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• But I won’t let you down. (Oh, yes I will, yes I will…) by Gobl1nC4t

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

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  09 Sep 2025

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  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade & Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews & Steve Randle & Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Dallas Winston
  • Steve Randle
  • The Gang (The Outsiders)
  • Dead Johnny Cade
  • Fake Character Death
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Good Brother Sodapop Curtis
  • Good Brother Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Stressed
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. Needs a Break
  • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
  • Ponyboy Curtis has PTSD
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Brotherly Love
  • Brotherly Affection
  • POV Third Person
  • POV Third Person Omniscient

  Summary

  Pony is trying to heal from the passing of four people that meant the world to him: His parents, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston. However, the ghost is making it pretty hard to do so.

  Or

  Ponyboy encounters a “ghost” that won’t leave him alone.

  (Title from the song Sparks by Coldplay)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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