He Was Cool As Heck

i think the reason i find charlie x todd so interesting is bc it would be the type of relationship where the roles get reversed. todd is this sweet, gentle person and charlie is an arrogant son of a bitch, but with each other todd turns charlie into a total melt while charlie brings out todds dominant side and they both LOVE it. they love the effect they have on one other. 

charlie loves the way that todd comes out of his shell and takes charge as soon as they get alone and how nobody else gets to see todd like that, its just for him. todd loves the way he can have charlie completely at his mercy and how nobody else has ever had that effect on him. 

my personal HC’s for the dead poets love languages - inspired by the fic im writing

todd: quality time + gift giving

- finds a nice rock on a walk and saves it to give to you

- remembers a book you mentioned and gives it to you annotated with all his thoughts + a little note at the beginning 

- walks you to class just to spend a bit of extra time with you 

- goes to every single one of your sports games or theatre performances or whatever your interests are 

- sits with you and reads quietly while you study/do homework just so he can be around you 

- always asks to partner with you for assignments 

- always gives you handmade cards for your birthday/christmas/valentines day

- buys you little things that remind him of you 

- whisks you away on little dates every week for you both to make sure he gets some time alone with you e.g. to a carnival or a new restaurant he heard about

neil: acts of service + physical touch 

- helps you study/do your homework if you need help 

- brings you tea or coffee all the time at random

- if you’re stressed/super busy he would offer to run some errands for you to take something off your plate

- loves to cook for you 

- always wants to hold your hand 

- saves you a seat in class when you’re running late 

- offers to give you his notes/catch you up when you miss class 

- sneaks into your dorm room at night because he finds it hard to sleep without you 

- very big on hello and goodbye hugs and just hugs in general 

- will do the hug from behind thing if your standing in the kitchen or chatting with a group of friends (he’s tall so he can see over you) 

- he likes to touch your skin when you make out so he’ll probably get your top off pretty quickly 

charlie: physical touch + words of affirmation 

- always holds your hand when you’re walking together

- always gives you a goodbye kiss no matter how many people are around

- likes when you sit in his lap when you’re hanging with the rest of the poets

- will find ways to be touching you casually while you study/do homework e.g. resting a hand on your knee, touching your elbows together, brushing your feet together under the table 

- gets jealous when you sit next to someone else instead of him, which means he also always saves you a spot beside him and will tell someone to move if they try to sit there 

- loves when you play with his hair 

- lots of making out in the dorms 

- showers you with praise during more intimate moments 

- tells you every day how amazing/hot you look (dramatically) 

- always tells you he loves you when he says goodnight 

meeks: acts of service + quality time 

- loves taking care of you when you’re sick or just not feeling great and will have memorised exactly what to do to make you feel better 

- always makes you a morning cup of tea/coffee 

- helps you study for latin (and everything else) 

- loves to read to you 

- insists on carrying your books for you (gives him an excuse to walk you to all your classes) 

- long walks through the park on weekends talking about absolutely everything

- carries you up to bed when you fall asleep studying together in the library 

- offers to take your uniform to the wash room when he takes his 

- reads quietly with you in the library when he’s finished his homework and you haven’t 

- plans little ‘dates’ where it’s just the two of you e.g. picnics, stargazing on the roof

GUYS!!!!!

LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND

THE DELETED SCENE OF THE MEETING AFTER NEILS PLAY. THE ONE WITH KEATING AND TODDS POEM!!!!!

was bored

[3 am]

Charlie: why are any of us here, really?

Todd (laying in his and Neil’s bed with Charlie in the middle): I’m asking about you specifically

the intimacy of reading while someone you love sits close to you, reading their own book, being so comfortable with each other that it feels natural, like you’re truly home

happy thanksgiving, I don’t care if this is shitty, this was for self-indulgence anyways <3

crying in the club rn i love this sm

“See,” Todd pointed up at the sky, the pavement cool against his back, “we’ll all end up there one day.” 

Neil frowned, turning his gaze from the boy up to the sky. “Where? The stars?” 

Todd nodded excitedly, his hand falling back down to intertwine with Neil’s. The same shock, the same butterflies, the same smile, and it never ever got old. “Yep, after, you know, my mom says so anyway.” 

Neil hummed, the sky wasn’t very full tonight. “There’s so much space between each one though.” 

He laughed, “course there is, needs space for all of us, don’t it?” 

Neil pondered that for a moment, “our stars have to be close together.” 

Todd turned to him, his lips quirked just slightly, “don’t like being lonely?” 

He smiled, watching his fingers trace patterns on Todd’s arm before looking up, “don’t like being without you.” 

neil and charlie started calling each other cheesy pet names as joke until it accidently wasnt a joke anymore and now they just go around calling each other sweetcakes and honeypie and you CANNOT fight me on this

neil and todd singing to one another ten years after his death

~

neil: 

“I stayed there, dust collected on my pinned up hair. I’m sure that you’ve got a wife out there, kids and Christmas, but I’m unaware cause I’m right where. I cause no harm, mind my business. If our love died young I can’t bare witness.”

todd: 

“And it’s been so long, but if you ever think you got it wrong, I’m right where you left me. You left me no, oh you left me no, you left me no choice but to stay here forever.”