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   Because You Were There by hereforhsfanfic for Whatteverr888yup

   Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)  

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

   20 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper)
   • Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Tao Xu
   • Elle Argent
   • Aled Last
   • Tara Jones
   • Darcy Olsson
   • Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper)
   • erin the librarian
   • Lola
   • Original Characters
   • Sarah Nelson
   • Jane Spring
   • Julio Spring
   • Oliver "Olly" Spring
   • Victoria "Tori" Spring
   • Michael Holden (Solitaire)
   • Otis Smith | Omar
   • Christian McBride (Heartstopper)
   • Sai Verma
   • Sahar Zahid
   • Aleena Bukhsh
   • Jay Thornton (Heartstopper)
   • Benjamin "Ben" Hope
   • Nathan Ajayi
   • Youssef Farouk
   • Yan Xu (Heartstopper)
   • Geoff (Heartstopper)
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Wrong Number AU
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Mild Angst
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • bisexual awakening
   • Quokkas
   • Dyslexia
   • Happy Ending
   • Demisexual Nicholas "Nick" Nelson
   • Eventual Smut
   • handjobs
   • Frotting
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Past Sexual Assault
   • Panic Attacks
   • Smuff
   • Blow Jobs
   • no angst between nick and charlie
   • Coming Out
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Demisexual Awakening
   • Dyslexic Nick Nelson
   • Nick Nelson is a Good Boyfriend
   • Charlie Spring is a Good Boyfriend
   • Charles "Charlie" Spring is a Menace (Heartstopper)
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Intrusive Thoughts
   • deep talks
   • emotional smut
   • Texting

   Summary

   When Charlie texts what he thinks is Tao's new number, he mistakenly gets a random stranger instead. Charlie is in crisis and the stranger offers to listen. Charlie decides to take a chance and starts talking with them...

   What started off as just another wrong number AU where Nick and Charlie meet in the most unlikely of ways turned into a story of finding your true self and learning to be brave enough to share it with the world.

   Language:

   English

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   56/56

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   Bookmarked by KerryJL

   05 May 2024