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It had taken the jury six hours to deliberate.
It takes the court six days to arrange a sentencing hearing.
The judge listens for an hour before he puts them all out of their misery.
And that is how, as a cry of relief hits his ears from across the room, Nick Nelson’s life changes forever.OR
Nick has always tried to be good, to do the right thing. But restarting life at Truham after his life falls apart was not part of the plan.
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25 Jun 2025
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My First Boyfriend by PoeticAntics221 for sugarpiehoney
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
08 Jun 2025
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“God, he looks fucking incredible. Charlie usually kept his hair short, but now it’s cropped even shorter on the sides, with longer curls at the top. He’s wearing a loose vest that proudly shows off his binder and there’s a definite path of hair trailing down into the waistband of his jeans that wasn’t always there. His top rides up as his arms are lifted in a V-shape, stretching out a huge flag behind him. Blue and Pink and White. It’s beautiful. He’s so fucking beautiful.
His caption is a simple message: charlie (he/him)
Well, there’s not a single doubt in my mind now. I’m definitely bisexual.”
“Charlie Spring is a boy.
He’s always been a boy.
He was my first boyfriend.”
OR: Trans Charlie AU where Nick and Charlie date in school before Charlie’s transition. Charlie breaks up with Nick. Eleven months later, Nick sees Charlie’s coming out post on Insta and reaches out.
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- 5/5
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16 Jun 2025
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If you ask any theatre kid, they’ll agree that tech week is hell.
Not only is it infamous for being the most stressful week of rehearsals, but it gets especially overwhelming when your stage manager and your lead actor won’t stop arguing.
Unfortunately, it happens to be especially overwhelming for the University of Leeds at the moment.*** OR ***
An alternate universe where StageManager!Nick and Actor!Charlie meet on the set of their university’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The only problem is that Charlie seems to hate Nick for reasons completely unknown to anyone.
Will they stop arguing long enough to realise that this hatred could be hiding something more?
This is a completely self indulgent theatre enemies-to-lovers au that I needed in the world. Enjoy (please)!
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12 Jun 2025
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What happens when best friends Nick and Charlie have a falling out at a young age?
Can golden boy Nick Nelson and bad boy Charlie Spring ever actually form some kind of bond again?
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23 May 2025
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Charlie Spring is not happy with his mother at the moment. Seriously, what kind of parent signs up to house a foreign exchange student without consulting their own children first? More importantly, what kind of foreign exchange student chooses Texas? Out of all the states! This is going to be an absolute nightmare.
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An alternate universe where Charlie Spring’s family is hosting an exchange student from the UK named Nick Nelson. It doesn’t take long for Charlie to become completely infatuated with this sexy brit, but there’s a big problem: He’s completely straight and completely taken.
Or is he?
This is half a romanticization of High School in the liberal area of Texas that I grew up in, and the other half two boys falling in love against the odds. Enjoy (please)!
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- 30/30
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20 May 2025
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Because You Were There by hereforhsfanfic for Whatteverr888yup
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
14 Jun 2025
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When Charlie texts what he thinks is Tao's new number, he mistakenly gets a random stranger instead. Charlie is in crisis and the stranger offers to listen. Charlie decides to take a chance and starts talking with them...
Or: just another wrong number AU where Nick and Charlie meet in the most unlikely of ways...
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13 May 2025
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Nick has dreamed his whole life of being a teacher, he can’t wait to get his prac done for uni in a rural town. A little boy in his class back home gets really close to him. Charlie doesn’t seem like the abusive type, he seems to love his son more than anything, so what is he missing?
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20 Apr 2025
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Nick Nelson is doing so much better. He's got a good job as the Head Carpenter at Habitat for Humanity in Philadelphia, has good friends, and has navigated his way through a rough couple of years only to emerge a stronger, more self-assured, and passionate version of himself. But then he gets a message from Charlie Spring. Yeah, that Charlie Spring. His former best friend. The first person he ever loved. The person he drunkenly confessed his feelings to in a move so chaotic that Charlie hasn't spoken to him since. Can this new and improved version of Nick find a way to be friends with Charlie again without getting his heart broken for a second time?
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A song that really feels like it hits the notes of this story is Ivy by Frank Ocean. Take a listen to get into the mood.
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28 Mar 2025
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It all began with the break up by VroDo for HappySappyHippo
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
14 Mar 2025
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I sigh, utterly defeated. “Okay, what do you want?” I ask flatly.
He raises a finger accusingly. “You got us into this mess! Now you find a way to fix it!!”
I sigh and pull the duvet over my head.Or: Nick and Charlie are messing with my head
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- Part 5 of Are we parting?
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16 Mar 2025
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Nick and Charlie {and their daughters} meet at a coffee shop on New Year’s Day.
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08 Mar 2025
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Jane Spring meets Sarah Nelson soon after having her first child. That changes everything.
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22 Feb 2025
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It Was Always Us, Wasn't It? by NotACactusCow
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
20 Feb 2025
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When Charlie moves next door to Nick at age 8, the two boys bond right away and become inseparable. They grow up and navigate adolescence side by side, including first girlfriends... They unknowingly help each other discover some big things about themselves, but when Nick has to move away before they have the chance to open up about these new feelings to one another, neither sees the point in saying anything that could make things weird during their last days together, so they don't.
Years later, they're reunited at university...
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21 Feb 2025
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You Are Cordially Invited by emmyarcher
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
08 Feb 2025
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Charlie and Nick grew up a few towns away from each other and meet in their thirties….during the events leading up to their brothers’ wedding. To each other. That’s right - Hello Dolly!
The focus of this story is the relationship between Nick and Charlie, but I try to treat the Dolly relationship respectfully (even when Nick and Charlie do not).
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19 Feb 2025
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Nick Nelson never questioned the gaps in his memory—until the past he can’t recall begins unravelling his present. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, tension builds between him, his family, and the life he’s trying to build with Charlie. Despite everything urging him to ignore it, to push it back down and keep pretending like he’s fine, Nick will soon learn that some truths can’t stay buried. With each revelation, he is pushed closer to the edge, forced to confront a past that threatens to consume him.
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- Part 1 of The Things We Bury
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19 Feb 2025
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We'll Call It Paradise by desiring_assemblage
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
02 Mar 2025
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Sai invites his Cambridge bestie, Isaac, and a few of his mates from St John’s to work in the Caribbean for the summer at his aunt's resort. Oh, and Isaac invites his friend Charlie, since Sai’s aunt wants all the help she can get.
Nick’s never met anyone as interesting as Charlie before; does he just want to be Charlie’s ‘good mate’ or could there be a storm brewing in the tropics?
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19 Feb 2025
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24-year old Nick Nelson is working as a massage therapist, adrift in his life. 22-year-old Charlie Spring is in a terrible relationship he doesn’t know how to escape. Their worlds collide during a couple’s massage, an earthquake moment that will transform them both.
Or, an AU where Charlie and Nick meet at a couple’s massage, and Nick needs to figure out how to help Charlie escape that awful human, Ben Hope.
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19 Feb 2025
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"It has been said something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world".
Nick Nelson, recently single, spills his coffee over a stranger in a coffee shop. Or, maybe his best friends set him up on a blind date. Who knows?
A choose your own adventure story – can you find Nick his happy ending? (Literally, or figuratively)
Rated E, but could be anywhere from T to E, depending on your route.
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05 Feb 2025
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Dream a Little Dream of Me by Doozy4Ever
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
24 Jan 2025
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Nick and Charlie start meeting as soulmates in their dreams as children. As they grow up, their connection grows and they learn how rare this gift is. If their bond is strong enough to cross the dreamscape, what happens when they finally meet in person?
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03 Feb 2025
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as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer by birdie_kwiat
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
19 Jan 2025
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Once the room clears, Nick takes a deep breath. “So, half-term. How have your exams been going?”
“Can I suck you off?”
Charlie is patient as Nick does a double-take at his request, staggering back and knocking over a bottle of tequila. He sips his vodka lemonade and waits.
“What, er—now?!” Nick splutters.
“Why not?” He’s emboldened now. This loop is quickly becoming hell on earth, but maybe it doesn’t have to be, not all the time. There are no consequences for him in the loop. Anything he does is forgotten the next day. Nick could scream at him, punch him in the nose, do whatever he wants—tomorrow, he’ll still be here, serving him a vodka lemonade with a shy smile. What has he got to lose?
__________________The time loop AU no one asked for.
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26 Jan 2025
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This is a sequel to "Romance? For Spring? Groundbreaking," so it might make a little more sense if you read that fic first. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
It's Paris Fashion Week.
Once again, Charlie has been bamboozled into saving the day.
He's really not sure he has what it takes.
But his best friend, designer Elle Argent, needs his help, so he has to try.
And with Nick by his side, anything is possible.Series
- Part 2 of Romance? For Spring? Groundbreaking
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- 8/8
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15 Jan 2025