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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
06 Mar 2024
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At 28, Nick Nelson is living a life that should make him happy: he's got a good job, solid mates, and an on-again-off-again girlfriend he's known since secondary school. But for years, maybe as long as he can remember, he's felt like something was missing. Worse, he can't shake the nagging fear that he's the problem, that something might be wrong with him.
Charlie Spring is only 27, but he's already divorced, burnt out halfway through his masters degree, and his mental health is held together by twine and prayers. The only thing that gets him out of bed most days (other than his menagerie of pets) is his work as a wildlife rehabber at the Haven. Saving those animals is his focus in life now; he can't be bothered to worry about saving himself. And after what he endured at the hands of his ex-husband Ben, he's sworn off love for good.
...Then Nick finds an injured duckling.
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- 35/35
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
04 Mar 2024
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This fic is on Hiatus, til further notice sry
Sure, he’s not looking for love, but is respect too much to ask for?
Apparently so, Charlie thinks as he continues to scroll through his messages. He sighs and almost decides to give up on Grindr for the night and switch over to his group chat with his friends. He clicks over to the browse tab again – one last time – and sees someone he definitely hadn’t seen a minute ago.
Nick, 23
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Face the world again, firm and courageous.
Then all your troubles will fade from your memory
like floods that are past and remembered no more
Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon
and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn
(Good News Translation, Job 11:15-17)I am not at all religious and neither is this story. But I do believe that sometimes we can find a light in the most abysmal places and we can be that light for someone currently shrouded in darkness.
This is a story about the light.
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
21 Feb 2024
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Nick goes to a club as part of his rugby duties to perform as a Go-Go dancer for the evening and meets "Blue" (aka Charlie). The chemistry is amazing, and they begin an emotional journey of learning to love each other and one’s self that involves lots of sex.
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- Part 1 of Rugby a Go-Go
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- English
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- 37/37
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
02 Feb 2024
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January
“Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways, we’re not.
We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.”
-Paul AusterFates collide and coincidences abound as Nick and Charlie’s lives entwine in numerous ways one eventful January.
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- Part 1 of January
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- English
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- 40/40
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22 Jan 2024
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Because You Were There by hereforhsfanfic for Whatteverr888yup
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
20 Dec 2025
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When Charlie texts what he thinks is Tao's new number, he mistakenly gets a random stranger instead. Charlie is in crisis and the stranger offers to listen. Charlie decides to take a chance and starts talking with them...
What started off as just another wrong number AU where Nick and Charlie meet in the most unlikely of ways turned into a story of finding your true self and learning to be brave enough to share it with the world.
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- 56/56
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08 Jan 2024
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28 Mar 2023
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song of solomon by elyseregan for frenchkiss, bandteeshirts (ihavetoomuchfreetime)
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
16 Jul 2023
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“Do you teach at Herne Bay?” Nick asked, curious to hear whether the man’s voice was as sharp as his cheekbones, or soft like his tight curls looked like they’d be under his fingertips.
The man just nodded, still not looking to Nick once.Nick & Charlie are teachers at rival primary schools. Charlie's a bit of a bristly bastard. Nick's a hopeless simp. Angst, hurt, comfort, fluff and everything in between. Buckle in, gang!
*on hiatus, not abandoned*
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- 25/35
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
19 Mar 2023
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A Heartstopper California AU where Nick (31) and the HS crew we know and love live in SoCal. Charlie (29) leaves his London office to work in San Diego for a year. Nellie makes a new puppy bestie. Nick is adorable teaching little first graders. Charlie looks hot playing the drums. Nick looks hot surfing. They…ahem…enjoy Nick’s pool…and shower…and balcony. The boys weirdly get snowed in at one point. In Southern California, go figure. Nick helps Charlie see that he's deserving of big, loud love from a certain golden retriever person. Charlie helps Nick to trust that his love is not conditional, that he's safe to fully express himself. A leaves falling, flower petals swirling story of queer love with a spectacular ocean view 🍂🌊🍂
Any explicit sections are denoted with “🍂🔥🍂”
Any triggering flashback, panic attack or detailed eating disorder moments with “🍂⚠️🍂”Alternates between Charlie and Nick POV ♥️
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- Part 1 of Making Waves with You
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- English
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- 29/29
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12 Mar 2023
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So, you're dating the campus Frat Star? by KitSaidOui
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
18 Aug 2023
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Charlie Spring finally settles on a university away from home, away from his past in Kent, hoping for a fresh start. And, to be honest, hoping for a man. His teenage years were filled with hardly a drop of romance, and let's be honest, there's only so much a teenage gay boy can bottle up. What he doesn't realize is that he's going to be surrounded by so many different, very attractive men in university, and that could have some consequences.
Nick Nelson, hoping to get his own fresh start after fizzling out at University of Leeds, heads for a smaller school. Unfortunately, his brother's reputation follows him around like a bad case of the clap, attracting requests from various organizations and fraternities to join. What Nick doesn't realize is that his pathway is about to collide with several others during his sophomore year, revealing feelings he has denied and kept hidden for the past decade.
We all know that Nick and Charlie are destined to be together, in any universe, but what will it take in this one?
Generally mature, but E-rate will be added to Chapter summaries that are bit more *graphic*
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
12 Mar 2023
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Charlie misses Nick. Nick misses Charlie.
Every year they get a precious month together in a caravan park on the coast of Australia.
Featuring thick layers of SPF 50+, vicious disagreements about regional terms, utterly shameless Australiana, and a caravan named Priscilla.
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- English
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02 Feb 2023
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But I'm a Rugby Lad by TruhamHiggsSportsDay
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
17 Oct 2022
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But I'm a Cheerleader, but make it Heartstopper.
Or
That's it. That's the fic.
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- Part 1 of this one time at queer camp...
- Language:
- English
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- 32,323
- Chapters:
- 20/20
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Bookmarked by Pollyb545
14 Nov 2022