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1. Public Bookmark 16

   Real Love, Baby by cowboykid

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Ponyboy Curtis/Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade/Dallas Winston
   • Two-Bit Mathews/Angela Shepard
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Angela Shepard
   • Post-Canon
   • Endgame Ponyboy Curtis/Dallas Winston

   Summary

   Ponyboy returns to Tulsa after college to a fracturing relationship between Johnny and Dallas.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,664

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   48

   Kudos:

   96

   Bookmarks:

   16

   Hits:

   1,172

   Bookmarked by Cruzl3r

   08 Jul 2026

2. Public Bookmark 68

   Beats Between the Streets by Gennesis

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

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Multi, Other, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Steve Randle
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Character(s)
   • Ponyboy Curtis/Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Steve Randle
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Mrs. Curtis (The Outsiders)
   • Mr. Curtis (The Outsiders)
   • Sassy Ponyboy Curtis
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Creative artist Ponyboy
   • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
   • Ponyboy Curtis singer
   • Musician Ponyboy Curtis
   • Slow Burn
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Racist Language

   Summary

   Ponyboy’s journey is one of quiet self-discovery, shaped by wonder, loneliness, and a deep love for music. From a young age, he sees the world differently colors in sounds, stories in silence. Music becomes his escape, his language, and eventually his dream. As he grows, he realizes just how much it means to him, not just as a passion, but as a path forward.

   Determined to build a better future for himself, his brothers, and the gang, Ponyboy secretly starts performing at local bars and picking up part-time jobs to fund studio time and buy his own instruments. He hides it all from the others, afraid they wouldn’t understand or worse, that they’d laugh. But the dream grows louder than the fear.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   91,465

   Chapters:

   14/?

   Comments:

   252

   Kudos:

   593

   Bookmarks:

   68

   Hits:

   8,118

   Bookmarked by Cruzl3r

   03 Jul 2026