"16 is when everything starts to make sense. Or when nothing makes any sense anymore." When last we saw our fateful teenage lovers Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke), the "Heartstopper" couple of the moment felt the warm embrace of support.

Heartstopper season three is the dark chapter of Nick and Charlie's romance and it's painfully beautiful. In the run-up to the release of season three the Heartstopper cast and crew have been teasing a much more mature tone for the show's third outing, and fans would be wrong to underestimate them.

A compassionate, gentle exploration of identity, mental health, and early sexual experiences, the Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman's graphic novel feels more mature in Season 3, all while maintaining its signature sweetness.

"The focus is on the difficulties of knowing when you're ready and what it is to be a young queer person," Kit Connor explained.

If there was ever an award for the sweetest on-screen couple, then surely Heartstopper's main character's, Nick and Charlie, would be in the running for it. Since the coming-of-age romantic drama aired on Netflix back in 2022,