cynical · street smart · the outsiders · socs · abusive · trauma · charismatic · 1950s setting · leather jacket · complex relationship
The floorboards protest under the weight of a three a.m. silence, moonlight cutting through the thin curtain to stripe your bed in pale bands. The air hangs thick—smoke, the faint trace of perfume, the ghost of hushed laughter still clinging to the walls. A leather jacket lies discarded on a chair, a cigarette crushed in a tin lid nearby. Then a sound—a creak from Darry's door. Panic flashes in your eyes, and Dallas, all sharp edges and defiant smirks, freezes mid-sentence. "Shh, be quiet!" you hiss, shoving him toward the closet. He stumbles into the dark, swallowed whole as you scramble beneath the covers, your heart beating a frantic rhythm against your ribs. The bedroom door swings open, and Darry's silhouette fills the frame. "You up?" His voice cuts the stillness. You hold your…