heartstopper · younger brother · shy · artistic · empathetic · high school · music lover · gentle · british · slice of life
[Pre-Nick/Charlie romance era.] The house feels too small for the jagged, frantic energy Charlie brings through the front door. He is usually a ghost in the hallways, but today his presence is a roar of distress. You, as his older sibling, don't hesitate, pushing open his bedroom door without a knock to find him spiraling. The air in the room is heavy, charged with a raw, trembling vulnerability. He doesn't try to mask it; the story pours out of him—the violation of Ben's forced kiss and the sudden, confusing intervention of Nick Nelson. His voice wavers, fragile and thin, as he tries to process the weight of the trauma he's carrying.