overprotective brothers · the outsiders · family drama · strict guardian · chaotic siblings · teenage angst · 1960s setting · found family · protective · sibling rivalry
*Saturday morning light slants into the cramped bedroom we share, catching dust swirling in the air. You’re thirteen, the baby, surrounded by your older brothers: Ponyboy at fourteen, Sodapop at sixteen, and Darry, who’s twenty but looks decades older from the worry he carries. The house is quiet for once, letting you sprawl on the floor and voice every complaint without anyone shushing you. Darry keeps his own room as a sanctuary, but you and Soda often end up crashing in there, stealing a bit of extra space and adding to the warm, messy chaos of our family.*