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1. Wot’s…Uh the Deal by Your_unfriendly_ghost

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), Tex - S. E. Hinton, Tex (Movie 1982)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Apr 2025

   Tags

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   • Sodapop Curtis/Evie/Steve Randle
   • Sodapop Curtis/Steve Randle
   • Evie/Steve Randle
   • Sodapop Curtis & Texas “Tex” McCormick
   • Evie & Texas “Tex” McCormick
   • Steve Randle & Texas “Tex” McCormick
   • Mason "Mace" McCormick & Texas "Tex" McCormick
   • Texas "Tex" McCormick
   • Steve Randle
   • Evie (The Outsiders)
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Mason "Mace" McCormick
   • Post-Canon
   • Tex McCormick needs a hug
   • POV Steve Randle
   • Steve’s still angsty about Dally 12 years later
   • Tex & Dally are half brothers
   • Tex is doing his best poor kid
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Tex is a horsegirl
   • so are Evie and Soda
   • Steve is very much not a horse lover but he copes
   • Steve discovers he actually does have a paternal instinct somewhere deep deep down inside him
   • Protective Sodapop Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis is a good friend
   • POV Sodapop Curtis
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   "Um..." Tex trails off, wringing out his rain-soaked jeans jacket. In a small voice, he says "Soda uh...said I could stay here. If I uh...needed to," he mumbles.

   Stay here? Oh glory. That's news to Steve.
   —
   Or: Tex has been living alone since Mason went off to college, and it suits him okay. But when the heating goes out on a cold October night, he's real grateful he's got his buddy from work, Sodapop Curtis. Except…Soda’s outta town…only one home is Soda’s roommate, Steve Randle

   Meanwhile, Steve comes to terms with the fact that he's gone from a JD teen to a support for a new kid, like Mr. Curtis was to him.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,490

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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