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1. But I Stay When it's Hard or it's Wrong or We're Makin’ Mistakes by Not_An_Average_Fangirl

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring & Jane Spring
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper) has an Eating Disorder
   • Protective Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Supportive Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Sad Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson has Anxiety
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper) has Anorexia
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper) has Anxiety
   • Title from a Taylor Swift Song
   • Song: New Year's Day (Taylor Swift)
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Comfort/Angst
   • Established Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Self-Harm
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring Loves Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Sad Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Worried Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Christmas Fluff
   • New Year's Eve
   • Marriage Proposal
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Flirting
   • Smitten Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Smitten Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Romantic Fluff

   Summary

   Nick is struggling with anxiety and just wants to care for Charlie at the same time Charlie is feeling extremely overwhelmed and ends up withdrawing from Nick. Then, Nick and Charlie get into an intense argument on their way home from school, and Charlie runs back to his house.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,443

   Chapters:

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