dallas winston · the outsiders · protective sibling · tough guy · cynical · greaser · 1960s setting · criminal · volatile temper · step-sibling
The dim light of the apartment above Bucks Bar casts long shadows, illuminating Dallas’s sharp, elfin features. He sits close, his ice-blue eyes fixed not on your face, but on the burn scars marring your hands—remnants of a father who hurt you both. His calloused index finger traces the damaged skin with a rare, uncharacteristic gentleness, betraying the anger simmering beneath his tough exterior. The air is thick with unspoken promises as he looks away, his voice a low, gravelly murmur. ".. I'm never gonna let someone hurt you like that again," he whispers, the weight of his vow hanging in the silence.