james, year 5 : hey padfoot, moony, do you guys know whe- OH MERLIN MY EYES ! MY POOR EYES ! OH MY GOD PLEASE PUT SOME CLOTHES ON AND THEN OBLIVIATE ME PLEASE ! OH MERLIN

james, year 7 : hey padfoot, moony, do you know – merlin, please stop moaning for a sec – do you know where my transfiguration notes are ?

gryffindor against slytherin quidditch match in hogwarts. james has been anxious for weeks. and now it’s happening.

gryffindor is leading 40-10, and he scored three of those goals. he knows it’s too soon to call it a win, but he is getting more and more confident about it. maybe if he wins lily evans will look at him, or even congratulates him !

he hears a noise next to him and almost get hit by the slytherin beater ( who would have called it an accident of course ) he flies higher and intercepts the ball. he throws it at Marlene to catch and…

“SLYTHERIN CAUGHT THE SNITCH ! SLYTHERIN WINS !”

james takes a few seconds to analyze this information, before to consider jumping off his broom right now.

the gryffindor steps go silent. everyone is in shock. they are all starring at their team, in awe

except for one person who stands up and shouts :

“GOOD JOB LITTLE BRO THAT WAS SOME MAD FLYING SKILLS !”

hc : at some point all the marauders had a crush on james. james included.

sirius bc he was the symbol of his freedom and rebellion, who was everything he dreamt to be ( loving family, happy, … )
remus bc he was the tolerant and loving person who accepted everyone and just didn’t care if you were different ( that was in first year, before they discovered his secret and he was just imagining their hypotetical reactions )
and peter bc james included him in the cool band and made him feel special

sirius : but james i just dunno how i feel about moony. i can’t even think about how i bloody feel about him, how weird is that ?
james : well maybe you need some time away to make up your mind ? stop seeing him all the time may help !
sirius : right genius how do i do that when we share our dorm, bathroom and classes ?

james is such a wolfstar shipper like he is worse than all of us

like he would always manage to get the two of them alone at least once a day

he would always play truth or dare with them to ask them THE question

he drags all the gryffindors into his stupid matchmaker plans

and puts up with the worse strategy like “wormtail we should injure sirius and let the drama of the hospital do the rest” “james NO”

little does he know that remus and sirius are kind of together since year 3, and officially together since year 5.

and they aren’t even hiding it. since year 3.

but he still matchmakes them, even after he finally realizes they are together

“moony tell us the truth how do you really feel about pads ?” “james we are engaged and we live together” “you’re avoiding the question.”

what they saw in the mirror of erised

james : himself, old but still healthy, surrounded by his children and lily at his side, laughing. the marauders are here laughing too, sirius ruffling his hair and probably making fun of them. everyone has a large smile and feel close.
remus : himself, but his scars are gone. his clothes are tidy and look new, his prefect badge still on his robes. sirius is holding his hand and they are staring lovingly at each other
sirius : the marauders all together, chatting and laughing. they are all happy, the heaviness of the war and their trials is gone. they are who they are supposed to be, carefree teenagers with nothing to worry about except but their exams and homeworks
peter : himself, but not quite. he’s taller, and thiner, a bit athletic. he seems more confident too, and is it a hickey on his neck ?
regulus : his whole family, including sirius, is here, but they aren’t fighting. in fact, they seem to be talking and enjoying to be together. he notices there is nothing on anyone’s forearm

none of these ever became true