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

73. Chapter 73

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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"You seem… different, today," Lily noted as she placed a warm plate of apple pie before him.

"Different?" Tom parroted, not very indulgent today but still trying to keep his outer façade of friendliness.

"For awhile, actually," she said softly. "Are you alright? Is there anything wrong?"

For a second, Tom thought about Harry, and how much he wanted to see him again, and how betrayed he felt, lonely even. He thought grimly on how success seemed to have a terrible price, but then all of those feelings simply vanished into thin air.

"No," Tom replied. "Not anything of consequence."

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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.