For the Pride Month Event! at Hogwarts.

Word Count: 513


but dragons are better


When Charlie Weasley was a young child, he never proclaimed that he would one day slay a dragon and marry a pretty princess, even if every single one of his brothers did so at least once.

In fact, when his mother asked him, he loudly exclaimed. "Why would I? Dragons are so much cooler! Who cares about girls and marriage?...Oh, er, no offense, Mom."

He never thought girls were icky, either. Sure, his baby sister often made a mess, but his brothers had done much worse than that. And none of the other girls Charlie knew—which were, admittedly not all that many—were all that different from the boys either. They weren't the same, but not even George and Fred were completely identical, so it was no wonder.

Charlie didn't 'discover' girls when he was a teen. He didn't 'discover' boys either. Or anyone, really. There were so many more interesting things to do and learn, many places to see and discover. Who had the time for such pointless things as sex and romance?

He did just fine without it and saw no reason to change it.

Intellectually, Charlie knew that many people thought differently about those things, but he didn't really care. As long as everyone involved agreed, his classmates and whoever else could do whatever (or whoever) they wanted.

Just not with him anywhere close to it, please. He did very much not need to see that. Or imagine it. Which he had just done, so excuse him for a minute, would you?

There was never a moment where he suddenly realized that he was asexual. He always knew it at some level, even if he only learned the word from his sister in law, Hermione Granger, when he was already in his mid thirties.

Charlie had told his mother that he wasn't interested in getting married to anyone during the preparation for BIll's wedding, so she had no issues with him being who he was.

"I love all of you for who you are," she had explained with a smile. "And it's not like I won't get any grandchildren." She looked at Bill and Fleur. "I'm sure your siblings will take care of that."

(She was proven right when Charlie was basically showered in nieces, nephews, and other niblings for a while. He didn't mind that at all.)

No one else really had a problem with it either, once he got around to telling them. It wasn't like he planned to keep it a secret, it just never really seemed worth mentioning.

And yeah. Life went well for Charlie even without any love life whatsoever. Sometimes, he got odd looks or comments that he would find the right person for him one day, but deep in his heart he knew that it was perfect the way it was.

Just him, his family, and his dragons. What else could he possibly need to be happy? Charlie certainly couldn't think of anything.

Many people told him love was the best thing in the world, but he disagreed. Dragons were so much better.


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