the gift of fear (tomarry) (harry x death)

Tom Riddle takes one look at hoping-to-adopt Harry Potter, who is best described as divine, and decides that he must have him. He's determined to manipulate, lie, and cheat to get what he wants out of the man -- but, as it turns out, Harry is nothing like the weak minded fool he was once assumed to be.

Harry Potter takes one look at childish, fumbling, determined-to-one-day-be-defeated Tom Riddle, and thinks that being tossed into the past didn't have to be a total waste. He observes Tom's weak attempts at manipulation, and thinks he can do him one better.

With a little prodding, who's to say Harry can't help create a Voldemort that the world will TRULY fear?

Harry involves himself in schemes so grand Tom can only guess at their meaning; Harry tries desperately to revive the wraith named Death that was once his lover; Tom attempts to survive in a household with a man who is both an angel and a demon, and too many house elves to count.