Cithara
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- Merlin (TV) (39)
- Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (33)
- Downton Abbey (3)
- Stranger Things (TV 2016) (3)
- History Boys (2006) (1)
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When Tom finds Thomas and assists after his suicide attempt, a bond forms between the two men, one that is built upon a mutual need for one another. As their friendship grows, the bond develops into something deeper and much more abiding.
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Steve's parents come home unexpectedly and discover Steve's relationship with Eddie.
An outtake from Hope I Live To Tell, but can be read as a standalone.
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- Part 2 of Hope I Live To Tell Universe
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Eddie can't decide what's weirder - being saved by Steve Harrington, or being nursed back to health by him. When he survives the demobats, thanks to Steve, the last thing Eddie expects is for Steve to let him stay with him while he recovers. As time goes by, Eddie realises that 'home' comes to mean 'Steve'.
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- Part 1 of Hope I Live To Tell Universe
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Steve and Eddie indulge in their usual shenanigans after a Corroded Coffin show, and Steve reminds Eddie exactly who he belongs to.
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In January 1989, Stu and Tom meet to discuss the status of their relationship, and to look back on the moments, good and bad, that have led them to where they are.
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The Weight and the Warmth by Cherry_Blooom
Fandoms: The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
23 Aug 2025
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Sodapop wakes up angry.
Not angry at anyone, not even at anything—just that heavy kind of angry that sticks in your chest for no reason. The kind that makes the air feel wrong.
But there’s Ponyboy, warm and asleep, breathing easy like the world has never touched him. And somehow, just by being there, Pony makes the storm inside Soda go quiet.
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One Word: Tradition by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
03 Sep 2025
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It used to be the five of them, crammed into the old station wagon with tents, sleeping bags, and a cooler full of sandwiches. And to Darry’s point, it was tradition. Somewhere, he knew that going camping with his brothers was going to bring him closer to mom and dad.
This was supposed to be the first good thing since Mom and Dad died.
Unfortunately, things do not go according to plan and the Curtis bros are forced to make last minute adjustments to their traditions.Sicktember 2025 Prompts:
5. "worst possible timing"Series
- Part 3 of USeeTheseHands’s Sicktember 2025
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Golden by starryreys
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
18 Feb 2025
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That night at dinner, he sees Soda and Darry watching him closely, like how you’d watch a glass you knocked over, teetering on the edge of a table. As if Ponyboy is going to shatter now that he can’t scribble out his pain onto every piece of paper in the house.
But he doesn’t shatter. For the first time in a long while, he feels… maybe not good, but okay. Like maybe, someday down the road, he could feel good again.
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or, Ponyboy writes his theme, Darry reads it.
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Say Nothing of Dreams by Maeve_Pendergast
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
04 Jul 2025
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“I can’t even buy bread ‘cuz my check’s not comin’ in. What kind of brother am I?”
“A damn good one.” Soda affirms, voice unwavering, “One who kept us all together, who left everything behind for us. Who breaks his back to put a roof over our heads and food on the table.”
Darry and Pony have always loved each other - they just show it in ways that don't make a lot of sense to people. And in the aftermath of the fire, Pony starts to understand Darry's hiding a lot more than he says and Darry learns that love doesn't have to be so complicated.
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Ponyboy has a nightmare, but this time it isn't Soda who he needs to comfort him.