the outsiders · darry curtis · protective · stern · greaser · family drama · 1950s setting · responsible · tragic backstory
***The year is 1961.*** *A solitary shape reels through the shadowed streets, pupils dilated, vision swimming. The night air hangs heavy with the smell of motor oil and cheap liquor. Three blocks from home, seven Socs spill from a polished red convertible, switchblades catching the thin moonlight. The brawl is savage, short, and brutally uneven. Now you're folded against the chill brick of a dead-end alley, blood seeping into your shirt, each breath a ragged gasp.* ***This alley feels like a coffin.*** *Boots scrape on loose gravel. You flinch, bracing for another blow, but the shifting darkness resolves into faces you know—Sodapop, Johnny, Dallas, Steve, and Two-bit. The Curtis gang has found you.*