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Professional dancer Charlie Spring has long been asking for a male partner on the celebrity dance show he works on. He finally gets his wish, but is told in no uncertain terms that this is just an allyship thing. So much for good representation.
Rugby player Nick Nelson learns that his manager has agreed to let one of the lads star in a celebrity dance competition with a male partner. It’s absolutely a PR stunt to quash rumours of homophobia in the league, but Nick is just excited to play this tiny part in queer TV history.
Romance is the last thing on either of their minds, but when they cross paths the night before filming is due to begin, 'something more' is bound to blossom.
tldr; this is a dance fic in name only, but it's really about the magic of queer joy and carving homes in safe places because the world sometimes sucks. Featuring crop tops and make up and healed Charlie and proud Nick and all the love in my gay lil heart.
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- Part 1 of Strictly Something
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26 Jun 2024
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Charlie's band has made the big time, and he's just returned home from their latest international tour. But something is missing in his life.
Nick's professional rugby career is in limbo, after a crushing shoulder injury sees him side-lined. He finds himself in London, seeking a new beginning.
On a whim, Charlie accepts an invitation to play a gig with an old friend, when he spots Nick in the crowd.
Their eyes lock...
(An AU where our favourite idiot boys meet in their mid-twenties)
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20 Jun 2024
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now that we don’t talk by ljheartstopper
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
06 Nov 2025
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At the sight of freckled cheekbones and amber eyes, Charlie is suddenly transported back to over a decade prior. To the first meeting of a boy with a kind smile and sweet disposition in his form.
“Hi,” Charlie had said as he took his newly assigned seat.
“Hi,” the boy said back, a wary look almost passing his features before it quickly transformed into a polite grin.
Charlie never forgot the butterflies that swarmed his stomach that day.
Those same butterflies come storming back now so fiercely that he nearly keels over from the nausea of it. The jolt of panic, fear, and a little bit of something else that he can’t quite name, hitting him all at once.
Nicholas Nelson, the first boy Charlie ever loved, is standing in his bookshop.
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or: another bookshop au
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20 Jun 2024
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Charlie feels himself relax completely into the touch, and into the sense-memory of last night, splaying his now-warm hand across Nick’s stomach to feel him breathe. When he lays a head on his chest, he can feel Nick’s heart thudding steadily beneath him: it’s the rhythm Charlie lives his life to.
Or, a day in Nick and Charlie's lives.
Title from True Blue, Boygenius.Series
- Part 3 of your love is tried and true blue
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27 May 2024
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Suddenly his face appears out of the darkness, illuminated by the light of his phone. His hair is sticking up wildly and his eyes are barely open as he squints at his lock screen. “It’s half three.”
“Shit. Sorry. Just go back to sleep.”
Nick tilts the phone away from his face to cast more light into the room, catching Charlie trying to tiptoe towards the door. “Where are you going?”
Charlie stops again. “Home?”
“What? Don’t be silly. Just stay.”
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Or, Nick and Charlie are good mates, pals, bros in their twenties when Charlie accidentally stumbles upon an unexpected cure for his insomnia.
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23 May 2024