PRIDE sat down with the stars of Heartstopper to talk about how season three’s darker and more mature tone reflects the actors’ personal growth.

Dynamic duo Joe Locke and Kit Connor each had major emotional moments to take on as their Heartstopper characters Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson in Season 3 of the Netflix series, based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman.

Can one write a love letter to a love letter? I can try. Because “Heartstopper,” the candy-colored (but never cloying) teen television show, full of animated butterflies, first loves and effervescent pop tunes,