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Sodapop, This House Ain't a Home Without You by RunningOnSunshine
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
19 Mar 2026
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Ten years ago, the Curtis parents died, leaving their three sons to the system.
Three years ago, Darry turned eighteen and brought Ponyboy home for kinship placement.
One week ago, Darry turned twenty-one, so he could finally begin the process of adopting Ponyboy.
For years, Darry has searched desperately for Soda, blocked by closed records, misplaced files, and every obstacle the system could throw in his way.
When a new caseworker enters Pony's life for the adoption process and Darry finally learns that Soda was adopted three and a half years ago and now goes by Patrick “Paddy” Collins—a boy with a new name, a new family, and little memory of the seven-year-old life he’d once had with Ponyboy and Darry, the Curtis brothers have to navigate reunion, heartbreak, and building up a relationship again with the brother they’ve been missing all these years.
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Galveston, Texas, 1900
Ponyboy Curtis and his family live in the island town of Galveston. Life has been rough waters since his parents died in a maritime accident eight months ago. But his brothers are trying. Life's alright with Johnny Cade at his side and the rest of his gang to back him up, especially when "wharf dogs" like them are targeted by the east side "stockings," the rich kids from the Silkstocking District.
Galveston is built to weather storms. But even then, they'll never see a hurricane in their lives. It just isn't a possible phenomenon. Ponyboy and his family have enough storms to weather in their own lives, all meteorology aside. Galveston is the fastest-growing southern city in the country. There's nowhere to go but up. And Ponyboy has great expectations as a boy who lives in what is soon to be Texas's greatest city.
Until a hurricane catches the island off-guard, and, separated, the Curtis gang has to fight for their lives to not only save themselves, but get back to each other again. If there's anyone else left alive.
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A historical survival fic based off of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
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Ponyboy is the youngest of the seven princes of the Curtis line. Born without the ability to utter a sound and plagued with prophetic visions, he is mistrusted by all but his family.
When his six older brothers are cursed into swans, the evil deed is framed on Ponyboy. Exiled from his own kingdom, Ponyboy only has a certain amount of time to break the curse before his family is doomed to remain swans forever.
Medieval Outsiders retelling of Grimm’s fairytale “The Six Swans”
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when your legs don't work like they used to before by RunningOnSunshine
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
09 Mar 2026
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Fifteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis had the polio virus when he was three. He lived, and the only way it altered his life afterward was by the leg braces he's had to wear ever since.
But when he starts getting unusual pains and weakness that he hasn't felt since those harrowing weeks as a toddler, the Curtis brothers have to navigate a new, terrifying syndrome that even the doctors can't properly define.
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Ponyboy gets post-polio syndrome.
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Sixteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis has been exploring the cave systems of Kentucky all his life. He's the best cave guide around, and he knows he's about to find the next big tourist attraction.
But when a cave accident traps his foot, half-burying him 60 feet under the ground and 150 feet through a long, impossibly tight passageway, rescue is more than difficult when you've wedged yourself so far down into a cave. Only his brother, Sodapop, and a reporter come to town to report on the incident, Johnny "Skeets" Cade, can reach him.
A nation-wide media explosion ensues, only endangering him further. In a race against time, the Curtis family and their friends are desperate to find a way to save their youngest in time.
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Heavily inspired by the true story of Floyd Collins. Takes inspiration from both the musical and the true story. Historical notes at the end of each chapter.
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Just Smoke by AnEquivalentExchange
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
18 Jan 2026
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Ponyboy's first night home after the fire
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
17 Mar 2026
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I Guess That's Why They Call it 'The Blues' - The Outsiders by ElliottGreen333
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
26 Nov 2025
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A blizzard is predicted to hit the streets of Tulsa. What happens when Ponyboy gets trapped in the freeze, leaving Darry and Soda to deal with the aftermath?
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
25 Feb 2026
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a drag path (etched in the surface) by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
06 Mar 2026
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"Of all the ways Johnny Curtis might have imagined being separated from his parents, losing them in a car wreck was pretty far down on his list."
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When the only parents Johnny Curtis has ever known die unexpectedly, he's taken away from his brothers and forced back into the home he was saved from as a child. Now, he's determined to save the family he has left - whatever the cost.
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
20 Feb 2026
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We Ain't Doing Too Good Alone by kocola
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
13 Feb 2026
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With Ponyboy gone, someone else is having nightmares.
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
13 Feb 2026
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i ponder of something terrifying by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)
03 Feb 2026
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"Soda's chest tightened painfully and he doubled over as the weight of it all settled squarely on his shoulders. If he didn't act soon, very soon, the pole would give way entirely, and Pony and Darry would both be flattened under the full weight of the semi. He would lose them both. He had to choose.
He had to choose.
How could he ever choose?"
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A car accident leaves Sodapop Curtis faced with an impossible choice. One he's not sure he can bring himself to make.
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
27 Jan 2026