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

181. Chapter 181

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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"But here, time does flow," Tom argued without really arguing, "and when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

At the very least, he made Harry laugh. "Mmm… I suppose. But it's been a very long time since I've done that."

"They'll believe again," the farmer whispered. "They'll believe, I swear it."

"It doesn't matter, Tom," Harry finally said. "This village… their existence… It's all just like a drop of water hitting the surface of a pond. Trivial."

"Perhaps if you look at it like that… but you care, don't you? I think I can at least see that much."

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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.