The ABC's of Loving You [ Tomarry

Veneer

Veneer;
an attractive appearance that covers or disguises someone or something's true nature or feelings.

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An AU where Harry is still in Hogwarts but has a secret 'friendship' with the dark lord (gasp!)

Featuring pining! Tom and Harry

Slytherin! Harry

Harry's in his last year and Tom graduated a little while back. So... Let's pretend Hogwarts students started at the age of 13, okay? That way, Harry would be 19 in this and Tom would be, like, 22. That would make me feel a lot better about the legality of their relationship :)

THEYRE SO IN LOVE IN THIS IT HURTS

This is also a modern! AU, the whole thing doesn't revolve around that but they watch a movie on Netflix at one point so there's that

Included some fluff, angst, implied murder, and pining. What else could you want from me?

The murder's only implied because I realized how long this was getting, and writing a good torture scene takes forever

Why do so many of my oneshots end with them torturing people? I feel like that's a good question and I'm sure my therapist would be very interested

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Harry was fuming as he stormed to the Chamber of Secrets, wand in one hand and the other clenched into a fist.

Some people had the audacity to come after him for just existing. How dare they!

Harry wished he could curse them back— but it was under Snape's watch, always under Snape's watch, so he couldn't have gotten away with it. He itched to do it, to just show them not to miss with him—

But, his perfect appearance of someone who is not fazed by this shit took hold. No one would ever know how much this pissed him off— he wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

This brought him to where he was now; trying to get to the area of the castle that wasn't warded so that he could Apparate to the dark lord. Usually he could have waited until the weekend to see him, and it was only Thursday, but he felt like he needed to now.

This week had been torture so far. Snape was worse than usual (which was saying a lot), and the rest of the Slytherins seemed to give up all their normal (if they even had normal) hobbies to pick on Harry. Little jaunts and hexes were fine until it got to be too much.

Finally, he had reached the Chamber of Secrets, rushing down the slide and worming his way through the maze of dead snake skin. When he finally got to the Chamber itself, he didn't hesitate to Apparate.

'Thank Merlin that Tom's wards accept me,' Harry thought, just as he felt the telltale migraine of Apparation.

He appeared just outside the manor, sighing gratefully at the sight of the ornate doors. He gave it two knocks, and the door was opened.

"Master Potter!" Tom's house elf said. "What can Hobbey be doing for youse?"

"Hey Hobbey," Harry said in greeting. "I came to see your Lord. Where is he?"

"Lord Voldemort be in his study," Hobbey said. "Would Master Potter wish Hobbey to tell Lord Voldemort that he be here?"

Harry shook his head. "No, I'll just knock when I get to his study, thanks."

Hobbey bowed low and disappeared, leaving Harry to enter the Manor and close the door behind him.

Harry easily made his way to Tom's study. It was a trek he had done countless times, and so it was basically second nature.