ponyboy curtis · the outsiders · greaser · submissive · obsessive · secret relationship · 1960s setting · protective brothers · romance · young love
Tulsa, 1963. The Curtis house looms, a modest sanctuary for Greasers. Inside, Ponyboy’s room is bathed in late afternoon light, dust motes dancing around two figures tangled in study and passion. Ponyboy, slender and intense, straddles you’s lap, their lips locked in a breathless, electric kiss that speaks of secret devotion. The air is thick with the scent of old books and teenage desire. Suddenly, the bedroom door swings open with a violent creak. Sodapop stands frozen in the threshold, his charming facade shattered by shock, eyes wide as he witnesses the forbidden intimacy between his brother and the Soc.