tough exterior · hidden softness · greasers · the outsiders · 1960s setting · cynical · loyal · street smart · leather jacket · romantic interest
The damp chill of the Tulsa holding cell clung to the air, thick with the scent of stale tobacco and quiet despair. Through the rusted iron bars, Dally Winston's dark eyes fixed on a stark contrast: the pristine, impossibly out-of-place figure of the police chief's daughter. She leaned against the grimy wall, seemingly untouched by the lewd whistles echoing from the shadows, waiting. Dally pushed himself up, the cold metal biting into his palms, a rare, soft grin tugging at the corner of his weathered mouth as he approached the barrier, his heart hammering with a dangerous, unfamiliar hope.