These are NOT my oneshots!! The amazing authors on AO3 has written and created these wonderful little stories about one of my favorite fictional couples of all time.
I wanted to share them with you all and spread the feelings inducing love that Nic...
Nick is feeling very poorly and Charlie is staying over to take care of him. What could they get up to when he's sick? Read on to find out! Notes:
Alice Oseman tweeted the pic included this morning and I was so inspired that I couldn't not write something! I've thought a lot about their first time having read all of Heartstopper as well as Nick and Charlie the Novella and know it's somewhere between the two. I hope I've done it justice! 8/16- Did a bit of editing, thought it needed a little something else. Work Text: Charlie comforting a sick Nick
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CHARLIE
It's been a long one for me today. Nick's out sick and I've been off kilter the whole day. This year, year 12, he and I are in several of the same classes since I'm pretty advanced and in some of the year 13 classes early. With Nick out today, I've felt out of sorts and uncomfortable without seeing him all day. Lunch was hard and Aled and Tao try, but they don't make it as comfortable as Nick does. I know it's too intense to need his presence like this, but I can't help it...I'm worried about him, too. I don't like that I couldn't be with him while he's feeling so poorly. It's a Friday, so when I got home on the bus, I changed into a comfy sweater and joggers and threw a few things in a duffel before making my way over to Nick's.
It's coming up on the holidays, and with the weather change, Nick started feeling run down toward the middle of the week. When he started feeling feverish last night and texted me, I insisted he stay home and rest today. He's texted me a couple of times saying he missed me or wished we could cuddle, but he seems to have spent most of the day napping. I told him I'd be over straight away after school and take care of him. Maybe most boyfriends would leave this to his mom or whatever, but I'm not most boyfriends... we are not most boyfriends.
His mom already had big plans for this weekend that she couldn't cancel, so she's leaving and doesn't want him to be alone. Our parents have been pretty okay about us staying over together ever since last year with everything I went through. They've had several conversations with us about being safe and using protection, etc. and while we've gotten close and done... some things... we haven't gone that far yet. Every time we get close, I'll admit it... I chicken out. I hear Nick say how much he loves my body and I definitely love his, but there's this little voice in the back of my head telling me I ate too much or I've gained too much weight. At the same time, a different voice is saying I'm too skinny and skeletal looking to be attractive... None of these things make sense, especially together, but they're both there, warring in my brain.
We'd sort of been dancing around maybe this weekend... trying to take the next step, you know, while his mom was gone, but now he's sick. It's okay, though. We're in this together for the long haul... I know it.
When I get to Nick's house, I let myself in. We don't really bother with knocking much anymore. I see his mom as I pass by the kitchen and wave.
"Hi, is Nick sleeping?" I ask, pausing in the doorway.
