Charile/Hermione.
Hermione has well and truly given up on men.
School has finally finished, and she has long since decided to calm her life right down after the war; helping George out in Weasley Wizard's Wheezes instead of heading into Law or the Ministry like the whole world expected of her.
She is quite content with the way her life is turning out, despite the lack of a steady significant other. Staying at the Burrow, she is truly enjoying learning all the magical house-keeping and odd charms that Molly has been teaching her in her free time. Her job with George is fun and relaxing, something she hasn't felt for years due to exams and the war, and she doesn't need to worry about feeling insecure about a boyfriend or lover.
Charlie returns from Romania to be with his broken family, and in the quiet hours of the morning when she is woken by nightmares of the dead, he refills her chamomile tea and they share soft confessions of terror.
As days pass they grow closer and Hermione finds a quiet companionship like none she has had before. She enjoys Charlie's charming confidence and his obsessive love of animals. One Sunday, they go to a magical zoo and he shares his extensive knowledge with her as she rants on the injustice done to animals in captivity.
She tells herself that it is not love; that she has fallen into that trap before, and it has only led to pain. When Molly comments obliviously on their growing closeness, Hermione takes an emotional step back. She stops seeking him out in the day and appearing downstairs when she screams herself awake at night, and as the dreams start to happen more frequently she starts sleeping less and less.
Despite the worried glances that are thrown at her across breakfast every morning, Hermione is determined to not let herself fall again.
When it doesn't appear to be making a difference, and her eyes still follow Charlie when she knows he can't see her, she moves out of the Burrow.
She has sworn to herself that she would have nothing to do with men for a long time, and she would not bend at the first sign of hope. She will not let herself crumble and break apart. She will focus on her job and her friends, and she will forget this momentary lapse. For a week she tosses and turns in the brief moments she spends attempting to sleep at night, and spends her free time staring into books that she can't concentrate on enough to read.
The week passed, and Charlie shows up at her door. His broad shoulders droop like heavy weights are pulling on his arms, and the dark shadows under his eyes speak of nights with no sleep.
Brown eyes stare into blue, trying to not give in to the temptation that would cause her will to bend and break.
She fails.
When they announce they are dating, they both look content. The dark circles are gone, and the weariness which has pulled at their features is replaced by happiness. Hermione's cheeks glow as she peers over a glass of red wine at the ginger man, and she eyes him as he enthusiastically speaks of the animals he works with in a local reserve.
Their marriage is beautiful, and their children even more so. As she holds the hand of her husband and looks down at her new grandchildren, she knows that giving in to this wonderful man was the best decision of her life.