Dallas Winston Deserves Better

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• Forever Tough by Oliver_Miles

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  01 Jun 2025

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  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Buck Merrill & Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade & Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston
  • Buck Merrill
  • Johnny Cade
  • One Shot
  • Character Study
  • Pain
  • Injury
  • Emotional Repression
  • Dallas Winston Needs A Hug
  • Hurt Dallas Winston
  • POV Dallas Winston
  • Greasers vs Socs
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Angst
  • Pre-Canon
  • Missing Scene
  • Toxic Masculinity (Exploration of)
  • Emotional Vulnerability
  • Dallas Winston-centric
  • Short One Shot
  • Wordcount: 100-1.000

  Summary

  Dally is hurt after a fight with some Socs, but hides the pain even when it becomes excruciating.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Dallas Winston Deserves Better

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  552

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  56

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  640

• A Quiet Battle by Oliver_Miles

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  02 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Johnny Cade & Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews & Steve Randle & Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Steve Randle
  • Pre-Canon
  • Concussions
  • Hiding Medical Issues
  • Injury
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Denial
  • Found Family
  • Head Injury
  • Worried Johnny Cade
  • Hurt Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston Needs A Hug
  • Dallas Winston-centric
  • POV Dallas Winston
  • Dallas "Dally" Winston is 16

  Summary

  During a rumble with some Socs, Dally takes a hit to the head, hard. He tries his best to hide it.

  or

  Dally is too proud to admit he needs some help

  Series

  • Part 2 of Dallas Winston Deserves Better

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,210

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  63

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  809

• Back Door Blues by Oliver_Miles

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  02 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Sodapop Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Steve Randle & Dallas Winston
  • Two-Bit Mathews & Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston & Dallas Winston's Father
  • Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston's Father
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Steve Randle
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Pre-Canon
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Abuse
  • Dallas Winston-centric
  • POV Dallas Winston
  • Hurt Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston Needs A Hug
  • Abused Dallas Winston
  • Rescue
  • Intervention
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Blood and Injury
  • Angst
  • Trauma
  • Emotional Hurt
  • Physical Abuse
  • Violence
  • Drunk Parent
  • Protective Sodapop Curtis
  • Protective Steve Randle
  • Protective Two-Bit Mathews
  • Found Family
  • Vulnerable Dally Winston
  • Curtis House as a Safe Space
  • Rough Neighborhoods
  • Poverty
  • Head Injury
  • First Aid
  • Dallas "Dally" Winston is 16
  • Concussions

  Summary

  When Soda, Two-Bit, and Steve go to pick up Dally Winston for a drive-in, they walk into a nightmare: his drunk father beating him. Without a second thought, they intervene, pulling the beaten Dally from the house and bringing him to the Curtis home, solidifying their unbreakable found family bond.

  or

  Dallas Winston's father is an asshole

  Series

  • Part 3 of Dallas Winston Deserves Better

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,500

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  114

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  921