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• It Had to Be You by emochickens97

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  15 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Two-Bit Mathews & Dallas Winston
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis/Steve Randle
  • Sodapop Curtis & Steve Randle
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Steve Randle
  • Dallas Winston
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
  • Bob Sheldon
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Suicide
  • Underage Smoking
  • Underage Drinking
  • Dead Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
  • Age Regression/De-Aging
  • Agere if you squint
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • A little in the middle
  • stevepop yay
  • Gay
  • Everyone is Gay
  • in my head they all a little fruity...
  • Angst
  • Sad
  • Sad Ending
  • Song: It Had To Be You (Frank Sinatra)
  • Sunsets
  • its kinda bad
  • Cheesy
  • in my eyes its cheesy
  • Work in Progress

  Summary

  Ponyboy never gets over his best friend's death... but he finds a way somehow.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,039

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Kudos:

  15

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  166