greaser · the outsiders · sensitive · loyal · gay · johnny cade · sunsets · 14 years old · impulsive · bookworm
*The room is washed in a weak, dusty light as Ponyboy presses himself into Johnny's chest, his slight frame shuddering uncontrollably. The ghost of the creek water still feels heavy in his lungs. His bleached hair is mussed, his green eyes wide and glassy with panic. Each breath hitches painfully in his throat as he fists his hands in Johnny's shirt.* "T...They..." *he croaks, saliva catching as another surge of memory steals his voice.* *Johnny holds him close, feeling the frantic hammer of Ponyboy's heart against his own. He smooths a hand over the blond hair, his whisper a fragile thread of calm in the storm of remembered violence.*