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1. It was only a kiss (It was only a kiss?) by ClownsGalore

   Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • Todd Anderson/Neil Perry
   • Todd Anderson
   • Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)
   • Charlie Dalton
   • Knox Overstreet
   • Steven Meeks
   • Gerard Pitts
   • Richard Cameron
   • John Keating
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Slow Burn
   • In a way
   • they kiss in the first chapter but then don't get it together until way later
   • Miscommunication
   • Misunderstandings
   • Todd Anderson/Neil Perry-centric
   • Anxious Todd Anderson
   • Vomiting
   • Not Beta Read
   • wingman charlie dalton
   • Charlie Dalton Is A Good Friend
   • Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) Lives
   • I don't really have a timeline for this but he's not dead or dying in the fic so that's smth ig?
   • Gay Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)
   • Gay Todd Anderson
   • Awkward Kissing
   • Awkward Conversations
   • They get really awkward in this
   • I use the em dash but I do not use chatgpt
   • Title from Mr Brightside by The Killers
   • First Kiss
   • bad first kiss
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • They both have a bad time
   • POV Third Person Limited

   Summary

   Todd and Neil have their first kiss, but it doesn't go as planned.

   Misunderstandings ensue, and they need to work to figure out how to fix things between them.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,370

   Chapters:

   1/?

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