#thiswinter

Nick and Charlie on Christmas day. <3 <3

i wish i had somebody like Nick while i was going through the initial stages of my own recovery. It would've been so nice.

This drawing is a bit of an experiment because it's half done by hand and half by computer and also without reference so wayyy out of my comfort zone but i just wanted to draw a little scene where Nick is supporting Charlie through his recovery, a challenging moment made easier by him.

An extraordinary novel that brings the Heartstopper gang together for the holidays. But this season may not be so festive...

A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season...

Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.

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This Winter Excerpt by I Read YA

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I hope i get a soul

i hope i get good mental health

Little Heartstopper inspired christmas ornaments in b&w

Nothing warmed my heart as much as this story/series and i am eternally grateful for the existence of such a beautiful and important story like this.

All my Love.

Tori and Michael

<3 <3

So this arrived today…along with some snow. <3 <3

Couldn’t have asked for  better timing.

I might have shed a few tears when this arrived, i love this story so so much and i was embarrassingly happy when i saw this beautiful little book.

When i was 15 i had pretty much the exact same christmas as Charlie did (except for a wonderfully supportive boyfriend, lol ) due to the same issues he is facing and when i first read This Winter my mind was blown how much i could relate to a character in so many ways. i will never be able to articulate how healing it is to see him being so loved and cared for by Nick and Tori and how sensitively the series presented both EDs and OCD. i have never ever felt so seen and i wish everybody had their own Nick Nelson while dealing with mental illness (or you know, actually, in general i wish everybody had a relationship like theirs. <3 <3 )

I never thought i could forgive my 15 year old self for making that particular christmas so difficult for everyone but honestly Heartstopper helped me view my own story in a very different light.