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Your shoes by the door by Dreamy_Breezy
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
12 May 2026
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Soda is too sick to sleep with and Darry comes home super late from work completely exhausted. He passes out on the couch without even taking off his shoes.
Ponyboy was still awake in the kitchen and watches it all happen. Going to sleep by himself was practically inviting the nightmares into his head, so that gave him only one choice really.
Oneshot where Ponyboy takes care of a sleepy Darry and they cuddle :3
Meanwhile both Ponyboy and Darry are questioning the dynamic of their relationship and if it goes anything deeper than just brotherly.NOT A SHIP. ⚠️
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12 May 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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01 May 2026
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What A Difference An Hour Makes by uglylookinglampshade
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
22 Nov 2023
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Darry's late coming home from work. His brothers don't take it well.
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28 Apr 2026
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things i didn't know i needed by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
17 Apr 2025
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“Did it have instructions on how not to burn water?” Darry raised a brow.
“That was only once!” Soda defended himself, “Twice, tops.”
Pony leaned back, plate empty and stomach full. The meal, the banter, the way the kitchen light highlighted Darry’s tired face and Soda’s grin; it all wrapped around him like a blanket. He looked at their faces, smiling softly to himself.
“Thanks Sodapop,” Pony said like an afterthought, “for the food. And, y’know, all of it.”
Soda studied his face carefully, caught off guard by the sudden change in mood. “Anytime kiddo. We’ll have to do somethin’ like this more often.”
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When Ponyboy gets assigned an extra credit project, he has no clue what to write about — until he starts keeping a list of the little things he notices he was missing. Meatloaf dinners, borrowed clothes, a spot on the couch that’s always saved for him. The Curtis house is loud, chaotic, and full of life — and somewhere in the mess, Pony realizes it’s more than just a place to live. It’s home.
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- Part 2 of if i don't break it
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28 Apr 2026
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Ready To Suffer (Ready To Hope) by itsmarmieee
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
26 Apr 2026
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Ponyboy gets so stressed that he rebels to the point of sneaking out- but he can never stray too far from his big brothers.
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- Part 5 of marmie's foster pony au
- Part 21 of marmie torments the curtises
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27 Apr 2026
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Built My Life Around You by fanfareandwhimsy
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
09 May 2026
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Two boys were waiting on the porch.
They were as familiar to him as his own reflection. They were complete strangers. Darry wondered if they, too, felt the enormity of this moment, the first time they'd all three been together in nearly eight years. They had to, right? Or maybe they were just overwhelmed. A new (old) home, two new (old) brothers—it was a lot for one day. Then Soda took a tentative step forward.
"Darry?"
Or, Darry was only twelve when his parents were killed in a car wreck, and he and his brothers—eight-year-old Sodapop and five-year-old Ponyboy—were split up by the state. When he successfully receives guardianship of them at nineteen, he suddenly finds himself raising two boys he hasn't seen, let alone spoken to, in close to a decade.
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26 Apr 2026
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Temporary by Legends_Never_Die
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
01 Dec 2024
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“I don’t mean for this to sound harsh.” Darrel said, turning back to look at Ponyboy from the doorway. “But this won’t be your permanent home. It's nothing personal. We just can't afford another mouth to feed long term.”
Pony nodded. That made sense. Why would anyone want to keep him for longer than they absolutely had to?
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or: the AU where foster kid Ponyboy is placed to temporarily live with Darry and Soda. But it's just temporary...right?
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21 Apr 2026
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The Curtis parents died when their children were young and they end up being split up in the foster system. Now nearly ten years later, something brings them back together.
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20 Apr 2026
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You'll Be In My Heart by etdancer
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (TV 1990)
22 Jan 2026
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Almost ten years ago, the Curtis family's world falls apart when four year old Ponyboy is taken from the park nearby. Darry and Soda are left reeling when their parents are killed in an accident two weeks before the ninth anniversary of their brother's disappearance. In order for Darry to keep custody of Soda, he has to agree to be a temporary foster care parent. With an overcrowded system, he knows this is the State's way of creating more houses, and Darry knows he'll do whatever he can to keep his brother.
However, when Peter James, a thirteen year old who demands to be called "Pony", gets put in his care, Darry can't help but think he's getting more than he bargained for. It's impossible for him not to notice the similarities, and Darry and Soda both find themselves putting all the missing pieces together so that they might reunite with their baby brother, and bring him home for good.
aka an AU where Ponyboy finds his way back to his brothers in an unconventional way, proving that he's their baby brother in every universe, and they'll always find a way to take care of him.
The title of course comes from Phil Collins
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- Part 1 of et's outsiders aus
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20 Apr 2026
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His love was the light in our darkness by Kammly
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
09 May 2026
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Through the simple, pure things—Ponyboy’s soft laughter, the way he hums while folding laundry, or his quiet thank you’s for even the smallest gestures—Darry and Sodapop learn the depth of their love for him. Despite their messes and mistakes, Ponyboy’s love is a constant, unwavering force in their lives. As they face their emotional turmoil, they realize they can never love anyone the way they love their little brother.
A collection of quiet, tender moments from the lives of Ponyboy and his older brothers.
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- Part 2 of The Warmth We Didn’t Know We Needed
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19 Apr 2026
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In My Dreams Began To Creep by itsmarmieee
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
01 Apr 2026
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Ponyboy's first day (and night and morning) with Darry and Sodapop.
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- Part 3 of marmie's foster pony au
- Part 19 of marmie torments the curtises
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17 Apr 2026
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Pity The Back Seat by Emily_F6
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders - All Media Types
29 Dec 2021
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Darry doesn’t hit his little brother that night, but Ponyboy still worries that it’s just a matter of time before his oldest brother decides he doesn’t want him around anymore. And then there’s Bob.
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05 Apr 2026
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Stray by Emily_F6
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders - All Media Types
29 Aug 2018
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When Ponyboy Davis moves in next door to Darrel and Sodapop Curtis, he doesn't have much hope that this town will be any different. With an abusive uncle to try and avoid, he doesn't have time to worry about making friends. But when a guy his age gets jumped and he jumps in, he might just find himself a new family.
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05 Apr 2026
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The Light That Gets In by Cherry_Blooom
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
20 Apr 2026
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The Curtis brothers have a language older than words.
It sounds like morning coffee going cold, like a hand in hair, like someone trying very hard not to smile. Ponyboy is fourteen and writing at the kitchen table and has absolutely no idea what he looks like in October light.
Soda is trying not to say too much.
Darry is already a ghost who would burn the world down twice.Just a Tuesday morning in a house that smells like woodsmoke and almost-touched things.
(AKA: Soda is the gold of the morning, all warmth and easy smiles. Pony is the silver of the night, quiet and deep and a little bit lonely. This is a collection of the moments where the sun and moon meet in the middle.)
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- Part 2 of The Softest Thing We Ever Had
- Part 1 of Where the Gold Meets the Silver
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05 Apr 2026
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Ashes to Dust, But Rust Remains by Maeve_Pendergast
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
13 Jul 2024
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On a glorious, golden morning, they huddle around the hole in the dirt where Johnny’s gonna spend eternity.
And all Ponyboy can think about is how Johnny hated dark places.
In the days after the rumble, a familiar settling of grief darkens over the Curtis house. They've faced it all before but it's never been quite like this. Brothers share their burdens and learn that maybe it ain't so bad to confide in one another.
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05 Apr 2026
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is somebody sick? by ChemicallyImbalancedRomantic
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
14 Jul 2024
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“Today’s Tuesday, and you’ve been asleep and delirious since Saturday night. Don’t you remember?”
“No,” I said slowly.
The Outsiders, Chapter 10——————
What Ponyboy doesn’t remember, and Darry does.
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05 Apr 2026