Godfather duty
Summary: When James is surprised by Sirius and Harry coming home drunk four in the morning, he questions himself when he got too old for that.
For @theblueocean
Part of the Jily Lives AU
Rated M for mentions of underage drinking and some swearing.
Read on AO3 with all the correct italics, or below the cut:
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His eyelids feel heavy, but James keeps writing. He is almost finishing the first draft of the article for Transfiguration Today; it’s due Sunday and he still has five days to finish it, but James is really anxious for presenting it. It’s not his first paper for that magazine, but his article will be the headline this time, and he promised himself he would send them in advance as much as he could - and he still needs to send it to Minerva for her to read and review.
It feels a lot like he is back in school doing essays, but James doesn’t remember being that excited back at Hogwarts - well, not about homework anyway.
He puts the final dot and lets the quill rest, satisfied. He will proofread in the morning, maybe even rewrite altogether from a different perspective, but it’s done and it’s a competent article, he knows.
Human transfiguration was always a point of interest to him.
He raises, stretching up and looking at his watch. It’s past four in the morning already; he really lost track of time. He remembers Lily calling him to go to bed - and then he promised her he would go in a minute, which he clearly forgot.
He suppresses a yawn as he leaves the library, thinking only of sinking on his bed when he hears a sound coming from the front porch.
All his sleepiness is gone instantly, and he turns with his wand already raised, alarmed and with his instincts screaming even though it’s been months since the war ended; someone is turning the doorknob. The spell is almost leaving his lips when the door opens wide and he sees Harry’s joyful face.
Cat-like galra ftw, aka how Keith really got the permanent mullet.
the original draft version of the first avenger script is available online and as someone who is desperate for every crumb of mcu steve content i can get, here’s a list of some of the lines and moments i wish they had kept in the finalized version of the film.
1. steve saying both his parents were fighters (and he is too).
2. steve suggesting they go to church and bucky just going ‘hmmmm….no thanks’.
3. this is the one that makes me feel most insane: steve mentioning that sarah used to let him stand on her feet and dance with her in their apartment when he was small.
4. this line that validates my long-held headcanon that steve doesn’t actually know how to swim before the serum and only learns on the fly after.
5. the train/fall scene originally having bucky take the shield and jump in front of a shot meant for steve + steve actually being able to grab his hand and pull him in for a split second.
6. this explanation of the dynamic between steve and bucky of bucky always being steve’s lifeline/anchor and how that stayed the same even after the serum.
7. :(
A draft once again 😂 been a busy week.
*reblogs are very much appreciated, my Bs 💛*
- Blub 💛
I’m salty with a movie from two years ago? Yes, probably, and my friend support me, we were having a chat about it and I did this really fast to contine chatting.(and because I have work, but who cares about that)
I didn’t find the post, but @not-withoutyou made it and i just had to draw it. I needed to. I hope you don’t mind i dare to, sweetheart <3
ok so stucky headcanon: steve talks in his sleep sometimes - not all the time, but enough that it doesn't surprise bucky anymore when he starts muttering. sometimes it's in english, a lot of the time it's in irish, but it's always silly nonsense that makes bucky laugh when he can't sleep at night
STOP YES THIS IS EVERYTHING ALKFJALSKFJALK i love this this is so chaotic thank u okay okay two scenarios popped into my head ok ok
so one time Bucky comes home from a mission real late to find Steve asleep on the couch, which is not so out of the ordinary, and Steve's a pretty light sleeper so he think he's just woken him up when Steve like full on sits up on the couch and turns to him and says "Buck?"
And Bucky's like. "Hey, sweetheart," as he's taking off his boots and peeling off his tac gear. He continues on to start like babbling about the mission after he apologizes for waking Steve, and he thinks it's all fine and dandy until Steve interrupts him.
"Bucky, the birds."
Bucky looks over, eyebrows furrowing. "The-- Steve, what? What birds."
"The birds, Bucky."
"Steve, are you--"
"Birds..." Steve lays back down after that, and it's then that Bucky realizes Steve had been asleep the whole time and he sort of just blinks, then bursts out laughing, which wakes Steve up for real.
Needless to say, Steve is quite confused.
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Another time, Bucky's up on his phone, scrolling mindlessly and it's not so late, but Steve's been asleep for a few hours. He hears him start muttering, and it's in Irish this time, which Bucky usually likes tuning into because, like you said, it's usually silly nonsense.
Anyway, the mutterings different this night-- Steve sounds more tense, and vulnerable-- and Bucky hoists himself up on his elbow, trying to gauge if his should step in. If Steve's having a nightmare or--
"mam, cabhrú. le do thoil teacht ar ais."
And god, Bucky's heart breaks because that's Steve asking for his Ma, and he doesn't know what to do, because these dreams had haunted Steve before the both of them died and lived through hell. Though, Steve's hell dates back pretty far.
He drapes himself over Steve anyway, choosing to not wake him, because he might not be Sarah, but he can hold Steve all the same
SEBASTIAN STAN as STEVE and DAISY EDGAR-JONES as NOA Fresh (2022) | dir. Mimi Cave
he is sick and twisted what the fuckin fuck 🥴🥴🥴🥵
bitches are gettin horny and it's me i'm bitches 😌🔥
Steve and Buck, Empty Carriage. © El Kane Inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s New York subway photos, 1940′s.
SEBASTIAN STAN Pam & Tommy (2022) › ep. 1 dir. Craig Gillespie