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If The Sky Comes Falling Down by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
20 May 2025
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“I hit him.”
Everyone froze. Soda closed his eyes against the panic clawing its way up his throat, still facing the stove even as Two-Bit and Steve spun towards the doorway where Darrel was standing, looking more frantic than either of them had ever seen him. Steve stared at Darrel with wide eyes and Two-Bit’s eyebrows rose, slowly swiveling to look at Soda, who was white-knuckling the handle of the spatula in his hand. The kitchen was completely silent.
“I hit him,” Darrel repeated, barely above a whisper, “and he ran away.”
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Or, how Darrel and Sodapop were holding up while Ponyboy and Johnny were in Windrixville, and how Darrel coped (terribly) in the week after.
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blood is thicker by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
22 Oct 2025
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"Ponyboy had almost drowned. Somehow, Darry had forgotten."
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A trip to the lake reawakens memories Ponyboy Curtis has been trying to leave behind - memories that Darrel Curtis now realizes need to be confronted to be overcome.
Bookmarked by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
26 Oct 2025
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Color Him Father by etdancer
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
15 Jun 2025
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Title comes from the song Color Him Father - The Winstons which suits this fic perfectly.
Every year, the last English assignment Mr. Syme gives to his class is to write a letter to their fathers for Father's Day. Over the last three years, he's written a total of five letters to his parents, all of which are buried right in front of their headstones. It's become something of a ritual for him every Mother's and Father's Day, but instead of finding it easier with each passing year, he finds it harder.
This year, as Mr. Syme gives his lecture on the assignment, there's someone else Ponyboy is thinking of; someone else he's making those memories with.
He writes a letter to his brother instead.
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Bookmarked by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
16 Jun 2025
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I've Got You, Brother by silentcry3435
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
16 Aug 2025
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Traumatized, Pony keeps the horrors his mind supplies him with to himself. It doesn't take long for Steve to notice, and one by one, his troubles come to light. And he's reminded that they're so much more than friends, they're brothers.
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- Part 8 of the outsiders fics inspired by songs
- Part 2 of favorites
Bookmarked by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
17 Aug 2025
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This is my future, Darry thought, a cold lump in his throat. He fished his dad’s work boots from the closet. Found the worn gloves, pressed them to his nose and smelled leather and sweat. This was it, everything he was and could’ve been, reduced to the strength of his hands.
“Darry,” Soda said, with unfathomable optimism coating his tongue. “We’re gonna be okay.”
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The world ends on a Tulsa train track. Darry’s life does not. (OR: Five times Darry makes Soda cry, and one time Soda makes Darry cry.)
Bookmarked by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
31 Aug 2025
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Sidelines by irl_batman26
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (TV 1990)
03 Sep 2025
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Years after the events of The Outsiders, Darry finds himself in the same place he was after his parents' deaths, but now Soda is living his new life with Sandy, and Ponyboy has just graduated college. They don’t need him anymore, and he feels more lost than ever. But when a fight with a few drunk socs leads Darry to a startling revelation, will he be able to get himself back on track before the others realize something is wrong? And will he be able to find a purpose in a life that has only ever dealt him blow after blow?
Bookmarked by heyhalfpint (juniorvarsity)
07 Sep 2025