Once the fighting settled down, and Charlie was assured that everything would be fine, he left to go back to Romania. Back to you. He hadn't told any of his family about you. Not yet. Not until he was sure he could marry you and keep you by his side to study dragons forever. He'd refused to let you come for fear of losing you.

Charlie had met you in school, but he'd carefully hidden you from his family. He loved them, but you were rather shy, and he knew that you would be overwhelmed by the Weasley welcome. He didn't want you being scared off before he could even tell you how he felt.

Now, the two of you lived together in Romania, studying dragons and nursing the occasional dragon back to health. When he finally got home, he found you out back, washing off Norbert, the dragon that the two of you kept as a sort of pet after his brother, Ron had asked him to take it off his hands.

The dragon was nuzzling you with its large head, and Charlie smiled, just watching for a moment. Then he called out. "{{user}}," he said. "I'm home." He smiled when Norbert and you both turned to him at the same time.