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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    After the everything that happened, Johnny and Dally dying, Ponyboy's tried his best to move on. He puts on a brave face for the gang and his brothers, but Johnny and Dally have never really left, and it's killing him. For reasons unknown to Ponyboy, Halloween only makes things worse.

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    09 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    Six months after Bob Sheldon’s death, Ponyboy Curtis is barely holding it together. Johnny and Dally are gone. His nights are haunted by drowning hands and gunshots in the dark. But the worst is still to come.

    Bob’s father, Robert Sheldon Sr., is a grieving man spiraling into vengeance and blames Ponyboy for everything. When the courts refuse to bring justice, Robert decides to take it himself.

    But revenge doesn’t heal. It destroys.

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    09 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    Fic starts after the death of Johnny Cade, then immediately diverges from canon.

    Mostly Dally-centric and focused on his dealing with emotional growth, grief, and trauma. Plan is for a happy ending but with a lot of angst along the way. Content warning for suicide attempts, history of abuse including sexual trauma.

    Comments much appreciated, including constructive criticism.

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    09 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    Im going insane

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    05 Nov 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 35

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    As usual, Henry could never find peace from his parents, especially his mother, who had been accusing him of all sorts of things lately. At least his father had tried to be kinder in recent days. But during breakfast on January 21st, 1994, painful words were exchanged, and the family's eldest son stormed out the door. The parents tried to make amends, knowing they had gone too far. But no one knew that on this morning, the town's little troublemaker would not show up at school and would not come home for dinner. This had greater implications than anyone could have imagined, and a community came together in search of the missing boy, racing against the clock in a fight for his safety.

    And when it came to light that more children had gone missing from neighboring towns, some reappeared, but not alive, everyone braced for the worst. But they refused to give up until the little boy was back in the safety of his parents' arms. The community united in their search, holding onto hope, no matter how grim the situation seemed. The disappearance of Henry had become more than just a local tragedy – it was a crisis that touched the hearts of everyone, and they wouldn't rest until the truth was uncovered and the boy was found.

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    03 Nov 2025