18 Works by circlegames
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Meeks meets Pitts in a bar. The world stops turning for a second.
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It’s 1966. Charlie Dalton has just been arrested for the seventh time and is trying to clean up the aftermath when Neil Perry wakes up on his couch.
Only Neil Perry is working on a new film in Europe, and Charlie hasn’t seen this Neil since they left the theatre. Charlie Dalton grew up. He’s 23. Neil Perry is looking at him with pajama bottoms and no shirt, still 16.
Or: how Neil Perry learned to take a stand.
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Charlie takes the hit at the party. Knox tries to patch him up.
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- Part 10 of i’ll love some littler things.
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the borders of our lives by circlegames for justahappylittletree, citrusgothic
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
28 Jan 2023
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It’s not until 1973 that Charlie thinks it isn’t all a dream. Knox has his head in the toilet, there’s a groupie smoking in his connected room, and it hits Charlie all too suddenly that this isn’t what he wanted when he and Meeks decided drunkenly one night they’d start a band.
Or: a portrait of the first few years and final decisions about their band, Letters From The Fight.
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Knox Overstreet doesn't exactly expect his night to involve truth or dare. Or a dare where Charlie kisses Chet Danbury and actually goes through with it.
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- Part 9 of i’ll love some littler things.
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In which Charlie Dalton and Knox Overstreet can’t stop bumping into each other over the years, even though they can’t stand the other.
Or: Knox has been infatuated with Charlie Dalton ever since their drive to New York all those years ago.
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"Who do you dream about?”
“Me?”
“Yeah.” He was trying to loosen his tie, but his limbs were too full of liquid. Gerard lent his own to undo it.
“I dream about you. The poets. Dragons and castles and flying in an airplane. War. Ruin. Ghosts and scary houses. You know that. I tell you about all of my dreams. Even the weird ones. And especially the scary ones.”
Or: Steven and Gerard have a sort of confession. Half of a confession? A quarter, perhaps. They'll sort it out in the morning.
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- Part 8 of i’ll love some littler things.
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Richard Cameron's parents are coming to visit. He's made the mistake of telling his parents he got a boyfriend. Charlie Dalton is the only volunteer, and they already live together. He won't know that Cameron's in love with him, right? Right?
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- Part 7 of i’ll love some littler things.
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Neil and Todd have been beating around the bush for too long. They said the words. Words that they'd never heard their parents say to each other, but words that were around them all their lives. They were monumental. Life changing. And with everything that happened after that winter, they need to talk about them.
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- Part 6 of i’ll love some littler things.
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He thinks that he wants to go to him, to pull him from the ground, to brush the bangs out of his eyes and kiss him right there in front of everybody. But if Chet had hit him for merely speaking to Chris and giving her a hug, and if he thought they were queer, kissing Knox could get them both killed.
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- Part 5 of i’ll love some littler things.
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Todd Anderson had been entirely exhausted as of late. His new apartment in New York City was so large that it felt empty. The emptiness of things had been following him like a leech for the past few years. Ever since he had graduated from Welton, his life hadn’t had a great, drastic change. He lived in a place by himself, worked by himself, and took himself to most places alone. It was a lonely existence. He didn’t even have a cat to share it with.
He had spent his senior year holed up in a room with a roommate he didn’t particularly like or know, some stiff who had admonished Mr. Keating’s teaching methods. Todd was silent; just sitting idly, biding his time until he could leave the restraints of the school for forever. Charlie had gone and got himself expelled, Neil had been sent away to military school, and Knox, Meeks, Pitts, and himself had spent the better half of the year trying to mend their broken hearts.
Or: Todd is having a grand party at his place to celebrate his writing accomplishments. His friends all come to visit, as does a new guest that Todd hasn't seen in a number of years.
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- Part 4 of i’ll love some littler things.
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The Dead Poets are NYC’s underground bar’s biggest joy. Or at least-that’s what they wish they were. They’ll get there! Pitts’ voice is just brilliant enough, and Todd is a good addition to the lot. (Meeks thinks they should have just hired him in the first place). Chris and Charlie love fighting with each other, so maybe Todd can finally get them to all get along!
Along the way, the band meets paths with another little group of artists, although they aren’t in a band. Romances begin between the poet and the actor, the filmmakers (Ginny likes French new wave just as much as Chris alright?), and Knox thinks God must be real if Charlie Dalton is real—and can play the drums!
The latter can’t believe they have to sit back and watch. It’s 1993! Why is everybody so worried about falling in love?
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we keep it secret won't let them have it by circlegames
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
24 Jul 2021
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“I said your name instead of hers.”
Knox’s grip on his thighs tightened, and Charlie watched him as he stood up, the color from his face draining slowly.
“What would you go and do a thing like that for?” He asked, the sound quiet.
Or: a trip to the cabin doesn't quite go as expected for Charlie and Knox.
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- Part 3 of i’ll love some littler things.
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when he moved with you and felt his body let go by circlegames for Snowblaze
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
18 Jul 2021
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Pitts and Meeks are at a party their sophomore year of college when a certain song comes on. What kind of torture is this? In a perfect world, they'd go over and dance together. But they can't now.
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- Part 2 of i’ll love some littler things.
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make no more use of it when there’s no more you by circlegames for fayefaith
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
04 Jul 2021
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It’s 1975. Todd can’t take this anymore. Neil’s married. He’s got a kid. Why does he keep coming back?
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- Part 1 of i’ll love some littler things.
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Charlie
I am a genius. Look at this. Look at me.Knox
You weren't in charge of it.Charlie
I suggested it.Neil
I can't believe I joined Tinder.Or, in which Neil matches with a poetry student from NYU named Todd, and no one's lives are ever the same.
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take me home where i belong / i can't take it anymore by circlegames
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
08 May 2021
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It's 1970 when Neil Perry has been gone for 11 years. It's also the winter of 1970 where he comes back into their lives, Charlie teaches everyone how amazing parenting can really be, Knox pines terribly for something so obtainable, and Meeks and Pitts are married (in their terms-never the government's). It's the winter where everything begins and nothing ever ends, and everybody finds their own place at home.
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“So you had big plans then?” Charlie laughed, feeling that the smile on his face was too wide to even pretend to hide it.
“Neil was helping me with stuff. I got a little overzealous. I’ll ask you again. Properly,”
“You can ask me as many times as you want, Mr. Overstreet. I’ll always say yes.”
Or, Knox gets a little ahead of himself in the whole "ask Charlie to marry me" thing, but he can't regret it for the world.