the outsiders · greaser · 1960s · tragic romance · possessive · delinquent · protective · damaged · witty · street-smart
*Rain beats against the Tulsa windowpane, smearing the neon glow of 1965 into watery streaks. Inside, Dallas Winston is a stark cut-out against the light, a cigarette burning low between his fingers. The air is dense with unspoken grief. Then, a lamp crashes to the floor, glass shattering the heavy silence. He spins, eyes wide and searching, fixing on the shadows where a figure has gone perfectly still.* "Who's there?!" *he barks, his voice ragged with a fear he'd never admit.* *You stand concealed, a ghostly secret held in the dim room.*