Jily oneshots

educational hazards

She's brilliant, absolutely brilliant, and gorgeous in a way that made his jaw actually drop when she first walked into his first All-Staff meeting (something Remus got a kick out of), and yet, she's also found a way to be the most infuriating person he's ever met.

Really, would it kill her to have a little flexibility every once in a while?

It hadn't been this much of a problem in years past, when the way she ran her English classes was of little interest to him and his History curriculum, but then the district had decided that World History and World Literature should be taught in tandem, the two lesson plans intertwining and playing off of one another, and Albus Dumbledore, as Principal of the school, apparently thought there no better pairing to launch this flagship curriculum than Mr. Potter and Miss Evans.

And oh, how wrong he'd been.

The entire planning process over the summer had resulted in more than one near-screaming match and, on one particularly notable occasion, an iced coffee in his lap.

(She had apologised for that one; the dumping of a coffee on him wasn't so much an intentional act of anger as it was a particularly aggressive hand gesture gone wrong, but he's not inclined to completely dismiss it as pure accident either.)

The entire school knows that they're on… less-than-pleasant terms with one another - well, the entire school except Dumbledore, who is either completely oblivious to it all or has made the executive decision to just refuse to acknowledge the omnipresent tension between two of his top teachers. But everyone else - their coworkers and even the students - know that something of a rivalry exists between the two teachers.

Whatever the case is, Evans is out of his hair for now, and he's grateful for that.

james-dean-daydream: is that a taylor swift reference

james-dean-daydream: your username i mean

james-dean-daydream: (i'm from the great hall discord, i swear i'm not just some random creep popping into your discord DMs, i just saw the username pop up and had to ask)

burning-red-in-my-head: haha, yes it is

burning-red-in-my-head: oh yeah, i think i've seen your username pop up a few places as well

james-dean-daydream: always nice to meet another taylor swift lover

james-dean-daydream: and you're a teacher too, yeah?

james-dean-daydream: i mean, i assume so since you're in a discord chat for teachers, but idk we've gotten some weird randos on occasion

burning-red-in-my-head: i am a teacher

burning-red-in-my-head: not a weird rando

james-dean-daydream: good to know

burning-red-in-my-head: but anyways, while i've already got this message open, now seems like a good time to say that i saw your comment in that discussion about that whole disciplinary situation, and i thought it was really really good

burning-red-in-my-head: i wouldn't have thought to see it from that perspective

james-dean-daydream: thank you

james-dean-daydream: although really, i only had that insight because i've seen almost the exact same thing play out in person

burning-red-in-my-head: oh god, something like that happened in your own classroom?

james-dean-daydream: not exactly

james-dean-daydream: the kids i teach are a bit older than that