Summary: Everyone in the wizarding world has a tattoo the day they are born, telling them their soul-mates initials, but what happens when Charlie Weasley meets his soul-mate, Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort?
Recap of Chapter 1: As Charlie aged, he became more and more depressed. He went to Hogwarts every year and no matter how much he wanted to believe what he had told Bill that night nine years ago, he couldn't bring himself to trust his own words. Bill had found his soul-mate, Fleur Delacour, but would Charlie ever find his?
He sighed and looked down at his wrist. The initials T.M.R glittered mockingly in the sunlight, teasing him with its very essence. Charlie lay in the Griffindor tower on his last day at Hogwarts and all he wanted was to meet this person, but Charlie didn't know that this person would find him first.
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The next day Charlie was on a train home to his parents. They greeted him with tight embraces and bright smiles.
"Congrats on finally graduating from Hogwarts son!" Arthur exclaimed, clapping Charlie on the back. Charlie lurched forward, and barely caught himself from falling face first onto the ground.
"Thanks." Charlie muttered un-enthusiastically. He just couldn't bring himself to be happy lately, but luckily Arthur was too busy talking to Molly to notice his sour mood. Charlie noticed his siblings weren't around, which was odd for them. Usually they were always at the station to greet him.
"Where is everyone?" Charlie asked curiously.
"Oh, the twins are at their joke shop, Ginny is spending half the summer with a friend, Ron is at Hermione's, Percy is at the Ministry, and Bill is spending the weekend at the Burrow with Fleur." Molly explained. Charlie nodded, picked up his suit cases and off they went to the Burrow.
After two needless and boring days of settling in Charlie decided to go to a local diner he and Bill had found one year. Charlie really liked the food and the atmosphere. "I'm leaving!" He called out loudly, opened the front door and stepped out without waiting for an answer from someone inside.
The diner wasn't too busy, Charlie noticed. There were two waitress' working and six customers including him sitting around in various places. Charlie secured a two-seater booth and pulled out a book to read while drinking his tea. The bell over the entrance rang out once as another person entered, but Charlie paid no attention towards it.
Charlie heard someone clear their throat, and looked up from his book, only to see the most beautiful man he had ever seen staring at him. He had black hair, bluish eyes, and a charming smile that would make any girl swoon.
"Is this seat taken?" He asked, gesturing towards the seat across from Charlie. Charlie swallowed heavily and blushed at the sound of his silky voice. He nodded dumbly and the man sat down gracefully. Charlie pretended to read his book to control his eyes from wandering to the man.
"What are you reading?" Charlie looked up to find the man staring at him intently. He blushed furiously at the stare.
"Macbeth." Charlie replied, holding up his book for proof. The man nodded vaguely as his food arrived and he began to eat. Charlie was so concerned with keeping himself occupied that he hadn't noticed a waitress take his order. Charlie bookmarked his page, put the book down on the table and silently observed the man while he ate.
He didn't know why but this man made him feel a lot happier even though they had barely spoken to each other. He glanced down at his wrist and saw the letters glowing brightly. That's weird. He thought. It's never glowed this long before. When he turned his attention back to the man he saw that he had also been staring at Charlies tattoo in wonder.
"What's your name?"Charlie found himself asking breathlessly, hopeful.
The man regarded him in surprise. "Oh. It's Tom. Tom Riddle. May I ask yours?"
"Charlie Weasley." Charlie introduced himself with a smile. He had found his soul-mate. He just knew it. He couldn't understand for the life of him how he knew, but something just told him that he and Tom were meant to be together.
"Pleased to meet you Charlie." The way Tom said his name made him shiver, but he quickly shook the feeling off. They shook hands, and Charlie felt and electric current go through his body as soon as their hands touched. The two talked for hours after that, and Charlie only noticed how long it had been when it started to get dark outside.
"Oh, crap. It's getting pretty late, I'd better get home." Charlie stood up, scooped up his book, and turned back to Tom. "It was nice meeting you Tom. Perhaps we can do this again sometime?" Charlie really hoped he would see Tom again.
He was so excited he had found his soul-mate that he didn't want to leave. He wanted to stay here with Tom and get to know him, but knew that was impossible. Tom stood, and stretched his arms above his head, Charlie watching hungrily as his toned chest was exposed.
"You too Charlie." Tom took Charlies left hand in his, kissed the top of his knuckles, and slipped a piece of paper into his hand. Tom then left the diner and apparated away once out of sight of Muggles. Charlie carefully unfolded the paper and read the note.
It was a pleasure to meet you Charlie, my soul-mate. I would like to meet up with you. Included here is my address. If you'd like, you may come see me and we can get to know each other more. Hope to see you soon,
Tom
Charlie hugged the note tightly to his chest, and left to go home. He would definitely be seeing Tom, tomorrow if possible. Charlie smiled brightly for the first time in weeks.
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