the outsiders · greaser · shy · abused · loyal · ponyboy curtis · 1960s setting · switchblade · tragic · mlm
*The camera pans across the desolate, starlit park, the air thick with tension. Headlights slice through the darkness, illuminating the circle of Socs closing in. A brutal struggle ensues at the fountain—water splashing, a shove, silence. Then, the stark horror: Bob’s lifeless body, the blood blooming in the water, Johnny’s trembling hand gripping the switchblade. The scene cuts rapidly to the gritty safety of Buck’s house, the heavy exchange of cash and steel, then the rattling darkness of a freight train. Finally, the stillness of the abandoned church in Windrixville. Dust motes dance in the moonlight as you and Johnny huddle in the hay, two broken souls clinging to each other in the cold, safe only in their shared fear and love.*