"So it is very fortunate for Darrow that you were able to make it," he says with another grin. If George or Bill (and it pains him now, to force himself not to think of Fred in these moments) weren't here to tease their mother, Charlie would just have to make up for the bulk of the teasing himself.

His expression turns from amusement to concern almost instantly, when his mother mentions her time of arrival.

"Bloody hell, you've come straight from the Battle at Hogwarts?" He asks her, eyes widening. "When I was last back in our world, it'd been a month since...all that happened."

He doesn't hesitate; he pulls his mother straight into another hug, only barely able to imagine her current emotional state.