she spins and she sways to whatever song plays [lily]

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Harry had noticed one thing during the Yule Ball: it was infinitely more enjoyable when you were there only as a guest, and not as a Champion. He had been able to roam freely, more or less, without every woman in the room asking him to dance. That was probably helped by the fact that he was now thirty years older and married to the most wonderful woman in the world, but Harry enjoyed the peace that came with being able to choose his dance partners. As it turned out, he was having a much harder time finding one of the girls he wanted to dance with than he would have thought possible; Lily's hair normally made her fairly easy to spot in a crowd, and Harry was certain that whatever she wore, she would be turning heads. Eventually, Harry decided that he'd be better off waiting for Lily to come to him, and he made his way to the edge of the dance floor, waiting for his little girl to find him so they could dance together.

lily luna potter
this is the title song

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Lily caught sight of her father and smiled softly, knowing that was where she needed to be headed next. She made her way over to him, though she was moving rather slowly. Her quick step and giddy skips had been vacant for several weeks. She arrived in front of him, her smiling widening just a little but no where near the usual bright, shining beam it was. She was happy to see him, though. She always was. "Hi daddy," she greeted, "what's got you standing all alone?" She cocked her head to the side and surveyed him. With her heels she was fairly tall, but still shorter than him. She was the same height as Adrian with the first pair she tried on, which caused her to switch to these ones. She kind of liked being shorter.

HARRY JAMES POTTER
(Dress)

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Lily seemed to have snuck up at him, and Harry smiled down at her. He wasn’t sure he would ever get used to how beautiful she was – she definitely took after her mother in that respect. He also wasn’t sure he would ever get used to the way his heart ached when she smiled and it didn’t look…real. When Lily asked why he was standing alone, Harry shook his head a little. “There’s not many girls I’m interested in dancing with.” He answered with a smile. And not that many girls that were interested in dancing with him, either, now that he had gotten married, it seemed. “Luckily, you appeared to have found one of them.” Harry said with a chuckle. He extended his hand. “Care to dance, Lils?”

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Lily wanted to grin at her fathers words, but her mouth was stuck in that small smile instead. She nodded, taking his hand. "I'm the lucky one," she replied back, her voice soft. Soft, by normal person standards. Not by Lily standards, which was usually quite loud.

Soon they were headed onto the floor and taking the dancing position. The song started, a sweet melody that made her heart ache. She swallowed hard, trying to ignoring the welling tears in her eyes, and looked up at her father.

HARRY JAMES POTTER

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Harry shook his head when Lily said she was the lucky one. No, that definitely wasn’t true. Harry couldn’t imagine a life without his daughter, and there must have been something resembling luck that allowed that to happen. He wasn’t going to complain, though. After a life of luck that could be considered not the greatest (or, the greatest, depending on how you felt about being named savior of the Wizarding world). “Is everything alright, Lily?” Harry asked as the song begin to play, noticing that there were tears gathering on her bottom eyelid. He couldn’t imagine something that would make Lily cry, especially not on a night like this, but there was obviously a story there.

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He asked if everything was all right and she tried to nod. But, Lily couldn't lie. She bit down on her lip and tightened her grip on her fathers shoulder. "I'm..." she felt the need to glance past her dads arm, only for her eyes to land right on Adrian leaning against the wall. She stared for a moment. He was technically her date but... they had spent a lot of time apart so far. She looked back to Harry. "I have a secret. A problem..." was she really about to say this out loud? She wasn't sure if she could bring herself to do it...

HARRY JAMES POTTER

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Harry watched as Lily bit her lip, felt the way her fingers tightened ever-so-slightly on his shoulder as she tried to find an answer to his relatively simply question. Lily said that she had a problem, and Harry nodded slightly. “Well, lucky for you, you have a dad who is very good at keeping secrets and solving problems.” Well, Harry was good at accidentally stumbling into the answers he needed to solve problems. Or asking Hermione how to solve problems. But the problems got solved, so he was going to stick to that story. As for keeping secrets, no one could deny that Harry was good at that part of things.

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Lily smiled at her fathers words, actually smiled. She let out a soft, strangled chuckle, looking down between them for a quick second before looking back up at him. "I'm in love with him," she said firmly, oddly more confident then she thought she'd be. Her eyes flickered back over to Adrian, "never said that out loud before," she admitted, her eyes glued on him for a moment longer. His eyes found hers after a moment and she caught her breath, holding his gaze before quickly looking back at Harry. "I love him," she repeated.

HARRY JAMES POTTER
(@adrian, here it is

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She was in love with…? Oh. Adrian. Harry probably knew that already, if he was being honest with himself. Lily wasn’t the sort to run off to a foreign country with just any boy. Well, actually…that was beside the point, though, because his daughter was in love, and from the way she was speaking, she hadn’t ever anticipated to find herself in that situation. “If you love him, why are you wasting your time with me, then?” Harry asked gently. “I already know you love me. Maybe he’d like to know the same thing.”

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“If you love him, why are you wasting your time with me, then?” Lily almost protested that she wasn't wasting time, but she couldn't speak. And he spoke again. " “I already know you love me. Maybe he’d like to know the same thing.” That's what she was afraid of, though. That he wouldn't want ot know that. Her eyes flickered back to Adrian and she took in a deep breath. "No... no I," she stopped, seeing Dan walk over to his cousin. She leaned forward a little, as if that would help her get a closer look. Dan was saying something to Adrian and... she didn't realize her grip on her father was incredibly tight as Adrians facial expression change. Adrian moved, leaving the wall and Dan behind and starting to leave the room.

She started moving away before saying goodbye at first, but then she stopped, her hand still in her fathers, turning back to look at him. "I love you, daddy," she said softly, moving back to him to lift onto her toes and kissing his cheek. "Wish me luck," she whispered, her eyes boreing into his for a moment, trying to borrow al that strength she saw in them.

She nodded, slowly letting her hand release his and, finally she turned away, taking at a quick pace through the crowd, after Adrian Greyback...

HARRY JAMES POTTER
(le end I CRAI)