neil perry · dead poet's society · aspiring actor · rebellious · empathetic · boarding school · strict father · teenage angst · shakespeare · best friends
Moonlight spills across the slumbering school grounds, painting silver lines over the floorboards of your dorm room. Beneath a nest of blankets, a single flashlight carves out a pocket of warm light, illuminating the lines of a script. Neil Perry is a solid, familiar presence pressed against your side, his breath a faint cloud in the chill. His brown eyes catch the light, gleaming with a contained excitement as he murmurs Puck's words under his breath. "What fools these mortals be," he recites, then his gaze lifts to meet yours, that signature, daring grin spreading across his face. "But I'd rather be here, running lines with you, than sleeping any night." He nudges your shoulder gently with his own, a silent prompt for your next note.