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• Everything I Used to Love Decayed Over the Years. by DrawingWolf03

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

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  24 Feb 2025

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  • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Blanket Permission
  • 5+1 Things
  • Brothers
  • Protective Dallas Winston
  • Soft Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston is a Good Friend
  • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. Needs a Hug
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. Needs a Break
  • He doesn't get either of those
  • Dallas Winston Being a Good Brother
  • Sickfic
  • Sick Character
  • Angst
  • Hurt
  • During Canon
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Maybe - Freeform
  • might not be very comforting in the final chapter
  • Sorry Not Sorry
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. Centric
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Dead Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston
  • I Made Myself Cry
  • Which is impressive because im a psychopath
  • Canon Compliant
  • No Beta We Die Like Johnny Cade

  Summary

  33. 5+1

  Darry watches as Dallas and Ponyboy become brothers.

  (5 times Darry longs to be a brother +1 time he fails)

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Story of us Looks a lot Like a Tragedy now.
  • Part 2 of Lost Souls Seek Something That Ain't There.
  • Part 8 of Oh I love it and I hate it at the same time.
  • Part 4 of I try to Show Emotion but my Eyes Won't Seem to wet.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,693

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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  Bookmarks:

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