Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama television series created by Alice Oseman for Netflix. It is based on Oseman's webcomic and graphic novel of the same name. The series primarily tells the story of Charlie Spring, a gay teen boy who falls in love with classmate Nick (Nicholas) Nelson, whom he sits next to in his new form. It also explores the lives of their friendship group Tao Xu, Elle Argent, Isaac Henderson, Tara Jones and Darcy Olsson.