It had been a fair few months since you'd gotten to Romania and it was safe to say that you'd been enjoying every single moment of it.

As luck would have it, Charlie had been the keeper assigned to train you, but you suspected that as chief he'd had something to do with it.

Even the head of the reserve has commented how selective Charlie was with which new keepers he trained.

And whilst you'd been enjoying your training of course, you couldn't deny that you'd been enjoying Charlie most of all - his rather tight-fitting shirts and those oddly attractive dragon-hide gloves had been a perk of course.

You had joined Charlie on a trip to the local village in order to collect some supplies for the reserve as well as collecting any owl post for the keepers.

It was well into winter now and Charlie could tell how cold you were even though the two of you were bundled up, he couldn't get over how adorable you looked all wrapped up with cold flushed cheeks.

"Hey," he spoke causing you to turn to him. "How about we stop in the pub for something warm to drink?"

You smiled at him as you nodded to his suggestion. "They won't miss us for another hour or so."

He chuckled before gently placing a hand at the small of your back, guiding you towards the pub but also wanting some form of contact with you.

Once inside, Charlie went to get drinks whilst you found a booth for the two of you to sit in.

As you looked around you saw Charlie joking around with all the locals, a few motioned over to you and you wondered what they were saying when you noticed Charlie blushing.

Soon enough he came back over with your drinks and sat opposite you.

"Hopefully this will warm you up a little before we head back," he pushed a mug towards you.

You took a sip, smiling as you felt the warmth go through you. "So, what do the locals think of me then?"

"You saw that huh?"

He groaned when you nodded. "And I saw you looking all sheepish," you somewhat flirted with him.

He chuckled. "They were just asking what such a beautiful girl is doing with a guy like me," he flirted right back. "Apparently you're out of my league and they're all surprised I got you to agree to a date with me."

"This is a date then is it?"

Surprise crossed Charlie's face as he realised what he'd rambled out. "Uh-"

"I'm only joking Char."

"I'm not."

Tilting your head in confusion, Charlie sighed and then reached over the table to place one of his hands over yours.

"To tell the truth, I've wanted to ask you out since you got here."

Charlie smiled when he saw the blush creeping up your neck, he had been nervous to admit how he felt but seeing you react like that meant he didn't need to be.

"I've been interested in you for a while now, but I never wanted to annoy the twins by saying anything," he told you as he continued to hold your hand. "And given that I've been in Romania whilst you were in your latter years at Hogwarts, I wouldn't have wanted to be so far away from you if we were together."

"And now that I'm in Romania?"

He chuckled, leaning over the table in front of you to kiss your cheek. "Oh, I'm definitely asking you out."

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Written by Hannah.