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1. The Apothecary by Chess_Waith

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Harry Potter
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • James Potter
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Severus Snape
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Petunia Evans Dursley
   • Dudley Dursley
   • Vernon Dursley
   • Hermione Granger
   • Neville Longbottom
   • Ron Weasley
   • Marge Dursley
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Somewhat Good Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Potions Apprentice Harry Potter
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Mentor Tom Riddle
   • Mentor/Protégé
   • Slow Burn
   • Graphic Description
   • Morally Grey Harry Potter
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Character Death
   • Slow Build
   • No Boy-Who-Lived (Harry Potter)
   • Powerful Harry Potter
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   When Harry needs to find somewhere to do an apprenticeship for his potion specialization programme, he knows exactly where to go.

   Tom Riddle owns the mysterious and renwowned Apothecary in Knockturn Alley. Reputation has it his remedies always work. Harry can attest.

   Tom navigates life by reading people's minds. So when a potions prodegy with an impenetrable mind appears in his shop... How could he not accept the challenge?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   30,418

   Chapters:

   8/?

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