a/n: You may or may not have realised that this "chapter" is obnoxiously short, this is only because it isn't really a chapter it's more of an intro of sorts.

disclaimer: i don't own these characters...well, except for one.

summary: Charlie Weasley can't help but notice a new class mate of his, someone who he should not be noticing.

-----summer skin-----

It was an early summer at the burrow. The air was sticky and the back yard was littered with little flowers blooming in no visible pattern. Charlie and Bill had returned home from their 5th and 7th years of Hogwarts and were looking forward to some relaxing down time. The usually chaotic household lay quiet, it was too hot out for the six boys to run their usual muck about the place.

The two oldest brothers were to be found lying in their beds lazily. Not a word was spoken in between them, all energy was too busy being put to use trying to avoid the swelltering heat. Charlie lay motionless on his bed, he was intent on not breaking the stare he had fixed upon the nearest wall. He was too caught up in his own thoughts to notice the gaze that fell upon him. Across the room his older brother lay just as still. He could tell something was bothering his sibling...he knew him too well not to. But for now, his concern remained unvocalized bill was content watching his brother. Charlie was breathing in and out harshly every once and awhile giving an increasingly annoyed "Huff".

The reason for such noises was known only by charlie. He was losing a battle with his own mind. He was convinced that if he stared at that wall hard enough he wouldn't think about him. Try as he might, it was no use. Every once and awhile his brain would float back to memories of the night they first kissed or the night he first heard anyone (besides his family) tell him they loved him.Normally thoughts like these would make any person happy but they only made charlie more and more confused. You see, the relationship he was currently in was well...tricky. this was due to two simple facts:

1. This was the first real relationship charlie had ever been in.

2. This relationship happened to be with another male.