Ok so since people are asking... @drpeppercreamsodaa @mrecury42
When new to the fandom, I hadn't yet read any fanfic and had hardly engaged with fandom at all, I fell asleep while reading the book. Thing is, I have extremely vivid dreams so I convinced myself it was real
I dreamt up this scene of Neil and Todd walking together across the campus during the fall, like it would have been shortly after the desk set scene.
They had this dialogue that went something like
Todd: The leaves are so pretty at Welton.
Neil: You should see it when it snows, it's so beautiful!
[Neil grinned and nodded]
Neil: You know what? Once it snows, we'll go on a walk together again. I'll show you all my favorite spots, just the two of us.
Todd: I'd like that a lot :-)
Then they walked back closer to the main building and Charlie stuck his head out the window calling Neil to come inside, I forget for why, but then Neil turned to Todd and said he'll catch him later. The "camera" just held on Todd for a bit while he watched Neil run off and he had this calm, adoring, fond look on his face.
So for two months I thought this was not only an actual scene, but that Todd saying "It's so beautiful" was a direct callback to Neil's words.
I mentioned it to someone and sounded crazy so I went to cheek my book for proof. Obviously it WASN'T THERE and then things made a lot more sense... I flipped through the pages thrice and then just used the keyword search on my digital file of the novel. Nothin', nada, zilch, bupkis 💔 but I thought it was neat