A Collection of Heartstopper Oneshots

I Want to Be With You - RocknVaughn

Summary:

When his friends Tao and Isaac choose opposite beds and ruin Charlie's plans to share with his boyfriend on the Paris trip, he takes matters into his own hands.

Friendly banter, teasing, and fluff ensue.
Notes:

This is the first in what I hope will become a series of song-inspired one shots.

Many thanks to @Ye_Cats333 for the beta/cheerleading! 🫶🫶🫶
Work Text:

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I can't take it

All I want's right in front of me

I can't fake this

Say what you mean

I want to be with you

Chloe Moriondo ~ I Want to Be With You

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As the four boys pushed open the door to their hotel room in Paris, Isaac looked up from his ever-present book to study their surroundings.

"Oh, nice!" he exclaimed with a tone of vague surprise.

Charlie shared a happy glance with Nick. It was just as they'd hoped. "We have to share beds," he observed innocently.

Apparently too innocently.

Immediately, Isaac staked his claim, "Well, I'm having the window bed." He sat down on it and went back to reading Les Miserables.

Before either Charlie or Nick could get a word in edgewise, Tao hurriedly said, "I want the other bed. I hate being woken up by the sun," and flopped down on it with a happy sigh.

Charlie's mouth gaped open in shock. His parents meddling in his relationship with Nick was one thing, but even his own friends were cockblocking them now!?

"I...guess I'll share with Tao and you can share with Issac." Charlie peeked at Nick's face, which was awash with sadness and disappointment.

"Uh...yeah," Nick reluctantly agreed, giving one more wistful glance at the bed he'd hoped to share with Charlie before he slipped his backpack off his shoulder onto the floor. He stuffed his hands deep into his trackie pockets and skulked to the bathroom.

Charlie frowned as he watched a small and defeated looking Nick lock the door closed behind himself despondently.

Well, that definitely would not do. Sad Nick was not allowed, especially when it was Charlie's own friends that had made him feel like that.

Charlie sat down on the bed, ready to lay into Tao for purposely separating him and Nick, but his friend spoke first. "I thought you'd find it awkward sharing with Nick. Just standing next to Elle makes me feel like I'm being electrocuted," Tao admitted sheepishly.

Oh. Oh! So Tao thought he was being helpful to Charlie, not trying to separate them out of spite. He could work with this.

Charlie gently nudged Tao's shoulder with his own. "While I appreciate your attempt at protecting my virtue, I actually wanted to sleep with Nick."

The loud snort that emerged from behind Isaac's book set both the other boys off, too. "Oh my God," Charlie lamented with a laugh, shoving Tao so hard that his friend fell back onto his side, giggling into his hand to muffle the sound. "That's not what I meant, and you both know it!"

The pillow that Charlie aimed at Isaac's head was easily deflected without the latter even looking up from his book.

"Seriously, though," Charlie said earnestly, "Nick and I have really been looking forward to this. We've barely seen each other outside of school for weeks, and since he's not out yet, it's really the only time we'll have to be a couple on this trip."