Charlie felt almost as though his whole body was pulling towards her, was reaching for her. He'd never really felt like this about a woman before, so drawn to her. Charlie had faced a lot of danger in his life, and felt a lot of adrenaline, but this was an entirely different sort of thrill. The gentle graze of her lips against his made Charlie's heart feel lighter in his chest. It was ridiculous. He was a grown man who'd been with plenty of women, but here she was making him feel giddy just by laying in bed with him.
"Of course I miss it. Every day," Charlie replied. "I loved working with the dragons. I still love it, and I get out there every few months, whenever the opportunity arises and I can swing it. Maybe one day I'll take you."
Charlie wasn't quite sure what he meant by that. He wanted to take her on a trip to the dirty, isolated dragon camps full of rough people and rowdy off-times? What about that would appeal to Penny? Charlie didn't know, he'd just felt an urge to share it with her. To watch her face if he could get her close enough to touch one of the less aggressive ones.
Even just thinking of being in Romania with the dragons made Charlie yearn to go back. He truly loved it there, but there were other things that were important to him, that were becoming more important to him, that he couldn't have there. Family. Love, maybe.
"But after the war... it seemed right to stay here. George was a wreck after Fred died. All of us were, really. And Matt was destroyed by Azkaban, so Hestia and I spent a lot of time with him," Charlie said, and realized he was rambling a bit. "Romania is great, but. It isn't everything. There are plenty of good reasons to be here. Even a few really great ones."
At that, Charlie slid the hand that was on her chest down over her side, around her back, and pulled her tight against him, thigh to thigh, hip to hip, chest to chest. He could feel her from his head down to his toes. He could even feel her breath against his face, her hair brushing his cheek, their toes touching. He wanted to kiss her so badly he could feel it like electricity in his lips, but still they just brushed lightly with each word.