Having only just been made Head Boy and determined for Lily to change her opinion on him, James stares into the Mirror of Erised and faces his future. Left in his hands, can he change the outcome? And will he want to?

Having been hiding out in the middle of nowhere to escape Voldemort's tyranny, Lily is captured by patrollers and then offered as a prize to Voldemort's followers. James claims her as his own, in the process altering the course of both their lives. AU

This is a story about two people who bonded over coffee, became friends, broke each other's hearts and tried to deal with the aftermath.