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not a fool entire (abandoned) by cyber_waves for darkfire1220
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
11 Jan 2025
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Inspired by darkfire1220’s story “Ankle-Biter”
Something that adults have yet to learn is that kids are always listening when they least expect it. So, when asked by an older boy to take things over to his place, it was only natural Jinx would say yes. After all, what good scientist passes up an opportunity to extend their knowledge?
The thing is, the 13-year-old never would have predicted this outcome. Now Jinx must figure out how to balance doing jobs for Silco, working on her inventions, keeping the ghosts of her past at bay, and raising a whole-ass person from scratch.
(aka I can’t stop thinking about Jinx being Isha’s bio mom, and how that would change her entire character arc in Arcane)
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Built My Life Around You by fanfareandwhimsy
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
06 Jun 2026
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Two boys were waiting on the porch.
They were as familiar to him as his own reflection. They were complete strangers. Darry wondered if they, too, felt the enormity of this moment, the first time they'd all three been together in nearly eight years. They had to, right? Or maybe they were just overwhelmed. A new (old) home, two new (old) brothers—it was a lot for one day. Then Soda took a tentative step forward.
"Darry?"
Or, Darry was only twelve when his parents were killed in a car wreck, and he and his brothers—eight-year-old Sodapop and five-year-old Ponyboy—were split up by the state. When he successfully receives guardianship of them at nineteen, he suddenly finds himself raising two boys he hasn't seen, let alone spoken to, in close to a decade.
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07 Jun 2026
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Darry Curtis is at work when an F4 tornado rips Tulsa apart. After taking shelter with his coworkers, he finds the city in shambles. He finds Two-Bit and Steve alive, but his house is all but destroyed. And he has no idea where Sodapop and Ponyboy are.
Bookmarked by cyber_waves
27 May 2026
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this is the darkest hour of the darkest night by hearth_goddess
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
25 May 2024
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“Ponyboy, what hospital are you at?”
“Saint Francis.” Ponyboy replied quietly, and Darry couldn’t keep himself from letting out a choked curse.
“We’ll be there in ten minutes.” He told Ponyboy.
His youngest brother huffed out a shaky laugh, a sound that Darry wanted to bottle up and cherish forever. “It takes twenty minutes to get here, Superman.”
Darry couldn’t help but grin slightly. “Then I'll just have to fly."Bookmarked by cyber_waves
27 May 2026
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come down from your fences (open the gates) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
27 May 2025
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“Pony,” Soda whispered, voice barely more than breath. “Please talk to me.”
Pony didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. Just stayed curled up, facing the wall.
“Pony, please,” Soda said again, and now there was a crack in it. Real worry. “Me and Dar, we’re scared. I miss you, honey.”
The words hit him harder than the bruises ever could.
A hand slipped gently into his hair, brushing it back the way it always used to. Pony swallowed, hard.
“‘M okay, Soda,” he mumbled. His voice was thin, frayed at the edges. “It’s okay.”
“It’s not,” Soda said softly. “You look like you’re fading away.”
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When a group of Socs corner Ponyboy and beat him up, they don’t just leave bruises — they leave doubts. Doubts about whether he really belongs with Darry and Sodapop. Doubts about whether he’s anything more than a stray they took pity on. Afraid to be a burden, Pony begins to pull away from the only real family he’s ever known. But Darry and Soda aren’t about to let him go without a fight.
Series
- Part 5 of if i don't break it
Bookmarked by cyber_waves
27 May 2026
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dreams don't just come true (but now there's you) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
21 May 2025
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Darry folded the paper, not unkindly. “Just don’t hide it next time. You don’t gotta act tough with me, savvy?”
That was when the words almost slipped out – I love you.
He wanted to say it. He really did. But his throat closed up around them, the same way it always did.
Instead he said, “Thanks for comin’ to get me. I know – I know it ain’t easy. Sorry”
Darry just shrugged. “Don’t worry ‘bout it. Told Bill my kid was sick and he let me off with no fuss.”
Pony blinked at him.
And maybe Darry hadn’t meant to say that – my kid. Maybe he had. Either way, it settled over Pony like a warm blanket.
He didn’t say anything else.
Didn’t have to. They’d both already said it.
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5 times Ponyboy couldn't bring himself to say I love you + the first time he did.
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- Part 4 of if i don't break it
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27 May 2026