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  1. Public Bookmark 57

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    Nick and Charlie are in their early 40s and a lot of life has happened to them. Charlie suffers from a chronic illness, Nick is a former professional hockey player turned hygienist. Both have kids from previous relationships. After innumerable misunderstandings about their relationship, they decide to start a podcast together, just to clarify how two queer men can be best friends and nothing more... because, surely that's all they are, right?

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    25 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 45

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    Charlie Spring is Head Boy. He follows the rules, makes lists, and believes in doing things properly.

    Nick Nelson is Rugby Captain. He believes in loyalty, teamwork, and showing up when it matters.

    They don’t exactly get along.

    When they’re forced to work together, what starts as rivalry and mutual suspicion turns into late conversations, shared responsibility, and the slow realisation that the person you least expect might understand you best.

    A fun, tender slow-burn about school politics, accidental feelings, and what happens when doing things properly starts to mean something else entirely.

    Because apparently, working together comes with side effects.

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    23 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 65

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    At twenty five, Charlie Spring finally sets off on the Route 66 road trip he and his friend Isaac have been dreaming about since they were sixteen. Four weeks, lifelong friends, and a road that disappears into the horizon.

    When Elle convinces Charlie to widen the guest list, he doesn’t expect to be reunited with Nick Nelson, his long-buried school crush, now a twenty six year old handsome stranger who feels both familiar and entirely new.

    Thrown together by long drives, shared rooms, and the slow rhythm of days spent moving through unfamiliar places, Charlie and Nick begin to learn each other gently. In moments that feel almost accidental. In conversations that linger. In the kind of closeness that grows from being stuck together, day after day.

    It turns out some things are worth taking the long way around.

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    18 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 82

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    Charlie is a talented journalist struggling to be taken seriously in a workplace that consistently takes him for granted, while Nick, charming and guarded, carries the quiet weight of responsibilities he never asked for. When a high-profile assignment arises, resentment sparks and tempers flare, forcing them into close proximity neither is prepared for.

    Outside of work, Charlie finds himself drawn into late-night gaming sessions with a soft hearted stranger who offers easy laughter and unexpected comfort, while Nick begins discovering new sides himself thanks to his sharp-witted, kind gaming companion. As professional frustrations mount and personal lives press in from all sides, unspoken tensions and blurred boundaries begin to surface. Set between office politics, digital escapes, and moments of vulnerability, this is a slow-burn story about misjudgment, longing, and the complicated ways people learn to see one another.

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    17 Jan 2026

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    In the midst of the zombie apocalypse, 21 year old Charlie and his hormonal teenage brother are making their way from Edinburgh to Manchester on foot. They’ve heard it’s become somewhat of a sanctuary after London was ravaged by the undead. It’s also the last place their sister was known to be alive.

    Nick is also looking for sanctuary after losing his brother and only travel companion. He’s not built to brave this world alone, and wants a fresh start. A support system. A family.

    Unfortunately he stumbles upon a couple of extremely rude, aggressive, bickering little dickheads instead.

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    17 Jan 2026