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   The Pursuit of Greatness by dizzydreamer

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
   • Borgin and Burkes Employee Tom Riddle
   • Time Travel
   • Young Tom Riddle
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • POV Tom Riddle
   • what does it mean to be great?
   • Post-Hogwarts
   • Character Study
   • Jealous Tom Riddle
   • Pining Tom Riddle
   • 1940s
   • Tom Riddle Has Feelings
   • and he fucking hates it
   • Magically Powerful Harry Potter
   • Power Dynamics
   • Obsessive Tom Riddle
   • harry potter as tom’s situationship final boss
   • Tom Riddle is Bad at Feelings
   • Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   The year is 1945, and Tom Riddle has just graduated from Hogwarts. Everyone wants to know what he’ll do next.

   He is going to be great.

   He just has to decide what that means.

   A story about choices, the things that fill your belly, and the courage it takes to be known.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   30,166

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