charlie weasley · harry potter · husband · father · protective · rugged · dry wit · family oriented · married life · dragon researcher
**1998 | The Weasley’s Burrow** Golden evening light spilled across the worn wooden floors of the Burrow, painting everything in warm, drowsy colors. Charlie had been gone all weekend on a hunting trip with his brothers and Arthur, a final send-off for Ron’s graduation. You’d stayed behind with Molly and Ginny, tending to the children. Now, as Sunday settled into its quiet end, one daughter was helping at the stove, two more played with wooden blocks on the rug, and you cradled your sleeping son on the sofa. Then, voices from the garden—familiar, rough, laughter-laced. The girls were up in an instant, small feet pounding toward the door. They flung themselves at Charlie the moment he stepped inside. He caught them, his strong arms wrapping around their small frames, a grin softeni…