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• malt shop blues (scenes from a summer) by seize_theday

  Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  02 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Todd Anderson/Neil Perry
  • Todd Anderson
  • Todd Anderson's Parents
  • Jeffrey Anderson (Dead Poets Society)
  • Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)
  • Charlie Dalton
  • Richard Cameron
  • Original Characters
  • this work is almost purely vibes
  • i think something possessed me as i was writing this
  • truly
  • i don't know what came over me
  • summer job AU
  • Set in the 1950s
  • summer before junior year at welton
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Slow Burn
  • i think
  • looking back it's not really slow burn at all
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • (kind of)
  • it's brief
  • but there
  • there are it and la la land references if you squint
  • (they're actually pretty obvious but whatever)
  • the author has never had a romantic interaction in their life so please give them a break
  • references to queer authors/actors
  • the author is tired and hit post without proofreading
  • Hopefully this doesn't suck
  • revisions may be made

  Summary

  sepia-soaked and sunkissed moments from a vermont summer (circa 1959)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  14,819

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  49

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  367