Heartstopper oneshots/ requests

Tori + Charlie's little sister

A request from one of my long-standing readers - mati_A10. I hope this is okayyy

For some context, Oliver doesn't exist in this oneshot. Charlotte is the younger sister of Tori and Charlie.

Tw: eating disorder, low self esteem and self harm

Charlotte was too aware that she was the youngest of her two siblings. Tori and Charlie were like best friends, they got on so well and while they of course did their best to include Charlotte, she knew she was the odd one out.

At first it annoyed her, but as time went on she became obsessed with the fact that Tori was always the one with Charlie. She was perfect in Charlotte's eyes, long hair, perfect eyes and such a good sense of humour. Not to mention her perfect figure.

Tori didn't wear dresses often, but when she did Charlotte couldn't help but notice how nice her waist looked. So small and her tummy tucked in. Charlotte's tummy stuck out a little. Even when Tori wore skinny jeans, which she did most days for sixth form, she always looked good.

Charlotte got obsessed with the idea that if she could just lose the tummy, she would be as good as Tori. And if she could be as good as Tori then maybe Charlie would spend more time with her.

It was an unhealthy obsession which led to her being conscious about what she ate. She was only 15, but in her eyes that meant just three years off Tori so no excuse for looking how she did.

Before long, Charlotte stopped eating lunch which was easy enough as she got it from the canteen. Eventually, she found that if she saved the money her mum gave her for lunch she could buy cigarettes from one of the boys in her year.

She didn't want to smoke, but she had read about how it stopped your appetite. So she did it. It started with just one after school. The first drag she ever took made her feel like she was coughing up her lungs, but in time she got used to it.

That cigarette after school became her medicine that she had to take to stop her belly rumbling. Soon though she started sneaking one at lunch too. That only started because one day she found the tummy cramps too bad.

Cigarettes did work, but after a couple of months skipping lunch she couldn't see any change in the way she looked and she took that personally. She thought that there was something wrong with her. She was skipping lunch every day, why wasn't anything changing?

So she started taking smaller portions at dinner too. Which, again, was easy to do because her mum always put the food in the middle of the table for everyone to take what they wanted.

After another couple of months of that, she could only see a small difference. Which just made her self esteem plummet. In her head, she thought that by Summer she would be as thin as Tori.

It was July now and she was just about to break for Summer. She hadn't met her goal so she started to take it out on herself. Only small cuts with the razor at first and not too often, but it felt good. Which made her do it more so she started changing what she wore. Making sure that her thighs and arms were always covered. That was fine during the winter months, but as the weather got hotter Charlie started noticing Charlotte would still wear long sleeve tops and jeans.

He hoped it wasn't what he thought it was, but there was a chance it was and he didn't know what to do. Whether to ask her about it or speak to Tori first. Tori would know what to do. They didn't speak about it, but Charlie knew Tori used to cut too. So after a few weeks of thinking about it, Charlie decided it was best to speak to Tori first.