TRHP. Harry has always been able to compartmentalise; to shut off the bleeding parts of himself in order to act quickly, in order to survive. It's something he had learned young. Something — yet another thing — he had in common with Tom. He'd never expected to have to use it against him. In which a battle rages, and Harry suffers a betrayal. Inspired by wynnebat's Undoing.

Harry thinks he wants to be an Auror. Then the Minister for Magic swoops into his life. Harry does not end up becoming an Auror. In which Minister Tom Riddle literally just hires Harry as his PA because he's cute and argumentative.

Despite years of staring up at a cupboard ceiling, and out of barred windows, praying for someone (anyone) to take him away, no one comes to save Harry. He knows he must learn to live with that. At least, he supposes guiltily, he is not alone. TRHP. Trigger warning for themes of child abuse, PTSD, self injury and disordered eating.

Escaping a penny pinching life in London for the countryside, Harry thinks the superstitious residents of Little Hangleton have missed out on a bargain. Tom Riddle knows they really, really haven't.

Harry seeks his death at the hands of Lord Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, but his final task does not quite go as planned. Having survived his second Killing Curse, Harry finds himself stranded in 1944, dealing with a young, sane and very dangerous Tom Marvolo Riddle. TRHP.

Harry seeks his death at the hands of Lord Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, but his final task does not quite go as planned. Having survived his second Killing Curse, Harry finds himself stranded in 1944, dealing with a young, sane and very dangerous Tom Marvolo Riddle. TRHP.