To celebrate @mikolasone’s birthday, here’s a tiny fic about the ineffable idiots :)

I hope you enjoy it ^^

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Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?

Nick and Charlie are characters from my debut novel, Solitaire. Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st.

I really appreciate reblogs and shares - please help me spread word about this comic! I’m so excited for people to read it!

read from the beginning / read on tapas / my art blog / my personal blog / art instagram / heartstopper merch / read the next update early on Patreon!

Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?

Nick and Charlie are characters from my debut novel, Solitaire. Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st, at 11am UK time.

I really appreciate reblogs and shares - please help me spread word about this comic! I’m so excited for people to read it!

“When I was six years old, I was accompanying my parents to pick up my sister Laura, when she also started skating. And one day the question of whether I also wanted to skate arose. And of course I said yes. Two years later I started my first competition, with some second-hand skates. Shortly after I had a dream, an impossible dream that has now come true. Could a guy from Cuatro Vientos stand out in a world as different and complex as we are used to in our country? And I dared to dream and I pursued that dream. Last Saturday, as you know, was my last performance and I come back home with seven European Championships titles, two World Championships titles and one Olympic medal. All these championships, sporting successes are so important… I take the enthusiasm from the fans, that’s for sure. The affection with which you, the media, have always showed me and the support of the institutions and sponsors. Today I want to start by thanking my family, my parents and my sister Laura, who had to make great sacrifices so that I could develop my life as a skater. I could never thank you enough for everything you have done for me. It must have been very difficult to leave only a 17-year-old boy, who hardly spoke English, to travel across the world and go to another country. I went to live in the United States at age 17 with a coach named Nikolai Morozov whom I met at a summer camp in Andorra. He suggested to my parents and I that I go train in New Jersey and be part of their training team. They accepted, I accepted and that’s where everything started. Later I moved to Toronto to train with Brian Orser, who became a model for me, a second father. Brian had to suffer with the personality of a Spanish teenager who did not have the discipline that I have now. Brian understood my way of being and brought out the best in me. How I’m going to miss Brian too, that way of being he has and that embrace that coaches give you before going out to compete. Nor can I forget Tracy Wilson, who has been by my side in many and many of my trainings. Choreographers have also played a key role in my career. I have had the pleasure of working with Antonio Najarro, the one who created La Malagueña, who has given us so much joy. And of course, the Canadian David Wilson with whom I had the honor of working in the last 7-8 years. Those who know me know that I am not the most organized person in the world. I have already arrived at some competition without my skates, I have already forgotten my costumes, but I am who I am. I also want to apologize to the people who have suffered from my mistakes, especially to Jorge Serradilla, with whom I have shared many adventures first in the schoolyard and then all over the world. I apologize. The support of institutions and sponsorships has also been essential in my career. Gloria Estefanell, María Teresa Samaranch supported me from the Spanish Federation some time ago, and later it was Frank González and his entire team. I want to publicly thank the support from LaLigaSports, whose president, Mr. Tebas, is here with us. I have also received the support of the Spanish Olympic Committee, in particular Alejandro Blanco, who is also here with us. And I can not forget also our beloved Miguel Cardenal, who has also suffered some of our pranks. And of course, María José Rienda, current Secretary of State for Sport. The media have also always shown a very special affection for me, as for example Saturday’s broadcast with Paloma del Río showed, who after 30 years as a commentator was was moved to tears at the end of my performance. You (the media) have been there and have always lived my successes as if they were yours. Thank you all for that affection. I leave these last words to my girlfriend Marina, who has suffered my absences and has been the inspiration in my last successes. To finish I want to make an call to all people who have a dream, whether they are children or adults. I encourage you to pursue your dreams: as impossible as they may seem, dreams are often fulfilled. And there are even times when reality goes beyond what we dreamed, as it has happened to me. Thank you so much everyone.”