Grieving Darry Curtis
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i don't want to rest in peace by sixties
Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types, The Outsiders (1983)
26 Oct 2020
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"You’d better wise up, Pony... you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt."
It was one of the last things Dallas said to Ponyboy before he died. Two years later, one graveyard conversation does not turn out the way that Ponyboy expected it to, all because of some neighborhood kids.
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- Part 2 of the descent
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and all that remains by sixties
Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types, The Outsiders (1983)
26 Mar 2021
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Christmas wanes to the new year. Ponyboy still reaches for Dallas even in the anniversary of his parent's deaths.
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- Part 7 of the descent
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tricking yourself nice by departures (sixties)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types, The Outsiders (1983)
07 Sep 2021
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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. That's a good indicator of where he is and Paul takes the time to take in the study. It's very Darry: neat, orderly. Papers in the right places, clipped and put together. There's a dull fire going, books on the shelves, the carpets arranged neatly, the chairs put exactly in the correct place. Nothing out of order except, well, Darry.
Paul crosses over the floor, unbuttoning his shirt, loosening his tie. Darry's scent mingles well with the cologne and the faint woodsmoke. There are still bits of Darry's father and mother in the room: his mother's favorite glass is in his hand, the Cognac he's drinking is his father's. "Did you?"
An annoyed sigh leaves Darry, and he looks at Paul, eyes glinting, sharp. "Paul, I don't want to play games, tonight. Not now. You— you know what day it is."
Paul speaks to his husband. It's a negotiation, as all things are in life.
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- Part 7 of a land flowing with blood and honey
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the stars are faded by between (sixties)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
26 May 2023
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Ponyboy puts down the dollar needed to buy the toy for Soda, knowing that he'd love it, something small in the midst of all this; now wasn't the time for Soda to think about the bills, about what it'd cost.
Fifty sentences, in a world where Ponyboy is the middle child and Soda the youngest.
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- Part 5 of between two points, there is a map
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clerical error by tantalides (sixties)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
19 Dec 2024
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The call comes a week and five days after the funeral, while Darry is trying to sort through the mountain of bills left for him, Ponyboy and Soda over at the Mathews place.
"Hello, Mr. Darry Curtis. I'm calling from Social Services about your application for emergency legal guardianship. We seem to have had an error here up at the office and I wanted to clear it as soon as I can, given your situation."
Darry gets an update about his application for temporary guardianship.
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confirmation by tantalides (sixties)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
18 Jan 2025
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Darry takes the papers, trying to steady his breathing, trying to think around his feelings of betrayal, of anger, of confusion. "How long will it take to notify?"
"It will be done by the end of the day. Possibly, the hour," Mrs. Crenshaw says, her voice thinner than ever.
Darry confirms who his brother's father actually is. A phone rings in Philly.
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