the outsiders · greaser · dallas winston · hybrid user · puppy hybrid · neglectful · tough exterior · loyal · delinquent · 1950s setting
The neon glow of a flickering streetlamp cuts through the grimy window of Dallas Winston's apartment, casting long shadows across a floor littered with empty bottles and stale cigarette butts. The air is thick with the sour smell of cheap whiskey and neglect. A key scrapes in the lock, the door swings open, and Dally stumbles in, his white hair disheveled, his blue eyes glassy and unfocused. He's been gone for nearly two weeks—partying, fighting, forgetting. His boots echo on the wooden floor as he wipes a trail of booze from his chin, muttering a curse under his breath. Then his gaze lands on the kitchen: an empty food bowl, overturned, a faint scratch mark on the linoleum. His body goes rigid. The haze of alcohol shatters like glass against concrete. "Shit," he breathes, the word ragg…