Wherever You Are Is Where I Come From

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• I Keep Living for the Day That I’m With You by nextdisaster

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  24 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Dallas Winston
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Steve Randle
  • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Post-Canon
  • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship
  • Slow Burn
  • First Kiss
  • Protective Johnny Cade
  • Protective Ponyboy Curtis
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Dissociation
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Blood and Injury
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Explicit Language
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Attempted Sexual Assault
  • Non-Consensual Touching
  • Degradation
  • Physical Restraint
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Mutual Pining
  • Trauma
  • Threats of Rape/Non-Con
  • Gay Johnny Cade
  • Bisexual Ponyboy Curtis

  Summary

  It was supposed to be pretend.

  Just a way to keep Ponyboy safe. Just something to keep the Socs from looking too close.

  Johnny’s good at pretending he doesn’t feel things. Ponyboy’s good at pretending things don’t hurt. Neither of them are as convincing as they think, especially not with each other.

  And when the Socs decide to stop playing nice, Johnny has to decide how far he’s willing to go and what it’ll cost him to come back from it.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Wherever You Are Is Where I Come From

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  35,281

  Chapters:

  12/12

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