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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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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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When the Curtis brothers' truck ends up in a snowy ditch during a blizzard on the coldest day of the year, they have to survive the night.
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Ponyboy wants to be the dungeon master in a Dungeons and Dragons one-shot. The gang plays, rules are out the window, and Ponyboy is at his wit's end.
(I know DND wasn't invented in the sixties, but let's just pretend.)
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Those Who Go by RunningOnSunshine
Fandoms: Tex - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
06 Dec 2025
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Rewriting Tex from Mason's POV.
All Mason McCormick wants to do is become a basketball star, do well in school, get a scholarship, get to college, and leave Oklahoma. But Pop hasn't been home in four months, the money has run out, and Mason is left to figure out how on earth to take care of his fifteen-year-old brother, Tex, when Mason himself is only seventeen.
There are those who go and those who stay. If Mason doesn't do something quickly, he's afraid he's doomed to be the latter.
(Some of the Outsiders characters will make cameos.)
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Mason’s been brave his whole life. He wishes, just once, it’d be okay for him to be afraid.
Or, the week before he leaves Garyville, Mason faces his fears.
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04 Jan 2026
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on the mend by pookie_mulder
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
26 Dec 2025
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No illness could take Darry down — except for one. No matter how stubbornly Darry fought, he still got terrible headaches on occasion, the kind that knocked him flat on his back for an entire day.
Darry gets a headache. Ponyboy takes care of him.
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- Part 5 of better than you know
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27 Dec 2025
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i can't hide from you (like i hide from myself) by darrelcurtis
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
24 Nov 2025
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Darry never means to call Ponyboy his kid—not out loud, not where anyone could hear, least of all Ponyboy. But the word keeps slipping out anyway: in grocery store aisles, late-night emergencies, quiet moments when he isn't careful enough to guard what he feels. Pony hears every one of them. And eventually, Darry says it on purpose.
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He stopped too late. The word was already in the air between them.
Pony’s breath caught.
“You… you said it again,” he whispered.
Darry’s hands froze where they rested on Pony’s shoulders.
“Did I?” he said, even though he knew damn well he had.
“Yeah.” Pony looked at him carefully, like the wrong answer might shatter what little ground he’d found here. “You called me your kid.”
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- Part 8 of if i don't break it
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24 Nov 2025
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Ponyboy is more injured after the fight at the fountain than he lets on.
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13 Nov 2025
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blood is thicker by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
22 Oct 2025
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"Ponyboy had almost drowned. Somehow, Darry had forgotten."
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A trip to the lake reawakens memories Ponyboy Curtis has been trying to leave behind - memories that Darrel Curtis now realizes need to be confronted to be overcome.
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08 Oct 2025