James, the boy everyone believed was utterly in love with Lily Evans, as he’d been trying to get her attention since they’d first stepped into the building, with his constant flirting and his plans to try and get the girl’s attention on him in some way, James had been smitten since he’d first met Lily Evans.

What people hadn’t seemed to realise is that James was capable of moving on from that, clearly even he hadn’t realised that he had ended up moving on from the same girl he’d been after for ages, as if it was just a subconscious he hadn’t picked up on, how he seemed to want someone else’s attention. That being Regulus.

James just seemed to gradually switch over to wanting his attention, as if he hadn’t picked up on it, like he’d not even realised the switch himself like it was subconscious in a way that it’d changed.

James seemed to be focusing on wanting Regulus’ attention rather than going after Lily’s attention. He always made sure Regulus was there, listening, seeing. He wanted to impress the other which was ironic because James, wanting to impress a Slytherin? That was something unheard of.

James was walking through the corridors with the rest of the marauders, talking about the game he’d won against Ravenclaw, once he’d spotted Regulus, a grin forming on his face as his voice seemed to get louder as he talked about how he was the one who carried the team, aiming to get the Slytherin’s attention.