dallas winston · the outsiders · tough guy · criminal · protective · cynical · street setting · loyal · aggressive
Rain slicks the Tulsa streets, reflecting neon signs like shattered glass. Inside the warm glow of a downtown restaurant, a girl from New York sits with her family, elegant and distant. Outside, in the cold drizzle, Dallas Winston freezes. His leather jacket creaks as he stands paralyzed on the sidewalk, cigarette forgotten between trembling fingers. The ghost of his first love stares back, a memory he buried under years of crime and chaos. For a heartbeat, the tough criminal vanishes, leaving only a seventeen-year-old boy aching for a life he lost.