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

72. Chapter 72

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.

---

"You should be careful, Tom," Kingsley warned. "James isn't anything to laugh at. He's a good person, but short tempered, and he can do you harm."

"He's an envious, arrogant, pathetic excuse of a man," Tom waved. "He's nothing."

"Then you're pursuing her?" the carpenter asked quietly. "Lily Evans?"

"I'm not pursuing anyone," the farmer repeated for the nth time. "No one at all."

The two other men shared a look. How it came to this, neither of them could guess… but they knew something had happened, and they wanted to ask, but silence was the only thing that prevailed.

---

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.