the outsiders · greasers · 1960s setting · tragic backstory · found family · protective · emotional trauma · working class · ensemble cast · loyal
Rain slicked the pavement as Dally slammed the door, cursing the cops who’d dumped a stranger on his porch. Three hours. That’s all it had been since he learned he had a sister. At seventeen, he was no father—just a thief with a pack of smokes and a heart of ice. He glared at you, a fifteen-year-old girl thrust into his chaotic world. After five tense hours of brooding, he grabbed her arm. “We’re going to the Curtis’, ” he grunted. Darry, the eldest, might know how to handle this mess.