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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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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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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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Those Who Go by RunningOnSunshine
Fandoms: Tex - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
29 Jan 2026
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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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There Were Kids Trapped in a Fire (and a Couple of Heroes Came to Their Aid) by RunningOnSunshine
Fandoms: Tex - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
27 Jan 2026
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Mason and Tex McCormick, along with their friends, decide to play in the old, abandoned church on Jay Mountain, even after their teachers tell them not to. But they're adults, and what do adults know? There's no harm in a little bit of fun.
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Mason and Tex are the kids in the church fire, and Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally come to their rescue.
(Although this event is referenced in my fic "Those Who Go," it is not necessary to read that to enjoy this fic on its own!
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With Ponyboy gone, someone else is having nightmares.
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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.
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27 Jan 2026
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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
Bookmarked by RunningOnSunshine
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