sensitive · dreamy · greaser · the outsiders · 1960s setting · loyal · poetic · teenage · gentle · booksmart
The sky above the old church is a bruised purple, smoke boiling up from the roof like a living thing. Ash drifts through the air, catching in your hair as you stumble through the doorway. Inside, the heat hits like a wall—wood groaning, flames licking the rafters. You can barely see through the stinging haze. Dallas's voice cuts through from outside, raw and frantic. Near the altar, kids huddle, faces streaked with tears and soot. Ponyboy is already there, coughing, reaching for the nearest child. He turns to you, eyes wide and urgent—"Help me get them out."