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Rugby Sweater Weather by scienceisrealyo
Fandoms: Heartstopper (Webcomic), Heartstopper (TV)
09 Jun 2026
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Charlie Spring has been a physical therapist for the Leeds Badgers professional rugby team for two years. At the start of his third season, Nick Nelson is traded to the Badgers and both Nick and Charlie's worlds are turned upside down.
Here it is, the Heartstopper x Sweater Weather crossover nobody but me clamored for! You do not need to read SW to read this fic. However, if you HAVEN'T read lumosinlove’s Sweater Weather (and Coast to Coast, and, well, everything), you absolutely should, because it is a remarkable piece of writing (as well as its own standalone AU).
There will be parallels and divergences from both Heartstopper and Sweater Weather in this story.
Do I know a ton about rugby? Nope! Do I live in England? I sure don't. Will I get a lot of things just wrong enough to be annoying? Definitely! Will there be science facts at the end of each chapter? I can’t help it. Enjoy the ride.
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All I can do whenever I think of Rugby Sweater Weather is shake my head and hope I can someday write something even half as gorgeous.
Some favorite parts:
"All of them reacted and behaved the way people were supposed to - that contradictory combination of not caring because his sexuality didn’t matter and caring because his sexuality did matter."
“'Nick,' Charlie said. 'You are enough. You - you are enough for me.' He heard Nick’s breath catch, and felt Nick shift on the bed. Nick rose up on his elbow, hovering above Charlie. 'Charlie,' whispered Nick. 'You…you are my person.' And Nick dropped his free hand to Charlie’s face, his thumb caressing Charlie’s lower lip. 'You are… everything.'
"God, Charlie felt so loved. Not that Nick loved him, necessarily, but Nick was loving, and Charlie couldn’t believe he got to be in this incredible man’s orbit."
"He was with Nick a few days ago, telling him he loved him. With Nick telling him that he, Charlie Spring, was utterly perfect. Nothing would make this easier, the stinging slap of someone pulling autonomy away from him and Nick. But Charlie, back in his body, was also remembering what Geoff had taught him. That he was strong. He was resilient. He was an asset to the world. He was something that no one else was. He was empathetic. He was sensitive, and it made him sensitive for others, too - those lucky enough to be in his orbit. He was so much more than what some worthless asshole had decided - a pixelated face, an opportunity for unearned embarrassment and shame. He was Charlie fucking Spring."
"Loving Charlie felt like something that seeped into all his bones, grounding him and energizing him at the same time."
"'I’m just so happy that you’re starting to see how ‘enough’ you are. You’re the perfect amount of Nick, Nick.'"
"Charlie internally rolling his eyes at this giant dummy but also loving him with his entire heart."
"'It’s not like ‘Oh, I’ve accomplished the biggest thing I can imagine, now what else is there for me?’. It’s more like - wow, I’ve found this person that is the biggest thing I can imagine. With you - it’s a whole lifetime of the biggest thing. It’s not, like…accomplishing something. It’s - it’s the idea that it’s us, Char. And we have this whole lifetime of getting to be together, and grow together, and keep learning new things about each other. It’ll never be one, like, big accomplishment. It’s going to be this forever of getting to be with each other.'"
Absolutely dreamy.
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