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• Eternal Sunshine by MisterCryer

  Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)  

  • General Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  19 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Todd Anderson/Neil Perry
  • Todd Anderson & Charlie Dalton
  • Todd Anderson & John Keating
  • Todd Anderson & The Poets (Dead Poets Society)
  • Todd Anderson
  • Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)
  • Charlie Dalton
  • Steven Meeks
  • Gerard Pitts
  • Richard Cameron
  • John Keating
  • Jeffrey Anderson (Dead Poets Society)
  • Todd Anderson Needs A Hug
  • Todd Anderson-centric
  • Author Projecting onto Todd Anderson
  • Sad Todd Anderson
  • Gay Todd Anderson
  • Charlie Dalton and Todd Anderson being best friends
  • How is that not a tag
  • guess who the author's favourite dead poet is
  • definitely not charlie
  • author doesn't believe in making Richard Cameron the villian
  • Unrequited Love
  • but we'll never know if it's actually unrequited since someone decided to go and die
  • Erasing memories
  • the author listened to way too much Radiohead while writing this
  • uhh what else do i tag
  • no beta we die like neil perry
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • No Smut
  • but Charlie does make a sexual joke
  • i just don't feel comfortable writing that stuff
  • the big part of that is bc all of the dead poets are minors

  Summary

  “You're leaving.” Todd chokes out, close to tears.

  “I have to go to the theater.” Neil whispers, somehow suddenly getting that the situation is important. “Do you want to come with me?”

  And Todd wants to agree, Todd wants to agree so badly but he knows the way that the scenario goes and he knows that there is nothing he can do about it. He stares at Neil and wonders if he can change it, just for a moment, convince Neil to stay in the dorm with him, to forget the theatrics, to stay just boys in one room with him. Somehow, he figures that Neil would never admit to doing that and Todd understands, he really does, but God does it hurt.

  “I can't.” Todd feels like he is breaking. “Can I?”

  “No.” Neil says in a flat tone, uncharacteristic for him. “I suppose you can't.”

  or: Todd Anderson deletes his memories Eternal Sunshine style

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