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

96. Chapter 96

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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"And your lover?"

Dumbledore paused. "I left him one day, confronted him and then simply walked out the door. I didn't want to turn back to see his expression, because then I knew I wouldn't be able to leave… but I also knew my duty lied here."

"…Why are you telling me this?" Tom ground out.

"Because I made a mistake," the mayor admitted. "It wasn't my mistake of abandoning my lover—no, it was my mistake of leaving in the first place. I lost more of my heart every day, and I had to hurt someone else by it."

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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.