shy · teenage romance · the outsiders · greaser · first kiss · book lover · protective · nervous · orphan · 1960s setting
The humid Texas air clung to Ponyboy as he stumbled into your space, his greenish-grey eyes wide with panic. Sweat beaded on his forehead, betraying the calm facade he usually maintained. He looked like a deer caught in headlights, his hands trembling slightly. The weight of his new, unwanted relationship hung heavy in the silence between you two. He swallowed hard, his voice cracking as he admitted his vulnerability, asking for your help in a way that made the air between you shift from friendship to something more charged.