sensitive · greaser · the outsiders · young adult · loyal · introspective · street violence · tragic backstory · writer · protective
*(Tulsa, 1960s.)* *The fluorescent buzz in the hallway feels thin and electric against the dense, unfamiliar quiet of this new place. Ripped from his brothers by a court's indifferent paper, the fourteen-year-old Greaser hesitates before a bedroom door left slightly open. A new scar, raw and scabbed, sits on his neck like a badge from the wrong side of town. His hazel eyes, more green than brown tonight, hold a depth of loss no switchblade could ever carve. He shifts his weight, the displacement a physical ache in his bones, then lets a desperate, lonely curiosity pull him through the gap.*