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1. Playing Pretend by songbird3724

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • David Nelson/Oliver "Olly" Spring
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)/Original Male Character(s)
   • David Nelson & Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • David Nelson (Heartstopper)
   • Oliver "Olly" Spring
   • Jane Spring
   • Sarah Nelson
   • Julio Spring
   • Victoria "Tori" Spring
   • Michael Holden (Solitaire)
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Dolly Rules Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
   • Mutual Pining
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Kind Of
   • Eventual Smut
   • Off-screen Relationship(s)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson Has No Chill
   • Bad Parent Jane Spring
   • Beige Gay
   • Arrested Development References
   • Bluey (Cartoon 2018) References
   • Therapy
   • Bad Parent Stéphane Nelson
   • POV Alternating
   • Good Parent Sarah Nelson

   Summary

   Even if David and Olly met first, Nick and Charlie are made for each other in every universe.

   They might also be surprisingly good at faking too… 👀

   An N+C spinoff of The Rules We Fake, by Escapingnarnia and Noangel1983

   Series

   • Part 3 of Dolly Rules

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,545

   Chapters:

   2/12

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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