Hugo444
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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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There is No Home Like the One You Got (That Home Belongs to You) by Hugo444
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
05 Jun 2026
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Soda opened the door.
"Hi."
Oh.
As suspected, there was Johnny Cade standing on their front porch. The strange part? He was drenched in rain, shivering a storm, and covered head to toe in blood. Johnny looked like a beaten mutt, with the way his suspicious black eyes were wide and hollow, a wild contrast from the crimson across his face. A long, ugly, jagged gash sliced through his left temple, blood flowing freely from the wound like a river between them, matching with the scarlet that poured from his bottom lip. His hands were completely busted, knuckles split open, like he'd fought tooth and nail with something or someone.All the color drained from Soda's face. Something dark and stormy bled over his features. "Jonathan Andrew Cade," he said. "What the hell?"
Or: Johnny shows up to the Curtis household with a cracked head and a concussion. Soda, being the second oldest home, takes it upon himself to patch him up.
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My Friends, They Come (And the Lines, They Go By) by Hugo444
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
14 May 2026
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Dally inhaled sharply and slammed his hands down on the table. It spooked Johnny so bad that he flinched hard. "I've about had it with your folks, Johnny! They're awful to you! Why do you even—why do you still live over there? Why d'you bother, when this happens?"
Johnny stared. He didn't have an answer for him. He truly didn't know why, but he didn't have it in him to leave. "I got nowhere else to go."
"Now that just ain't true—" Dally huffed, "The Curtis kids would take you in like a stray pup in a lick of a second. Two-Bit's Ma would be happy to have ya. Hell, you could live with Steve. His dad sure ain't great, but at least he doesn't beat him stupid."
"I don't wanna be a problem," Johnny admitted.
"Kid, your old man is markin' you up so bad that you don't got a sliver of skin that ain't bruised. Nobody would think twice about letting you stay with 'em. As long as it keeps you away from this—" To get his point across, Dally reached over and pinched him by the cheek. "You don't deserve this, Johnny."
And Johnny just stared at him.
Or: Johnny misses the bus, gets a beating, and ends up ditching school to hang out with Dallas. They have a talk.
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There’s No Easy Way to Thank You, So Let’s Act Like We Knew by Hugo444
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
27 Apr 2026
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"I guess you leave me no choice."
Darry grabbed his ankles and yanked, and that sure woke him up. With a yelp, Pony scrambled for his bed frame and latched onto it like a lifeline. "Jeez, Darry, quit it! You're bein' nuts!"
Darry kept pulling him, looking damn near close to wrestling him off of the mattress. "Hey, I asked nicely! Ain't my fault you won't listen!"
"You haven't asked nice for nothin' a day in your life! Cut it out!"
"Yeah, cause you're challengin' my authority!" With one final pull, Darry yanked him right off the bed like he weighed as much as a feather. Pony scrambled, feeling oddly similar to a small animal as Darry shook him by his ankles and held him upside down. "You keep this up and I'm groundin' you on the spot."
"You can't do that!"
"Who says I can't? I'm in charge and whatever I say goes. You wanna start gettin' ready for school, or do you wanna be grounded for a month?"
Or: Pony refuses to get up for school. Darry makes him. Tears and comfort ensue shortly after.
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Soda's Confession by Hugo444
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
25 Apr 2026
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'"Did you have a bad dream?"
Soda nodded weakly.
"Wanna tell me what happened?"
Instinctively, his older brother gripped his hand harder. Then Soda gazed back up at the ceiling and closed his eyes. "It—it ain't important, Ponyboy. You can go back'ta sleep."
Pony didn't like that. Not one bit. "You always say it's good to talk about them. S'healthy."
Soda said that a lot, actually. His words were always something like: "There ain't no reason to be embarrassed about this, Ponyboy," and then he'd wipe his tears with his thumb and grin that toothy, lovable grin of his. "You can talk to me. Always. Tell me what happened."
Pony always told him about his dreams. The good and the bad.
But now, he was only met with silence. Then, Soda sniffled. "I-I guess I do, huh?"
His older brother looked like he was struggling to find the words. Then he looked like he didn't want to speak at all. Finally, he settled on a deep breath. "You... you never came home."'
Or: Soda has a nightmare. Pony talks him through it.