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boys workin' on empty (is that the kind of way to face the burnin' heat?) by Nearly
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
10 Jul 2026
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There’s shade three steps ahead, but it’s a lifetime away. The sun is beatin’ down on them still, hot and heavy as their mama’s iron, and Pony’s barely standing beneath the weight. He can’t even think through the cotton in his head, the way his stomach is trying to climb up out of his throat. He lifts a lethargic hand up to rub at his forehead, and even the smallest hint of a shadow afforded by his palm feels like heaven.
“Um,” Pony manages, dragging his words out one by one, “‘m…’m not feelin’...”
He can feel himself sway again, and his head is spinnin’, vision darkening at the edges. Soda’s mouth moves but Pony can’t hear it, can’t keep himself upright—it’s like every bit of his body gives up at once, and he blinks, and then he’s gone.
aka; pony gets heat stroke after a track meet, and he worries his brothers half to death.
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of all the money i ever had (i spent it in good company) by Nearly for the_projectionist
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
02 Jul 2026
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Ponyboy gets a job on the west side; the Socs aren't too happy about that.
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overdue for a revival (spent so long just gettin' by) by Nearly
Fandoms: The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
05 Jan 2025
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The latch on the mailbox squeaks, always has, and the hinge is rusty, but it opens just the same. Pony grabs the stack of papers inside and leafs through. Bills, junk, more bills, more junk. And underneath, in an envelope so pristinely white it nearly glows;
Mr. Curtis
731 North St. Louis Ave
Tulsa, Oklahoma
74106Ponyboy damn near chokes on his own heart. Mr. Curtis has never been anyone but his father, and sometimes Darry when the state comes knockin’. But there's no mistaking who it's for; the crisp seal, a bright red circle next the return address, is a dead giveaway. The University of Oklahoma.
or; Ponyboy has his first panic attack.
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Alone in the elevator, it all roars to life again. He told himself years ago that he wouldn’t be that guy anymore; he’d cleaned up his act and left it behind. Or so he thought, until he was down a couple drinks too many and kissing someone who isn’t Taylor just because it felt good. He hates himself for it. Taylor deserves better than that. Better than him.
Maybe he’s always been this way.
He thought he’d left this itch behind too. He hasn’t touched a blade since before Maddie left. Before Chimney followed her. He’d gotten clean and stayed that way, even as the scars started to fade—but it’s blooming again into something that’s getting harder and harder to ignore.
aka: after kissing Lucy, Buck self destructs.
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He finally starts to think back on Maddie's worried face when she told him about it, and he thinks that maybe Maddie knew before he did that he was sick.
Maybe she knew before he did that he'd get the urge to do something like this. Maybe she knew that he wouldn't know how to stop.
If Buck weren't so tired, he might have teared up a little when he imagined the worried look in his big sister's eyes.
(Or, Buck self-harms. He never does figure out how to stop.)
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