Athena and Charlie laughed as they got the letter from Rolf. "He got a phoenix? Nice! Little does he know in a month..." Charlie said. Athena laughed, the couple were sitting on Charlie's bed in Charlie's apartment. She kissed him and laughed again.
"Doesn't this feel nice Charlie?" Athena asked softly, "Just you and me?"
Charlie smiled. "Athena, it always feels nice when I'm around you," he said with a small smirk. They laid on the bed together side by side. Charlie grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Babe," she muttered softly. She put her hands over Charlie's back and slid her hands down.
"What?" Charlie said not looking at her.
Athena then used one of her hands to make him look at her, "Your back? Is it okay?" He blinked and stared at her.
"It's just a burn," he said. He reached for her arm and dragged it away from his back. "Don't wor-"
Athena sat up angrily, "Were you about to say don't worry?" she started. Charlie moved back a little bit and stared at her, his eyes gleamed with a hint of anger that Athena noticed. "You always say that you should get those burns checked out. "
Charlie looked away from her and shook his head, "It's fine," he said. "Don't worry about it Athena," he said. Athena shook her head.
"Charlie, stop." Athena touched one of his burns and he flinched in pain and pushed her away. She glared at Charlie, "Charlie, what's wrong?" Athena had realized Charlie acted way different in Romania than back at home, he was more defensive about himself and he didn't care about most stuff about himself. He was careless and reckless which Athena found very concerning.
Charlie sighed, "I don't want to talk about it," he muttered, his mood changed quickly too.
"Nope, we are talking about it now Charlie," Athena said sternly. She grabbed him and pulled him close to her again, she kissed him on the lips and he looked at her desperately. "Talk now,"
He lowered his head, "I don't want to," he muttered. He grabbed Athena's head and pulled her in for a kiss. He kissed her hard, Athena pulled away.
"Charlie," she started.
Charlie looked at her and wrapped his arms around her. "You're not going to leave right?" he asked.
Athena looked at the red-head and smiled, "Of course not," she replied. "I love you remember?"
"I know," he said. "I'm sorry, I'm just- I don't know, Bill is already having a kid and I'm just- Ginny's getting married soon and all this is just a lot, and I know mom prefers everyone else over me. I'm just not perf-"
Athena looked into his eyes. "Charlie, you are perfect," she said glaring at him, she brought him close to her. "You are perfect," she said again. She hugged him and kissed him passionately, he kissed back. He grabbed onto Athena and she looked at him. "Ok?"
"Okay," he said but Athena knew he wasn't so sure himself.
"Go get your burns checked out okay?" Athena said with a small smile. "I'll go with you,"
He hugged her, "I know," he said, "You have no other place to- Have you considered getting a job?" he asked.
Athena looked at Charlie thoughtfully, "Maybe," she said. "I want to stay with you though," she added with a smirk. She pinned him on the bed and kissed him again, the feeling of his rough hands on her back was pleasuring her. "Y-you're- I love you," she muttered softly.
Athena held onto Charlie's hand as they walked down the street, it's been a month and it was Rolf's birthday today. Athena smiled happily as she carried a small purse. They were heading toward's Rolf's house which was more outside. "What do you think of him?" Charlie asked with a smile.
"Oh, Rolf is going to be so surprised! Can you believe the Minister said yes? She's so cool!" Athena said.
"A Ukrainian Ironbelly, " Charlie said. "Brings so many memories," he said with a chuckle. He knocked on the door and was greeted by Newt Scamander.
Athena hugged the old man and laughed, "Grandpa," she said.
"Hello, Mr. Scamander," Charlie said politely. Newt smiled and shook Charlie's hand.
"How are you two?" he asked, "And did you bring him?" Newt asked quietly. Charlie nodded. Newt rubbed his hands together and grinned. Charlie grabbed Athena's hand and they sat down in the living room where Tina brought some tea.
Charlie looked at Athena and found himself staring at the beautiful woman, she had dyed her hair recently and had one streak of white hair which looked beautiful on her. Her brown eyes were gleaming and it looked like caramel as the sun from outside shone on it. He then got embarrassed as Athena caught him staring and she laughed.
Did Charlie deserve her? Charlie looked at his scarred arms and wrist, he felt his hands and they were rough with blisters. Athena held onto his arm and he stared at her again. Her eyes shined with happiness and love as she looked at him. He sighed and looked away for a moment.
"You look beautiful Athena," he said before turning back to look at her. She smiled.
"Thank you," she said. She leaned in and her mouth was inches away from his right ear, "You look hot," she whispered before giving him a kiss on the side of his head, he felt his cheeks warm up and he hugged her. Once she pulled away she stared at him again, "For real babe," she promised.
"What about-"
"Those scars make you even hotter," Athena interrupted. Charlie smiled. He wrapped his arm around her and they sat there for a while until soon they heard the front door open.
"Newt?" a familiar voice called out. Athena jumped up excitedly and ran towards the sound of the voice, Charlie followed quickly and saw his girlfriend hug Rolf excitedly. Beside Rolf stood Luna who was holding a bag filled with food. Charlie felt someone brush past his shoulders and saw Newt. Athena then looked at Charlie with a grin. They were going to show Brisk soon. Charlie smiled back and looked at Rolf.
"Hello," Charlie said, before giving Rolf a hug. "Happy birthday," Rolf looked at Charlie with a familiar look.
"Are you going to visit your family?" he whispered quickly so no one else could hear. Charlie nodded. Rolf nodded in acception.
Athena grabbed Charlie's hand and smiled. "We have a gift for you Rolf!" she cried out. Charlie smiled.
"You guys are giving gifts together now?" Luna asked curiously.
Charlie looked at Athena who nodded. "Let's go to the basement," Athena said, and the whole crowd walked into the basement, which was of course extended with an extension charm. Rolf's phoenix was flying around and Charlie glanced at it with awe. It looked like a haven of all creatures, it was huge and beautiful. Charlie looked around wondering if there was enough room for the dragon. He glanced at a huge area with rocks, that's perfect.
Rolf smiled as he looked at his phoenix, he had named her Spice. "Spice!" he called out. The phoenix cawed back at him. Charlie laughed, it sure was great. He looked at Rolf.
"Hey Rolf, come here," Charlie walked towards the empty space of rocks.
Rolf laughed, "There's nothing here Charlie." Athena smiled and took a small bag out of her purse.
"Look," she muttered softly and Rolf peeked inside and his eyes widened quickly. Athena took the small dragon and used her wand to make it its normal size again. It growled and fire came out of its mouth. "This is Brisk, the friendliest dragon Charlie's ever encountered. We've asked the Ministry in Romania and they told us it was fine, then we had to ask Saffron Piquerey, and she let us so now, here" Athena said with a smile before hugging Rolf. "Happy birthday love," she whispered.
Charlie grabbed Athena's wrist and stared at Brisk. Brisk had been Charlie's favorite dragon, and Charlie was probably Brisk's favorite human. Charlie walked towards Brisk carefully and petted his muzzle softly. Brisk growled softly in satisfaction it sounded so much like a deeper version of a cat's purr. "Hello Brisk," Charlie started. "You're staying here now, I guess. I'll miss seeing you in the mornings, don't worry. I'll be back in a few weeks." Charlie said with a small smile. He felt a tear drop down his face.
Athena wiped the tear off his face and looked into Charlie's eyes, then she looked at Brisk. Charlie put his head down and held onto the dragon that was moving around. He looked at Brisk and wondered. "Brisk, I'll ride you one more time," he whispered. He climbed onto the dragon and sat just under his neck. He whispered a few words to Brisk and soon they were in the air. "Brisk, make sure you be good okay? I love you," Charlie muttered. He glanced down at Athena who was talking to Luna and Rolf before looking back at him.
Charlie laughed and held onto Brisk with a smile. "Brisk put me down now," he said softly, and the dragon did so. Brisk flapped his wings slowly as they landed back on the ground, he leaned one of his wings towards the ground so Charlie could get down, Charlie was met by a hug from Athena. She kissed him on the lips passionately and pulled away before hugging him again.
"Did you miss me already?" Charlie joked.
"You know I did," Athena muttered.
Some Charlie x Athena! Don't worry, we'll go back to Luna x Rolf soon! This chapter was told in Charlie's POV! Thanks for reading!