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Ponyboy sits at his desk and breathes in. He twiddles his pencil between his fingers as he stares at the paper he needs to write a letter on.
Well, he doesn’t need to write the letter but he wants to. He just isn’t sure what to write.
What the hell do you write to your secret boyfriend that’s going to be in jail for the next month because he beat the holy hell out of a Soc that got a bit too nasty with him.
Pony knows Dallas wouldn’t want him to write him a letter. He actually firmly expressed that he did not want Pony to send him anything if he ended up back in bars at some point.
Which Pony feels is stupid because they were dating now so how could he not talk to him for a whole month. Especially when Dally went to jail for him.
He will never forget the look on Dally’s face when he went to him after a Soc had beat him so badly he couldn’t see out of his eye for days. Dally’s usual resting bitch face twisted into pure fucking rage in seconds.
When Pony had explained what happened the only reason Dally didn’t immediately go try to find the Soc was because Pony said he needed him to stay. Dally may be a cold hood but when Pony asked him to do something he did it.
Pony thinks that that’s just how couples work but in Dallas words, he was just a sucker for him.
Pony knows it’s just Dally’s way of saying ‘I love you’. So Pony always responds by saying he loves him too.
The point was Dallas was a sucker for Pony and would do anything for him. So he stuck around when Pony asked him to.
The night Pony got beat he ignored the consequences he knew he’d face for not coming home that night. And layed in Dally’s lap while he ran his fingers through his hair until Pony calmed down.
That night he let Dally wash the blood out of his hair and wipe it off his face. That night he curled up onto Dallas's chest and slept like a baby.
And the four nights after that he snuck out of his house so he could go see Dally and make sure he didn’t do anything crazy.
Sadly, Pony didn’t distract Dally enough because one night he got a phone call from jail. Pony knew immediately that Dally had done exactly what he knew he would and had gotten caught for it.
Pony had cried his eyeballs out because he was sure Dally had gotten a couple of years for beating a Soc.
He had only stopped crying when he found out Dally only got a month by claiming self-defense. The Soc, of course, got off with 24 hours of community service.
After Pony had calmed down he wanted to hit Dally for being so damn stupid.
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“How could you be so stupid Dal,” Pony whispers out harshly not wanting to wake his brothers
“I got angry... I just had too,”
“You didn’t have to,”
Dallas sighs “I know,”
“Then why did you do it!” Pony says his voice rising before he quickly lowers it.
“I did it for you,” Dally answers softly
Pony sighs and rests the receiver on his forehead for a second before putting it back to his ear.
“You may be an idiot, but you’re my idiot,”
Dally snorts “only cause I’m a total sucker for you,”
“I love you too Dal,” Pony says as the phone starts to beep signaling that Dally’s time is running up.
Dally sighs “I’ll see you in a month alright,”
“Alright,” he says reluctantly “bye Dal,”
“Bye Pony,” Dally responds, hanging up the phone.
*
Pony had only managed to wait three days before he just had to send a letter to Dally which he was trying to write as of now.
He knows he has to do it quickly because Soda and Darry are going to be home in about forty minutes.
Darry and Soda didn’t know about their relationship because Pony knows Darry won’t approve in the slightest. It was one thing for Dally to be a part of the gang but it was a whole other thing for Dally to be dating Pony.
Darry would lose his freaking mind if he found out. And Pony wanted to be with Dally for as long as possible.
Every part of his soul and heart loves Dallas to the highest degree. Pony wouldn’t know what to do with himself if they broke up. Hopefully, they never will so he will never find out.
Stretching in his desk chair Pony checks his clock. He now has thirty minutes left to write the damn letter and get it into the mail. Picking up his pen he decides to just wing it.
Dear Dal, I know you didn’t want me to write a letter but I decided I was going to anyway.I miss you so I decided to tell you some things I love about you. (Cause why not)
9 Things I Love About You
1: I love that even though you’re all rough edges, busted lips and bruised knuckles you take the time to be sweet with me. (Even if you won’t admit it)
2: I love that you don’t mind that our relationship stays a secret until I can figure out how to tell Darry.
3: I love that you keep the gifts I give you even though you pretend it’s not a big deal.
4: I love that you watch the sunset with me even though you quietly think it’s stupid.
5: I love that you have started to open up to me about the things you like to do ( besides fighting ) like watch old corny movies and laugh at them.
5: I love that when you laugh you wrinkle your nose. And when you’re concentrating on something you curl your lips.
6: I love it when your face lights up when I give you your favorite candy (Twizzlers) and then try to look mean when you realize it.
7: I love that when you get angry at me you try to calm down and talk it out and if you can’t you walk away and come back later.
8: I love that you kiss me when you want attention instead of asking for it because you’re bad at asking for affection.
9: But most importantly I love every part of you, flaws and all.
Even though you’re going to be really angry that I wrote to you I have decided that I’m going to send you a letter for every day you’re in jail.
Love (your awesome boyfriend who loves you so much. Please don’t be mad. ) Ponyboy Curtis
Looking over the letter Pony decides it’s good enough.
Getting up he makes his way outside and to the mail. Pony checks over the envelope to make sure he put down the write address, name, and booking number.
Putting it into the mail slot Pony leaves with his fingers crossed hoping Dally sends a letter back.
He loved that idiot too much to not be able to talk to him for a month. He hopes Dally likes it.