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Their story’s not my own by heytheremeranda
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
08 May 2026
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“Think you’ll be able to go back to sleep?” Darry asked softly, not for sure if he had the privilege that Soda did to pull his brother into his arms. To hold him tight against his chest and try to protect him from both a world and dreams that were too cruel.
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Moments between the Curtis brothers, the heartbreak and love that it takes to find their way to one another.
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Shattered by heytheremeranda
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
30 Apr 2026
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'As much as he wanted to believe those words that his mother had once spoken, how the sunrise brought something precious into the world, Darry wasn't sure if she was right anymore. The only thing this sunrise would bring would be their first full day without her and dad, that each sunrise and sunset from here on out would signify a day without them, time that the three of them would never get with their parents again.'
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The Curtis brothers try their best to navigate the loss of their parents for the first six months. Finding strength and love in each other and their friends, while it might not be the easiest, each other is all they have left.
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Johnny Made It Home by heytheremeranda
Fandoms: Bandstand - Oberacker/Oberacker & Taylor
26 Jun 2022
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Just some cute little fluff between Johnny and Jimmy.
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Your Wars Not Ended by heytheremeranda
Fandoms: Bandstand - Oberacker/Oberacker & Taylor
18 May 2020
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Johnny made it home, most of him at least.
Sometimes everyone needs some help. And while Johnny strives to remember, there are still some things that slip his mind. After all, memory is a fickle thing.
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The word ‘mother’ was always complicated for Crutchie.
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I'll Give You Everything I Have by etdancer
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (TV 1990)
10 Jul 2025
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When Ponyboy was five, he was in the backseat of the car during the crash that killed his parents. Left with a broken arm and debilitating nightmares, Darry and Soda are left to pick up the pieces. Between figuring out a routine, getting the boys back to school, and visits from their social worker, Darry has a lot to manage. He won't let anything break up his family any further, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep his brothers in his care.
A retelling of Darry's decision to keep his younger brothers after their parent's die, but with a much younger Ponyboy.
*Title comes from Sleeping At Last - Light*
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- Part 1 of to build a home
Bookmarked by heytheremeranda
07 May 2026
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your pain and your hunger (they're driving you home) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
11 Apr 2025
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“Ponyboy, I ain’t gonna sugarcoat it,” Darry started, “You’re a good kid. Hell, Soda’s already halfway to callin’ you his twin. But when I first said yes to takin’ you in, it was ‘cause the state was breathin’ down my neck about Soda.”
Pony looked down at the table. He felt the sting of rejection before the rest even came.
“They said if I couldn’t prove I could handle everything, they’d ship him off to a boys home till he aged out.” Darry explained, voice quiet now. “Having a foster kid is part of me provin’ I could step up.”
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Ponyboy has been shuffled through the foster system long enough to know that nothing good lasts. When he gets placed with Darry and Sodapop Curtis, he’s ready to keep his head down and not get in the way. But staying out of trouble gets a lot harder when the people around you start to feel like family. Especially when one mistake could mean tearing that family apart.
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- Part 1 of if i don't break it
Bookmarked by heytheremeranda
02 May 2026
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come down from your fences (open the gates) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
27 May 2025
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“Pony,” Soda whispered, voice barely more than breath. “Please talk to me.”
Pony didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. Just stayed curled up, facing the wall.
“Pony, please,” Soda said again, and now there was a crack in it. Real worry. “Me and Dar, we’re scared. I miss you, honey.”
The words hit him harder than the bruises ever could.
A hand slipped gently into his hair, brushing it back the way it always used to. Pony swallowed, hard.
“‘M okay, Soda,” he mumbled. His voice was thin, frayed at the edges. “It’s okay.”
“It’s not,” Soda said softly. “You look like you’re fading away.”
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When a group of Socs corner Ponyboy and beat him up, they don’t just leave bruises — they leave doubts. Doubts about whether he really belongs with Darry and Sodapop. Doubts about whether he’s anything more than a stray they took pity on. Afraid to be a burden, Pony begins to pull away from the only real family he’s ever known. But Darry and Soda aren’t about to let him go without a fight.
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- Part 5 of if i don't break it
Bookmarked by heytheremeranda
02 May 2026
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dreams don't just come true (but now there's you) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
21 May 2025
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Darry folded the paper, not unkindly. “Just don’t hide it next time. You don’t gotta act tough with me, savvy?”
That was when the words almost slipped out – I love you.
He wanted to say it. He really did. But his throat closed up around them, the same way it always did.
Instead he said, “Thanks for comin’ to get me. I know – I know it ain’t easy. Sorry”
Darry just shrugged. “Don’t worry ‘bout it. Told Bill my kid was sick and he let me off with no fuss.”
Pony blinked at him.
And maybe Darry hadn’t meant to say that – my kid. Maybe he had. Either way, it settled over Pony like a warm blanket.
He didn’t say anything else.
Didn’t have to. They’d both already said it.
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5 times Ponyboy couldn't bring himself to say I love you + the first time he did.
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- Part 4 of if i don't break it
Bookmarked by heytheremeranda
02 May 2026
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A Psalm in Ink by Kammly
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), That was Then This is Now - S. E. Hinton
06 Mar 2026
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At a lazy summer pool party, someone notices the ink on Sodapop’s ribs. The gang falls quiet when Darry has the same tattoo—same date, same placement, same silent vow.
It’s not for a lover or a loss.
It’s for Ponyboy, who has no idea they’ve carved his birthday into their skin like a psalm only they know how to sing.
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- Part 3 of The Warmth We Didn’t Know We Needed
Bookmarked by heytheremeranda
01 May 2026