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  1. Public Bookmark 95

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    Charlie Spring is concentrating on his running when a handsome face appears at the adjacent treadmill. Will this chance encounter be the opportunity to realise an old teenage dream?

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    Nick Nelson tries really hard not to come on too strong - I wonder how that worked out?

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    20 Sep 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 63

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    Nick Nelson is surviving, not living. A rugby injury ended his sport, a corporate desk job keeps him comfortable, and the closet keeps him safe. He’s done the math: staying closeted is simpler, safer, less messy.

    Then comes the company reorg — and with it, Charlie Spring. Out and proud. Tattooed. Brilliant. Practically the only thing people talk about at work. He’s everything Nick isn’t, and exactly who Nick can’t seem to ignore.

    Now stuck working side by side, their bickering turns into sparks neither of them can control. Numbers don’t lie, but feelings? That’s an entirely different equation.

     

    Enemies to lovers. Office drama. Sarcasm, banter, slow burn tension… and a guaranteed happy ending.

     

    **See Chapter 18 onwards for Tumblr-posted images created to illustrate Nick and Charlie in this universe.

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    08 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 45

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    Charlie Spring has taken on the challenge of being the chief Steward on a luxury charter yacht for the summer. He's there to make money, and that's it. He's got no interest in a boatmance. That is, until he meets Bosun Nick Nelson.
    Close quarters, flirty interactions and crew nights out can only lead to one thing... but summer only lasts so long.

    ON HIATUS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2025

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    31 Aug 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 98

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    Nick was always there in the mornings, in fact Charlie was pretty sure he never actually left, usually seeing him behind the counter when he’d leave for home at 2:00.

    On the days Charlie wasn’t there, he wondered if Nick stuck to the same routine, or if he worked a different shift. Charlie went grocery shopping every Saturday at 1:30, usually his only trip into town, and he never once saw Nick. The handful of times a month he’d go in for other reasons, it would be Nickless as well. It was as if the man only existed inside of the building, Schrödinger’s Nick, he’d taken to calling it in his head.

    (Or, Charlie’s a recluse writer who can’t seem to write his second novel and Nick is a former rugby star who now owns a bakery.)

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    29 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    Charlie is surprising Nick with a visit up in Leeds. But when he finds him, Nick is kissing another girl. Charlie had thought Nick would never cheat. And now, Nick won't even respond.

    OR, Nick gets roofied and it's up to Charlie to help. But will he notice how off Nick is acting, or will the heartbreak of catching his boyfriend with another girl be too much?

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    23 Aug 2025