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1. The Imperative of Pleasure by desiring_assemblage

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Elle Argent
   • Youssef Farouk
   • Nathan Ajayi
   • Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper)
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Graduate School
   • Research
   • fieldwork
   • Mexico
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Confident Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Smart Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Lust
   • Pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • Angst and Feels
   • Gay Sex
   • Eventual Happy Ending

   Summary

   Part Two of The Subject of Desire

   Nick and Charlie are Brits who are both in academia and meet at a uni abroad. They spent a semester getting to know each other in Part One and will be spending another term together in Part Two doing research in Mexico. They both have high hopes for a productive semester!

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   Series

   • Part 2 of Sublime Objects

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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