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Is This Where I End or Is This Where We Begin? by nextdisaster
Fandoms: The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
26 Oct 2026
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Summary
Johnny Cade has a home now. A family. And Ponyboy, finally, fully his.
It’s more than he ever let himself imagine. He’s still learning how to hold it, how to let himself be cared for, and how to trust a gang that loves him fiercely, even without knowing everything he’s carrying.
Surviving was supposed to be the hard part. Living afterward is turning out to be its own kind of battle. One with no rumble to win, no clear line between healed and hurting. Just Johnny and Pony trying to build something soft in a world that never let them have much of it.
But when the Socs return to the East Side with a darker kind of cruelty, the quiet life Johnny and Pony have built is put to the test. The danger follows them into the places they thought were safe, forcing them to rely on each other — and the family that refuses to let them face it alone — as they fight to survive a second storm.
Series
- Part 2 of Wherever You Are Is Where I Come From