you know which weasley doesn’t get enough love? charlie. so because I want to write without actually writing, here are some of my charlie headcanons
charlie is queer – he doesn’t label himself any further than that, he just says queer.
in his early-to-mid-30’s he gets injured while he’s working with one of the dragons. badly. think, unable to be fixed by any of the healers he’s gone to.
so as much as it kills him, he has to “retire” (but he promises he’ll be back to working with dragons some day, this injury won’t stop him)
but he doesn’t see the point in staying in romania so he moves back to the uk. he’s only in his parents’ house for a few days before he can’t stand it anymore
molly, though he loves her more than anyone else, is driving him crazy with her constant lurking and babying. he tells ron about it and ron offers his spare room
charlie gratefully accepts. he and ron have always been super close. ron, who is more like their mother than anyone thinks, actually enjoys taking care of charlie, but he doesn’t hover like their mother did
the longer charlie is back, the more lonely he starts to feel. all of his siblings have partners or spouses, and they even have kids. he starts to feel behind, like he wasted his time focusing on his work instead of his personal life.
shortly after charlie moves in, ron has a bunch of his friends from hogwarts over (his boyfriend, justin, harry, hermione, luna, neville)
neville and charlie immediately hit it off (it helps that they’re the only two single ones, but, you know)
neville makes charlie a potion to help with his pain out of the plants in the hogwarts greenhouses (it turns out neville is actually good at brewing potions when snape isn’t around)
soon neville starts coming over when ron isn’t home – sometimes he brings charlie potions, sometimes he comes with packages of the best food from hogwarts (ron is definitely jealous of that)
charlie hasn’t had a crush on someone in years (not since hogwarts, really) and it kind of scares him, especially since neville is rons age
they’re “friends” for months, and when charlie is feeling good enough to go out into the real world, neville is the one that takes him out.
they go to a pub that charlie doesn’t remember the name of, but it’s definitely not a muggle pub because everyone seems to know neville. they sit down in a corner booth and neville goes to get them drinks. while he’s gone, charlie decides that he’s going to tell neville tonight
he isn’t even sure if neville likes guys and it might ruin their friendship, but charlie has to tell him.
throughout the night, charlie keeps trying to think of a way to bring it up, but he doesn’t know how. he’s waiting for an easy opening, a seamless transition into the subject but he can’t find one
there’s a lull in their conversation and charlie thinks that this is his moment but before he can start forming the sentence in his mind, neville speaks up
and tells charlie that he likes him
as more than just a friend
charlie is shocked and he laughs a little. neville looks a bit hurt but charlie quickly explains that he was going to tell neville the same thing
the next morning, ron isn’t surprised to see neville coming out of charlie’s room
