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The gang meets a woman hailing from New York, dressed like a Soc but with the attitude of a Greaser. After preventing a disaster, Ellie ends up staying in Tulsa longer than she expected. However, trouble makes that stay difficult: many Socs aren't happy with the impression Ellie left on them and regrets from her past weigh heavily on her. The boys come to care about her, especially Darry, but will they be able to help her like she has helped them? Will it be enough to make her stay once the time comes for her to leave Tulsa?
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Come On Home. by seeds
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
13 Jun 2026
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The Curtis family has been a broken shard of what they used to be ever since the accident. Darry and Sodapop had stood over three grave markers at the funeral: two caskets holding the crushed bodies of their parents beside an empty nameplate labelled Ponyboy Curtis. It's been four years since he went missing from the scene of the railroad track. The case has been cold for just as long, and nearly everyone in Tulsa has lost hope of seeing the baby Curtis brother's face again.
His gang has never lost faith, though, and it proves its worth on the Friday afternoon that Ponyboy Curtis, in all his presumed-dead glory, knocks on the front door like he's not allowed to simply walk in.
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Mars in His Eyes, Stars in His Hair by Andromeda_Child
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
13 Jun 2026
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There is a particular kind of exhaustion that settles into the bones when every day looks like the one before it—a dull, leaden weight that strips the gold from the morning.
To the Greasers, survival was a study in two colors: the ash of the lot and the red of the fray. They lived in the shadows of their own reputations until a quiet kid with a book began to smudge the lines.
Ponyboy didn’t mean to be a catalyst; he simply existed in a different hue.
Through him, the world stopped being a charcoal sketch and started to look like something wet and living—a messy wash of color that even the deepest shadows couldn't quite iron out.
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The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me by Hugo444
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
12 Jun 2026
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Darry didn’t register the way Pony tensed until he was already reaching for his left sleeve. He pulled at it without a thought—then Pony’s hand came up abruptly and stopped him.
It caught him off guard. A simple, “What are you doing?” left his mouth as he pulled the sleeve the rest of the way up.
And the moment he did, he froze. His brain didn’t process what he saw for a moment.
Oh.
Pony’s wrist was completely covered in burn marks.
But not the same marks from the fire in Windrixville—not wild and uncontrolled like some of the scars he had from the burning church.
These were clearly from cigarettes. His cigarettes.
Oh.
Or: Ponyboy’s been hurting himself, and Darry finds out. A confrontation ensues.
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No one deserves to disappear by Veevee123
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
11 Jun 2026
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A mourning Dallas Winston has to face the ugly reality that is his life. The gang does their best to help him.
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The zombie apocalypse didn’t go down the same as it had in the books Pony read. Things were shockingly similar to normal life. The lights still worked, news still ran. Sure, cash seemed to be a thing of the past and the streets were quieter, but it didn’t seem to be all that different.
At least… Not until he has to leave Tulsa. At least he has a friend with him.
Or; Outsiders Zombie au lol
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L’amour de ma vie by bylernova
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
07 Jun 2026
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Dally talked to him while they waited, stupid little things he would never say to anyone else.
Just to pass the time.
Just to keep him awake.
Just to keep him aware and alive.
Darry’s truck pulled up soon, skidding to a sharp halt and he rushed out of the drivers seat, coming around to see Dally gripping onto Two like if he let go he would slip away from him.OR
Two gets jumped and Dally saves him
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A New Normal by Jeanie_Pop
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (TV 1990)
05 Jun 2026
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Sodapop Curtis isn't as dumb as everyone thinks he is. Especially when he walks in on his little sister making out with her best friend. He knows they weren't just practicing.
Female Ponyboy Shenanigans
I don't write often pls be kind :(
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- Part 1 of Female Ponyboy
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Something Smaller Than Forever by Cherry_Blooom
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
05 Jun 2026
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Darry is sixteen years old and has been breathing hospital air for three days.
Three days since the world rearranged itself into before and after. Three days since he learned that love could arrive weighing almost nothing—and that his hands, which have hauled shingles and thrown footballs and held together three people's worth of falling apart, might not know how to hold something this small.
Sodapop has not stopped moving.
The baby has not stopped breathing.
And Darry, who has not cried, sits very still on the patched couch and learns that some facts arrive already irrevocable: the morning, the floor beneath his feet, and the five fingers no bigger than grains of rice that have decided his thumb is worth holding.(Or: The night the Curtis brothers became three.)
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- Part 1 of The Soft Violence of Love
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Love's Redeeming Power by Sugarpetal_Daylay
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
03 Jun 2026
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Two-Bit and Steve make a couple of dumb jokes at the DX, thinking they're being funny.
They don't realize Tim Shepard is right there, and they certainly don't realize their jokes are like little daggers to a man who’s found his whole world in a girl named Pone.
What they see as a scandal, he sees as a miracle.
And you better believe he's not about to let anyone cheapen that.
Aka: It was supposed to be just a one-short. I turned it into a collection of one-shorts about this couple. ♡
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Dog Treat by H3LT3R_SK3LT3R
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), That was Then This is Now - S. E. Hinton
03 Jun 2026
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“I don't remember exactly when it started, or when it got bad. The only thing I remember was Darry, or Soda, finding my journal...”
‘What is ‘Dog Whistle’ about?’
Dog Whistle is a heavily mental health and mental illness focused AU. This why, do interact at you’re own risk with the content, as in a basic summary ‘Dog Whistle’ follows:
-Ponyboy Curtis battling OCD [Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder] (diagnosed formerly as Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis, thus what it’s referred to in the fic.) As well as an array of Eating Disorders while also struggling with the lack of resources and understanding during the time period while, having to recover due to the medical complications that could occur.
-Curly Shepard battling BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder] and Self-Harm while also adapting to the the changing family dynamic in his life, and Tim’s own Mental Health struggles- while he's also trying to overcome previous abuse while keeping all of his own struggles hidden.
Dog Treat- Ponyboy Centric
Shock Collar- Curly Centric -
fortunate son by sunsetenthusiast
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
02 Jun 2026
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Sodapop's world is turned on its head when a letter of military induction arrives in the mail, sending him thousands of miles away from everything he's ever known. Ponyboy is left to pick up the pieces, navigating life without the brother he's been inseparable with since birth. Despite being worlds apart, both Curtises fight to protect and return to each other, no matter what.
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Stuck in the Backseat by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
31 May 2026
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An unexpected customer rolls up to the DX, and it's a blindsided hit. Sodapop's life is no longer as carefree as he was used to, and he didn't have a clue where to start to get his freedom back.
What was he supposed to do when his confidence was destroyed? How could he continue to go outside and live when everyone had motives, and most of them weren't good? Maybe he was paranoid, but could anyone blame him?
His saving graces were his brothers and the gang. There were people he trusted surrounding him, and maybe they would know how to help him better than he could help himself.
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Pony wouldn’t have considered himself a victim of anything. Not a victim of his environment, like the social workers kept saying to Curly Shepard; not a victim of Socs, because violence is just what happened between gangs; and not a victim of some random woman who forced her way into his life.
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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
31 May 2026
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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.)
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- Part 1 of North Star in a Switchblade City
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Darry Curtis adopts Johnny Cade in the afterlife (nawia) (inspired by something I saw on TikTok)
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Beautiful Boy by Sunset_on_Tulsa
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
30 May 2026
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“Ponyboy!” I cry out. They try to shut me up by shoving something in my mouth, I'm guessing a shirt. This is getting so bad. I manage to look to the side for a split second and see Ponyboy getting drowned in the fountain. They keep pushing his head up and down into the water, and I can see his grip on the fountain slowly loosening. I immediately start trying to wiggle away from them to get to Pony. I need to get to Pony. I hear him cry out, and then a yell from someone else. Randy.
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You Matter to Me by juniron
Fandoms: The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
30 May 2026
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Tulsa, 1968. Ponyboy Curtis spends his nights at the library, chasing the chance at college his brothers never had. One stormy evening leaves him stranded after closing, and Lynn Hall – a young library assistant carrying burdens of her own – offers him a ride home. Darry sees her kindness towards his kid brother as nothing more than a favor, at first. But between late-night study sessions, quiet sacrifices, and the weight of family duty, he begins to realize that Lynn understands him in a way no one else ever has. Somewhere between duty and longing, the possibility of something more for the both of them begins to take root.
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Set one year after the events of the musical
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Throwing Off the Cap by Another_day_another_fandom
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
27 May 2026
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Darry had just graduated, not going to college like he wanted, and staying with the greasers. The Socs took that personally.
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- Part 2 of Outsiders one shots
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 723
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 15
- Hits:
- 162
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Their story’s not my own by heytheremeranda
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
27 May 2026
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‘And Pony was pretty sure that the smile on Darry’s face could rival the brightness of the sun. The kind of smile that made the corner of his eyes crinkle from happiness, not from nights of worry spent pouring over bills, trying to figure out how he would be able to put food on the table for his boys.’
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Moments between the Curtis brothers, the heartbreak and love that it takes to find their way to one another.