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1. No Happy Endings in a Plague by roo_writes

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • F/F, M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 May 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Tara Jones/Darcy Olsson
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson & Victoria "Tori" Spring
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Sarah Nelson
   • Jane Spring
   • Julio Spring
   • Tara Jones
   • Darcy Olsson
   • James McEwan
   • Heavy Angst
   • no happy ending
   • Alternate Universe - 1980s
   • New York City
   • Dark
   • Major Illness
   • Still a love story at its heart
   • HIV/AIDS

   Summary

   Read the tags.
   Heavy Angst / No happy ending

   A washed up college football player tries to make his way forward when life doesn't go as planned.
   1980s, American AU.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Dark Days

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   21,530

   Chapters:

   18/18

   Comments:

   311

   Kudos:

   107

   Bookmarks:

   30

   Hits:

   2,850