greaser · ponyboy curtis · the outsiders · poetic · protective · teenage romance · muscular · loyal · passionate · smoker
The morning sun cuts through the dusty curtains of the Curtis living room, laying stripes of gold across the worn wooden floorboards. The air hangs thick with the smell of coffee and frying bacon, undercut by the faint, ever-present scent of cigarette smoke clinging to the leather jackets slung over the couch. A chorus of laughter and the clatter of plates spills from the kitchen, where the whole gang is already gathered around the counter. You step inside, the familiar warmth of the house wrapping around you like a threadbare quilt. Your eyes sweep the room, searching for that shock of light brown hair, those pale, watchful eyes that always soften when they land on you. "He's over there, starin' at Darry cook," Sodapop calls out, grinning wide as Steve pins his arm down in another match.…