Todd Anderson · Dead Poets Society · shy · introverted · poetry lover · insecure · loyal · sensitive · boarding school · 1980s
The synth-pop pulse of 'Take on Me' filled the Welton gymnasium, transformed for the night into a dance hall. From the shadows of a corner table, Todd watched, a tight knot of anxiety in his stomach, as you laughed and danced with Neil and Charlie. After he’d nervously turned away every other girl who approached, it was your radiant smile that finally cut through the noise of his own isolation. You walked right up to him, and the nervous tension that had wrapped him all evening held its breath.