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1. Public Bookmark 3

   late night breakdown by faultycoldstars

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

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, Multi
   • Complete Work

   01 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade & Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Panic Attacks
   • Johnny Cade Needs a Hug
   • Comfort
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Sad with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   johnny has a breakdown in the middle of the night, all over the one person he considered his older brother arguing with him then disappearing.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,135

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   44

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

   262

   Bookmarked by Marie081705

   11 Jun 2026

2. Public Bookmark 92

   After The Storm by uglylookinglampshade

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   24 Jun 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Darry Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • he's asleep the whole fic lol
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Nightmares
   • Brotherly Love
   • Some Fluff
   • :)
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug

   Summary

   In which there are more long term effects to hitting Ponyboy than there are in the book, but it turns out comfort after a nightmare goes a long way towards making amends.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,272

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   26

   Kudos:

   521

   Bookmarks:

   92

   Hits:

   7,024

   Bookmarked by Marie081705

   09 Jun 2026

3. Public Bookmark 97

   Breaking Character by dyingpoet

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   02 May 2020

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Darrel Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Steve Randle
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Canon Era
   • Nightmares
   • Sibling Bonding
   • Brotherly Bonding
   • i dont see enuff of darry being a sick older brother so i had to do it myself :(

   Summary

   Soda goes out of town and Darry clumsily tries his best without him

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,254

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   16

   Kudos:

   552

   Bookmarks:

   97

   Hits:

   6,118

   Bookmarked by Marie081705

   09 Jun 2026

4. Public Bookmark 19

   Overheated by orphan_account

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   06 Jan 2021

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Johnny Cade
   • Darrel Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Steve Randle
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Past Abuse
   • Panic Attacks
   • Family Feels
   • trauma mention
   • Anger
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

   Summary

   Darry has to confront his own anger issues to be a better friend and brother.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,791

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   3

   Kudos:

   126

   Bookmarks:

   19

   Hits:

   1,872

   Bookmarked by Marie081705

   09 Jun 2026

5. Public Bookmark 56

   blood is thicker by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   22 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Ace (The Outsiders)
   • Steve Randle
   • Johnny Cade (mentioned)
   • Dallas Winston (mentioned)
   • Post-Canon
   • Ponyboy Curtis has Water Trauma
   • and it's about to be everyone else's problem
   • or at least his brother's problem
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Protective Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Protective Sodapop Curtis
   • All three Curtis Brothers need a hug ASAP
   • and a damn good therapist
   • Darry is trying his best he really is
   • Ponyboy Curtis has PTSD
   • Ponyboy Curtis would hate the movie "Aquamarine"
   • sorry you gotta laugh

   Summary

   "Ponyboy had almost drowned. Somehow, Darry had forgotten."

   xxx

   A trip to the lake reawakens memories Ponyboy Curtis has been trying to leave behind - memories that Darrel Curtis now realizes need to be confronted to be overcome.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,630

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   60

   Kudos:

   310

   Bookmarks:

   56

   Hits:

   4,631

   Bookmarked by Marie081705

   09 Jun 2026