Nick and Charlie (A Heartstopper novella), known simply as Nick and Charlie, is one of the two Solitaire novellas. Originally published as an eBook on July 16, 2015, by HarperCollins, it was re-published as a paperback with edits and illustrations on August 6, 2020 in the UK, and it was also published on January 3, 2023 in the US, by Scholastic Inc.
It is set during the late events of Heartstopper, when Nick is about to go away for university.
Blurb
"CHARLIE: “I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me.”
NICK: “Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that’s fine with us.”
Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question – they’re ‘Nick and Charlie’, for God’s sake!
But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…"
Trivia
- The original full title used to be "Nick and Charlie (A Solitaire novella)". However, it was changed when it was republished, likely because of Heartstopper's success.