𝙰 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝟸 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚡. 𝙱𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚕𝚖𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢. ATTENTION: This story will not affect the original canon involving Nick, Charlie, or the other characters from the original series. Ben's story takes place offscreen, in parallel with the events of Heartstopper Season 3. ALL ORIGINAL HEARTSTOPPER CHARACTERS AND CANON MATERIAL BELONG TO ALICE OSEMAN. INSPIRED BY LOOK AWAY (2018) & OBSESSION (2026).