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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: September Event
Back to School - (dialogue) "What are you up to?" / "I'm just sitting here like I'm supposed to."

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Slash September
Character - Teddy (CharlieTeddy)

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Writing Club
Showtime - The Phantom of the Opera - (action) Singing

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Sewing 101
Stage 3 - "I can't do this." / squib!AU / Teddy Lupin

Who Cares?

Pairing: Charlie/Teddy

Charlie walked into the house he shared with his younger partner, singing in a low voice that was raspy, a voice Teddy always called sexy.

He stopped at the sight that meant him when he looked at the couch. "What are you up to?"

Teddy's head rested against the back of the couch. "I'm just sitting here like I'm supposed to. What else would I be doing?"

Charlie sighed. He knew what conversation this was going to be. They had it about once every six months. "What's up, Ted?"

"I can't do this."

Charlie took off his coat, hung it up on the coat rack, and ambled over to the couch. When he sat down, he laid his hand on Teddy's knee. "What can't you do?"

Teddy looked into Charlie's eyes. "This. Us."

"Every six months, something spooks you about us. I'm the one robbing the cradle." Charlie said, remembering the phrase Hermione used jokingly back at the beginning of the boys' relationship. "What are you the one that's skittish about our relationship?"

"Because I'm the squib. The one everyone believes you're too good for. The one that people think you're only with because you feel sorry for me. After all, I'm the son of two war heroes, and yet, I don't have any magic. How tragic it is to be me."

Charlie squeezed Teddy's knee. "Who cares what strangers think? Our families know that we love each other. They know we're perfect together. None of them were surprised when we started dating after you turned sixteen. They were just glad we waited until you were the legal age of consent."

"I hate feeling like I need to constantly defend myself," Teddy quietly admitted, moving his gaze to stare at his knees.

Charlie grabbed Teddy's chin and lifted his head up. "Then stop doing so. We don't owe anyone else an explanation." He sealed his lips over Teddy's and listened to the quiet moan of appreciation.

Who cared what the world thought? They had each other, and that was all that mattered.

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