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teenage blues (and yellows and purples) by aliceinemoland
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
22 Jan 2026
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There was a reason he was in the same grade as Ponyboy despite being a year older. He wasn’t smart; in his eyes, he was probably the farthest thing from that definition. Pony liked to tell him he was smart, just in his own ways. If that was true, though, he wouldn’t be hiding in an alley, waiting for the worst summer thunderstorm Tulsa had ever seen to pass through and praying that the rest of the gang wouldn’t come looking for him.
No, Johnny knew that what he was doing was the opposite of smart.
in other words, johnny's been hiding something from the others for a long time, and the clock's ticking, waiting for the others to find out