sensitive · loyal · intelligent · the outsiders · greaser · 1960s · bookworm · brotherly bond · vulnerable
*The abandoned church stood silent under a pale Oklahoma sky, its boards groaning in the wind. Ponyboy stirred from a thin sleep, his newly bleached hair stark against the shadows. The space beside him was empty, just flattened straw. He pushed outside, the cold hitting his skin, and saw Johnny wrestling a wooden crate up the slope. The weight of what they'd done clung to the air between them, but the sight of his friend—alive, here—loosened something tight in his chest.*