Harry Potter And The Imaginary Cringe

Charlie Weasley x Reader

Oblivious

"So..." Charlie crossed his arms and tried not to laugh: "How did that happen?"

You sighed and looked at the burning house in front of you: "Apparently, Norbert has gotten a cold, while we were flying. So he started to sneeze and the house below us was very wood based."

"Wow, what a luck no one got hurt," he bit his lip trying very, very hard not to burst into laughter. This was serious business. There was real damage. Still, somehow the whole situation was ridiculous. As you both watched, the Norwegian Ridgeback burned down the poor little house. While doing so, he kept doing little sneezes, which only caused more fire. Norbert looked more like a lost puppy than a dangerous beast. He was so confused, as Charlie and you always seemed to take a few steps back whenever he came towards you.

Charlie quickly gave your friends the task to get to his work place and ask for more dragon trainers. That way transporting the dragon would be easier.

"Can you fix that?"

"Yes, I can." Now he was giggling: "Don't worry, it's not that uncommon that small dragons catch a cold. Easiest way is to just wait 'till he falls asleep. You don't sneeze when you sleep."

You looked over to him. He was obviously very amused but at the same time didn't really seem surprised at all at the sight of the burning building.

"Does this happen often? You seem a bit... unfazed by the whole scenario." While you stated it, you could only imagine the kind of stuff Charlie already had to put up with.

As if he wanted to prove your point, he suddenly started: "Have I told you the story about the Pacific Watertail that flooded an entire Muggle shop? Not only did we have to dry up the entire ground floor, we also had to obliviate all the staff and customers. It took hours. HOURS!"

Now you were the one laughing: "How did a Watertail get into a store anyways?"

"I don't know!" While saying so, he dramatically threw his arms in the air: "This time we're at least in a wizard area. Honestly, the cleaning and fixing isn't that hard when you're able to manage a Reparo charm. The obliviating; that's the annoying part."

You laughed. The burning inferno, you probably should have paid more attention to, illuminating your face so prettily. The Weasley sat there a moment struck in awe. He always fancied you. Since 3rd grade, when you met at Care for Magical Creatures he had a soft spot for you.And as he grew older, that soft spot only seemed to get bigger and bigger and before he could have done anything about it, he had a crush.

Some part of him really wanted to tell you, while the other dreaded that conversation greatly. What if you didn't like him like that at all? Charlie was incredibly scared that you might not want to hang out with him anymore after his confession. He could have lived on without dating you, he thought back then, slightly in denial. But how was he supposed to spend the rest of his days without his dragon buddy?

So, Charlie decided to go the lazy way and not confess to you. While at the same time, not being very subtle about his crush. If you didn't like him, he could just dodge a straight up confrontation. And if you did like him back, there was nothing stopping you from confessing to him.

However, the plan backfired. Instead of letting you know, that Charlie had kind of fallen in love with you, everyone except you seemed to notice.

It was sad, since the little guy was not very shy about showing it. If there was an award for oblivion, you probably would have gotten it. Every single thing he did out of pure affection for you, apparently felt completely platonic to you. Charlie would sometimes abandon all work at school simply to hang out with you. Which you just thought, was regular procrastination.