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  1. Public Bookmark 78

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    “S’awful late, Ponyboy, ain’t you got school tomorrow?”

    These last weeks have done a number on Ponyboy. Sometimes he just can’t help the snideness of his tone, no matter how much he suppresses it, no matter if it’s toward Darry or Soda or anyone else. He’s still a Curtis, after all. “So what?”

    A flicker of something flashes in Darry’s eyes, a relapse, but he bites down on his bottom lip and he quickly lets it go. They’ve worked on this together. They’re grown now; they’ve moved past the pettiness. “So, you need’a sleep, Ponyboy. We’ve been through this a million damn times.”

    “I was sleepin’.”

    “And?”

    Ponyboy just shrugs, and Darry furrows his eyebrows a little.

    “Well, get back to bed. You look exhausted, kid.”

    or, seventeen-and-a-half year old ponyboy wakes up from a nightmare, and both his brothers are right there to help him through it as they reflect on the last three years together

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    31 Jan 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 58

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    He cleared his throat shakily. “Soda?”

    “What’s up?”

    Pony felt like his stomach was flipping inside out. “You can’t tell Darry what ‘m ‘bout tell you.”

    Soda blinked. “You get a girl knocked up?”


    Pony doesn’t know how to tell Soda he’s gay. He also doesn’t know how to live with this secret in his chest.

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    26 Jan 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 79

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    "You know, boys, as I was watching the poor kid run, I noticed somethin’. Ol’ Ponybaby here, he ain’t gotten a haircut in a minute, yeah? Reckon he’s been lookin’ like a bit of a sissy lately. Suppose he uses his head for more than just storin’ books; grows his hair like dang Rapunzel, too.”

    Realization dawns on Ponyboy a beat later.

    His ears are ringing, and he’s pretty sure he’s bordering on passing out.

    Would that hurt less? Would that make this any easier?

    or, seventeen-and-a-half year old ponyboy gets jumped by some socs who cut his hair & inadvertently, with the help of his brothers, finally comes to a heavy realization about his late best friend that's been staring him in the face for a long, long time

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    26 Jan 2025

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    A student at Caltech observes Leonard and Sheldon's relationship when Dr. Hofstadter takes over the class.

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    19 May 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    Mary Cooper is a loving mother but also, if anyone was going to raise a comphet son by accident—it would be Mary Cooper.

    [Not a YS fic, a TBBT fic, but mentions parts and dynamics of YS, hence the tag. Don’t have to watched YS]

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    18 May 2024