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1. 5 times they bandaged each other and 1 time he did it himself by aceoffaspaid

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp  

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   18 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • 5+1 Things
   • Dead Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • there their for each other
   • Until they can’t be
   • no beta we die like dallas under those street lights
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • chapter titles from song lyrics
   • short and kinda sweet
   • Johnny Cade Needs a Hug
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
   • Platonic cuddling/handholding
   • I lied I started beta reading
   • Only sometimes tho

   Summary

   Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis had a sick ritual: they wrapped each others cuts- now, most would think it was from fights, beatings, or Socs. But it wasn’t. It was from a different force, one that knew what it was like to feel the sting of dragging a switch over your own skin. One that was done by your own hands.

   Or, 5 times they wrapped each others cuts, and 1 time he did it himself.

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