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1. Empty Bed by aster_is_a_star

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   12 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Two-Bit Mathews/Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Dallas Winston
   • Sodapop Curtis & Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Dallas Winston
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Johnny Cade
   • Angst
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Hurt
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Questioning
   • Eating Disorders
   • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
   • Injured Ponyboy Curtis
   • Stay Gold Ponyboy (The Outsiders)
   • Ponyboy Curtis Centric
   • Ponyboy Curtis has PTSD
   • Protective Dallas Winston
   • Dallas Winston Needs A Hug
   • Dallas Winston is Bad at Feelings
   • Dallas Winston Lives
   • Gay Dallas Winston
   • Good Brother Sodapop Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis Has ADHD
   • Gay Sodapop Curtis
   • Good Brother Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Stressed
   • Two-Bit Mathews is a Good Friend
   • Two-Bit Mathews is a Menace
   • Dead Johnny Cade
   • No Beta We Die Like Johnny

   Summary

   Pony-centric fic.
   One year since Johnny Cade's death, and Pony still isn't doing so hot. At least he's got Dallas. But really, wouldn't everyone just... be so much better without him? His best friend died, the only person he was really staying alive for at the time, he realizes. All he does is just stumble around. He decides to leave. For good, this time.

   OR

   Pony decides he's not doing any good for anyone.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,106

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   45

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