Fics like Matter of Time

“Tempus,” Harry repeats, bewildered. The word echoes unnaturally and keeps echoing. His hand is in front of his face, casting the spell over and over, but it’s also underwater, and it’s also sweeping the wet hair out of his face. He can see the outline of past Harry diving in and resurfacing in an endless loop and the outline of future Harry getting the hell out of here. Every micro-movement is looping until everything is everywhere at once. Or rather, everything is everywhen at once. He doesn’t dare to do anything other than breathe, and he’s still not sure if he’s not breathing backwards. Does time even move in any particular direction anymore? Instead of a flowing stream, it feels more like a mist: diffuse, adrift, and full of gaps. Tom Riddle returns to Britain with a single goal in mind. He’s been shaping international magical policy for decades now, and becoming the Minister for Magic in his homeland is the natural culmination of his career. He knows exactly what to do, and he knows exactly how to do it. Then he meets this strange, brilliant kid with an unhealthy obsession with time and is forced to face a variable he never planned for.

Fics like Matter of Time

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