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Noah

love the fact charlie knows whats up just by one line

Celeste

they are so adorable !

Katha

Oh, I’m so curious how this conversation will go on… and I’m so here for it

Debbie

That picture at the end Alice 😂

Caroline

Ope there’s the lightbulb

Chloe ♡

charlie’s facial expressions are so detailed on this page i love it

Dippity_Dip

Hey nick stop being relatable in a sad way pls and ty I cannot afford to cry today

Mila.xx

KAJANANABBA THE MEME

laura

charlie: wAIT A DAMN MINUTE- 🤨

Harriet Echo

Oh sweet lord these pages might be my favourite ever HS pages ever ever ever

Merel

Nick's face in the first panel 😭

Lauren

Best explanation of Charlie's thoughts EVER

zara ahmed !!

confused face, figuring it out meme indeed

ally

THE MEME MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD

Desi23

Omg baby Charlie is really worried! 'Cmon Nick everything is gonna be OK! You are Nick and Charlie 😍

EllieRLM

Putting that meme to good use ! COME ON CHARLIE !

Victoria Panaro

How am I supposed to react to this page??? 👀

Synz

nick 😞

Luz Ibarra

Idk if maybe I haven’t had enough experiences but I myself am confused 💀😂😭

Jonathan Payne

Charlie knows you too well, Nick. You are not fooling him.

Koko

Charlie like:" the confusion is confused, ma darling."

Merel

Nick, I know you love Charlie but you should also do what makes YOU happy!

Olivia

these past few pages have been so so beautiful!

Caro

soooo we all agree that charlie is ready to make nick see that his own happiness is important too, right?

OSM

Char and his concerned face 🥺

Ashley Robinson

I felt this in my soul as a recovering people pleaser. However, I love the dynamic that Nick is male and this dynamic is rarely seen. This is such important representation. Also the meme. 😂

Jennifer Berry

charlie knows something is up. he’s my friends when i randomly start crying

arlo🧞

i love this IMMENSE amount 💚

Sulagna Maitra

Alarm bells going on in Charlie's head now!! 🚨

Nicky Van den Bosch

Hahah noo the meme Alice 🤣🤣 also I am soo confused tooo now!

Sleepyboyeyes

the meme inclusion … too relatable to us as readers

Klara Dalgren

The way Nick's expression changes when he looks at Charlie 😩😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

Julieta Fernandez

Kinda confused by Charlie's question, is he referring to the way they're having sex or what? (I'm not English native sorry)

Thais Di Stasi

Screamed with the Brazilian meme ( I’m Brazilian ) 😂

Joseph Matt

Depression is real pain, Nick.

Stéfhany Chaves

Alice usando o meme da Nazaré 😂😂🫶🏻

Katie H

Charlie can definitely tell that something is wrong, but Nick, you need to be happy too 🥹

MaK

oh man

Slimmon132

Thanks for the page on my Birthday 🥰. (Tho I only have 25min left of it lol)

Chris

If one of them is in pain then both of them are in pain

Merel

Charlie's face in the last panel suggests he definitely knows something is up. Maybe this will turn into a conversation about whether Nick is happy as well. I know he loves making Charlie happy, but his own happiness shouldn't rely entirely on that of Charlie. What brings Nick joy, what are his passions outside of his people pleasing tendencies? I hope he gets to explore that part of himself in the future, it will be an important part of his journey. Difficult, but necessary.

Emanuelle

Nick, ever the people pleaser 🥺🥺 Charlie knows him so well. He knows something is troubling him, but he doesn’t want to push it, because he knows Nick will just retreat into himself.

Elspeth Fougere

How do you get this so right alice 🥰🥰🥰 I love that you are showing realistic emotional intimacy and closeness between these two. There is no reason that teenagers cant be fluent with each others emotions and move between comfort, communion, reassurance and fun together as an expression of their love. Its so beautiful the way you get this so spot on, I almost never see relationship dynamics I can actually relate to and you continue to write so honestly. Thank you for representing us queer folk 🙏

aliceoseman

Yes, Charlie noticed that Nick seemed distressed so he wanted to check in and see if Nick wanted to stop/change what they were doing.

Lauri

Oh my god, this conversation is gonna be hard. btw the men was hilarious 😆

Kirsten H

Oh those sweet boys!! 😍😍

Justin S.

The expressions here 🥺

Dafne Cantoia

Brazil is in the hooouse (via Meme)

Brittney

Oh my God Alice my heart 🤧🤧 I swear the amount of times I could cry during a beautiful but also intimate scene like damn. But also, you can immediately tell on Charlie's face he knows something is up and I just love he allows Nick to open up when he's ready to especially same way with Nick to Charlie, like the way they have made so much progress is truly beautiful to see

Kirsten H

Sweet Charlie is not convinced yet.

Loveislove

Are they having two different conversations? Charlie is thinking of sexual positions while Nick is picking out houses? This happened before in Girls when Charlie worried about Nick getting outed and Nick wanted to talk about being bisexual.

Lauri

We all are feeling Charlie’s confusion… what is happening with Nick 🥺

Denis Moura

Meu Deus o meme da Nazaré kdnskdnsns n

Isabella Canelon

can somebody explain to me the meme i am very confused

Sarah Parker-Shemilt

I view it in the moment it’s about sex, but Charlie then realises it’s also a wider issue once he has heard Nick’s answer

ama

oh 🥺 I wonder if charlie is going to stop things... as a parallel to nick stopping their kissing when charlie was anxious about taking of his jumper... these pages are incredible, thank you alice 🫶

Merel

Haha the meme is basically about being very confused, and trying to figure out what something means!

Fey 🍂

The meme is perfect. I had the same face as Charlie after reading the panel. But now I understand that Nick completely changed the subject when Charlie asked him to look at him. He's still avoiding the uncomfortable conversation

Barb

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 their love.... felt in their eyes, gestures, voices in every universe and it makes me so so happy❤️‍🩹

ACxo

The way Charlie looks at Nick 🥺

Emilia

i can't with this meme 😆

Charlie

He’s not making much sense is he Charlie???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Patrick Cirelli

Sometimes I'm not sure which I love more; the comic itself or your commentary. 🤣

NotSoYoung

The meme 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Charlie

WHAT ABOUT YOUR HAPPINESS NICK!!!! Its not all about Charlie 😭😭😭😭

Crow_pose24

The meme! 😂😂😂😂😂 Muerta!

reece

Alice back at it again with memes 🤭🤭

Loveislove

Well - maybe Charlie's surprise/confusion on the last page was not in reference to Nick talking about them living together but about him initiating a new sexual position. Looks like Nick is refusing to let himself be "fixed" by Charlie and determined to be the one to make Charlie happy. But, of course, Charlie isn't going to be happy when his partner is...to put it mildly...a complete mess. I predict this lovemaking session comes to an end, hopefully not angrily on Nick's side. It has been a day for Nicholas Nelson.

toneelspeler

honestly following these daily feels like a hardcore exercise in bait and switch in storytelling haha 😅 u almost got there charlie!

Tadeu Lima

LOL I just lived to see alice using the math lady (Nazaré Tedesco) meme!

Dionne Lakey

Charlie's question: are YOU happy with what we're doing Nick's answer: I know YOU like this so I'm doing what I know YOU like. Clever deflection there. He's distracting Charlie and using his people pleasing tendencies to make him feel better about himself.

Katrina

Alice I am sobbing 😭 I also love the meme it is so what is going on in Charlie’s head and I am not gonna lie I made the same face 😂 Nick you deserve to be happy too. Charlie cares about your happiness too because it is just as important as his happiness. I just know alarm bells are going off in Charlie’s head as well as Charlie being majorly confused by what Nick said just like me if I am being honest and we are heading into that difficult conversation but I like how Charlie is not forcing Nick to talk and is just trying to get him to open up because he knows Nick will talk eventually once he is ready I also like how Charlie is reassuring Nick with his facial expression. The horny sparkles are gone 😭 I think that is a sign they need to stop and have a talk because that means those horny feelings aren’t there anymore 😭

Cody

Oh boy. The beginnings of a talk!

DogBefriender22

Confusion aside - panel 5 as a standalone panel is beautiful ❤️ AND, I definitely see and hear this as Kit and Joe. Which is CLEARLY a very obvious sign from the universe that we will see this panel on screen in the future ✅

Flavia Morlacci ☾𖤓

omg Alice, i love this page so much ❤️Charlie is so calm, and the way he reassured Nick by just looking at him, it's pure magic. Nick seems more serene. and let's not talk about they way they look at each other, understanding what they are feeling without saying a world. that is amazing. i think now Nick knows that Charlie is happy with what they have, he doesn't need to impress him. 💕 (omg not that meme, it's so hilarious. i probably should not laugh, but it's impossible). 😂😅

K Lyn

The way you put everything on the pages is so beautiful. There’s always so much unspoken truth in heartstopper. I know that’s why I love it so much ❤️

a

charlie is #confusion

EC

I can’t help but notice the sparkles are gone… which is okay! (It happens…) but maybe an indicator for them to stop and talk…

Nicole

💔💔💔

Claire

It is a lovely page -- I cannot say why this is one that really has brought tears to my eyes. Charlie is working out more and more that something is wrong. Nick is a very giving person and wanting to make your partner happy is important in a relationship. But hopefully Charlie can help him to realise that being too much of a people pleaser is not nesscessary -- that he does not need to be perfect in order to keep Charlie and keep him happy. Plus, doing too much may end up being actively harmful for Nick -- if he makes it too much of his focus.

Sabrina

Nick 🥺 When do you finally, finally start to realize (and accept!) how much of a people pleaser you actually are? Your happiness also matters here!!! It matters now more than ever! My my, how the tables have turned…🥺

M R

Intimacy❤️‍🩹

Jasollie

Charlie’s confused, I’m confused, but all trust in Alice. 😄

Alessandra Gilos Moreira

OMG ALICE USING NAZARE TEDESCO MEME OMG! As a brazilian I'm confused 'cause the page was so sensible and a little sad, but then I screamed when I saw the image ahahahahah

Nikki

Shoutout to the two different backgrounds in the first two panels - love these style differences that reflect Nick’s different feelings/thoughts. Find they contribute nearly as much to understanding a panel as their facial expressions etc 🫶

Cliff

Oh, Nick! What about your happiness?

Ada Suzany

KSKSKSKSKKSK Nazaré Tedesco chegou em Heartstopper, amo ❤️

Rebecca

This page brings me back to the quote “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” Not just Nick wanting to make Charlie happy in this moment, but Charlie’s concern for Nick’s emotional well-being and his gentle prodding to help him open up. The way they take care of each other is so beautiful ❤️

Ada Suzany

Poor Charlie, sooo confused. I dont know how he is focusing in sex

Andie

I have no words. I am Charlie here lol 😆 but I have a feeling he is going to have a good talk with Nick soon 🥹

Ania W.

I am constantly moved by how beautiful a picture of love Alice creates ❤️

Overlord

Nick can’t keep doing things that makes just Charlie happy. For a balanced relationship, they need to talk and find away to BOTH be happy and do what they want

Scott Whittall

There is it is. I love making you happy. What about your happiness, Nick? Charlie loves making you happy, too. It's time to let Char do just that. Love is a two way path, That's love darling....

ama

"you're a bit of a people pleaser, nick"

Lolli98

I love Charlie 's: "Look at me" very, very much! He really wants to get in touch with Nick (not just on a physical basis) right now. But poor Nick, it doesn't make too much sense what you're saying...but be sure, you make Charlie happy all the time! Just you existing is making him happy. You don't have to hide from him.

ucfnurse

Love these beautiful moments!!!☺️😊🥰😍🙌✨💫🌷💐☕️🥯✌️🕊️☮️

Maia

I love the caption

Loveislove

Omg - I think you have caught the most important point here. The sparkles are gone and the smiles are gone. The sex is not about the two of them as a couple anymore. Nick is up in his head. He is expressing fear not love 😢.

Fenna Elin

Charlie, I’m confused too 😭🙏

Julie

The “like this” made me think the same thing, but that doesn’t seem right. It’s difficult without the whole scene for context.

Alice P

I don’t understand the question that Charlie asks — “Is it ok like this?”

Belle

The caption killed me😆

Evergreen

Alice responds to this question further down, but Charlie is checking to make sure Nick’s downcast expression on the previous page isn’t related to some sort of discomfort with what they’re doing in bed.

Emily Hopkins

Annndddd Charlie's clocked him 🫣

Loveislove

I guess the whole point is Nick is focusing on sexual positions that Charlie might prefer (you would think they have tried out everything under the sun by now) when Charlie was hoping to focus on Nick instead because he wanted to comfort him. I'm confused where the whole comment about having their own home lands. But such is life in one page at a time with no context lol.

Jordan

I love the complexity and nuance of this storyline! I adore how the roles have reversed bc it’s so realistic. I am hearing something in my head that Nick said to Charlie because I feel like Charlie will soon be saying it right back to Nick, which is exactly how it goes in real life in a complex, deep relationship: “I know you like everything to be happy and perfect all the time but you don’t have to be perfect with me” 🥺❤️‍🩹😭

Sara

i’ve noticed that nicks favorite place to kiss/place his head when having sex is charlie’s neck 🥺

Jennifer Paddock

Oh Nick - one step forward, two steps back. You can't hide this much longer! For one, Charlie is on to you, he's not going to stop asking. And secondly, sweetheart, you need to learn what makes YOU happy besides making Charlie happy. ❤️‍🩹 I so admire these boys - a lot of people don't start dealing with this depth of personal development until they're in their 20s and out of school and facing the "real world" (some people don't deal with it at all and just end up in a mid-life crisis!).

RCM

Damn. My poor heart... The first panel where Charlie (his intuition screaming that something is off) makes Nick literally STOP so he can really SEE and not just FEEL Nick, has a background that is darker with broken outlines, and reminds me of the shattered images in the past during some of Charlie's mental health struggles...it's like that crack is happening in Nick no matter how much he tries to ignore it, even as Charlie pulls Nick up to look into him. Nick's pupils seem dilated here (not quite the horny sparkle starry eyes he usually has in such a moment), like he is trying to forget his thoughts by just focusing on his body (well, actually, on Charlie's body). Then, in the second panel, after looking into Charlie's eyes, we immediately see more calm, a softening and a quiet smile, and in the background blooms those whiter dots of light that we've been seeing every time Nick is looking at Charlie recently (to me, it seems like Nick is absorbing all the warmth and light and glow he can from Charlie, from them just being together❤️‍🩹as he feels most grounded and himself when he is with Charlie...clinging to the good)...in panel 3, we have a VERY worried and concerned Charlie looking up at Nick, and, Nick being the "think of others before self" golden retriever he is, shifts back to focusing on Charlie again...no matter how he feels, he does NOT want Charlie to have to worry about him (even though we all know Charlie IS worried and will be fine worrying about Nick!). Nick goes back to the familiar "yeah, (it's all fine)...I love YOU. I love making YOU happy." Normally these would be magical words to hear from your partner, but Charlie senses the mismatch between Nick's words, his actions, and those emotions that he is trying to push down but Charlie can see written all over his face...and the worry on Charlie's face in that last panel🥺 as he hugs Nick so tightly (with the bird sheets so prominent in the background!) reminds me of when Nick would hug Charlie, reassuring him in the midst of some of his hardest struggles, and we would see Nick's face over Charlie's shoulder filled with concern and worry...and so he hugged tighter, which is what they are both doing now. Hugging tighter to feel more grounded as they work out the next thing to say (for Charlie) or do (for Nick)🫂

Margarita

k, but what's going on here?

Lilly Mae

Nicholas Nelson, let Charlie be there for you 🥺 Alice, the intimacy in the past few pages have been top notch. The tender kisses, the checking in, the eye contact.. beautiful.

syd

alice this is SO GOOD

Zoe S.

This is an excellent comment - you have interpreted and articulated this so well, thank you ❤️

Noemiette

When you said you were gonna make Nick go through it, you werent kidding AT ALL. That boy is a mess x_x (that image caption killed me !! XD)

Katrina Chavez

We are all charlie with that meme 🤣

Harri Watson

Charlie bringing Nick to focus is everything ❤️

Harri Watson

Also at least Charlie is VERY aware that Nick is not okay

Maloni

Hitting us with the angst, Alice? Delectable 👌

Elspeth Fougere

I can see why you might see it that way, to me, I see it differently. Its quite normal during queer sex to go through passionate moments, tender moments, emotional moments, talking moments, super hot moments.. and none of those waves detract from the overall love thats flowing between a couple. To me, hes having a mix of emotions and thats normal, and its healthy and alright to put some aside to focus in the present, or to need more time before talking, or other needs. I just think its a bit much to say the sparks are gone and hes in fear.. its possible and really normal to experience fear and confusion and love and happiness all at once, thats emotions ☺️ and for a lot of people, there are a lot of emotions during sex, and people do zone in and out of presence and thinking, and thats all ok and very safe in a loving partnership

EC

I totally agree with you! It’s normal and it happens and it’s not always an indication it’s something bad… in this case i don’t think it’s fear or anxiety either (otherwise the panels would get darker, w/ black spots, etc). I think it would be perfectly okay to continue but also might be showing where Charlie is at and given the content we have could mean a good time to stop and talk. Ir was just something I noticed. But I totally agree with you. Sex isn’t always sparkles all the time and that’s perfectly normal and okay :)

Calfic

I mean clearly, it is not bad to love and want to make you partner happy, in more ways than one. But there is almost a desperation about it. When usually with them, it just seems fun and a natural extension of their relationship.

Audrina

He IS a bit of a people pleaser haha

Calfic

there is nothing one with wanting to make your partner happy and to love doing that, both emotionally and physically. (and I definitely think Nick wanted sex too. He needed that touch.) May we all have partners who want to bring us pleasure. I have had a couple who didn't seem to care that much, and that wasn't fun. The issue is that he seems to have no goals or identity beyond that, and if something goes wrong in the relationship, where will that leave him? And he may be thinking that is all he is good for, to be Charlie's support person. Like Charlie would say the most important thing in his life was Nick, (and maybe focus on that, unless pressed even) but then he may talk to you about Brideshead Revisited or Henry/Jack Maddox. Or maybe even his uni options, based on what he wants to study. Nick might talk about his mon or dogs, if pressed, but rugby doesn't even seem to be giving him that much joy or passion at the moment. (Was that rugby practice today? Seems like a lifetime ago.). He seems sort of desperate to hold on to the one thing he knows that brings him happiness. Also, though, because of his mental health journey, I think Charlie might be tuned in a bit more to signs of distress, especially from his boyfriend, They actually semi started a version of this conversation in volume 5, but then got distracted with sex, and never got back to it, so I feel like Alice may be giving us a parallel scene now. And I wouldn't be surprised if Nick is dealing with clinical depression, based on the rugby practie.

Tyne Swedish

Oh kids. Actually talk or Nick needs to talk to a professional. No needs needs both.

artxsta

i’m taking a couple things from this scene. for starters, when charlie tells nick to look at him to check in, charlie’s concern is a grounding force for nick, calming him down a bit, but it is also a reminder for NICK that he doesn’t want to WORRY charlie, so he tries to subvert these feelings of distress by focusing on charlie & his satisfaction. but charlie sees right thru it. i really like how you depicted the progression of charlie’s confusion/concern in the last two pages. first, he was thrown off guard by nick’s sudden emotional response, and now the gears are turning as nick deflects. there are also probably certain physical cues that are hard to depict in comic format that is making this even MORE obvious for charlie. essentially, nick NEEDS to realize that charlie will be MORE worried if nick doesn’t tell him what’s going on, and it’s a mental block he has to work thru.

RO

“You’re a people pleaser, Nick”

Calfic

Im my experience, usually in this area, you can tell when your partner is into something, and when they are not.

Loveislove

Absolutely not trying to say that love is dead or only has one type of expression- I guess just sad to see that Nick's feelings are so complex right now he is very overwhelmed. We shall see what comes next 😊

Alicia Wolf

i think david got to nick a bit and intensified nick’s pre-existing worries about going off to leads. it feels like weeks ago to us but in reality about 20-30 mins before this david was telling nick that him and charlie breaking up is inevitable

Kaleigh Hohenthaner

I hope Charlie calls him out on that and reminds him that his happiness is important too, but what I can see happening is Charlie being hurt later if he finds out Nick is afraid of leaving Charlie because he doesn't know what he would be without Charlie.

Ariel

🤣 that meme is so accurate🥺💕🍂

Hannah Howden

I don’t think that’s better Nicholas 😩 what’s really going on?

David C Witkin

Now Char is REALLY worried. But the way Alice depicts the intimacy in these pages, with the eyes, and the shadows, and the angles of the faces and the bodies, just proves that she is a true Master of the craft. So exquisite and beautiful.

Beam Bugge

a few pages ago: "this is operation cheer up nick" nick rn: "I like making you happy :)" yeah I would find that mathematically confusing too if I was Charlie

Shannon Funt

Help me out - I still can’t make sense of the ‘is it ok like this’ comment following the previous page: I assumed he’d keep asking about how Nick was feeling/what prompted the house comment… Feels like Charlie went from concern over the comment & Nick’s subsequent emotion, to a sex position/consent check-in, which feels odd to me. Does he think Nick was upset bc he wasn’t into the sex?

Daya

Charlie is like what going on here?🤔

artxsta

i think charlie is confused as to what prompted nick’s emotional response so is trying to cover all the bases. first he asked if he was personally okay and then asked if what they were doing was okay. nick’s response to this confirmed to charlie that nick is going thru something that requires a larger conversation.

Mark100

OK, I'm now a complete puddle. Forty-nine years ago my first BF also said "I love making you happy" and this page brought back all that happiness. I'm too blissed out to worry about the facial expressions, worrying/doubts, etc. That line is all I'm gonna need for a while.

Shannon Funt

Got it. I guess I figured/hoped there’d be more time right away on the are you ok piece/ since it seemed obvious to me that Nick was very happy to be having sex with Charlie.. 😌♥️ All of these frames feel like minutes even though irl they’re just seconds 😅😌

Chris Provan

Oh Nick and Charlie you have to talk about more than sex and consent… but it’s good to see them working toward that in the most pleasurable way possible!

CinD

Nick literally said 1+2=C 😩

IME

Thanks for the meme!

Neenie

Someone made an edit about some children of narcissistic parents (not Sarah) become pathological people pleasers

Neenie

I’m thinking of the scene in the show with Charlie talking Tara through her panic attack

JP42

I did question at first but assumed that the question “like this” meant desperately trying to stay quiet in the house with David there.

Julieta Fernandez

I was confused but now I interprete it as kinda like charlie went there because He sensed nick was in his head. And like it showed on pages before, he intended to take charge and make nick feel good, probably distracting him with sex. However nick just wants to love and take care of charlie and is being more in control of the sex/in a giving position. (Not talking about who tops/bottoms) (Also that made more sense when I thought about it in Spanish)

Loveislove

I'm still unsure where the house comment fits in. I assumed Nick was feeling vulnerable for having said it and Charlie looked surprised and didn't reply. Perhaps it has not been discussed yet and the focus switched to the more immediate topic of sex - much safer than their impending separation. Hopefully we will learn more soon 🤞🏻

Murgy

People Pleaser Nick has appeared again, and Charlie doesn't know how to react, but he is a bit star struck as well by Nick

Dominick Viana

OMG OMG Alice, you used a Brazilian meme from a wonderful soap opera called Avenida Brasil. This is Nazaré Tedesco, one of the most iconic villains of Brazilian teledrama. I loved it.