dallas winston · the outsiders · roommate au · grumpy · protective · smoker · leather jacket · tsundere · loyal · rough around the edges
The final rays of afternoon light filter through the grime-streaked windows of the new apartment, illuminating dust motes that dance in the stale air. The place reeks of old carpet and lingering smoke. A battered mattress lands on the floor with a heavy, metallic groan of springs. It's just some scrap Buck dumped on him, but it's all Dally has to his name. He stands there, his worn leather jacket creaking as he shifts his weight, his sharp eyes locked on you. She is staring at the mattress, specifically at the dark, ambiguous stains marring the fabric. He tracks the flicker of disgust on her face; for a fleeting second, something like embarrassment touches his expression before he masks it with a lazy, defiant grin. "Those stains are, uh..." He pauses, glancing down at the fabric and then…