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’Billy pilgrim has come unstuck in time.’
That was the beginning, that book he was reading that first morning. When I was too focussed on his lips, the soft focus on his face, to be paying much attention to anything else.
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Nick Nelson has come unstuck in time.
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18 Sep 2026
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Bender by kingdomfaraway for brbrbeatrice
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
03 Mar 2025
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Charlie came to a stop at the light, about to tell Nick it was time to go since he was almost back to his dorms, when he suddenly jolted forward. It took him by surprise, he couldn’t help the yelp that escaped him.
Nick was immediately talking, sounding far more panicked than Charlie even felt. “You okay? Charlie? Did something happen?”
“Yes, but I’m fine, I think someone just hit my car."
“Oh my god-”
“Just a tap,” Charlie jumped in, shaking his head and taking stock of himself. Nothing hurt, he barely even moved forward, the seatbelt saved him from smacking his head on the steering wheel at least. “I’m fine, but I’ve gotta go see what’s going on. I promise I’ll call you back in a minute.”
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18 Sep 2026
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Little joys of the finite by The_Masked_Bandit for kay_lalala
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
02 Mar 2025
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“Nick’s rejection gave Charlie such whiplash that he was too shocked to cry at first. But now, he can’t help the tears. Gravity makes them fall into his ears. Charlie doesn’t mind. That way, he can listen to the deafening sound of his misery.
The worst thing is—this isn’t the first time it has happened. This has been going on for weeks now, even if he didn’t want to believe it. Every time he tries to initiate intimacy, Nick finds a way to hedge. Charlie has been blinding himself. He’s become addicted to the stars, and he has squeezed his eyes for too long just to see them.
They have been married for two years, he isn’t even thirty yet, and that's already it. Nick doesn’t want to have sex with Charlie any more.”
___When Charlie notices that his husband is reluctant to be intimate with him, he makes it a mission to discover why. Is Nick not attracted to him any more? Is he repulsed by the scars that a car accident left on him three months ago? Or is there another reason?
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18 Sep 2026
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Without Me by bordercollie111 for haarrisdroover
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
06 Apr 2025
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Nearly a decade ago, Nick Nelson made a decision that led to the end of his relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Charlie Spring. Now, his life is turned upside down when his mother Sarah, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Charlie Spring lives a jet-setting life as the owner of a successful media company, but is haunted by the love and the life he left behind. When he hears about the upheaval in Nick's life, he finds himself drawn back to the Nelson family.
Please read the trigger and content warnings. This is an angsty one.
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18 Sep 2026
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Back When We Were Still Changing For The Better by Brookhacker
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
22 Jun 2025
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Nick Nelson is overwhelmed.
At thirty years old he finds himself back in his hometown taking guardianship of his brother's children.
Juggling two kids, two dogs and a new job is a lot but what choice does he have?
He doesn't need anything else added to his plate.So what happens when the children's Piano teacher sweeps him off his feet?
Only Charlie Spring's life isn't exactly simple either.
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18 Sep 2026
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An Author in Residence by quesarahsarah
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
29 Jun 2025
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"Nick knows, in theory, that today is the day of the author visit. It’s been added to the school calendar, he even mentioned it himself in morning briefing, and Tara has been in constant email communication with him about it. This doesn’t stop him from doing a poorly-hidden double-take when Darcy brings their visitor through to meet him.
Should have known better than to stereotype, thinks Nick, internally berating himself. The most gorgeous man he has ever seen, is currently standing in front of his desk. A riot of dark curls sits atop a tall slender frame, with the bluest of blue eyes staring warmly out of an elfin face. This gorgeous man holds out his hand for Nick to shake, and Nick resists the impulsive urge to grab it and run away with him. “Hi. I’m Charlie Spring.”
AU. Nick is the headteacher of St Elias Primary School. He's in his 30s, depressed, and painfully single.
This is the story of how Nick and Charlie find each other after years of feeling lost.
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18 Sep 2026
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Charlie had never seen Nick so absolutely out of control. He is always gentle and collected, it's the thing that makes Charlie feel so safe. To see him like this, breaks a part of his heart that he didn’t know he even had. He was helpless, they both were.
EDIT: Story takes place between season 1 and season 2. NO SPOILERS FOR HEARTSTOPPER FOREVER , and if the contents of this fic actually happen in the movie, it is by accident and I have gained the power to write things into reality, and that would be all the more reason to keep reading :)
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18 Sep 2026
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Two years into therapy Nick has his anxiety under control, his sexuality figured out and a massive crush on the prickly boy he keeps seeing across campus.
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18 Sep 2026
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A Softer Place To Land by NotACactusCow
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
03 Nov 2025
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When Nick stumbles upon a badly injured, dangerously thin, and barely conscious man named Charlie wandering the roadside in the middle of the night, he doesn’t hesitate to help. But as he brings Charlie to safety, questions begin to surface. Where did Charlie come from? What has he been through? And as Nick opens his home to him, can Charlie learn to trust again—and begin to rebuild a life he thought was beyond saving?
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18 Sep 2026
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Nick gets hurt playing rugby (How original, I know) and we'll see how he struggles to heal, both physically and mentally.
We end up with an angsty Nick, who has to deal with some of his own insecurities and issues. He doesn't need to be taken care of, it's his job to take care of others. By the end, he will end up realizing that he needs other people (mainly Charlie) as much as they need him.
Basically, I kind of wanted to explore what it would be like if Nick was the more vulnerable or "hurt" one and Charlie gets to be the strong/badass guy we know he's gonna be some day.
There will be angst and drama, but there will 1000% be a happy ending. These two boys deserve it.
PS: The main story I wanted to tell is complete, but I'm not done here. I'm going to be writing various epilogue chapters, that jump ahead to various points in time, which will tie back to the main story.
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18 Sep 2026
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“I don’t think I really have an eating disorder, if I’m honest. I haven’t really had the uhm, you know, the thoughts that people get?” The need to control everything. Nick’s never had that urge.
“Then why are you here?”
“Because my rugby coach said it might be good for me?”
Dr. Walker hums, “But you don’t think you have an eating disorder?”
“Not… really, no. My boyfriend has anorexia or– had it? He’s in recovery now but…”
“That must have been difficult for you,” she says, breezing over the fact that Nick said boyfriend.
“It was,” he admits, “But we made it out the other side in one piece and he’s doing a lot better now. I’ve seen up close what disordered eating behaviors look like and how the thought patterns manifest, I guess.”
Her expression softens, “Anorexia can look different from person to person.”
Nick doesn’t know what to say to that. He just knows his body weight is too high to get diagnosed with it.
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Nick develops a severe ED his second year at uni and there isn't enough googling in the world that will fix him.
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18 Sep 2026
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Nick Nelson is twenty-six and a rising semi-professional rugby player in London, admired for both his skill and his looks. But when a devastating injury pulls him off the field and into a hospital bed for months of recovery, Nick is forced to confront a world that suddenly feels very small and frighteningly quiet.
Assigned as his primary nurse, Charlie Spring is calm, kind, and quietly observant. A young man more comfortable in hospital corridors than stadium crowds. Determined to stay professional, Charlie focuses on helping Nick heal, even as small moments of laughter, vulnerability, and shared silence begin to blur the lines between patient and caregiver.
As Nick struggles with pressure from his distant father, the loss of his identity as an athlete, and the unexpected pull toward someone he was never supposed to fall for, Charlie must balance duty with feelings he isn’t sure he’s allowed to have.
A slow-burn romance about healing, patience, and finding connection in the most unexpected place.
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18 Sep 2026
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“Nick,” Charlie spoke firmly, snapping Nick back to attention. His gaze was trained on Nick, a tinge of desperation seeping into his voice. “Do you not know who I am?”
Nick hesitated a moment. He wracked his poor, throbbing brain one last time for some memory of the boy in front of him. He wished so badly that he could tell Charlie something else, anything else, and not cause him more anguish.
“No, I'm so sorry. I don't remember you.” And then, because he couldn't seem to stop his big mouth. “Should I?”
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An AU where Nick and Charlie met and get together in uni. Nick has an accident during a rugby game that leaves him with memory issues. Charlie has to help navigate Nick's recovery while dealing with the pain of his boyfriend forgetting him.
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18 Sep 2026
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We Took the Long Way by CarrotQueen91
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
17 Jul 2026
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At twenty five, Charlie Spring finally sets off on the Route 66 road trip he and his friend Isaac have been dreaming about since they were sixteen. Four weeks, lifelong friends, and a road that disappears into the horizon.
When Elle convinces Charlie to widen the guest list, he doesn’t expect to be reunited with Nick Nelson, his long-buried school crush, now a twenty six year old handsome stranger who feels both familiar and entirely new.
Thrown together by long drives, shared rooms, and the slow rhythm of days spent moving through unfamiliar places, Charlie and Nick begin to learn each other gently. In moments that feel almost accidental. In conversations that linger. In the kind of closeness that grows from being stuck together, day after day.
It turns out some things are worth taking the long way around.
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18 Sep 2026
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This is Our Place, We Make the Call by Brookhacker
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
26 Nov 2023
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"I think if we want to have this magical chill vibe that Darcy is so keen on we should set some boundaries. So I've got a rule. No hooking up with your housemates"
Was it Charlie's imagination or did Nick glance at him when Tao said that?
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After a lonely experience at secondary school, Charlie is hoping to find a fresh start at uni. What he hadn't banked on was falling hard and fast for one of his housemates. Even if Nick somehow likes him back, is being together worth the risk of possibly messing up the dynamic of their new friend group? Living with a crush is one thing, but actually getting the chance to be with them? Another story.
University AU where the whole gang is randomly assigned as housemates at uni.- Language:
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18 Sep 2026
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You Could Be My Only One (I've Gotta Let You Know) by Elisabeth13
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
26 May 2022
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Darcy's always trying to set Charlie up with guys that come into his practice. It literally never works. Until it does.
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- Part 1 of Vet Charlie/Teacher Nick AU
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18 Sep 2026
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Charlie looked shyly around the circle of other patients waiting for the therapist. He felt his jaw slacken as his eyes focused on the startled face of the man seated directly across from him.
A man he recognised.
Nick Nelson.
At least, he was pretty sure that was Nick Nelson staring back at him. He looked a little worse for wear, but Charlie supposed he wouldn’t be here if that wasn’t the case.
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Adult Nick and Charlie meet in inpatient. A story about hope, and the beauty that lies just on the other side of pain.
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18 Sep 2026
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Charlie & Nick meet while on holiday and share a drunken night together. Six weeks later, Charlie is staring down at a pink plus sign on a pregnancy test.
Several years later, Charlie has transitioned and is starting to settle into life as a single Dad.
When Charlie moves himself and Wren into their first apartment, ready to start their lives, everything is turned upside down when he meets their new neighbour who turns out to be a familiar face.
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18 Sep 2026
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Charlie Spring returns home from his second year of university, excited to be reunited and make plans with the gang – movie nights, beach days, and a camping trip are sure to make a great summer. But the last thing Charlie Spring has planned is bumping into Nicholas Nelson in the toothpaste aisle in Tesco on a Tuesday, three years after their breakup.
Set in an alternative universe where Nick & Charlie break up before Nick goes to university
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18 Sep 2026
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Charlie’s pretty sure bringing your uncle as a show and tell item isn’t the norm, but he’s willing to do almost anything for his niece, even subject himself to her Year 1 class. And hey, her teacher’s really handsome and funny and sweet… Maybe it won’t be too bad after all.
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- Part 1 of show and tell
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18 Sep 2026