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for tjwritter, an absolutely shameful amount of time after her actual birthday: Five Things Lily did with Severus that she would never do with James.

1. Threw the occasional game of... whatever.

Severus was usually a gracious if slightly smug winner, and she liked seeing him pleased with himself for a little while. With James, it's just too damn satisfying to be able to take him down a few pegs, no matter what the contest.

2. Went on a winter picnic of leftover Christmas turkey and mince pies.

Severus saved the morsels from the Hogwarts feast and surprised Lily by bringing the parcel along when she suggested a bracing, chilly stroll a few days later. While seated on the conveniently warmed and waterproofed blanket (which looked suspiciously like Slytherin dormitory standard-issue) and nibbling the nosh, she complained good-naturedly that the turkey was a bit dry as leftovers and hadn't he brought any gravy or anything?

Severus pressed his lips together and screwed up an eye in thought, and soon startled them both by suddenly producing a stream of bread sauce from his wand. They scuttled towards each other, away from the splash in the mud, and he opened his mouth to apologize, but he closed it again and then quirked it into a shy smile as Lily laughed and laughed and laughed.

Somehow she doesn't want to muddle that one with a memory of James.

3. Washed his hair.

This has nothing to do with Severus's hygienic habits in relation to his genetics; no, it's as simple as tree sap.

Before they knew a thing about how magic could be employed to remove a blob of resin from one's hair, Lily had once done her best to help Sev get out a sticky lump after an unfortunate encounter up a spooky-looking pine tree. It had taken some scrubbing with laundry soap, but eventually the gluey stuff mostly gave way.

James, you see, neither wears his hair long nor climbs scraggly pine trees, so he never gets golden tree sap in his black, black hair.

4. Discussed the finer points of anything academic. It's just... not how James is. In fact, there are things he's done that she doesn't even want to know how they were achieved.

5. Had a threesome with Sirius. ('Nuff said.)

Comments

[sunlit-music.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! The one where Snape shot bread sauce out of his wand in the wrong direction was priceless.

With James, it's just too damn satisfying to be able to take him down a few pegs, no matter what the contest.

Amen! It's no fun playing games with someone you always want to beat. Besides, it wouldn't hurt to boost Severus' self esteem, whereas James already has an over inflated head. So James would probably get an even more unbearable ego if he beat Lily at games. :P

In fact, there are things he's done that she doesn't even want to know how they were achieved.

LOL! What might these things be, I wonder?

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In fact, there are things he's done that she doesn't even want to know how they were achieved.

LOL! What might these things be, I wonder?

Oh I dunno, we might start with any of the crap he pulled at school... ^_- Thanks for the comment!

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Ah ha ha! These are great. I particularly love the last one. :D

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Thanks!

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Ooooo... I can SO picture Severus' smug little smile when he wins, too. Of course he does not like an EASY win. He likes the game to be pretty close, he just MAY be defeated... and THEN he wins. He has such a sweet little smile!

As for tree sap, I would've used peanut butter. Works for chewing gum, anyway. Of course, THEN she wouldn't have had an excuse to run her fingers through his silky hair... and THAT is always enjoyable for both parties.

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The tree sap thing is based on a personal experience in my own past. Friend and I didn't want to go to our mothers for help, so we used what we could find in the garage, and Ivory laundry soap turned out to work best (although not ideally, hence the depiction of having to work at it). Actually what works like a charm on tree sap is turpentine, although it's not good for skin or hair. In any event, I'm not sure Lily was quite old enough to fully appreciate the pleasure of his hair at the time. ;)

Thanks for the comment!

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

w00t! Two months to the day, but soooooo freakin' worth it!! This is glorious and I can totally see ALL of this...especially the last *happy sigh* Oh yes, nice way to send me off the rest of the day!!!

Thanks!

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Yay! Thank you!

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Threesome with Sirius? There's a whole PWP fic in and of itself. God, I would love to know how that happened, and how drunk or high certain parties were when it did ;-).

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Heheh, it is kind of a whole other story, yeah.

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Do you see me down on my knees begging for it... *bats eyelashes prettily*

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...that's what HE said! *bah-dum-dum-tish*

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Lol. Yeah, I guess I walked right into that one, didn't I ;-).

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We have a short presentation which you may enjoy.

[sarahetc.livejournal.com]

What sweet little glimpses!

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Thanks!

[madam-minnie.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA! Love it! Especially #5! Nuff said indeed! Hee!

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Thanks! If you like that one, you might also like the associated PWP (if that's your thing), which lilyevans_snape prodded me to write.