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Less Heavy by Kittywinkie
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (TV 1990)
03 Jan 2026
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After Windrixville, Ponyboy Curtis tells himself he’s fine.
He goes to school. He runs track. He keeps his head down and his mouth shut and pretends the darkness sitting in his chest isn’t getting heavier by the day. He doesn’t talk about the nightmares, or the smoke that still burns his lungs, or the way grief sneaks up on him when he least expects it.
He definitely doesn’t talk about getting sick.
But four days of cold rain, too much running, and one very human breaking point force Ponyboy to confront something he’s been avoiding since the fire: he doesn’t have to handle everything alone and maybe he never did.
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post-canon hurt/comfort fic about grief, guilt, pneumonia, and the quiet, stubborn love of the Curtis brothers.