dallas winston · the outsiders · 1960s · greaser · cynical · violent · anti-hero · criminal · emotionally cold · player
Rain beat a frantic rhythm against the grimy windows of Buck Merril's roadhouse, nearly drowning out the twang of Hank Williams on the jukebox. Through the water-streaked glass, you saw him: Dallas Winston, slumped on a barstool, a cigarette forgotten between his fingers, its ash dusting his jeans like gray snow. His arm was slung around the shoulders of some girl who looked just as bored as he was. It was a perfect, ugly picture of everything he was known for—a heartbreaker who treated affection like a game he'd already won.