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The Blood on a Door Open to Any. by MaCh3rie
Fandoms: The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
27 Sep 2025
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Summary
Often, he wonders if it’s the need to fight that outweighs the need to protect when the bait is thrown to him without a care. Wonders if he’s doing it for his siblings or himself. And selfishly, he wishes he could know.
He takes a step back when his step-dad takes one forward, backing close into a corner. He’s still swinging the broken bottle and it’s easy to keep his eyes on that rather than his face.
It’s easier to take a face away from the voice he wishes wasn’t yelling.
He can’t cry even if he wants to. Because that is weak and pathetic and he can’t be that.
(He’s terrified, he doesn’t want to get hurt)
He can’t remember how the fight started, but he knows how it ended.
One second, a bottle is being waved in front of his face about to slash down on his dirty skin, and the next Angela is shouting for Curly and Tim is forced to watch as Curly is shoved into the broken glass on the floor that’s slowly being painted red.
And Curly-
Curly cries.
Or, how the open door policy at the Curtises went into place.
Series
- Part 5 of Stayin’ Golden
Bookmarked by 0utsideRs
07 Jun 2026