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   but be the serpent under it by thistle_thorn

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   26 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
   • Harry Potter
   • Tom Riddle
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Gellert Grindelwald
   • Hogwarts Students
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Growing Up Together
   • World War II
   • Slow Burn
   • like really slow-such-a-slow burn
   • slow pace narration as well
   • Drama
   • Romance
   • Friends to Lovers
   • (almost) healthy relationships
   • they were made for each other and one of them knows it
   • Morally Grey Harry Potter
   • this fic is extremely long so be prepared
   • some het relationship mistakes of youth but tomarry is an endgame
   • a lot of minor OC as I had to have some Hogwarts students named
   • some graphic depictions of violence and its consequences
   • mainly sweet but sometimes I touch really bad things and describe it meticulously

   Summary

   AU | Finding one’s path in life is not easy; but Harry got himself entangled in two wars, Grindelwald’s patronage, a strange friendship with Tom Riddle, and the choice between morality and survival.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,010

   Chapters:

   3/66

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   93

   Bookmarks:

   18

   Hits:

   771

   Bookmarked by moriendum

   26 Jan 2025