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Charlie Dean (Charlie Behan) gave dad Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) the tightest of hugs in Hollyoaks on Wednesday (September 6), telling him how much he loved him. <\/p>\n
The teen, as viewers know, attempted to take his own life earlier this week, with one traumatic and upsetting event after another having impacted on his mental health. <\/p>\n
Darren managed to save him in the nick of time, with Charlie later taken to hospital with secondary drowning. Despite initially refusing to seek help for his depression, the school boy reconsidered after a heart-to-heart with Oscar (Noah Holdsworth), who pleaded with him not to \u2018go\u2019. <\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s E4 offering of the Channel 4 soap saw Charlie discharged and, to Darren\u2019s dismay, he had no intention of getting in touch with a therapist, throwing the contact details in the bin.<\/p>\n
Darren urged him to at least keep hold of the details, putting them away in a safe place. Charlie thought long and hard about what he\u2019d said and, after a heart-to-heart with Phoenix Hathaway (Tylan Grant), he called Nancy (Jessica Fox) to explain what had happened. <\/p>\n
Nancy urged him to come out to America for a change of scenery, but Charlie declined, telling Darren that he\u2019d much rather stay with him, which left Darren somewhat touched as he approached his son and gave him a big hug. <\/p>\n
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\u2018I love you Darren\u2019, said an emotional Charlie, much to the shock to Darren, who replied by telling the teen that he loves him too. <\/p>\n
Taking the advice he\u2019d received from Phoenix, Charlie started to open up, revealing to Darren that he doesn\u2019t think he wanted to die. <\/p>\n
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\u2018It felt like I couldn\u2019t cope with one thing and then something else would happen and I couldn\u2019t cope with that \u2013 and then something else and something else and something else,\u2019 he started, discussing his feelings. <\/p>\n
\u2018It was all getting stacked up. It was like I didn\u2019t have the tools to cope with anything at all\u2019. <\/p>\n
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Darren, fighting tears, was quick to offer him comfort, telling him to come to him if he ever feels like that again. <\/p>\n
Charlie promised that he would do so. \u2018You have<\/em> got the tools\u2019, added the loving dad. \u2018Maybe you\u2019ve just not found them yet.\u2019<\/p>\n The two shared another hug as Charlie thanked Darren for all of his love and support. <\/p>\n