Rebuilding Your Life
Small Talk and Trust
Over the next two weeks Harry avoided Charlie, as best as he could. That ment spending a lot of his time with Neville, which had the added effect that they where getting ahead of their schedule.
But he couldn't avoid Ginny's great coming of age party at the burrow.
It looked like Charlie avoided it however, the party was going for two hours already, when Charlie finally showed up, but to Harrys horror, he wasn't alone.
Worst, he came with the blonde from the reopening. He introduced him to his family and Molly gushed over Nick, like he was the shiniest cauldron in a mile. That wouldn't do, he wasn't good enough to be around Char...Teddy. He needed stability, not this blonde guy, with little moral. He approached him.
''Good day to you, I'm Harry Potter and you are?'' He asked in a falsely polite tone, which had the attention of his family at once. They knew right from wrong. They shook hands. ''Hi, I'm Nick Turner. I didn't know you were friends.'' He said looking from one to the other.
''Oh yes, we are. Didn't Charlie mention me? Tsk, tsk. Well we met years ago, really. I think I was fourteen, it was before the triwizard tournament.'' Nick focused his attention on him, while Charlie began to narrow his eyes. ''The tournament, I read about in the prophet, you were one of the champions. But what does that have to do with Charlie.'' This was going wonderfully.
''You know that he is a dragon-tamer, right?'' Nick nodded. ''Good, well the first task, was to get past a nesting mother dragon, Charlie and his team brought the dragons to Hogwarts, so we could battle against them.'' Nick swallowed. ''You...you battled a dragon when you were fourteen?''
''Yes, but is was really my fast broom that gave me the advantage. I just flew it.'' His eyes became even bigger and he imitated a goldfish. Time to catch the snitch. ''I should probably go and look if Teddy is awake, do you want to meet him?'' Harry asked happily, while inwardly smirking, when Charlie made a hissing sound.
''Who is Teddy?'' His smirk grew. ''Really, Charlie, you should have mentioned him.'' He turned to Nick. ''Teddy is our three and a half month old godson, Charlies and mine. We are raising him together.'' He smiled at Nick.
''You have a child? With him?''
''No, we just chare custody.''
''Details. Really. We live together, just the three of us, in a little cozy house in London.''
''Will you shut up. Nick, don't listen to him.'' ''Hey, that's not nice, you know, I can hear you.''
''Can't you keep quiet, you've done enough damage already.'' ''Damage, I merely did small talk.'' ''Why you lit-'' ''Guys.''Fred tried to interrupt. ''-tle pesky git-'' ''If I'm a git, than you are-'' ''Guys!'' George tried. ''-a annoying prat.''
''Guys!'' Both screamed together. ''What?'' ''We are talking here.'' Both turned towards the twins. ''Oh so sorry, we just wanted to tell you that Nick left.'' Charlie and Harry looked around, as told there was no sign of that stupid blond amongst the red and brown heads.
''What? Thats your fault, Potter.'' ''Pfft, I didn't do anything.'' He said with his most innocent look. ''Yes, you did, you scared him away.''
''If he is scared by simple small talk, then yes, I scared him away, bad me.'' ''Stop this, you did this on purpose.''
''So what, I told you not to bring these kind of people around Teddy.'' ''This isn't about Teddy, and you know that. This is about you, you can't stand being secondbest, like all rich snobs. You don't care about other people.'' Charlie glared and apparated away.
''Whoa, good going, you know...''
''...how to lay your claim, lil bro.''
Harry didn't listen, he turned on his spot and apparated home, hoping to find Charlie there, they would talk this out now!
He went upstairs, he heard Charlie in his bedroom, so he pushed the door open and entered. ''What are you doing?'' He had his packpack open and was throwing clothes in. ''I'm leaving. This isn't going to work, we both know that.'' He inhaled sharply. ''You can't leave, where will you go, look I apologize for Nick, okay, just stay, this is your home, here with me and Teddy.''
''For now.'' He muttered. ''What do you mean?'' Charlie paused in his work and looked up right into Harrys eyes, searching for something.
He must have found what he was looking for, because he said. ''For now. I mean that this is my home for now, till you find someone better. You fall in love, you marry, have kids. You and your spouse will take Teddy away and I will be nothing but a faint memory.''
''No, never. I wouldn't do that to you, you're his godfather.''
''Yeah, still, you will become Daddy one day and I, I will be the crazy uncle Charlie.'' Harry walked closer and grapped his hands to stop him from packing. ''Is that why you were so mad about Luna?'' Charlie didn't answer. He drew his hands away.
''Charlie, I promise not to keep you out. I promise not to fall in love with someone else.'' Charlie gave a humorless laugh. ''You can't promise something like that, not fall in love, people like you, always fall in love and you deserve it, more then anyone.''
You are a Gryffindor. Brave. Do it. ''What if...if I have already fallen in love?'' Sad blue eyes looked into verdant ones. ''Good for you.'' He resumed packing. Harry gave an angry huff and grabbed his hands again, this time getting closer, screw personal space. He wouldn't let him go like this.
''What if I don't know how to tell him?'' He stepped closer, they were nearly touching now, he could hear Charlies breathing getting heavier. ''Him?'' His hand gave a twitch in his smaller one. Harry nodded, licking his lips. That was the last straw for Charlie, his hands grapped Harrys waist and he pulled him flush against him, crashing their lips together.
Harry felt his tongue licking his lower lip and he gave in, opening his mouth, surrendering to the redhead, he moaned when Charlies tongue battled with his own. He broke the kiss first, gasping for breath and Charlie latched onto his neck immedietly, leaving hot open mouthed kisses everywhere he could reach.
Both stumbled back onto the bed, Charlie landing on top of Harry. Sucking on a spot right behind his right ear, Harry let out a loud moan, lust filling his brain, the feelings Charlie evoke in him, were better than anything he had imagined. His lips were on him again, their moans swallowed by each others mouths. Charlies hand was stroking his side slowly, the other buried in raven locks, his hips rocking against him, Harry could feel his hard cock against his own errection. Harrys hands were holding on the Charlies back, feeling the muscles move underneath the shirt. He gasped again, he needed air to think clearly. ''Charlie, we-'' A kiss. ''Damn it, Charlie, we-'' Another kiss. ''We have to stop.''
''Right. Stop. You really shouldn't moan my name like that, if you want me to stop.''
