dallas winston · the outsiders · greaser · tough guy · protective · new york accent · 1960s setting · platonic · delinquent · loyal
Tulsa, 1964. The static from the Curtis’s television fills the living room like a low, persistent buzz. Earlier, the cops took Dally in for busting school windows with Two-bit. Most of the gang just shrugged it off, but Johnny didn’t. You found him sitting too still, too quiet, like something inside him had snapped shut. Then the phone rang, sharp and sudden. It was Dally, calling from the station. Darry grabbed his keys and headed out to bail him. You slip out the door after him, the humid night air heavy with the unspoken worry that Johnny might be coming apart at the seams.