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Disclaimer- I don’t own the Outsiders. This is OOC and slash. Please read and review. Here is the chapter explaining why Darry was overlooked last chapter.
Chapter 2-Smokescreens
Darryl Curtis sat in the chair, newspaper open and skimming through it, finding nothing of interest. He kept it open though, so he could observe the others and not be noticed. It was his smokescreen, a way to keep people from knowing he was thinking about them.
Looking over at Two Bit he sighed. The poor boy was passed out, he had a bad night the night before and got drunk. Darry couldn’t blame him, he would have done the same if he caught his girlfriend cheating on him. Out of all his friends in the gang, save his brothers, Two Bit was his favorite. With a ready smile and a wisecrack, Two Bit was always trying to cheer him up when he was depressed or worried.
Steve, standing in the kitchen doorway, wasn’t his favorite person in the world, but he was alright. He was a good friend to Soda, but he didn’t like Ponyboy and treated him as nothing more than an annoyance. Steve worshipped the ground Soda walked on and he was jealous of Pony and Soda’s relationship, but Darry thinks it’s more than that. Often enough he had caught a look in Steve’s eye when he looked at Soda, just enough to make him think that Steve carried the torch for the boy.
Hearing the door slam, Darry raised his eyes to see Dallas walk in. Saying a quick hello, Darry sank back into his thoughts, eying the younger greaser unobserved. Lately Dally has had a strange look in his eyes, a peculiar thawing in the hard blue ice chips when he looked towards Pony. His manner towards the young greaser was curious too, generally Dally didn’t treat any of them, except for Johnny, as if they were deserving of any special kindness. He treated them all the same, with protectiveness, but a cool detachment that made him who he is.
The last several weeks had been different, though. He treated Pony as if he were special, he chose his words so as not to hurt the younger boy, and was spending more time with him than usual. When Dally looked at Pony, his eyes would soften and he would get a slightly guarded look in his eyes, as if he were hiding something. Darry knew what he was hiding, of course, but he wouldn’t say anything because he wanted his family, all of them, happy.
All of the gang looked at Darry as if he was the jock, all brawn no brains Steve had once said. This wasn’t true, Darry was smart, both book and street smart. His eyes took in everything, his brain processing and storing away everything he saw.
Now you may wonder why Darry isn’t freaking out about Steve and Dally liking his brothers. It is highly unbelievable to think that Darry wouldn’t raise hell at the thought that his brothers would get involved with boys. What no one knew was that Darry had once been in love with a boy when he was younger, his football buddy turned lover. It was kept a secret, their trysts confined to fumblings in the backseat of his lover’s car, and when it was over, it left Darry wiser and more open minded towards relationships in general.
Another reason why Darry didn’t mind was because, with Soda, when Sandy was found pregnant with another man’s child, Soda was heartbroken. Steve was the only one who could console him, which led Darry to believe that Soda thought more of Steve than he let on. In Pony’s case was because he needed to be loved, protected, and because Darry knew he came down too hard on Pony at times. Darry regrets it later, but the only reason he does is because he loves his baby brother and wants him safe.
Matters in their side of town had become more dangerous, Socs were jumping Greasers more and trying to hurt as many as they could. If Pony were hurt and Darry could have prevented it, he would never forgive himself. After their parents died, Darry became their guardian and he took that duty seriously, taking care of his brothers even to the extent that he forgot about his own needs.
So if Dally and Steve are what it takes to make Pony and Soda happy, then Darry is happy and will back them all the way. With Dally, Darry wouldn’t have to worry so much about Pony because he knew Dally would never let anything happen to him. Dally was the toughest hood in Tulsa along with Tim Shepard and everyone, except for the gang, was afraid of him. Nothing would happen to Pony when he was with Dally.
Soda now, he could take care of himself, but the broken look in his eyes since Sandy hurt Darry to the core. The only time Soda even came close to looking like his old self was with Steve. Steve was his reason for going, whether he admitted it or not. As with Dally and Pony, Soda and Steve would make a good couple and would protect each other. Now if only Johnny and Two Bit could accept what might happen between the four, then everything would be good.
-Ok, now I know it’s long, and I know it seems OOC. My Darry is going to be complex and more understanding than in the book and movie. Darry is a deep character and I only hope I can do him and the others justice. None of them are going to be ‘stupid’ or ‘oblivious’ in this story. This story is going to be long, and where this is headed, I think it will be centered around all of them, but mostly around Dally and Pony with Steve and Soda thrown in. Kimmie, I hope you like this because you get two of your wishes. LOL, I can’t resist making this into a book all it’s own, and I want the characters to each have their own thoughts thrown in throughout. This will not be a gratuitous smut story with no plot. I am sorry to all the readers who wanted this to be. I just can’t do that type of story. Please read and review. Palpravda, I hope you like this chapter better. This is why I skipped and made Darry seem overlooked and clichéd earlier. Everyone else, I hope you enjoyed this as well. Thanks Palpravda for your review, and thanks in advance to anyone who will review. I will be updating again shortly.
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