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is this enough space? by TheBeachInEveryUniverse
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
05 Sep 2026
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Summary
The text came six weeks after their breakup.
Six weeks of not talking to his favourite person. Six weeks that took Charlie through drowning in pain to an all-consuming numbness.
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Charlie would like to imagine he at least hesitated, but the truth was, he barely had time to quietly gasp before tapping the notification.
It was a photo. A cramped student's room, piled with boxes labelled in Nick's scrawl. The bed was still bare, as if Nick has snapped this picture the moment he walked through the door and dropped his belongings on the floor.
Beneath, Nick had texted,
"There. 380 km away. That enough space?"
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Or, to use the wonderful Megelator's bookmark as the pitch:
"This fic starts at the breakup in the film, and imagines an alternate situation where Charlie doesn't reach out and they're still broken up when Nick goes to Leeds.
Beautifully written angst, with a happy ending and twists I did not see coming! For me personally, it gives both a more realistic scenario post break up and a more satisfying conclusion!"
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Complete in 12 chapters (11 + an epilogue). Chapters 13-24 are the same story from Nick's POV.