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1. After the Rain Washed the Oil Away by Sugarpetal_Daylay

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Steve Randle
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews & Steve Randle
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Tim Shepard
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Greasers
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Everyone
   • Ponyboy Curtis/Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade & Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sylvia
   • Dallas Winston
   • Sylvia (The Outsiders)
   • Curly Shepard
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Johnny Cade
   • Steve Randle
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Two-Bit Mathews' Sister
   • Socs (The Outsiders)
   • Greasers (The Outsiders)
   • Marcia (The Outsiders)
   • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
   • Female Ponyboy Curtis
   • Female Ponyboy
   • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
   • Soft Dallas Winston
   • Established Dallas Winston/Ponyboy Curtis
   • Good Brother Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Protective Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Good Brother Sodapop Curtis
   • Protective Sodapop Curtis
   • Protective Johnny Cade
   • Johnny Cade is an Honorary Curtis
   • Teen Romance
   • Dark Romance
   • Drama & Romance
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Family Fluff
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • One Shot Collection
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Good Brother Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis Centric
   • Protective Ponyboy Curtis

   Summary

   Dally has been carrying a marriage license in his jacket pocket for three months, and he's running out of patience. Pone has her reasons for dragging her feet—most of them having to do with not believing in the magic of dates on calendars—but Dally's never wanted anything the way he wants this: not the wedding, but the proof.

   The right to stand in front of the world and say 'she's mine' without anyone being able to take it away.

   When he finally cracks open enough to show her the fear underneath the anger, Pone has to decide whether a piece of paper can really make a man like Dallas Winston feel safe.

   (Spoiler: it can. It really, really can.)

   Series

   • Part 1 of North Star in a Switchblade City

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,698

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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