Swing- When Arthur Weasley met Molly Prewett
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Arthur Weasley met Molly Prewett when he was six years old and her older brothers - twins who were quite odd - took her to the park that his mother also took him to twice a month so he'd play with kids he wasn't related to. He had been using the park's lone swing at the time when the - then - five year old stopped next to him and demanded a turn on the swing.
His six year old self, of course, told her 'no' and called her a name - he couldn't quite remember what exactly he called her but it was something she took offence to because she rushed to catch the swing chain and summarily started hitting him for the slight. Arthur remembers crying, his mother picking him up and soothing him as Molly's older brothers hurried over and scolded her for hitting - only letting up in emphasizing on How Bad Hitting Was when she burst into tears.
"'m sorry!" she wailed, startling his own tears to a stop. "I ne'er be'n onna swin' jus' wanta go 'fore we hafta go!"
"We can take turns." Arthur, who was used to such things from his multiple siblings and cousins, offered to - now that he looked back with the insight of an adult - his mother's pride and Molly's brothers' relief. "I'm Arthur."
She beamed, "Molly!"
She looks better when she's happy, he remembers thinking, along with, her smile is really pretty.