Heartstopper oneshots <3

6: nightmare

tw: mention of sa
words: 1409

"N-No, stop, please!" Charlie yelled, trying to push Ben off of him.

"Charlie, I'm in love with you, just let me prove it!" Ben said, holding Charlie by his collar. Charlie sobbed as Ben pushed his lips back onto his. Charlie began running out of breath, air stopped reaching his lungs...

Charlie gasped as he sat up, he noticed he was in his bedroom. He looked at his alarm clock and saw that it was 2am. He sat there panting for about 5 minutes until he calmed down completely. He laid back down and tried to fall back asleep, but he was left staring at his ceiling, too afraid that he'd see Ben again if he fell asleep.

*6:00 am*

Charlie woke up to the blaring noise of his alarm. He ended up falling back asleep at 4:30, so only an hour and a half prior. He grabbed his phone and turned off his alarm, sighing as he got out of bed. He changed into his uniform and styled his hair.

He walked downstairs and saw Tori already in the kitchen making herself a smoothie.

"Good morning," Tori welcomed.

"Morning," Charlie groaned.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Tori mentioned. Charlie just glared at her, which made her shut up and go back to making her smoothie. "Would you like some breakfast? I can share my smoothie if you'd like."

"No, I'll just have a granola bar," Charlie replied. He grabbed a Nutrigrain bar from the cupboard and slowly ate it. (Does the UK have nutrigrain bars?)

When the bar was finished, Charlie threw out the wrapper and walked back upstairs. He brushed his teeth and scrolled through his Instagram feed. As he was spitting out the toothpaste, he got a message from Nick.

Nick
Want to meet up for lunch?

Charlie
I'm having lunch with Tao and Isaac today, sorry!

Nick
Okay, no worries xx

Charlie put his phone down and sighed. He didn't have any lunch plans with Tao and Isaac, but he knew he needed to have some time alone, so he'd probably spend lunch in the art room like usual.

Charlie quickly realized it was time to leave for the bus, so he made sure he looked presentable, and other than his face looking like a zombie he thought he looked fine. He grabbed his phone and backpack before running downstairs and getting ready to leave.

*at school*

Charlie walked into the school with his head down, trying to avoid any chance of a conversation with anyone. As he was walking, he bumped into someone.

"Sorry," Charlie mumbled as he looked up. His breath hitched when he saw Ben looking back at him. Tears grew in Charlie's eyes as he thought about his dream. He quickly walked past Ben before he could say anything. Charlie felt a tear run down his cheek, he quickly wiped it away as he entered his form room. He saw Nick smiling at him, so he returned it the best he could. He walked over to his seat and took off his coat then sat down. Nick smiled at him and turned to face him.

"Hi," Nick said softly.

"Hi," Charlie replied.

"How are you?" Nick asked.

"Good, and you?"

"Better now that you're here," Nick said with a small smile. Charlie laughed softly at Nick's cheesiness, which made Nick smile. When the teacher started taking attendance they both turned their attention to him.