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

120. Chapter 120

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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As Nymphadora Tonks was slowly becoming enamoured with Kingsley, Hermione Granger wooed by Ron, Bellatrix Black loved for by Rodolphus, Ginny Weasley too shy to really approach him, and the whole situation with Lily Evans and James Potter…

Tom seemed to find a growing trend. The problem was, all of the ladies were still crushing on him to some degree, and that proved to be a disturbance. Even in the library—he visited three times a week—it was hard to sit back and read when Hermione was making love-sick eyes at him.

He needed a plan. So he did.

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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.