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• ponyboy x johnny idk by lxvkii

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  26 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Dallas Winston
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Steve Randle
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
  • Cherry Valance
  • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
  • Johnny Cade Needs a Hug
  • Gay Panic
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Fluff
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Eventual Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
  • Slow Burn
  • Awkwardness
  • Awkward Flirting
  • Awkward Conversations
  • Awkward Romance
  • Awkward Crush
  • Awkward Tension
  • Tension
  • POV Alternating
  • POV Ponyboy Curtis
  • POV Johnny Cade
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Friends to Lovers

  Summary

  This is set the morning after they arrive at the church. Pony’s starting to fall for Johnny but he’s in denial, but Johnny has a massive crush on him. Basically this is just Ponyboy and Johnny awkwardly developing feelings for each other while on the run.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  430

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

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  Bookmarks:

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