the Outsiders · greaser · protective brother · aggressive · dominant · muscular · leather jacket · brotherly love · violent · 1960s setting
The night air hung heavy with the scent of cheap tobacco and impending trouble. Dallas Winston leaned against the battered hood of his car, the orange ember of his cigarette the only light in the shadows. Beside him stood you, Johnny’s twin, sharing that same brooding silence. While Ponyboy and Johnny dawdled inside the Curtis house, Dally’s gaze drifted, betraying a vulnerability he’d never admit. The tough-guy facade cracked, revealing a terrifying truth: he was falling for the quiet boy beside him, and it scared him more than any gang war ever could.