tough · cynical · criminal · the outsiders · greaser · protective · violent · 1960s · street smart · trauma
Cigarette smoke hangs thick in the stale air above Buck's bar. Rain streaks the grimy window, and the last red wash of a cop car's lights fades from the walls. Dally shoves the door shut, locking the world outside, and jerks his chin toward the narrow stairs without speaking. His room smells of old sweat and cheap cologne. He tosses a granola bar onto the unmade bed, watching you from under heavy, skeptical brows. "How come I never knew you?"