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

106. Chapter 106

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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Harry turned meek. "I didn't mean to hurt you," he said quietly. "I thought it would be for the best if I… if I…"

"If you completely disappeared on me," Tom finished flatly, "if you vanished, without saying a thing."

"I'm sorry for hurting you, but I'm not sorry for trying to distance myself. I'll be honest, Tom—I'm very attached to you," Harry murmured.

Hope and satisfaction leapt within Tom's heart. To hear him say it meant more to him than anyone else telling him the exact same thing.

"I don't care. Stay this time," he demanded, eyes pleading.

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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.