Recent content by James Holland

For the amount of daughters he had sent here, James had always found it strange that the only part of the southern Hogwarts he had ever seen was the Great Hall, during graduations. Every time one of his children left home he felt a new, painful disconnect with them as they entered this place...

It was starting to feel like every time James blunk another one of his daughters was married. Married. This felt different though - maybe because Alice was the first to have a real ceremony, or maybe because for so many years before Lucy, Alice had been the baby, the littlest one, his...

James could see Diana starting to shut down, and he was glad to see she at least had that much of herself left, as much harder as it made her to reach. He shook his head, rubbing her arm softly. "There's no such thing as parenting superpowers - those are grandparent superpowers. You should...

James had expected some pushback on this visit, and the fact that Diana welcomed him in without so much as a snappy comment really drove home just how badly she was doing. He didn't comment on it as he came inside, handing her the chocolate without a word. While he had always been a safe...

If Phoebe and Charlie eloping had been a surprise, Diana and Delaney eloping had been alarming, and the arrival of the twins had been.... well, something else entirely. James still wasn't sure he had wrapped his head around the whole thing. He felt far too young to be a grandfather, with one...

James had never followed Quidditch all that closely, but Lucy had him learning more than he had ever expected to know, and he had to admit it was a bit exciting to actually get to talk to one of the players about what it was like. He was formulating questions about strategy when Phoebe called...

It hadn't occurred to James until Claudia was no longer Minister just how long it had been since his life was anything approaching normal. Between Claudia's increased schedule and responsibilities, and his own stepping back from work to focus on raising Lucy, it felt like forever since family...

Surprised was perhaps an understatement for how James felt about being invited to his oldest nephew's graduation. Though to his relief Connor had warmed up to the family somewhat, James was dismayed that Eric seemed to have held onto his dislike. Although it was understandable, James had hoped...

James nodded when Claudia spoke, though their conversation was ended quickly by a flurry of arrivals. He greeted Phoebe and Charlie and returned their hugs, pleased to see both of them. Phoebe had filled the family in on Charlie's news, but it was the first time he had seen them since, and...

James had never felt his age quite as deeply as he had at Alice's graduation. His girls had all grown into adults so fast, and though Lucy was now by far the baby of the family, there had been more than a decade when that had been Alice's position, and he wasn't ashamed to admit it had brought...

James had thought he was used to his daughters' graduations by now, but somehow even the fourth time around it felt bizarre. This was different, he supposed. Although that was no longer the case, for a very long time Alice had been the baby of the family, their little girl. It felt surreal to...

However many times it happened, James didn't know if he would ever get used to meeting his daughters' significant others. Especially not now. Alice, who had been his little girl for so long, now Head Girl, mere months away from her graduation. Lucy was settled in the same high chair her older...