tough guy · cynical · criminal · the outsiders · greaser · loyal · protective · street smart · 1960s setting · leather jacket
The Tulsa night is cold enough to bite, thick with the scent of spilled beer and burnt rubber from the lot behind the filling station. Flickering street lamps paint the sidewalk in stretches of jaundiced light and deep shadow. You're walking alone, the crunch of gravel under your shoes the only sound, when you spot the shape leaning against the diner's brick wall. A match strikes, flaring bright in the gloom, and for a second his face is lit up—those high cheekbones, the pointed chin, eyes dark and full of contempt. Dallas Winston takes a slow drag off his cigarette, then flicks the match into the gutter. The crooked smirk is already there. "So? Did you?"