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1. Rec 6

   Looks Real Good On The Page by Leathermouse

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

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   05 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Johnny Cade & Two-Bit Mathews
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • One Shot
   • Two-Bit Mathews is a Good Friend
   • No beta we die like Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
   • PB&J Is There If You Squint

   Summary

   'Today, Pony finally managed to clear his schedule so he dusted off his sketchbook, whipped out his pencil and sat down on the front porch.

   Nothing hit him.'

   Ponyboy draws Johnny. That's all.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,753

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   20

   Bookmarks:

   6

   Hits:

   73

   Bookmarked by imscared365

   07 Jul 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   YES

2. Rec 2

   Mustangs Are Tuff (To Steal) by Leathermouse

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

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   02 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Johnny Cade & Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade
   • Dallas Winston
   • Randy Adderson
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Cars
   • Platonic Relationships
   • One Shot
   • Theft
   • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
   • Funny 'cause the next tag's
   • No beta we die like Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston

   Summary

   Johnny likes Randy's mustang, so Dally plans to steal it for him.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,213

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   12

   Bookmarks:

   2

   Hits:

   76

   Bookmarked by imscared365

   03 Jul 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Canon because I said so

3. Rec 1

   Gone With The Water by Leathermouse

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

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   13 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Major Character Death
   • Johnny Cade & Dallas Winston
   • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade
   • Dallas Winston
   • Character Death
   • Drowning
   • POV Alternating
   • POV First Person
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • No beta we die like Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • Kinda

   Summary

   'I sat up, reaching into my back pocket. I had always carried a switchblade ever since I got jumped a while back. I wish I didn’t have to but if I didn’t have it, me, or someone like Pony right now, could get beaten real badly.

   …what?

   I patted my pocket with my whole palm.

   There was nothing there.'

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,069

   Chapters:

   2/2

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   2

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

   44

   Bookmarked by imscared365

   03 Jul 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   I love ponyboy curtis

4. Public Bookmark 2

   "i cant go a day without thinking of you, its pathetic." by gnomiix

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
   • Cathy Carlson/Ponyboy Curtis
   • Johnny Cade
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Cathy Carlson
   • Angst with No Happy Ending
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
   • POV Ponyboy Curtis
   • Dead Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
   • Ponyboy Curtis is in Denial
   • The Author Is Bedridden
   • Oneshot Prompts Challenge
   • Crying
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Depression
   • The Author Highkey Misses Her Girlfriend
   • unsent project

   Summary

   some unsent project prompts led me into a spiral
   the anaemia is bad again <3

   Series

   • Part 1 of unsent project <3

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   280

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   13

   Bookmarks:

   2

   Hits:

   92

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   29 Jun 2026

5. Public Bookmark 21

   at last can grant a name to a buried and burning flame (my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight) by GoToTartarusHera

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
   • Can be read as QPR but was written as romantic
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews & Steve Randle
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Johnny Cade
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Two-Bit Mathews
   • Steve Randle
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Good Brother Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Good Brother Sodapop Curtis
   • Y'all Pony is Struggling Okay
   • Love Confessions
   • to a grave but that still counts
   • Dead Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
   • sorry everyone
   • Feelings Realization
   • but he's dead already
   • love that
   • Ponyboy Curtis has PTSD
   • probably i didn't actually confirm obviously but there's hints
   • Men Crying
   • because his johnny is dead lmao
   • Family Feels
   • because trauma bonding goes hard
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
   • Darry and Ponyboy are Doing Much Better
   • Pony's bleached hair is basically a plot device so there's that
   • The Author Regrets Everything
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • it can be both y'all
   • Title from a Hozier Song
   • obviously it's a fic about death and homosexuality
   • Panic Attacks
   • Brief Suicidal Thoughts
   • this one sounds a lot heavier than it is tbh
   • i love the curtis brothers so much
   • Minor Violence

   Summary

   In which Ponyboy Curtis is grieving his best friend, Johnny Cade, and it hurts way more than he thought possible. His journey to healing is a long, winding road, but at the end of it, he'll discover something that just might change everything.

   alternatively: Ponyboy Curtis is gay, sad, and oblivious for 12k words. Darry and Sodapop are extremely supportive and along for the ride.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,753

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   58

   Kudos:

   81

   Bookmarks:

   21

   Hits:

   639

   Bookmarked by imscared365

   25 Jun 2026