Living in the Moment

by Rendered Reversed

Tricked into possessing a seemingly unfarmable plot of land, Tom Riddle is forced to make things work and build up his new life from scratch in Mineral Town. He expected eventual success, a lot of hard work, and several painstaking seasons of the "outsider" reputation... but no one ever mentioned falling in love with a god. A life story told in 100 word snippets. TMR/HP SLASH

43. Chapter 43

Warnings: future SLASH (boy x boy), MAJOR NO-MAGIC!AU (Alternate Universe, specifically the Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town setting), possible OOC, life story

Pairings: TMR/HP, implied AD/GG, implied KS/NT (Kingsley x Tonks), onesided JP/LE

Standard disclaimer applies: I do not own Harry Potter or any brand you recognize in this story. J.K. Rowling is credited with the creation of these characters (I'm not fond of using OCs in my own fanfiction). I also do not own the Harvest Moon series by Natsume.

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"I'm adopted," Lily said one day as they conversed. Tom didn't remember how they had gotten onto the subject of her strange surname. "The Potters were very kind and took me in."

"But you keep your family name?" Tom asked in casual curiosity.

Lily smiled sadly. "It's all I have left of my old family. I can't remember their faces, but at least I have this name."

Tom wordlessly inclined his head. He didn't really understand, seeing as his own family wasn't the best and were now all dead. "You were born outside of town?" he inquired after a while.

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Posted in its full form on Ao3, except for the sequel and the eventual epilogue :). I'll be posting 5 of these per a day (I think?), but because it's long that might become 10 a day.