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1. checkmate by troiaspider (svibian)

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

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   12 Feb 2026

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   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr./Paul Holden
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Johnny Cade & Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews & Steve Randle & Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis/Curly Shepard
   • Tim Shepard/Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Male Character(s)
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Female Character(s)
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Steve Randle
   • Tim Shepard
   • Curly Shepard
   • Belinda "Scout" Jenkins
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Class Issues
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Family Drama
   • Found Family
   • Labor Unions

   Summary

   When Darry is outed shortly after Ponyboy runs away, he’s willing to do anything to escape years of incarceration under 1960s Oklahoma’s unrelenting anti-sodomy codes, if only to save his brothers’ futures.

   However, as honest as the cause is, the fight isn’t so clean.

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