thisbitterearth
Fandoms
Recent works
-
Tags
Summary
Harry just wants to buy a new bathroom sink and go home. One of the store employees isn't going to let him go that easily.
purge prompt: Tom Hates Sink
Tom's mouth twisted, nose scrunching as he frowned heavily at the sink Harry'd intended to get. As though he had something personal against it, Harry thought, which was a bit ridiculous for a sink.
Series
- Part 13 of bitter purges
-
The Care and Keeping of Tom Riddle by thisbitterearth
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
29 May 2026
Tags
Summary
Harry arrives for his shift as the daytime head care taker at a memory care home, where an elderly Tom Riddle is one of his patients.
purge prompt: fall
"Oh! How could I forget! Tom fell during the night, again." Poppy doesn't look too upset, which tells Harry that at least it's not a serious injury.
"I'll check on him, see how he's doing. Thanks, Poppy," Harry says, sighing. He knows Tom would refuse help from anyone else. "I'll go get started on my rounds while you finish up here."
Series
- Part 12 of bitter purges
-
Tags
Summary
After the war, Percy Weasley left the Ministry and politics behind. He chooses to pursue to a career in magical portrait restoration, completing a mastery programme and apprenticeship.
Nearly four years later, the Ministry leads an expedition to the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter approaches Percy with a unusual, and secretive, restoration project.
His mother had been distraught when he'd informed his family, less than two months after the Battle of Hogwarts, that he'd applied for and been accepted into the Academia Effigiei Magicae.
His father had been concerned, his siblings just confused about his seemingly abrupt decision.
But it hadn't been abrupt for Percy—he'd been thinking of applying even before the end of the war, knowing that if he survived, his shame would chase him from the country and he'd never work in the magical political sphere again.
Series
- Part 2 of after the rain
-
Tags
Summary
Harry, a hedge mage living near the small village of Hogsmeade, is foraging for supplies in the forest when the course of his life is irrevocably changed.
There had never been any credible stories, and anyone who supposedly had seen the dragon was long dead now. Dragons were supposed to be long extinct now, anyhow.
Looking around, Harry wondered whether Sirius's story had some element of truth.
-
Tags
Summary
A distraught Draco Malfoy discovers something while working on the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement.
A sliver of a soul dust leaps at the opportunity presented after languishing for thirty years.
Harry continues to follow Malfoy, who has been acting even stranger lately.
purge prompts: horcrux, breathless
'Follow Harry Potter after class.'
Draco frowns. That doesn't sound like a good—oh, yes. Right. Follow Potter. Figure out why he's been stalking Draco. Find out what makes him so special, how he survived the Dark Lord…
Draco rubs his head, trying to will away the now ever-present headache.
Series
- Part 9 of bitter purges
Recent series
-
Summary
Series with my fics written for the Tomarrymort Events Purge and Purge But Worse (Purge XL) challenges.
The Purge is a spontaneous flash event, where a given prompt must be fulfilled in 24 hours by either written works or art. The XL version has a 500 word minimum and runs quarterly with an elimination component.
The fics in this series are unrelated and are varied Tomarrymort iterations, from pre to established relationship, one-sided, platonic, etc. For multi-chapter fics only the first chapter was written during the Purge period unless otherwise noted.
- Words:
- 38,647
- Works:
- 13
- Bookmarks:
- 4
-
- Words:
- 11,890
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 1
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
After being caught murdering Hepzibah Smith, Tom Riddle is sent to Azkaban.
His captor follows him into the dark.Series
Bookmarked by thisbitterearth
09 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Tags:
Bookmarker's Notes
Atonement by Divida
Tomarry - B&B era Tom becomes Azkaban prisoner; MOD & Auror Harry; whumphttps://archiveofourown.org/chapters/223584041
-
Tags
Summary
Harry Potter died saving everyone. But the world kept turning, and something even worse came. Death drops him off in snowy 1938 London to stop the world from burning once more.
Just one problem. He's got paws instead of thumbs.
In the garden of Wool's Orphanage, Tom Riddle's first friend is a tiny snake. Billy Stubbs kills her with a trowel. Tom takes his revenge - brilliant and vicious, but he's so desperately outnumbered that when his bullies corner him, Harry can't help but intervene. A debt Tom repays by designing a collar that can bind a Grim.
Sometimes the road to redemption is paved with ash.
— a.k.a. a dark time-travel romance following Tom's journey from boy to man, Harry's struggle between justice and mercy, and whether caring can redeem someone - or if it only makes them worse.
-
Tags
Summary
When Harry Potter has the opportunity to erase Voldemort before the Dark Lord can resurrect, he finds out that walking a fine line between his own morality and the good of this world is more complicated than Harry could have ever imagined. While unable to let go of his past, he discovers a whole different side of magic too, and a different side to the man who shows him this. Slow Burn, eventual HPLV.
Russian translations by Alkona: https://ficbook.net/readfic/018dc210-ab8b-78ca-b5be-5349cdf04c37
and LingShu: https://ficbook.net/readfic/13599437
Spanish translation by Leddwinchester https://www.wattpad.com/story/219112860-en-sacrificio-voluntario and by loucem: https://www.wattpad.com/story/255367261-en-sacrificio-voluntario
German translation by Bl4ck Ph0enix https://www.fanfiktion.de/s/627fdd290000eb181abe9db3/1/In-Willing-Sacrifice
Portuguese translation by Kat_Slytherin https://www.wattpad.com/story/279147597-in-willing-sacrifice-%E2%80%A2-tomarry.
Chinese translation by Joyce_July_5 https://viola0725yu.lofter.com/post/4d25f2c9_2b896ccee?incantation=rz1Q2fzExgJV
French translation: https://archiveofourown.org/works/69498331/chapters/180243021- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,310,369
- Chapters:
- 117/?
- Collections:
- 38
- Comments:
- 6,157
- Kudos:
- 8,534
- Bookmarks:
- 2,611
- Hits:
- 613,332
Bookmarked by thisbitterearth
16 Feb 2025
Bookmarker's Tags:
Bookmarker's Notes
In Willing Sacrifice by GeMerope
Tomarrymort - Harrymort (starts before 4th year)
Read through Ch 117 -
Tags
Summary
Unspeakable Draco Malfoy finally gets his chance to consult with the Auror Department when a series of mysterious doors covered in runic symbols appear all across the country, only to fade away minutes later. Draco’s eager to help solve the mystery of the doors until he’s partnered with Harry Potter, who still treats him like an enemy.
Things go from bad to worse when the reluctant duo find themselves on the wrong side of a door, trapped in a world where one wrong move might prove fatal. Between the menacing forest creatures and the bloodthirsty ruling class, no place seems safe.
To get home in one piece, Draco and Harry must put aside their differences and learn to rely on one another. Easier said than done.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 126,402
- Chapters:
- 43/43
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,172
- Kudos:
- 2,418
- Bookmarks:
- 913
- Hits:
- 86,498
Bookmarked by thisbitterearth
03 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
After Harry disappears from society, Draco finds him living in a secluded cabin on the edges of a small town, harboring a dark secret he’ll do anything to preserve.
As Draco slowly wears down his walls, he comes to realize that they're not alone in the forest - there's something out there, lurking just beyond the trees.
But come night's fall, all will be revealed.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,914
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 72
- Kudos:
- 546
- Bookmarks:
- 95
- Hits:
- 7,658
Bookmarked by thisbitterearth
03 Oct 2025