that he would be absolutely enamored with.
-He was the only person who James and Lily would ever have considered for being Harry’s godfather. Everyone said that he was too immature and wanted to know why they would ever pick that loud and annoying kid from Hogwarts to take care of their kid, which in the times of war, was a pretty legitimate probability.
-Lily and James wouldn’t think of anyone else because they always thought of the sweet person who loved everyone unconditionally and would give every last drop of what he had to the ones he loved.