CHARLIE! HARRY! PLEASE WAKE UP!
Harry
Screams woke Harry. He threw out his hand and the lights glowed bright. He heard the scream again. It wasn’t one of his children. Harry grabbed his wand, but Charlie was still asleep. It didn’t matter he ran out into the hallway when he heard a woman’s voice.
“CHARLIE! HARRY! PLEASE WAKE UP!” The voice screamed again. Harry jumped when he felt his husband rushed past him. The ex-dragon trainer sat on the table in front of the fireplace.
“GIN! What’s wrong? Why are you calling this late?” Harry walked over and placed a hand on his husband’s back.
“Dad has been in an accident. It’s bad Charlie, you need to get to St Mungo.” Harry’s heart dropped to his stomach. Charlie tensed under his touch.
“We will be right there.” He spoke for his husband, he knows that Charlie hated any type of hospital even though he has worked so hard with his mind healers for a few years now.
“Okay, I’ll meet you in the lobby. Please hurry.” Gin’s face left the flames.
“Charlie, I will call Pops you go get dressed.” Charlie looked up at him, Harry cupped his cheeks. “It’s okay Grumpy Bear. I’m sure he will be fine. Just go get dressed, I'll handle everything else.” The younger wizard pressed a kiss on his lips before he popped over to his parent’s house.
Harry stumbled out of the floo in the lobby of St Mungos. Charlie was waiting for him.
Harry and Charlie joined Gin and Ron, their hands tightly intertwined as they approached them. The worry etched on their faces mirrored Harry's own.
"What happened?" Charlie's voice rumbled with concern, his grip on Harry's hand tightening. St. Mungo's was the last place he wanted to be.
Gin took a deep breath, her eyes filled with tears threatening to spill over. "Dad was working in his garage with his Muggle things. There was something in one of the boxes. Mione said it was a gun."
Harry's heart sank, his mind racing with thoughts of his father-in-law.
"Bill and Percy are back with Mum," Ron added, Harry was glad that Molly wasn’t alone. The woman drove him crazy but he knows how he would feel if anything happened to Charlie.
Without wasting another moment, the group hurried towards the lifts, their footsteps echoing through the sterile hospital corridor. As they reached the designated floor, they were greeted by Hermione. She wrapped her arms around her husband. "He's in the critical care ward," her voice shook."The healers are doing everything they can, but it's serious."Harry's grip on Charlie's hand tightened as they approached Hermione, offering their silent support. He glanced at Charlie, he saw the fear on his husband's face.
“Are we allowed to go see him?” Harry asked Charlie hasn’t said anything else. It didn’t worry him though his husband was strong.
Hermione nodded and they followed her back into the room.
When they walked in Harry had a flashback of what he saw when Charlie was sick.
Arthur was pale. His red hair was messier than he had ever seen it. Harry looked around the room and saw Bill who was holding onto Molly. Percy was in the corner, Harry had only met him once but he could tell there was something going on with him.
“I… I didn’t think that you would be here Ch…Charlie.” The older woman said as he dabbed a handkerchief under her nose. “I figured you would be too busy with HIS family.” Harry was pulled back into his husband's arms. Charlie opened his mouth to say something when Percy walked over.
“Mother of course Charlie would be here. That is his father! He is all of our fathers! He is the only one in this fucking family to love us unconditionally! I don’t know how many times the twins thought that you didn’t love them because they are who they are. They even wanted your approval after the store opened, and then the other one in Hogsmeade. Bill didn’t marry the woman you wanted him to, Ron and Ginny are the only ones that haven’t really met the real you. I worked so fucking hard and did everything that you have ever wanted me to I’v done whatever ANYONE wanted me to do am so fucking sick of it. What had it done for me? Look at Dad! He did whatever you wanted to please you the only time he was doing what he loved. He was probably in there to get away from you! I can’t stay here any longer. I can’t stay in this family.” Percy looked over at Harry and Charlie before he rushed out of the room.
The room was silent. Harry felt Charlie tense around him. The need to make sure that Percy was too much. Harry squeezed Charlie’s hand before he followed Percy out of the room.
“Percy, wait up!” Harry yelled down the hall. His brother-in-law stopped and turned around. There were tear tracks on his cheeks. Harry’s heart broke.
“You are always, I mean always welcome at our house. You can stay there for a weekend or for a lifetime. We are family.” Harry wanted to pull Percy into his arms and hug him. He didn’t think Percy could handle the contact right now.
“T…Thank you, Harry. Please let me know if there are any changes with Dad.”
Harry nodded. “Of course Percy. Go get some rest.”
Percy
Percy arrived at his small flat in Muggle London. It never quite felt like home but it is somewhere he could sleep when he wasn’t working. Percy groaned as he plopped onto the couch. He needed to work but he couldn’t be arsed. Percy closed his eyes and was almost asleep when the floo went off. God, hopefully, it wasn’t his dad. The redhead popped off the couch. When he looked over at the floo he wanted to cry.
“You were not at work. Where were you?” Percy started to answer but was cut off. “It doesn’t matter. You should have been there. Kneel!”