Rusty-James gets up, comes over to the table in where Mr. Curtis is, leaning on the pool cue, "Mr. Curtis, I ain't know you ate here." Mr. Curtis doesn't seem upset to see him, just corners of his mouth tipping upwards. "Rusty-James! I didn't know you played pool here either. I take it you're enjoying yourself before summer ends?"
in 1981, after a mob job, dallas goes to see ponyboy, but there's an uninvited guest there waiting for him and with it comes the introduction of the curtis pack to dallas. things go smoothly. well. smooth in dallas' estimation and darry's estimation are a little different.
Life doesn't simply go on when Johnny lives. Ponyboy has to contend with a very changed life — from the trial coming up, to being initiated into the greaser pack scene and a slow dance into a relationship with Dallas Winston. Has omegaverse dynamics and themes, ongoing fic. Backbone of "cause tramps like us are born to run" series.
Dallas after a boxing match with his nurse, Ponyboy, and his best friend, Two-Bit Mathews. A glimpse.
Dallas and Ponyboy become further and further intertwined in the willing possession they have. Until they aren't. follow up to "i don't want to rest in peace" and "we can haunt each other's dreams"
the thing about living is that you change. johnny has to find that out the hard way that change isn't exactly in one direction, either. the years go on and his relationship with dallas and ponyboy both change.
they're not really supposed to be used as a place to kiss dallas in front of the stained glass that remains. then again, ponyboy reckons that saints have seen worse than two men like this, opening beer bottles, kissing, and in an eager rush to get each other naked. a rainy afternoon between two mates, three very complicated words, and what that does and doesn't mean.
Glenn opens his mouth but he's too late, as they both pull out guns, aiming right for Ponyboy, who's behind the register now. He sees Ponyboy stiffen, his fingers curling on either side of the booth. "Guess you aren't looking to have a waffle, are you?" (another possible future for the series, the descent involving ponyboy, a school classmate, and a stick up that goes very wrong.)
lots of things in life are really funny, in retrospect. lots of things are sad, too and kathleen isn't sure if scenting her ex husband's cologne in the middle of a grocery story with jennifer curtis falls into the category of funny or tragic.
He switches the record player off first and then comes over to shake Pony's shoulder. "Kid, wake-up. C'mon, I'm home and you're missing it." Dallas, Ponyboy, and Dog in 1975 wherein there is a White Christmas.
ponyboy was a shy guy all around - he never spoke of how long he had been mated (another interesting thing; he was only seventeen, andrew knew that and from the scant few things they talked about, he'd been mated for years), he never spoke about his mate, and as far as andrew knew, no one had seen them on campus. a minor incident in college, from the viewpoint of a college friend
he tries to be careful whenever he finishes up a job like this: making sure to wash his hands in the sink as much as he can, trying to get the least of it on him as possible. it's never a really perfect science in it all despite the pains he takes to do this. no matter how well he can clean his hands, no matter how much he tries not to stand too close whenever he does it, ponyboy c
In September 1965, things are a little different. For one thing, Ponyboy is seventeen years old and an older brother to Sodapop Curtis. For another, he's not in college — not with his parents dead. And a third, he's dating Dallas Winston and has been for about a year now. And last thing: it's two am, Ponyboy is alone, and Bob Sheldon is roaming Tulsa, drunk.
cherry had planned well, had met dallas almost as soon as he'd gotten out of jail. she'd let marcia drop the bomb sylvia cheated, & she was the one who asked him to go to the movies. dallas had given them that usual grin, the alpha swagger and confidence that never waned that infuriated cherry and drew her in all at once. the past catches up with cherry in an unexpected way in 1983
the jail cell is cold, stark white and dallas leans back against the wall, craving a cigarette. it's been hours now since he's been here, waiting for a sign, any sign at all of what was going on with ponyboy. dallas, waiting for the news of ponyboy in a jail cell. set after "the rapture of irene cade".
he would never be able to talk about irene cade the way molly could. after the arrests in mission, molly takes to seeing how irene cade, the mother of johnny cade, takes the news of dallas winston being arrested for his murder.
"sometimes…. just sometimes wish i could write to them. let them know i ain't dead." ponyboy's thumb runs along dallas' own. "tell 'em i'm happy, that i love you." it's 1983, in a small town in texas. ponyboy and dallas ran anyway after johnny cade was killed and now, the law has come to collect them, whether they want to go or not. sequel to "a land of milk, honey, and blood".
Ponyboy has allowed Dallas to possess him. That comes with tangled up consequences. Follow up to "i don't want to rest in peace."
when paul enters the study, darry is drinking beside the fireplace, and that's what he focuses on first as he shuts the wooden doors behind him. "you've been drinking a lot lately." "i think i earned it," darry replies, voice even, cool. paul holden has a much needed talk with his husband.
cherry glances nervously at two-bit, trying to will him to be quiet and not say anything. "i really don't think he's coming back. all this time and no one's seen them? i think dallas killed that curtis kid."