A Collection of Heartstopper Oneshots

Safe in your arms by torispringfr

Summary:

Nick and Charlie reminiscing on how far they have come on a Saturday morning in Leeds

OR

Nick and Charlie being incredibly gay in around 1000 words
Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:
Nick awoke to the March sunlight filtering through the blinds, an array of warm patterns imprinting his pink stained duvet cover. He had accidentally put his bedsheets in with a pair of Charlie's red socks still tangled within them hence they turned a nice salmonly shade of pink and it certainly made a hilarious phone call when he explained his mini faux pas to Charlie, where he let out his signature giggle, which made Nick feel giddy at simply just reliving the moment.

He looked to see his left arm instinctively tightened around Charlie's middle, who was still sound asleep and nestled in the crook of his armpit. Nick smiled to himself as he moved a stray curl of hair out of Charlie's eye so it didn't itch. He could hear the steadying breaths echoing from his chest, a reminder that Charlie was actually here in Leeds and that it wasn't just a fever dream his mind had conjured up.

Last night had been absolutely perfect by Nick's standards, it was painfully domestic and to onlookers, it would look fairly boring and mundane especially for a couple of university students but that didn't stop the couple. After Nick had picked up Charlie from the train station earlier that evening after he had a long week of school, they wandered back to the flat hand in hand, chatting about everything and anything that arose into their minds, where Nick's flatmates, Florence and Robin, were busy prepping their dinner so they could head out to the club so Nick and Charlie had the entire flat to themselves, a little gift as they described it. However, Nick and Charlie just caught up on everything and anything.

The conversation flowed from life at home to whether Tori was enjoying Edinburgh to Nick's upcoming rugby matches to the new guy that Robin was chatting to but probably would never end up dating because as they quote "I'm looking for someone who can make me finally dethrone Nick Nelson as being the most loved up in the house.", but they knew deep down that it was highly highly unlikely that they would find anyone because, of course who could be more in love than Nick and Charlie. The conversation eventually faded into yawns and quiet, sleepful murmurs with their bodies intertwined, too content to separate from one another.

As Nick laid there, seeing the sun trying to seep through, he just thought back to how far they had both came in the last couple of years because if you were going to tell Year 11 Nick that your soulmate would come from Mr Lange's seating plan in form, he would absolutely howl in your face with laughter but that was the case. They had grown together, worked through some of the more challenging times in their relationship but it ultimately meant that they ended up with a relationship that came as easy as breathing in oxygen. Their lives were near perfect, and Nick wouldn't change the journey for the world.

Just at that moment, Nick felt Charlie stirring next to him with his hand still grasping onto the oversized sleep shirt that Nick was wearing, using it as an anchor to keep him close. Nick pressed a small kiss into his mop of raven curls and spoke softly and quietly, "Morning sleepyhead".

Charlie groaned in response and nestled deeper into Nick's chest, "It's too early", but his voice was filled with a warmth attached to it.

Nick chuckled out loud, "It's almost noon, Char"

"That's still too early, and you know it Nick" Charlie said with a small smile, his eyelids fluttering awake to meet Nick's gaze.

They stayed tangled within each other's arms for a while, just taking in all the peace and serenity of the morning and the sheer joy that their relationship brought to them both. The world outside could wait: the uni assignment that Nick was meant to start yesterday but didn't, the revision that Charlie probably had to do and all the different tasks that came with being a university student. All of those moments felt vaguely insignificant in this moment, it was about them and them just being them.

Eventually Charlie snapped the silence with a "Do you ever think about how lucky we are to have found each other at school?"

"All the damn time, Char. I mean, just look at us: we're both equally as obsessed with each other as we were in secondary school. We are near perfect, you love and treat me with a care full of such tenderness. You treat me like the luckiest guy alive, I mean realistically what other boyfriends would sleep wrapped in salmonly coloured sheets all because of their boyfriend's faux pas and yet you still choose to love me every single day."

Charlie laughed with such a softness that it was music to Nick's ears, "Of course, I still love you dummy. It would be a pretty pathetic reason to break up given that it was partly my fault for forgetting that my socks were still in there. Plus, I know that you secretly love them more than you let on."

"Maybe I do" Nick said with a cheeky grin, "But that's only because they remind me of you"

Charlie rolled his eyes affectionately,and couldn't disguise the blush creeping onto his cheeks, "Shut up, you complete and utter sap".

"But you love it." Nick teased back, with the same grin plastered onto his face.

Charlie didn't respond, instead he leaned up to press a tender kiss onto his lips and then saying "I guess I do, I really do", and preparing to nestle back next into the crook of Nick's chest for a sense of calm and serenity.

They just laid there within the bubble of their own happiness, forgetting the stream of notifications they heard filling their phones with messages from family members and friends. For all that mattered was their own devotion to one another and the promise to experience many more mornings like this.

Notes:

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