Heartstrings (A Heartstopper Fanfiction) - Volume Two

Fabrizio thought love might be enough. That the warmth of Nick's hand in his, the quiet promises exchanged in late-night whispers, and the way Nick looks at him-like he's something precious-would be enough to keep the darkness at bay.

But Rome is not just sunlit ruins and cobbled streets. It is the weight of history pressing down on his chest, the unfamiliarity of a place that should feel like home but doesn't, the gnawing ache of something slipping through his fingers. It is the mirror that reflects back everything he's been trying so hard to ignore.

Nick is there. Of course he is. Steady, patient, endlessly golden. But love doesn't fix everything, does it? It doesn't silence the static in Fabrizio's head, doesn't make food easier to swallow, doesn't erase the exhaustion clawing at his bones.

And when everything begins to unravel-when Fabrizio is drowning in a city that was never his, when Nick doesn't know how to reach him-what happens then?

Volume 2 of *Heartstrings* is a story of love tested by distance, of unraveling and mending, of losing yourself and hoping-desperately-that someone will help you find your way back.