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lilium_evansiae) wrote2012-12-15 09:19 pm
lilium_evansiae) wrote2012-12-15 09:19 pm
7 May 1977
It's one of those things Lily has noticed about James. When he's interested in something he's talking about, invested and committed and involved in it -- he's just so animated. His eyes are bright and alert, his hands make grand sweeping gestures as he talks. She doesn't even have to be able to hear what he's saying to know he's on a topic he's excited about.
It's ridiculously attractive.
She doesn't even mind that the topic currently causing this animation is Quidditch.
And it's not really that she would necessarily choose to sit by during a two-hour dissection of the two-hour Slytherin-Hufflepuff match she just watched, but she doesn't mind, either. (It helps everyone's mood, of course, that Slytherin played their worst match of the season, and given their other two losses, that is saying something.)
James takes Quidditch very seriously, and even though Gryffindor won't play either Hufflepuff or Slytherin again till next year, there is still post-game analysis that must be done with the rest of the team. And Lily likes that James takes Quidditch -- his commitment to his team, the responsibility of being Captain -- seriously. She likes it a great deal.
And if that means she has to sit on the other side of the common room for a couple of hours, playing chess with Mary and playing very badly because she's spending as much time watching her boyfriend talk to his team as the she is watching the board . . . well.
He's ridiculously attractive.
That said, neither she nor her poorly commanded chess pieces have any objection when the team's conversation finally breaks up. Or when James, who still clearly has too much energy to spend the afternoon sitting in the common room, suggests that they take a walk around the grounds.
It's ridiculously attractive.
She doesn't even mind that the topic currently causing this animation is Quidditch.
And it's not really that she would necessarily choose to sit by during a two-hour dissection of the two-hour Slytherin-Hufflepuff match she just watched, but she doesn't mind, either. (It helps everyone's mood, of course, that Slytherin played their worst match of the season, and given their other two losses, that is saying something.)
James takes Quidditch very seriously, and even though Gryffindor won't play either Hufflepuff or Slytherin again till next year, there is still post-game analysis that must be done with the rest of the team. And Lily likes that James takes Quidditch -- his commitment to his team, the responsibility of being Captain -- seriously. She likes it a great deal.
And if that means she has to sit on the other side of the common room for a couple of hours, playing chess with Mary and playing very badly because she's spending as much time watching her boyfriend talk to his team as the she is watching the board . . . well.
He's ridiculously attractive.
That said, neither she nor her poorly commanded chess pieces have any objection when the team's conversation finally breaks up. Or when James, who still clearly has too much energy to spend the afternoon sitting in the common room, suggests that they take a walk around the grounds.
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"Subject: One James Ignotus Potter. Age: Seventeen. Hair: Black. Eyes: Hazel. Height: Tall enough without being too tall, which his girlfriend appreciates. Distinguishing features: Glasses. Very attractive smile. Rather ticklish spot inside crook of elbow."
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"I rather like the way this study is going so far," he says. "Not sure the bit about ticklish spots needs to be publicized, though."
You know. Signs of weakness and all that.
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"Where was I ...
"Abilities: Frightfully clever, excellent Potions partner, superb Chaser and Quidditch captain, loyal friend, very good kisser, marvelous boyfriend."
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If he were the one to blush, he'd be red as a beet right now.
As it is, he looks utterly pleased.
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"This is a very serious and impartial study."
She pulls his glasses from his nose and settles them on her own.
"Scholarly, even.
"In fact, I may have to spend the rest of the afternoon doing research."
She somehow doubts James will have any objections to this particular course work.