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rickettyuncles

Sometimes all you can do is keep applying kisses and wait…😘

Audrina

THE HAND KISS IS MY WEAKNESS 😭😭😭😭

ellie 🤍

happy new year alice and friends! 🤍

Katie🐝

SWEET BOYS🥺🥺

Merel

Nick I see you deflecting

abbie

im liking the fact charlie isnt pressuring nick to open up to him and just taking it at nicks pace its truly so sweet.

Merel

The hand kiss 😭

Jaynie

Awwwweee 🥹

Chloe ♡

the hand kiss 🥺 hope everyone has a happy new year and 2025 is good to you all! ❤️

K

Charlie is just so cute I can't

Julie

I love the hand kiss. But I'm a little unclear on the second panel. Does Charlie's side-eye mean that Darcy is actually late again or that he knows Nick is dodging his question?

Liz

The hand kiss. 🫠🫠🫠

Katie H

The hand kiss means so much 🥹❤️

Claudine Newman

As there’s no post tomorrow, I just wanted to wish you, Alice, a very happy New Year. Here’s to another amazing HS year ahead!!! 🎆🎇

Merel

Btw for the people who didn't see yet, part 2 of the bloopers is out on youtube! Netflix hasn't posted about it on social media yet for some reason lol

Peter G.

Happy New Year everyone!

Lauren Reynolds

Aw I’m loving Charlie caring for Nick in this book!

Barb

Kiss on the hand😭😭😭😭😭 that's... softness gentleness of the heart😭😭😭...he's showing nick he's there for him!

Button

🥰 hand kiss while driving!! Love those! Also Happy New Year Alice and everyone in this wonderful community!! 🎉

Ann-Marie Still

Aw Nick, you're not the only astute person in this relationship you know

Chris

The « haha » are painful to me 😣

Slimmon132

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM AUSTRALIA EVERYONE!!!

Merel

Nick driving Charlie around is my Roman empire

Ania W.

My heart just melted... Happy New Year Alice 🥳

Katia Gómez

Nick, Charlie is going to be there for you when you eventually come to terms with the fact that you’re not okay and he’ll show you that that’s also okay - to not be okay! He’s so gently and patiently letting Nick figure things out and especially FEEL things out. ✨🥺 hard to watch but so important

ucfnurse

Such a sweet hand kiss!!!☺️😊🤟💞☕️🍩🌞🌻☃️❄️✌️🕊️☮️

Justin S.

I can hear that first 'haha' 🥺 but I love the panels of N&C in the car... they look so grown up... thankful for this community!

Elena

It's just absolutely amazing, how we can perceive every little emotion in Nick and Charlies faces, thanks to Alice's incredible drawings! Nick is so pretending he's fine and Charlie just knows, that he isn't actually, but Nick denies his true feelings and so 'wants' to be happy, that he thinks he is.

rickettyuncles

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone from me in Pacific Standard Time! 🥳

Nikki

Nicholas Nelson - King of Deflection

Gracie

The hand kiss I can’t 😭

MJ

Charlie's sweetness 💖 He's so gentle with Nick, it's no wonder he fell so hard. Beautiful page, I can feel Charlie's love and concern.

Cole Morin

We’ve gone from adorable forehead kisses to now adorable hand kisses…..I can’t!!!! I love them!!! Just keep showing him affection and that you care so so much Charlie!!!!

aniatka

Happy New Year for All 🎉🎉🎉 Alice, may I wish you also some more scripting work for S4? 🤭🤣😇❤️

Arakii

Happy early new year everyone! And to you as well, Alice 🎉🎉

arlo🦕

he care nick he’s showing it, it’s okay💚

K Lyn

Oh no the hand kiss. Dead. It’s my weakness 🥹

Christie

Charlie's worried 😞💜

Ashley Robinson

Keep chipping away at those walls Charlie.

Theaterboi27

Char sees all now. He's beginning to know what's behind Nick's vacant gaze. Nothing like a tender sweet hand smooch to snap him back and remind him he has loving support just a hand kiss away. This could be one of my favorite pages. So much can be communicated without words. Happy Happy New Year to all. Here is to all of us celebrating an S4 announcement in 2025......❤️

Anna Deligio

I love Charlie's quiet, patient love and how he bears witness to Nick as he sorts himself. He knows that still waters run deep and there's a lot going on under Nick's "all good!" surface. He also knows Nick needs to bring it to surface in his own time. ❤️

Charlie

Your ‘haha’ is a dead give away Nick. Charlie sees you.

Jennifer Paddock

Charlie checking in and being there and showing affection without pushing is everything!! ❤️

ACxo

Protective mode activated

Kim

Charlie has learned a lot from his own experiences. He's using such a good approach. He knows Nick is clearly going through something but doesn't pressure him. He knows he just needs "to be there". I fully encourage my Charlie to get into the mental health field. Charlie you rock! 💕

Kassie K Wilson

Because I love you and you’re avoiding your very obvious anxiety, ya big dolt 🥺💞💞💞

Hannah Howden

You can lean on him Nick ❤️ he’s there for you too

Rose

Beam Bugge

that haha is not fooling him...

Michaela Morávková

Thank you, Alice, for bringing a smile to my face sooo many times a year. Party hard tonight. 😉

Loveislove

I am kind of lost on the time frame again but pretty sure it is not Christmas yet - maybe only a few days or a week since David came home. I'm getting anxious to retire both "Ha,Ha" and "I'm fine" to the Nick deflection hall of fame. I see the wordless hundred yard stare has switched possession to Charlie from Nick that little devil 😈. I very much dislike emotional confrontation but am anxious for change when someone is in pain. I'm worrying now that Charlie may find himself in a relapse situation if his relationship with Nick becomes shaky. I really think Sarah needs to be looped into Nick's struggles here. His level of denial is becoming kind of robotic.

Crow_pose24

Sweet, sweet Charlie, the hand kiss is so precious.❤️. Dear Alice, thanks for 365 days of Hearstopper in 2024, I am sure I am not the only one who is looking forward to 365 more next year. Happy new year!

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

Happy New Year, Alice!! Happy New Year, Nick and Charlie & co!!

Flor López

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!!! 🎆🎇🎉 All the best for 2025 for you Alice and our whole community ❤️ And I concur with the wish for a S4 announcement 🤞🏼

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

Gawd, I sound like a broken record but I just love how domestic they are and how touch is their love language. Adore the hand kiss 🥹🥹

KimS

The hand kiss is so sweet it’s making my heart melt!

Kenzie Mullen

I think Charlie’s thinking about Nick’s essay. And just getting in a kiss while he can

Alexandra B

awwww hand kiss 🥹🫠

Jamie Ross-Brown

Happy new year from Western Australia to everyone! Thank you to you Alice and the show and novels for helping me in 2024 to be more open with my identity and be the best person I can be.

Lissie

Hand Kiss 🥹

Neenie

Charlie's like "you made me promise to tell you when I'm upset......" *cough cough*

RCM

This page feels like it should be a calm balm...there is a consistency in routine with Charlie's work, Darcy being late, Nick and Charlie texting, and of course, one of my favorite of their domestic habits, Nick driving Charlie to/from school. The panels are all framed with sturdy, balanced and solid lines that give a sense of safety and "normal" structure to their day. BUT, it's not REALLY calming with its 12 leaves, Nick's 2(!) Ha Ha's, and 1 very, very concerned Charlie. His side eyes and "..." mirror Nick's wariness back when Nick first picked up on Charlie's eating disorder, and now Charlie is the one observing, thinking, and worrying. The hard thing about Nick's mental struggles is that his issues are not ever present...he can kind of forget about them for a little bit during his day to day life, and probably is HA HA FINE, especially when he is with Charlie (outwardly at least...). I could be wrong, but I don't think Nick is telling himself in actual words inside his head that he needs to mask, he needs to not talk, he needs to hide...I think years of inadvertently learning to silence his own needs/emotions taught him to automatically do that, so he can be there for other people as THEY need. And now, finally, he has someone (other than Sarah) who IS there just for HIM...and that hand kiss (the affection kills me it is so precious!) shows how much Charlie LOVES Nick. I love how it catches Nick off guard, how it answers his "what's that for" as it silently shows Charlie's response, " I see and love all of you, and I want you to see how special you are to me, right now, yesterday, always. I know you are hurting and I don't know why but I am here, I am here, I am here...and you are so fucking special to me. SO special..."

brie

Ha Ha! 😆

Elsie 3

Agreed! Another storyline that is so important to see represented. Thank you Alice!!

Elsie 3

So true. I imagine Charlie is remembering how he had to get to the point where he was aware enough of what he was going through and ready to share with others. Now he can be patient and available for Nick in the way Nick was for him.

Ariel

This page is so special!! ❤️🎉

RuthieW

Signing up for this was a good decision ❤️❤️❤️

Molly Goat

It's because your poor boyfriend is very concerned about YOU, Nicholas. 🥺🙄 Let him in please, please Nick "let's talk about our problems but really mostly your problems actually" Nelson.

Elsie 3

Yet another probably obvious logistics question: is this Charlie working a morning shift before school starts??? Just thinking of my high school self who couldn’t even get to my first class on time and trying to imagine working a whole SHIFT before that. But then again, Charlie is clearly built of stronger stuff than I was…/am 😆

Lid

Happy New Year, Alice! Happy New Year to everyone!!! 💞🩵😘

David C Witkin

Charlie will melt Nick's emotional walls. Happy New Year, Alice!

Button

I think the floating leaves are meant to evoke the passage of time. I believe we see Charlie working a morning shift on the weekend and then both of them driving to school during the week. There's been several days since Nick's nightmare.

Katrina

Happy New Year Alice!!! The hand kiss 😭❤️ and Nick that haha is not fooling anyone. Nick is the king of deflecting. He gave you a hand kiss because he’s worried and he’s chipping away at your walls Nick and he’s silently telling you that he loves you for you even when you are struggling mentally and that he’s here for you when your ready to talk. I promise he will be there for you if you let him in.

Krystyn

Happy New Year Alice! Happy New Year everyone! 💫🍂💫 Charlie’s hand kiss is everything 🥹💜

Jessica Richards

I appreciate that Charlie is being gentle and patient--and very watchful--with Nick. I also hope that he starts looping in other people: Sarah, the Paris Squad, Coach Singh, Tori, maybe even some of the other rugby lads. Some of them have already clocked Nick's anxiety and subsequent deflection, but they're probably not aware how often it's happening. And this isn't something he's consciously hiding out of shame, like Charlie's OCD/ED. I truly wonder if Nick is even aware of how much of a default mode this has become for him, which means he is going to need others to point out out. Repeatedly. Reassuringly. Until it sinks in, and he can acknowledge that pretending to be fine is not the same thing as actually being fine. And hopefully he will start to see that the important people in his life can handle his actual emotions--WITHOUT abandoning him. GOD this storyline is breaking my heart 😭

Auna 🍉

Happy New Year, Alice, and to everybody here!! 🥳🥳

lexi

nick in his haha era

2catlovers

I agree. It’s so ingrained he won’t even be aware he is doing it, except for the weight he feels inside.

Samaria!

happy new year, everyone!

Glenn

To Alice and everyone else in the Heartstopper chatroom, have the happiest of new years!

Tina

happy new year alice!

Calfic

That is so true. I feel like with the ED, it was a bit more obvious (although to be fair, people didn't pick up on it.) Also, I think Charlie, in his heart, knew he was unwell, whereas I'm not sure Nick does.

Calfic

First, Happy New Year, Alice! I love reading and dissecting the comics, and consider this a mini book club, so thank you! The hand kiss, was so beautiful, it seems pretty contemplative too. As I have said, Charlie is doing everything "right" (in a way, I would, at least at first, as an adult, if my partner was having this issue) but Nick seems to be retreating, and really leaning into his funny, happy go lucky persona. As others have said, he may not be aware of what is happening. I could see Charlie getting sick of "haha" as a deflection, pretty quickly. I think Nick needs someone maybe more blunt or something.

Kristen

Takes me back to when Tori KNOWS something is wrong with Charlie in season 3 and she goes and hugs him at the drum kit. Nick is trying not to worry Charlie, but he doesn’t realize he’s worrying him more by not talking about it. Bless them both! 😢🍂❤️

Loveislove

A couple things I am struggling a bit with Nick right now. Throughout the story, what I have always admired about him is how open and honest he has been about discovering his sexual identity. He knew he liked Charlie and never backed away from that and bravely followed that path. The second thing is that he has always been clear that he believes Charlie to be brave and confident and that he is the person he can talk to. So - the brave openness and the belief in Charlie's strength seems diminished. He no longer talks to Charlie and seems to feel Charlie needs protecting. This seems to have happened quickly. But - perhaps the trauma is similar to how Charlie's mental health worsened once he was in a happy relationship with Nick. I hope it doesn't reach the point where it damages their relationship but it may be heading that way...temporarily.

Gregory Toner

I was reading today’s pages and I had an upsetting thought, in Nicks current mind set if he saw those boys picking on the young man in glasses … Nick might over react felling guilty about not being there for Charlie when he was being bullied 😳

RyGy

the shifty eyes....charlie KNOWS there is more. And i really hope that Charlie pushes him. Nick, love, please stop shutting Charlie out.

Katha

Charlie is so tender and gentle with Nick ❤️. And I feel like Nick keeps telling himself that everything is fine 😔

Maddy

I honestly think Nick is gaslighting himself into thinking he's fine. Charlie knows what's up tho 😭🫶

Holly Roberts

Charlie is very worried about his boyfriend Nick… Nick needs to tell him about his feeling…

Cliff

We see through the joviality, Nick!

Amanda Wetterer

Charlie always knows what’s up with Nick and knows when something is off. ❤️

Button

I re-read this and noticed the absolute HORRIBLE grammar and wording of my post. (thank you fat fingers typing on my phone). I've corrected it and it makes more sense now. Also: My first comment liked by AO herself!! How cool is that?!

Irem7

It is the season of best bf Charlie Spring i guess and i love it🩷

Hearting_NoOne

Charlie will heal however he can ❤️

June

The hand kiss🥺🥺 i love how gentle and patient Charlie is with Nick until he is ready to open up

Brittney

Aww, Charlie, my heart. Honestly Nick I know he will open up but our sweet boy tell him what's bothering him, I low-key love how we are dealing with more of Nick's storyline for this last volume like it's all going to come full circle in the end, but damn it's absolutely amazing to see. Seriously though, Nick, talk to Charlie, please, our love, like you were there for him when he was going through everything, and I mean EVERYTHING! So please don't shut Charlie out and let him in, he can help you I know it's a lot for Nick because he's still got a lot of thoughts, feelings and everything around in his head and it's all too much for him, but it's always one step at a time, you got this Nick. Also happy New Year Alice, thank you for an incredible year and I can't wait for more of volume 6 is be unfold, this journey is just so amazing

Ana Alicia Aranda De Contreras

happy new year alice I hope you had a happy year and that this next year is full of great projects and a lot of happiness and a lot of love I adore you Alice🥺🥳

Chris

Nicholas avoiding the question 🥺

Murgy

Charlie's worry is growing, but he knows he can't push Nick as it will only make it harder for him to open up. But I hope he can open up soon, to someone at least. And the hand kiss is a new sign of affection between these two, though I suppose its a safe one when in a car.

ale

GRAAH protect my angels

Kristyn

Happy New Year Alice! Thank you for another year of Heartstopper!

Claire

Charlie's worried eyes. 😟 And I do so love a hand kiss.🤗 Charlie will figure out how to reach him soon -- I hope before a full tidal wave of an emotional/mental crisis hits Nick. Happy 2025 everyone - hope it brings good things.

Eileen

Hapy new year Alice and all kindred souls over here!!

Jasollie

I understand where you’re coming from but I think what truly is happening with Nick now is that he’s having trouble identifying his own feelings- putting words to them. I don’t think Nick is consciously naming his thoughts and choosing just to keep them from Charlie in particular. I think maybe Nick has an idea of himself that he doesn’t struggle with his mental health so it’s hard for him to accept that he’s struggling. I also don’t know for sure whether we know Nick is trying to consciously protect Charlie. I think, given a comment that Alice liked a while back, that they may be how Charlie is starting to perceive it or think might be happening. I don’t think Nick is actually actively thinking “I am struggling with anxiety and fear but I can’t tell Charlie because he can’t handle it”. I think Nick really needs to admit it to himself that he’s struggling and then hopefully he will at least admit it to Charlie and can begin working through it (therapy or at least his mum would be helpful so it’s not all on Charlie). Maybe there will be some breaking point where Nick actually does break down or maybe Charlie finally pushes him to recognize he is not okay and Nick can’t deny it any longer.

Jasollie

As I think more, I could see Charlie finally maybe losing patience and being a little firm and saying, “Nick, clearly you are struggling with something, and I don’t know if you are lying to me to protect me or if you’re lying to yourself but it’s important me and our relationship to talk to each other when we have thing going on so I want you to please open up to me. You don’t have to have it all figured out but I want to hear about what you’re struggling with. I’m here for you and I love you.” (Cue Nick break down and he finally works to find words to what has been going on, naming his fears, etc.)

Loveislove

I hear you - maybe that is why Nick seems kind of robotic in his responses - he isn't digging deep into anything and gliding on when Charlie tries to ask him to reflect. Only David has managed to touch a nerve. TV Tara tried to legitimize his trauma experience and he seemed to not be able to recognize it. I wonder if Charlie will understand that part of Nick's fear is losing him and tied to his own ed and sh...or Tori - she certainly had a similar experience.

Steven

Noticed Nick didn’t answer the part about the nightmares. 😢

moon

oh ☹️ charlie giving nick a hand kiss with his cute little face ☹️ i’m so okay with this information ☹️

Jasollie

Yeah and I wonder if this anxiety is harder for Nick to identify and talk about because it’s not like concretely related directly to something tangible right now. Like when Nick struggled during his coming out time, it was easy to understand what the issue was. When Nick was upset with his dad issues in S2, that was alls straightforward. I think Nick’s current anxiety isn’t about this exact moment- things with his relationship with Charlie are great, he’s come to terms with his dad not being in his life anymore, he has a plan for uni, etc. But we know that his current anxiety seems to be complex: partly fear of long distance/ being away from home and Charlie, the fear that if long distance goes poorly he could lose Charlie, an undercurrent of fear that Charlie could relapse. And then underlining all of that is the unprocessed childhood trauma of being abandoned by his dad. None of this is about the here and now exactly but it all seems to be coming to a head for Nick and maybe he’s having a hard time acknowledging it because he feels like everything “right now” IS “fine”. Like in sense on the outside things are “fine” but Nick just seems to be having a hard time digging in to recognize that that doesn’t mean things are “fine” on the inside.

Kayleigh Clarke

Charlie’s worried little face and that hand kiss 🥺