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

168. Chapter 168

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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"Was it too predictable?" Lucius mocked grimly. "Yes. That's a brief summary of what happened. Regulus lost everything—so he left. Charlus, ever the impulsive fool, blamed the Harvest God and denounced all loyalties. The townspeople merely followed his lead, what with the Great Storm depressing them enough."

The winery owner stopped his leisure pace of walking around his grape vines. "Regulus blamed himself. Charlus did not believe him—he hated, despised the God for making him lose his closest friend. As the inn owner, he was quite influential among the town, and surely you can guess what 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.