Finding Beauty in the Fold: Outsiders One-Shots
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Unsolved by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
05 Oct 2025
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Darry could never figure out why his father liked to do the crossword every morning.
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snippets of Darry's life through his love of the daily crossword.
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Some Kinda Time by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
08 Oct 2025
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The next thing Steve knew, he was standing in the gym surrounded by hundreds of other students dressed like they were trying to look grown up, more balloons than he had ever seen in his life, and the scent of punch, sweat, and way too much hairspray rolled into one. The music blared so loudly he couldn’t hear his own thoughts, but one look at the expression on Soda’s face was enough to know that didn’t matter.
Steve can’t figure out if he regrets going to the prom or if it turns out to be one of the best nights he’s had in a while.
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Miles and Miles To Go by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
11 Oct 2025
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Darry was already regretting his life choices before the car even started. The second Ponyboy’s foot touched the gas pedal, he knew he was in for a long afternoon.
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Darry teaches Ponyboy how to drive.
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One Short Day by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
12 Oct 2025
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the gang spends an evening at the Tulsa State Fair and their memories are captured through Ponyboy’s new photography hobby and polaroid camera.
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Like Bats by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
18 Oct 2025
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“You sure this is a quick trip?” Pony asked.
Soda grinned. “Might be an adventure too. Gotta keep life interesting.”
Pony smirked back at him. “You just need an excuse to blast the radio and cruise with the windows down.”or
Ponyboy and Soda go on a quest to get milk, but find themselves engaged in late-night shenanigans instead.
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That Nice Kind of Quiet by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
21 Oct 2025
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The library had always been a safe space. as soon as he was in the library, the rows and rows of books kept the horrors of reality far away from Ponyboy’s mind as hours passed and his troubles melted away.
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Ponyboy and Johnny spend quiet afternoons together in the library. Months after the rumble, Pony meets an old acquaintance there instead.
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The House Felt so Big (and I Felt so Small) by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
23 Oct 2025
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Ponyboy looked at both his brothers. He’d always thought they were stronger than this. That Darry could hold the world up with one arm and Soda would be right next to him with a smile plastered on his face, picking up everyone they encountered along the way.
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Ponyboy has never known either of his brothers to lose a fight. But when they push each other off the pedestal he’s put them on, it’s up to him to help put them back together.
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A Soft Place to Land by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
18 Apr 2026
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“You gonna make it through dinner, old man?” Dally teased, with a hint of concern in his voice.
Soda grinned, the usual spark returning to his eyes. “You kidding? Wouldn’t miss it.”
Steve turned to Two-Bit. “Race you to the Dingo?” he said, raising an eyebrow.
“Oh, you’re on, Randle.”or
A wild night of rodeos, races, and diner chaos becomes a quiet night in and a reminder that Sodapop Curtis isn't alone.
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Take it from an Old Man by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
29 Oct 2025
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“Guess it’s just you and me now, huh?”
“Guess so.” Pony cracked his book open, settling on the couch.
“What do you want to do?” Darry asked him.
Pony hesitated. “We don’t have to do anything.”
Darry wasn’t satisfied with that answer. “Come on, buddy, we have the whole night to ourselves. You don’t have school tomorrow, I don’t have work. We’re not just going to sit here and stare at the TV. Go find your shoes.”or
With Soda out for the night, Darry wants to make sure he and Ponyboy make the most of their evening together. Despite Pony’s early hesitation, he learns quickly that spending time alone with his oldest brother isn’t as bad as he thought.
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Now Gives Way to Then by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
04 Nov 2025
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A gentle kind of quiet fell over the room when Ponyboy finally managed to stop laughing. He blinked a few times, like he was just imagining the adventure he and his brothers were on right now and it might slip away when he opened his eyes again. But each time he did, he was still lying on the squeaky trundle mattress with Darry’s head just inches away from his.
Soda’s voice filled the silence. “So what was so important that we drove four hours to get it?” he whispered.or
The Curtis Brothers embark on a roadtrip to collect some of their father's keepsakes from an old family friend they haven't seen in over a decade. Along the way, Ponyboy is reminded of childhood memories and discovers new ways to view his family, and his dad.
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It's so Much Colder than I Thought it Would Be by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
10 Nov 2025
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There it was again. That same reminder of how far he was from home.
Ponyboy wanted to pick up the phone and call Darry and have him there within the hour to help carry his things down to the car and leave for the weekend. But he couldn’t.
He’d left for a reason. He was supposed to be here. His brothers had worked too hard for him to give up this chance. He’d worked too hard to lose everything he had.Or
Ponyboy is finally far away from Tulsa, but navigating college on his own makes him miss the familiarity of everything he left behind, until he remembers the pieces of the past he carries with him.
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They Tell of Spring Returning by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
19 Nov 2025
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Ponyboy sank back onto the swing, letting it creak as he swayed with it. Darry leaned against the railing and, this time, it didn’t move. A look of satisfaction appeared on his face, corners of his mouth turning upwards, eyes closed.
The swing moved back and forth in the breeze, squaring softly with each movement. That seemed to snap Darry out of his short-lived, ever-needed moment of peace and contentedness.
His eyes opened again as he examined it. “Maybe tomorrow I’ll make that thing stop creaking,” Darry said, glaring at it.
Pony just shrugged. “I didn’t even notice.”Or
Ponyboy spends an evening on the porch with his friends. Through a series of small moments and quiet confessions, he starts to see the truest sides of the people he loves most.
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What My Brothers Do For Me by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
28 Nov 2025
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He’d seen it done a hundred times, yet this felt different. Lonelier. Like his role mattered a lot more. He was used to being on the other side— the one sinking into the couch cushions while someone pressed a mug of hot lemon water into his hand and he lay half-conscious with a movie in the background.
he knew if he walked into the living room right now and asked Darry what to do, he would walk him through, step-by-step. But that wasn’t the point.
He needed to show them that he could. He needed to let them lean on him, just this once.
And dammit, he was going to do it.or
Ponyboy takes charge when his older brothers fall ill.
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The Reason I'm Living is You by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
01 Dec 2025
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He’d had just about enough of listening as doctors and nurses laughed at his questions like it was just another day in the office, and not his life they were talking about.
And the more he thought about it, the more he’d had just about enough of the so-called life he was living now.or
Johnny Cade was ready to die... but then he doesn't. As he adjusts to a life he never expected to keep, the words he wrote to Ponyboy—the words Pony will never read—echo in his mind until he finally understands what they mean.
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Daylights, Sunsets, Midnights, Cups of Coffee, Love by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
10 Dec 2025
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When he worked from sun up to sun down, he knew he was missing a lot of his life—much less anyone else’s. So once in a while, a receipt from Buck Merrill’s place told him that Dally was still alive and two passes to Friday night at the roller rink let him know that Two-Bit had bombed another attempted date.
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Darry pieces together what happens in his house while he’s at work all day long by reading the collection of receipts pinned to the fridge.
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He's a Hero, a Lover, a Prince (He's Not There) by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
15 Dec 2025
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He couldn’t mess it up again. Tomorrow morning, Sodapop Curtis would wake up with only scraps of tonight’s memories, but he wouldn’t forget how it felt if Dally blew him off here.
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One too many rum & cokes leaves Dally doing his best to help Soda navigate the space between his brothers, while trying to keep his own demons at bay.
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Our Troubles Will be Out of Sight by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
20 Dec 2025
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The Curtis brothers cling to Christmas traditions and make new ones as joy slowly makes its way back into their home after a year of loss.
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So Little You Say of the Life You Have Known by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
30 Dec 2025
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Papers popped out from the side. Yellowed tabs with his brothers’ names riddled the top. An index card sat in the front pocket: 'last updated 1/4/66.'
That caught Ponyboy’s attention. Nothing left the closet. Yet there it was. Opened within the last week. Lying in wait like someone wanted him to find it.or
Ponyboy discovers a binder full of his family’s stories—some he knows and some that exist only in the depths of his memory. As he flips through document after document, he begins to realize that his own memory doesn’t always hold the entire truth and that some stories aren’t meant for his eyes.
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Get Out While You Can by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
26 Jan 2026
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“Do you believe in ghosts, Superman?”
Darry shook his head. “Nope. Never have. But with the night I’m having, I’m open to believing a lot of things.”
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Darry massaged the bridge of his nose. “You almost got arrested on a drunken bet?”
“Do you want me to tell you what happened or not?” Soda asked.
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“You’re not in trouble until tomorrow. I just need to know what happened.”or
A night of mischief and (mis)fortune goes awry, and Darry collects three different stories to figure out what went down at the abandoned manor outside of town.
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And Tomorrow Never Came by USeeTheseHands
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
09 Mar 2026
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Ponyboy thought back to all the times he’d sat down with the full intention to complete his homework—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Each day beginning at the dining room table and ending somewhere he probably wasn’t supposed to be.
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4 reasons Ponyboy didn't finish his homework this week.
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