After Ponyboy gets jumped, the only way he thinks the only way to survive in his town is to defend himself, his reputation, and his family by fighting. The only issue? He doesn’t know if he could handle it.

Curly goes to summer school, navigates a turf war, and tries to get his girl back, not necessarily in that order.

Jean Louise Hughes is Sodapop's close friend (bordering girlfriend). Jean and Soda had planned dinner in the next week, but then something happens and Jean is left with nowhere to go.

Cindy Winston makes a last-ditch effort of extending a hand to her brother. She just has to be sure he won’t take her whole arm with him.

Very few things got under Darrel "Darry" Curtis' skin, and on the off chance that something did, he didn't often let it show. If anyone wanted to get underneath his skin quickly, targeting his brothers would be the best way to go. Try as he might, Darry couldn't always keep his cool, collected mask on when his brothers were brought up, even in passing.

Ponyboy has a bad day but Darry buys him watercolors

1973. June Blue Thunder has a jailbird husband, a baby to raise, and bills to pay. A half-cooked get-rich-quick scheme from Curly Shepard is the least of her problems.

You wondered when the day would come that Steve would finally have enough and explode; the monster had been inching closer and closer to the surface for years.

Ponyboy Curtis does run out that fateful night. But Fate, and the universe, have different plans.

Ponyboy Pax lives a life of constant moving around. However, when one move brings him next to Darrel and Sodapops house, he finds himself wanting to stay. How much longer can he keep coming and going without coming back? How much longer can he stay a Pax with how many secrets are revealed? How much longer can he take abuse from his so-called parents?

Ponyboy runs in the high school state track meet, but then he runs into trouble afterwards and things go very wrong.

There were only three things Two-Bit Mathews knew for certain about Virginia Campbell: 1. Her daddy owned Campbell's Sporting Goods in town. 2. She didn't think there could be anyone tuffer than Elvis Presley. 3. She'd look ten times better if she just wore her hair down for once.

Sometimes doing what's best for you, isn't always what's right. When Darry's parents pass unexpectedly he has a tough choice to make. Does he finish college or does he give up everything he's worked so hard for to take care of his little brothers? [Darry based AU]

Ponyboy runs away without Johnny, takes a stolen vehicle from someone who stole the vehicle, wants to go to New York, ends up questioning his whole life, and doesn't know what he's doing. Yet, will he go back? Or will he stay and truly become a stray cat? Inspired by the song- Stray Cat Selfie by Fty

An AU of The Outsiders where Johnny Cade is still Johnny Cade...but a girl. And she doesn't get caught in a certain burning church... Nobody dies and yes, there will be romance. Rated T 'cause I'm VERY paranoid.

September 3, 1965 - The first time Abby Matthews realizes Ponyboy Curtis is cute, she's twelve and he's thirteen. They're sitting on the floor of her kitchen with him holding a washcloth to her forehead to try to stop the bleeding. Ponyboy/OC

Welcome to my one-shot series! It will be mainly Ponyboy hurt/comfort, whump, found family, and brotherly fluff focusing on the gang's relationships. These stories will be primarily set before the events of the book because I don't want to be bummed out writing this.

Ponyboy Curtis has built a good life for himself in New York. Good job, nice apartment and more importantly Lizzy Martin; his beautiful smart girlfriend. So maybe his wealthy potential in laws don't have a glowing opinion of him, but that he can live with. Then Lizzy's little brother goes missing, the cops have no leads, and all the money in the world isn't going to find him.

Ponyboy is sixteen and encounters his first dramatic experiences with love, sex, and substances. When Ponyboy discovers that he likes Curly, he immediately thinks something's wrong with him. Turns out Dallas was playing games with Johnny and Tim's ex-girlfriend at the same time, while his brother Soda dated Darry's rival. Love was in the air?

During his junior year of college, Randy faces a question that’s plagued many a young revolutionary— is it time to just sell out already?

When Soda gets a draft letter to go to Vietnam, what happens when the Curtis family is faced with a unique choice and a difficult journey?

Johnny never had to kill Bob that night in the park. But actions still come with consequences.

The future ain't what it used to be.

While recovering from a life-threatening illness, Ponyboy's just trying to get back to normal. Unfortunately, there's a whole lot of obstacles – physical, emotional, and NATURAL – along the way. (Sequel to Blizzard)

In the blaze of memory, the embers of trauma never truly fade. For Ponyboy Curtis, every spark ignites the flames of the past.