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1. First Data Jitters by Polkadotkat

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Non-Binary Character
   • Elle Argent
   • Tao Xu (Heartstopper)
   • Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper)
   • Victoria "Tori" Spring
   • Sarah Nelson
   • Darcy Olsson
   • Tara Jones
   • Imogen Heaney
   • Why didn't I think about what tags to use well ahead of time?
   • Online Dating
   • OKCupid
   • data science
   • Data Nerd
   • Charlie Spring is a Proper Little Data Nerd
   • Academic Charlie Spring
   • Nick Nelson has strong rugby arms
   • Nick Nelson is an Adonis (look I capitalized it Spud!)
   • bisexual awakening
   • Coming Out
   • bay area
   • author is not British
   • author is american
   • Author has never lived in the Bay Area
   • Punny Business Names
   • Like all the punny business names
   • You don't know what you're getting into with the punny business names
   • Eventual Smut
   • Red-Flag Bingo
   • Nick Nelson has strong green flag arms
   • Humor
   • Humour
   • Romantic Comedy
   • Funny
   • No Angst
   • zero angst
   • FEWER FEELINGS THAN YOU ARE EXPECTING
   • teacher!Nick
   • Academic!Charlie
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson Needs a Hug
   • mention of neurolinguistic programming
   • mention of falling victim of multi-level marketing schemes
   • First Kiss
   • Happy Ending
   • Happily Ever After
   • THE HAPPIEST OF ENDINGS
   • It should be obvious but in case it isn't this fic has only happiness
   • By fewer feelings I don't mean anything about the intensity of feelings between Nick and Charlie
   • I mean there is nothing but happy silly fluffiness
   • Nick Nelson is a smitten kitten
   • Charlie Spring falls hard and fast
   • Nick Nelson is the biggest simp
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring Loves Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Bi awakening

   Summary

   Charlie Spring is a PhD candidate in Data Science at UC-Berkeley where he uses his supercomputing time to analyze large datasets. He sleeps on a mat under his desk in his cubicle because rent prices in The Bay Area are insane, and roommates suck. He spends his free time pestering his librarian friend, Isaac and volunteering a few hours a week at a local pet shelter. As a lonely data nerd, he decides to start dating on the “data-driven” OK-Cupid platform, but as a data scientist, he can’t help but to optimise his approach to ensure he’s conducting a thorough search for the right partner. 

    

   This fic is now posted in full.
   There will be two short epilogue chapters added after the story is marked complete.

   The story was inspired by two fantastic true stories told on the Moth and Story Collider podcasts, respectively. I highly recommend you listen to them, but I'd wait until after you've finished the fic. The story will start T (for language, mainly), raise to M (starting at chapter 8) and will eventually earn the E rating for smut.
   I live for your kudos and comments, so please leave both to let me know you're interested in this fic! Thanks!! Xoxo Dot

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Narlie Data Universe

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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   Comments:

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