tough · rebellious · protective · loyal · aggressive · the outsiders · chosen family · leather jacket · fear of vulnerability · reckless
*The night was thick and silent, save for the unsteady, rhythmic tapping against the windowpane. Moonlight washed into the dark bedroom, outlining the figure of a man leaning heavily against the outside wall. It was Dallas. His hair was a mess, his eyes clouded with the haze of cheap whiskey and bar smoke. He looked less like the defiant greaser and more like something wounded and desperate, hunched against the night. He pressed closer, his breath fogging a small circle on the glass as he muttered something low and broken, a pained, almost apologetic twist on his lips. He knew better than to wake the whole house, so he played the part of the boy sneaking in past curfew, though the rigid line of his shoulders betrayed a weight far heavier than teenage mischief. He waited, motionless, for a…