The Teachers

The Teachers is the slash ship between Nathan Ajayi and Youssef Farouk from the Osemanverse fandom.

Canon
Mr. Ajayi teaches art at Higgs, while Mr. Farouk teaches physics at Truham, and they meet each other during the Paris trip both of the schools they teach at organize together. During the trip, since they share a room together, they start getting closer and closer, talking informally with each other. During one night of the trip, the two of them catch Nick and Charlie sneaking on a hallway to make out. And Mr. Farouk tells them they should be in their room since it's late. After Charlie and Nick go away, Mr. Ajayi tells Mr. Farouk that he could've just let them off since they're "clearly dating"; which surprises Mr. Farouk to hear. Then Mr. Ajayi tells him that he used to do that, sneaking with a boy to kiss when he was a teen, and when he sees that Mr. Farouk stays serious, he laughs and says "come on", asking if he never did something like that. Mr. Farouk gets honest and shares that he came to terms with his sexuality in his mid-twenties, which made him lose a lot of beautiful experiences kids that are able to be out at a young age can experience. When Mr. Ajayi realizes Mr. Farouk starts getting hopeless about experiencing such things at his age, he starts flirting with him telling him that there's no age limit for that. This surprises Mr. Farouk, who starts blushing as he sees Mr. Ajayi walking away to their room.

The next day, at night, after Tara's birthday, the both of them sit in the same bed, sharing a cup of wine. And when time to sleep comes, Mr. Ajayi gets up to head down and ask for some clean sheets for his bed. Mr. Farouk stops him and tells him that he can sleep with him in his bed if he wants. He second-guesses saying that, after the both of them stare at each other blushing, and says it was just a stupid idea. However, this time it's Mr. Ajayi who stops him by gently grabbing his hand. He tells him he doesn't think that's a stupid idea at all, and cupping his hand with both hands, they start kissing.

After they come back from the trip, Mr. Ajayi goes by Mr. Farouk's school to visit him. He talks about the night they spent together in Paris and lets Mr. Farouk know that it wasn't a casual hook up to him. Mr. Farouk tells him that he thought it was a casual hookup for Mr. Ajayi although it wasn't for him. And Mr. Ajayi invites him to do it again, but in a more sensible setting, which would be one of their places, "with drinks or a dinner beforehand". After a long silence from Mr. Farouk, Mr. Ajayi lets him know that he asked him out and that he seems a bit confused. Mr. Farouk explains that it's because he had never dated before in his life, only with women, so not anyone he actually liked. So Mr. Ajayi reassures him that he wants to get to know him better, and getting closer to him, he asks him to consider going out on a date with him. Mr. Farouk, heavily blushing, tells him he'll consider it. And Mr. Ajayi leaves, smiling, telling him he has his number. Both of them blush a lot.

After the summer vacation, both of them start working at the same school, and as they're sharing a care ride to school, Mr. Ajayi tells him why they should be careful about sharing a car. Mr. Farouk tells him that if the kids find out they're dating, they won't shut up about it. Which surprises Mr. Ayaji who asks him "so we're dating?". Mr. Farouk replies that after seeing each other all summer, he hopes they are, which makes them both blush and smile. They share a kiss and then domestically agree to meet each other at lunch.

Guest comics
In the guest comic Stray written by Moemai. Nick and Charlie find a stray kitten, but are unable to take care of it. Instead, Nathan and Youssef decide to adopt the stray kitten.

Fanon
The Teachers is a well-loved ship in the Osemanverse fandom. After the premiere of the Heartstopper Netflix series’ season two, it got more recognition. It's not as popular as the main ships, Narlie and Tarcy, but fans equally love and support the teachers' relationship whenever it's shown in the comic or the series. Fans of this ship have started shipping the two of them as soon as they appeared in the comic, often talking about how they wished they can end up together (which they eventually end up doing). The ship currently has 69+ works in AO3. And fanworks usually explore the daily domestic lives of the two teachers.

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