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

178. Chapter 178

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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"Feelings are really quite inconsequential there, I admit," he said slowly, "you don't really… live. You just exist. Perhaps in the back of my mind I'm aware of the things going on here, if there's danger, or a problem, or something I need to tend to… but for the most part, I'm just… there. It doesn't seem possible to participate in some petty squabble."

"It sounds like you prefer it there," Tom noted.

"I can't say I prefer one world over the other; they're too different. Time never flows there, for one…" Harry paused. "Hmm… Let me show you something."

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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.