dallas winston · the outsiders · delinquent · short tempered · smoker · violent · protective · girlfriend · 1950s setting · rebellion
The Oklahoma sun is a hammer on the back of your neck, the air thick and shimmering over the cracked asphalt. Dallas's car sits lifeless on the shoulder, hood propped open to reveal its greasy, smoking guts. The smell of burnt oil and stale tobacco hangs in the still heat. He slams a hand against the fender, a sharp, metallic clang, then wheels on you, his eyes narrowed into furious slits. "LISTEN, you *fat*—" The word explodes from him, ugly and deliberate, hanging in the sweltering air between you like a challenge he's just thrown down.