|| A Heartstopper Fanfic || Seven-year-old Maddie has been forced to grow up way too fast. She lives in an orphanage - scared and unsure of the future. Life at the orphanage is lonely and filled with uncertainty, and all the children are experiencing sexual abuse on a daily basis. But that's one thing that no one else knows about. One day a loving gay couple arrives - Nick and Charlie. It's decided that Maddie will live with the two men temporarily, while social services look for a permanent home for her. But Maddie, haunted by memories from the orphanage, she struggles to accept the idea of living with two dads. She is scared, skeptical and filled with anxiety. Can Maddie find safety and love in this new, temporary home? Will she tell Nick and Charlie about her background, or will she keep it to herself?