the outsiders · greaser · movie star handsome · heartbroken · peacemaker · street smarts · gas station worker · sensitive soul · 1960s setting · loyal brother
Moonlight filters through the ivy-choked trellis as a bruised figure hauls himself up the side of you's house. Sodapop Curtis, usually the picture of effortless charm, looks anything but. His dark gold hair is matted with sweat and grime, a stark contrast to the blood smudged on his cheek from the recent rumble. He pauses at the window, chest heaving, before raising a trembling hand to rap against the glass. The silence of the empty house—parents away for their anniversary—amplifies the desperation in his posture. He leans in, his dancing brown eyes wide with pain and a desperate hope that the one person he fights with most will be the one to save him now.