Disclaimer: As Always I don't own Harry Potter or his universe that honour goes to JK Rowling

A/N: So the chapter title is a Madonna song (Obvs) although slightly upsettingly I did know of the Kelly Osbourne version first what can I say it was the early '00s it was a different time. On a more serious note I've taken the age of consent to be 16 as it is in the UK just in case it's different where you're reading it.

Papa don't Preach

It was a week after the Lupins' funeral and Harry was going a little insane. Somehow the Burrow was even fuller than it had been during the previous summer. Although there were the same number of Weasleys, exchanging Bill for Percy, Teddy took a lot more space than he had expected for such a small human then they had also taken in Luna and Neville as neither of their childhood homes had made it through the war. On top of that Bill and Fleur had been there for at least one meal a day and both Angelina Johnson and Michael Corner spending a lot of time there with Fred and Ginny respectively. Mrs Weasley was in heaven having so many people to look after especially after her family had been so scattered under a lot of stress for the past few years. Not that she hadn't taken certain precautions to stop anymore grandchildren being created. . There was a reason that the year below Ginny's was the largest to be sorted in over 20 years, after all. Unfortunately for Harry that had meant that he and Charlie were unable to spend any meaningful time together. Even their old nighttime stand by of sneaking around wasn't possible as not only was Teddy not sleeping through the night but Charlie had Percy and Neville in his old room. He hoped it would get better after they told people about their relationship today. Unfortunately he also hadn't been able to spend a lot of time with Hermione and Ron as they had been off on planning their trip to Australia. Their trip to a travel agent had fascinated the entire family. It turned out that Mr Weasley was not the only member of the family fascinated with muggles he was just the most vocal about it

When he had thought about it during the past year he had thought that he would be more nervous. However after his best friends' positive reactions he was just a bit anxious rather than terrified. "You know we could wait if you aren't ready I don't want to pressure you into doing something you're not ready for." Charlie said into the back of his neck as he encircled his waist from behind moving from where he had been lounging on the bed to where Harry was standing by Teddy's crib.

"No I want them to know. You heard your mum over the past few days she hasn't exactly been subtle at trying to get Bill or Percy to set you up with one of their friends so that you'll stay here rather than go back to Romania"

"Yeah but that's nothing new she does it every time I'm home and I'm perfectly capable of ignoring my mother if that's the only reason."

"No it's not." he said pecking Charlie on the cheek. "I want to be able to hold your hand or snuggle up to you when we're all together and I would really like to stop pretending that I barely know you and the only reason you're spending so much time with Teddy is your friendship with Tonks rather than anything else."

"Okay micuto, I understand completely. I guess she'll just have to continue with the fudge."

"So trying to set you up is really a kind of sexual 'come home fudge'?"

Charlie burst out laughing and continued to do so for a couple of minutes. "I had never considered it like that but I s'pose so but let's never ever say it in front of mum, she'd kill me for corrupting her poor innocent Harry."

"Then she'll be pleased to know there really hasn't been all that much corrupting going on."

Charlie groaned before replying, "tell me about it but it's only for a little while then I'll be free to corrupt you as much as you wish."

"Mmm….I like the sound of that." Harry said turning fully in charlie's arms so that they were nose to nose and kissing him deeply.

xXx

It took awhile for everyone to congregate as they got everyone to come into the living room after supper to share the news. Most people were wearing a look of confusion about what exactly was going on. There couldn't be more dark magic for Harry to explain, could there? and his hospital appointment for his uncontrolled magic wasn't until tomorrow. His best friends were the last to arrive rushing through the door as they had spent the day around Hermione's old home for clues to see where exactly her parents had actually gone.

"Sorry, Sorry we ran into Mrs Norris, from the newsagents, and she wanted to know how I'd been." Hermione explained. They had already known about Harry's plan and had promised to be onside if there were any unexpected negative reactions.

"When Harry's finished with his news there are leftovers for you two in the kitchen."

"Thanks, mum."

"Thank you, Mrs Weasley."

"Don't worry about it guys, , I hadn't started yet. Don't worry there's no magical emergency but I think it's time for me to be honest about something." after saying this he took a deep breath and simply blurted "You see I'm gay"

"Lee owes me ten sickles." George crowed.

"You bet on me?" Harry asked a little taken aback.

"Yeah, it was whilst we were all in the DA and he thought you were just as oblivious as dear little Ronniekins about how to chat up the opposite sex but I thought that it was more you just didn't have any interest in that quarter."

"How could you tell?"

"No reaction to Chang or any of your other fan girls. I mean some of the hottest girls in school were making eyes at you and you showed absolutely no reaction to any of them." Harry caught a glimpse of Charlie's smug smile at learning that intelligence.

"Well dear, it's nice of you to tell us. Don't worry about anyone's reactions. It's much more accepted in the wizarding world than in the muggle. As for us you will always be welcome at our table and if you ever want to bring anyone along then we'd be delighted to meet them." Mrs Weasley then turned towards the twins with a dark glare "If I hear about either of you betting on any of the rest of family you'll be sat with Aunt Muriel between the two of you for the next decade do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal" they chorused.

"Actually Mrs Weasley I'm already dating someone."

"Ooohh that's lovely, well invite him over for sunday lunch then there's no need to be shy about it especially if you're serious about him. We just want you happy."

"And to make sure he'll treat you right. We need to assert our rights as your big brothers. Corner can give you a run down." The twins said with identical evil grins. It was then that the two youngest lost their battle with controlling their laughter whilst Hermione was still struggling valiantly.

"What's the joke?" They asked looking over to where the three were seated.

"Do you really want to try that with the person that taught you all you know?" Charlie asked coming up behind them and clapping them on the shoulder.

"It's Charlie?" Mr Weasley asked and Harry blushed and nodded.

"How? I mean he lives in the middle of an unplottable reserve on the other side of the continent to you." Percy asked and then looked down as if he wasn't sure he should have said anything.

"We started writing after he came over for the first task and then we built our friendship just sort of developed from there. But nothing of a romantic nature happened for another a couple of years so we were never together whilst I was under age."

"You're who Charlie was moping about?" Bill asked with dawning realisation.

"I did not mope!"

"Then why, little brother, did I have Bors in my floo wondering whether I knew any reason why you had changed personality to become a total workaholic with no sense of humour?"

"My boss called you?"

"Yeah apparently after they'd already had a failed intervention that had just made you more pissed off than before. "

"It wasn't an intervention, William"

"That's not what he said, Charles. I think his exact words were that your horntail had a better temperament than you did at the moment and if it weren't for the war he'd send you back until you got your head out of your arse."

"Yeah he might have said that to me too," Charlie mumbled.

"Not that we aren't happy that the two of you have found each other but what are you going to do when Charlie goes back to Romania?" Mr Weasley said interrupting the brewing argument between his two oldest children.

"Don't be silly, dear. Now he has Harry he'll be staying here won't you, love?"

"Actually Mrs Weasley…" Harry began awkwardly, fidgeting with his hands.

"Please Call us Molly and Arthur, dear, you're no longer a child and you're part of the family.."

"Thank you. You see it won't so much be Charlie staying here…. more like I'll be going with him. I'm not going back to Hogwarts it's too soon and I can do my NEWTs independently so it's not like I can't get the qualifications I need. Plus this way I'll be able to stay home and look after Teddy at the same time and then when he's a bit older there's a creche and a school. He'll able to have friends and not have to worry about his being a metamorphagous all the time like he'd have to if we lived close to any muggles. As for security you know that the wards are as good as , if not better than, those at Hogwarts so I'll be perfectly safe from anyone wanting revenge especially as they would hardly expect me to be there when everyone believes I'll be heading back to Scotland." Harry had run out of breath so had to stop babbling. There was a long moment of silence before Mrs Weasley, therefore the whole family, gave her verdict.

"Okay then, if that's what'll make you happy but I want lots of pictures and a visit every three months at least. Oh and weekly owls there have been far too many times that you've slipped to more like once a fortnight, Charlie. What about your cabin? Do you have furniture for Teddy?"

"You're really okay with it, Mum?" After Molly nodded he answered her questions. "As for my cottage I've already written to Bors about it and he's going to add an extra bedroom onto it and then we can use Florian and Nina's crib and stuff until we get a chance to buy stuff over there as it'd be too bulky to take by the portkey along with all our other stuff."

"Wait we get lectured about moving to Diagon Alley and Charlie's taking Harry off to a different country surrounded by Dragons and you're okay with it?"

"Yes because his explosion number is zero, whereas the less said about yours the better. Plus Charlie's lived away from home since he graduated so I think he knows household charms already."

"Well I hope this makes things easier for the two of you," Percy said "I've decided to return to my london flat with the amount of hours I'm working currently it's much more convenient. With me gone then you can swap over Neville for Harry and Teddy and then it would allow them to share care easier. Before you say anything I promise to still come back every weekend for the family meal"

"Well now that's sorted I'm starved are you coming Hermione?"

"Sure, Ron" and with that the group broke up to enjoy their evenings but not before Harry got a particularly tight hug from Mrs Weasley as she left the room.

"Well that went as well as could be hoped."

"Yeah it really did."