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• Nobody Gets Me You Do by Ctrl_A1t_Delete

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Johnny Cade/Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Steve Randle
  • Dallas Winston
  • Bob Sheldon
  • Randy Adderson
  • Paul Holden
  • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Gay Johnny Cade
  • Bisexual Ponyboy Curtis
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Homophobic Language
  • Violence
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
  • Dallas Winston Being a Little Shit
  • Johnny Cade Lives
  • Dallas Winston Lives
  • Boys In Love
  • Minor Violence
  • First Kiss
  • Johnny Cade Needs a Hug
  • Work In Progress
  • Slow Burn
  • Johnny Cade is not a girl
  • Friends to Lovers

  Summary

  Ponyboy feels like being gay is wrong Johnny helps him discover his true self. The title is from a SZA song 🤑

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  22,103

  Chapters:

  16/?

  Comments:

  17

  Kudos:

  53

  Bookmarks:

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