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I Don't Need It Anymore by Zitronenhai
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
03 Oct 2025
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Aged up Nick and Charlie at Uni
We start with Charlie in a relationship with Ben, a relationship he needs to get out of.First Person Charlie POV
High Angst - Heed the Trigger Warnings at the beginning of each chapter.
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- 53/?
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29 Feb 2024
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Forged In Fire by fruitlooprowan, ImBackHereAgain (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
25 Mar 2026
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"When Charlie Spring was little, he was known as a happy, exuberant, and imaginative child - universally liked by everyone in his orbit.
Before long, circumstances began to slowly smother the optimism and excitement he exuded. He would grow up too much, too soon, making him withdraw and isolate."
This is a story about a boy growing up in an environment where he feels he doesn't belong, he doesn't fit in, and all he wants is someone to stand by his side. Charlie's story is one of courage and resilience, of facing innumerable challenges yet still being true to himself, refusing to compromise on his innate values and beliefs. It is a story of hope.
This fic will build a different backstory for Charlie, but his character will, in essence, be similar to canon. Charlie will meet Nick at uni. This is not a slow burn; once they meet, they are immediately gone for each other, and they will have their romance and happy ending despite some challenges and road bumps along the way. This is Nick and Charlie we're talking about.
Despite the heavy angst tagging, there will be loads of fluff to balance!
For the first time ever, I am creating original characters and it's been so much fun to do!
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- English
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- Chapters:
- 69/80
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25 Feb 2024
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Charlie agrees to be Elle's Art Model for her big senior project at Leeds Art University. Little does he know how well, and how widely, the tasteful semi nude oil painting will be received across both the LAU and his own Leeds University campus, thanks to a viral Instagram post, earning him a notoriety he's not entirely comfortable with. At the same time, Nick Nelson is dealing with his own unwanted notoriety. The two find comfort in their new friendship... and you know how this goes because it's Heartstopper, get real.
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- English
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- 39,220
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- 14/14
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25 Feb 2024
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Charlie thinks agreeing to join the Truham rugby team at the request of Mrs Singh is possibly the worst decision he’s ever made. Then Nick Nelson, the St John’s fly half, sweeps him off his feet (literally) and Charlie decides maybe rugby isn’t so bad.
AKA: the Charlie and Nick are on rival rugby teams AU.
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- English
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- 4/4
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- 410
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22 Feb 2024
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it's in the stars by writtenbyxiao for lola_prongs
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
12 Mar 2023
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Remember: the stars are always listening to your heart's desire. If you're lucky enough, it might even give you the love you've always been looking for — human or not.
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- Part 1 of a gift from the universe
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- English
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- 20/20
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22 Feb 2024
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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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- English
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- 64/64
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15 Feb 2024
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Rugby Sweater Weather by scienceisrealyo
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
12 Apr 2026
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Charlie Spring has been a physical therapist for the Leeds Badgers professional rugby team for two years. At the start of his third season, Nick Nelson is traded to the Badgers and both Nick and Charlie's worlds are turned upside down.
Here it is, the Heartstopper x Sweater Weather crossover nobody but me clamored for! You do not need to read SW to read this fic. However, if you HAVEN'T read lumosinlove’s Sweater Weather (and Coast to Coast, and, well, everything), you absolutely should, because it is a remarkable piece of writing (as well as its own standalone AU).
There will be parallels and divergences from both Heartstopper and Sweater Weather in this story.
Do I know a ton about rugby? Nope! Do I live in England? I sure don't. Will I get a lot of things just wrong enough to be annoying? Definitely! Will there be science facts at the end of each chapter? I can’t help it. Enjoy the ride.
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- English
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15 Feb 2024
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Nick was twenty years old when the love of his life broke up with him. He’d barely seen Charlie since, but now his best friends are getting married and they have invited their whole group of friends for a week away leading up to the wedding. After four and a half years of wondering what went wrong, Nick will have to push down any feelings he may still have and focus on being the greatest Best Man of all time. Easy, right?
Right?
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- English
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- 11/11
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11 Feb 2024
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Fresh off his bi-awakening and breakup with his long-term girlfriend, Imogen, Nick Nelson is a second year education major, business minor at the University of Leeds struggling his way through an excel course that's way over his head.
Charlie Spring, a first year, double major in maths and literature, is one of the few people acing the course, as spreadsheets are the least of concerns after his abysmal quasi-relationship with rich playboy Ben Hope has crashed and burned with the new year.
What happens when they get randomly assigned to be partners on the mid-term project?
BACK FROM HIATUS, IT'S HEARTSTOPPER EASTER
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- English
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- 11/20
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05 Feb 2024
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What's It Gonna Be? by PhoenixSpring
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
28 Oct 2022
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Nick is struggling with being bisexual in a world that seems to assume that straight or gay are the only two legitimate options. Call him a romantic, but he's not interested in hook ups and one night stands. He wants a relationship, with someone he can be his whole self with. And his true self is bi, and proud!
Charlie is struggling with trust and control after an abusive relationship in high school shatters his self esteem. His therapist has suggested he needs to find a hobby that pushes at his limits of being in control. Charlie thinks Geoff probably meant joining a band, or maybe rock climbing, and not seducing fit guys, who are way out of his league, for one night stands. Same results though, so what's the harm?
An aged up AU. Our two favourite boys are at the same Uni, but don't know each other yet. Until a chance encounter on a night out that ends up changing everything.
TW for mentions of self harm, ED, past SA/NonCon - nothing too extreme I hope, but they're definitely mention as part of Charlie's story. It's mainly fluff?
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- Part 1 of What's It Gonna Be
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- English
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- 166,396
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- 34/34
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03 Feb 2024
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Life is a Rollercoaster; or Tao Xu's Fight against the Big Butterfly of Chaos by Udaberri
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
20 Sep 2022
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Tao got the chance to go back in time and undo his worst mistake. Tao prevented Charlie from being outed or bullied. Tao changed things enough that, the second time around, Charlie didn't get assigned the seat next to Nick Nelson in form.
…Fuck.Or: the Butterfly Effect sucks, and if Tao has to take desperate measures to ensure his friend's happiness, he will. He draws the line at Iron Man 2 though, someone has to keep some standards around here.
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- English
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- 11,349
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- 5/5
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03 Feb 2024
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Have you ever had a dream so real it felt like a memory? Charlie was 14 when he first dreamed of Nick, the beautiful golden boy who stole his heart. Now he was 24 and never had a healthy serious relationship. How could explain to his friends that he was in love with someone who only existed in his head? Or does he?
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- 10/10
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03 Feb 2024
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This Is For The Outcasts by planttaxonomy for MalD, Swoog, allamosaurus
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
14 Apr 2023
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Nick and Charlie meet and fall in love in any universe, obviously. Even when Charlie bashes his face into Nick’s skull in a mosh pit at a basement punk show and possibly gets a concussion.
This is a series of one-shot punk!Charlie fics because I can’t be stopped, apparently. Each chapter is a standalone story! Most are T-rated, some are M-rated.
1. Charlie and Nick meet at a basement punk show, then get to know each other in the alley.
2. Charlie's touring band crashes at Nick's punk house and the pair make breakfast together for everyone.
3. Nick and Charlie are best friends traveling the country together, and take platonic showers together "to save water" like "platonic" best friends do.
4 & 5. Annual Bike Games festivities lead to injuries, flirty Geschwisterschafts, and more injuries, all in the name of chaotic fun.
6. Charlie stumbles upon a sweet instructional TikTok by Nick.
7. A lil slice of life: Charlie and Nick are pop punk lifers who take their two young daughters to a concert. (G-rated)Bookmarked by poonstyle
03 Feb 2024
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“When I exhale, you inhale. Take everything I give you.”
Nick didn’t need that instruction. He’d take anything Charlie Spring had to give him any day.In which Nick Nelson splutters on his first toke and Charlie Spring has an idea.
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- English
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- 4/4
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31 Jan 2024
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20 year old Charlie Spring is spending the summer — as he does every year — at his parent’s villa in Southern Spain.
Charlie's father, Julio, is a renowned linguistics professor. Each year, Professor Spring invites a promising language student to the villa to enjoy the summer and help out with his academic paperwork.
This year’s intern — 21 year old French major Nick Nelson — is way more than Charlie bargained for.
Apologies to André Aciman for the loose inspiration for the plot set up, taken from 'Call Me By Your Name.'
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- English
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- 14/14
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31 Jan 2024
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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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- English
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- 24/24
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26 Jan 2024
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Lavender Fields by scienceisrealyo for KitSaidOui
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
13 Jul 2025
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31 year old Nick Nelson retired from professional rugby and is giving Sarah Nelson a well-deserved year off from running Lavender Fields Bed and Breakfast. And Nick’s doing fine, thank you very much. Until the guest name C. Spring changes everything.
Note: 1-31 are the original story (Nick's point of view). Chapters 32 - 60 are from when Charlie bullied me into providing his perspective, too.
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- English
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- 596,462
- Chapters:
- 63/64
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- 13,601
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25 Jan 2024
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25 Jan 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
- Language:
- English
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- 166,627
- Chapters:
- 40/40
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- 1,078
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25 Jan 2024
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You Are as Dear to Me as My Heart हृद्याऽसि। by desiring_assemblage for Rambling_Willow
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
06 Nov 2023
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Sai gets to invite a couple of his friends on an all-expenses-paid trip to India for a family wedding in the summer after his second year at Cambridge. He chooses Charlie, who is finishing his first year in the same college as Sai at Cambridge, and Nick, his mate from secondary school who is studying at Leeds. Charlie and Nick knew of each other at Truham, but never spoke until now.
🧡🤍💚
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- Part 1 of In Any Universe (किसी भी ब्रह्मांड में)
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25 Jan 2024