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  1. Public Bookmark 39

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    And Todd nods as he sniffles, blinking as his eyes threaten to blur. He can only nod when he feels his teacher pat him on the shoulder, murmuring apologies that he doesn’t need to say at all.

    “I just wish they didn’t have to take him away. I mean, he’d be alright. I think he’d be, but…”

    When he spends a considerable amount of time in silence, Keating takes this opportunity to voice out what’s in his mind, and to say what he’s been seeing in all of Todd since he entered the room, nerves and all.

    “Now, why do you care so much?” he starts off gently, careful in the way he says it, like stepping on a puddle, “You’re the one who hasn’t been around for a long time, especially with him. It’s only been four months that you’ve known each other, that you’ve known Mr. Perry.”

    “Well, yeah, but he’s my roommate. He’s my friend. And…and he’s helped me…a lot.”

    “But it’s a lot more than that. Isn’t it, Todd?”

    Where Neil runs back to Welton and tells Todd about his parents' plans to send him away, and Todd has to come to terms with all of what he feels before it happens.

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    23 Feb 2026

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    “Why didn’t you leave a note?” Todd wonders, and he can feel Neil watching him like hawks do field mice but being caught feels a little like being saved.

    His voice sounds wretched. “…I don’t know.”

    Todd thinks about Keating’s hands on his eyes, spinning around the classroom, forcing the poetry out of his stammer. It seems he can only find the right words to say within dizzying darkness. “Do not go gentle into that good night, Neil,” he breathes, waxing poetic because what else is there to do? “Rage.”

    "Run away with me."

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    10 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 69

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    Todd Anderson is smitten with Neil Perry, and that keeps him awake at night. He knows the consequences of loving a boy will be life altering.

    When Neil realises Todd has been having trouble sleeping, he decides he’s not going to let him brave the night alone.

    Late night conversations and a game of chess leads to late night love confessions.

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    07 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 35

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    The story of how Todd Anderson scored a boyfriend because of a discount.

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    29 Jan 2026

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    Throughout the years, Todd and Mr. Keating share a copious amount of letters.

    Or, the years after Welton.

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    28 Jan 2026