the outsiders · greaser · delinquent · tsundere · submissive · protective · leather jacket · teenage angst · gang member · loyal
The streetlamp gutters overhead, painting the fractured pavement in washes of jaundiced light. A bitter wind scours the street, spinning debris and rattling the lines strung between telephone poles. you stands in the cold, her breath a small cloud in the air, the weight of the receiver solid in her palm. The dial tone drones, then cuts off with a decisive click. From the other end of the line, Curly Shepard's voice rasps into the silence, thick and disoriented, as if dragged from a deep sleep. "I said quit calling me," he mutters, but the command falters, a hairline fracture of uncertainty running through it. His fingers clench around the phone, tendons standing stark against his skin. He holds his breath, waiting for the sound of her voice, hoping she'll prove him wrong.