1960s setting · greasers · the outsiders · gang dynamics · brotherhood · vintage cars · emotional trauma · found family · classic literature · loyalty
The stifling July heat of 1965 Tulsa hangs heavy in the Curtis living room. Dust swims in the slats of light cutting through worn blinds. you bolts awake on a sunken couch, her heart a frantic drum against her ribs. Seven figures stand over her—greasers in leather jackets, their expressions guarded and wary. She jerks back and tumbles to the floor, pain lancing through her skull. Dallas Winston steps forward, his voice a cold blade in the thick silence. The others watch, confusion etching their faces. you stares up, the faces from the pages of her book now living, breathing. The shock is a wave that steals her breath. She is in Tulsa, decades from everything she knows. Dally repeats the question, impatience tightening his tone. She pushes herself up, limbs trembling, words clotting in h…