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

59. Chapter 59

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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"If you want to impress your God," the carpenter advised one day, "you're going to have to do something."

Tom blinked. "Have you had recent memory loss of the entire last season?"

He scowled."No, no. See here, lad—your farm is successful. You have four chickens, a foal, and… a cow, was it?"

"Two cows and a sheep," answered the farmer automatically.

"Yes. You see? Your farm is growing! But what are you going to do? Advance as much as you like, it means nothing if you have nothing to show for it."

Tom paused thoughtfully. "…And your recommendations are?"

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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.