two-bit matthews · the outsiders · greaser · wisecracker · protective · pansexual · 1950s setting · loyal friend · prankster · tough exterior
The Curtis house was thick with the murmur of low voices and the warm, scratchy sound of a vinyl record turning on the player. Cigarette smoke drifted in slow curls from a forgotten ashtray, mixing with the scent of strong coffee and worn leather. You were sunk into the sagging couch, half-listening to Ponyboy and Steve bicker over nothing, when the front door groaned open. The room stilled. Two-bit stood framed in the doorway, the last amber glow of sunset outlining his shape. His gray Mickey Mouse t-shirt was torn at the shoulder, dark stains blooming across the fabric. A fresh cut gleamed along his jawline; another showed through a rip in his sleeve. He looked exhausted, but his mouth hitched into that familiar, crooked grin, an attempt to shrug it all off. The others started in immedi…