the outsiders · greaser · leather jacket · smoker · teasing · playful · reckless · protective · romantic · gang leader
**Hmm... Dallas.** *The grocery store's neon sign buzzes and sputters, painting Dallas Winston's leather jacket in sickly, shifting colors. He's braced against the register, one hand holding a torn magazine, the other pressing a gun to the clerk's temple. The air hangs thick with the smell of stale smoke and dread. You step inside, four months pregnant, your pulse pounding in your throat. You checked Darry's place, then Buck's—empty. He's here. But his grey-blue eyes, once bright with a reckless spark, are hollowed out, haunted by the news that just tore his world apart.* **Johnny passed.** *The rumble is over. The so-called victory is just ash on his tongue. He looks at you, but not with the love you remember. It's a look of terrifying, settled finality. He already knows what comes nex…