#griddledore

Yes! I have several WIPs. Some are one shots, some I plan to be longer. Here are some summaries:

-the “Tom Riddle gets hired as a professor AU.” Workplace drama the likes of which no one has seen before. Eventually, Grindelwald’s forces push a little too close to home, and the two have to work together to defend Hogwarts.

-Albus and Tom both write for an academic journal using pen names and fall in love with each other without realizing who it is. Eventually they decide to meet up…

-In Tom’s seventh year, Albus starts to crumble under the weight of his desire for Tom. The “Delve into Albus Dumbledore’s psyche story that is also a PWP”

-Omegaverse AU: Borgin and Burkes era Tom is betrayed by one of his former friends and found guilty for all the murder he’s committed. During a medical evaluation before the trial, they discover Tom is an Omega, something that no one, including Tom, was aware of. Instead of being sent to Azkaban, he will be forced to bond with an alpha that the court agrees on. Albus volunteers. He’s the only one who’d be able to keep Tom in line, after all.

-Yule Ball shenanigans in Tom’s seventh year. Idk what else to say about that one.

-Borgin and Burkes sends Tom to try and acquire a magical artifact from Albus. Tom uses it as an excuse to try and steal things from Albus’ house. The two immediately fall back into their weird mind games after years apart and keep making excuses for why they have to keep meeting up so they can continue. It’s all downhill from there.

-Sugar baby Tom. Albus finds out Tom is working as a prostitute in Knockturn Alley and decides to take advantage of the situation.

And then there’s a Tom/Albus/Gellert one:

For @cherrfawn!

Eventually something happens and the three of them have to go on some sort of quest together, and Tom finds out that Albus and Gellert used to be together and he does NOT take this information well. He freaks out because he can’t believe he’s second best to Albus fucking Dumbledore, (why can’t anything ever be his? Gellert is going to leave him for sure, he needs to kill Dumbledore for real this time) and he has a paranoia/jealousy induced full scale meltdown. Gellert and Albus are able to calm him down before he does any serious damage, and the slip of the mask (and hysteric crying) make Albus finally feel a shred of sympathy for him. Over the course of the quest, Albus makes a concerted effort to understand Tom, and starts grappling with his feelings for both him and Gellert. (It’s hard to see them both as unfeeling monsters when they are so sweet to each other.)