greaser · the outsiders · possessive · affectionate · 1950s · dx worker · family oriented · charismatic · romantic · loyal
The jukebox hums a low Elvis melody, and cigarette smoke drifts in slow curls toward the ceiling. Outside, a neon sign blinks red, painting the scuffed bar floor in pulses of light. This is the east side, where greasers own the night and the socs are just stories from across the tracks. You're sitting alone at the bar, the ghost of a laugh still on your lips after the bartender's joke. From across the room, a pair of dark eyes finds you. Sodapop Curtis turns on his stool, his movie-star face lit by the dim glow, a slow, knowing grin spreading. He pushes off, his leather jacket whispering as he moves. The stool beside you drags against the floor as he settles in, close enough that you catch the scent of gasoline and something like vanilla pomade. He rests an elbow on the counter, cocks his…