Family Matters

by percychased

Twenty- five drabbles, seven children, two parents, and one family. One for every connection, highlighting the happy moments, the not-so-happy moments, and every little bit in between. The Weasley family, all in chronological order. Now complete.

12. xii

1991

Bill and Charlie had always been close to one another - they were the two eldest, the two role models. Head Boy and star student Bill and Charlie, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

So it was a bit odd - for both of them - to have so much space between them. Bill was a continent and a world away, chasing danger and treasure as a Gringotts curse breaker in Egypt, while Charlie had made plans to intern at a secluded Romanian dragon reserve. They were far away, and neither had much of a knack for writing letters - once in a while they both wrote, if their mother had pestered them enough.

But every time a Christmas gathering, or a summer gathering they would meet again - and it would be as if nothing had changed. Charlie's still making temporary truces with the twins to bother Ron or Percy, and Bill's down in the kitchen, with Molly worrying herself over his appearance.

They go outside and play Quidditch on the slow brooms and Reparo-ed Quaffle, and it's like there isn't miles of space between them.