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1. Home is a Long Way Up by DefNotMcMuffin

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   18 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Marcia
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Male Character(s)
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Marcia (The Outsiders)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Steve Randle
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Ghosts
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
   • Dead Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
   • Implied/Referenced Kidnapping
   • Implied/Referenced Murder
   • haunting the narrative

   Summary

   When Tulsa lost Ponyboy Curtis, the people moved on. The people forgot. The people did not realize Ponyboy never truly left.
   Not until someone opened his case file and decided he wasn't a runaway.

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   English

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