"I understand you can't diagnose him, but can you please just tell me something? This is crazy." She was silent for a moment. "I'm concerned about an oncological event." I rolled my eyes, fed up with her dodging the question. "Dumb it down, doc." "Leukemia. It's a form of blood cancer. I'm not saying he has it, but the indications are there. I'm sorry, Darrel."

“What I want is for you to stop living in a vacuum, Pony! They’re gone, and we can’t do anything about it.” Darry responded, voice low and vexed. Pony stared at him for a second, eyes wide and filled with hurt.”

"I used to hate it, how much I look like my father. I guess one day I woke up and forgot to." / A series of defining moments throughout Darry Curtis' life that answer the question: what kind of man do you wanna be? / darry-centric scenes, one-shots, monologues, and backstory.

When Ponyboy stumbles into the DX bruised and on the edge of death, Steve is the only one there to help. However, what happened to Ponyboy is a mystery—a mystery that not even Ponyboy remembers, but that the gang will find out.

...The dead shall walk the earth. The gang takes refuge at the Curtis's grandparents old house, finding themselves the prey of reanimated corpses who have come back to life, feeding on the living.

The Curtis parents died when their children were young and they end up being split up in the foster system. Now nearly ten years later, something brings them back together.

One-Shots from the Curtis brothers' childhood! Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders.

After everything that has happened in the past year, the absolute last thing on Darry's mind is his social life, let alone dating someone. All of that changes when he runs into someone from his past; someone that he still has feelings for. This story stems from my one-shot series "Darry Has A Girlfriend: One-Shot Series" but I wanted to dive deeper into this relationship.

1967, the Summer of Love; adrift after Soda goes to Vietnam, Jasmine Curtis finds herself ensnared by a mysterious anti-war group.

"Enough!" I bellowed, thoroughly fed up and cursing Wednesdays, alarm clocks, heart attacks, norovirus, phone lines, screen doors, car engines, speed limits, Anthony Cade, overzealous cops, and breakfast sandwiches of all kinds. I saw the police car pull up outside our lawn. "Can everyone just act normal for one freakin' minute?" Darrel Curtis just wants to get to work.

One eight letter word changes their lives forever. Leukemia. Pony struggles to beat the disease. But through the struggle, he finds new friends, repairs old relationships, and learns what it really means to live. The bond between the gang is stronger than ever as they realize just how much they've taken for granted. Johnny and Dally are alive!

The cops caught Johnny and Pony before they made it to Buck's, and although the cops drop charges Pony is removed from Darry's custody. He finds his own gang because he thinks the others have given up on him but he's wrong. "Help," I croaked into the phone, warm blood trickled from the cut across my forehead and into his grey-green eyes, "I need help…"

He knew he was never meant to live a happy life. He was a greaser. He was from a broken home with an abusive father. He had accepted that his life would probably be short and less than great. But then he met her. And for a split second, he saw a different life for himself. But what if all he did was bring her down with him?

Michael Price came to Tulsa hoping to reunite with a part of himself he lost long ago. Now he's mourning a relationship he can't revive, whilst discovering that making new connections may be harder than it seems. What if you don't know the Curtis family as well as you think you do? Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders.

Four years after the book, Ponyboy meets Cherry again at college and the two of them rekindle old friendships. But things are challenged when the two of them return to their hometown

What happens to the gang if Johnny and Dallas didn't die? What if the judge wasn't so kind to Ponyboy? Sometimes in life there is a crossroads and what if you go down the wrong fork? Can you ever find your way back?

In 1968, Sandy finally gets the guts to call Angela Shepard. They talk about a few things, chiefly Sodapop Curtis.

When a serial killer comes to Tulsa with a reputation of killing and torturing teenagers, Darry's not taking any chances at keeping his family safe. But when Ponyboy and Johnny are kidnapped, it's a race against time for the rest of the 'gang' to find them before it's too late. (Johnny and Dally are alive)

If Ponyboy had been stuck in the fountain just a little longer, what would be going through his head? A quick drabble consisting of Pony's thoughts while he's being held underwater.

Alternate version of the book. When Ponyboy returns home from an uneventful walk to the park, all he wants is for Darry to leave him alone. When Darry does just that, Ponyboy is relieved. But what happens when Ponyboy starts to miss his oldest brother? Will Ponyboy and Darry make up or is it already too late? Curtis brother bonding. I hope you like it. Please review.

An au in which Pony’s caught alone at the fountain and he has to fend for himself a little longer than he’d like.

Kevan Kyler's life and death are deeply affected by the Outsiders, and in turn, he attempts to save them.

As Steve anticipates the upcoming anniversary of his most pivotal moments, he finds himself exploring the circumstances that contributed to his decisions. At the same time, he also takes a step further in exposing his childhood trauma for the horror it was, which leads to deeper spiritual questions as well as an unprecedented conflict between him and Sodapop.

Curly knows he's going to die young. [Repost; see notes inside for content warnings.]

the Shepard siblings and their life style but what happens when a new gang appears on their territory and some past trauma gets spilled