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    Ponyboy Curtis is not doing well.

    He’s has always been quiet, but ever since it happened, he’s withdrawn even more. His brothers are doing their best, but sometimes it feels like they’re watching him slip away. With college on the horizon and the weight of unspoken fears hanging between them, Ponyboy struggles to hold on to the pieces of his life. His friends are there, trying to help, but healing isn't something Ponyboy knows how to do.

    But he’s gonna try his damn hardest to figure it out.

    Or, In the summer before senior year, Ponyboy tried to kill himself. Now, it’s a year later—the summer before his freshman year in college and things need to change before he leaves. It doesn’t help that Randy is out for Johnny and Ponyboy even years after Bobs death. The only question is, can he get better? And does he want to?

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    04 Feb 2026

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    Ponyboy Curtis didn’t do drugs– or at least, he hadn’t before. Or maybe he still hadn’t, and all the fuzziness and blankness and distance between himself and the rest of the world was something else. Something… not drugs.

    'Right,' Pony thought, his hand gripping a railing on a staircase he didn’t recognize, in a house he had never stepped foot in, 'but this is probably drugs.'

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    Months after the almost-murder of Bob Sheldon, Ponyboy has mostly gotten back to normal. Johnny is fine, he's fine, the not sleeping is fine, the fear of cold water is fine: he just has to convince everyone else of these facts, too.

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    01 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    He was supposed to be the one who made it out. The smart one, the different one. But Ponyboy doesn’t feel different. He feels like he’s falling apart, and no one knows how to catch him.

    ˚˖𓍢ִ໋`🚬:✧˚.☀️⋆𖧧

    Or: I like hurting my faves.

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    31 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 18

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    Laughter spilled from Soda’s tongue like luxury wine. They stepped together lightning quick, fast as cats, better than any money-addled broad Darry ever twirled under hokey crystal chandeliers. Music wrapped them in a daze of light. Darry thought— maybe his brothers were right. Maybe this tune ain’t so bad.

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    Darry is the best dancer in the family. Soda takes every opportunity to remind him.

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    30 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 44

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    On a glorious, golden morning, they huddle around the hole in the dirt where Johnny’s gonna spend eternity.

    And all Ponyboy can think about is how Johnny hated dark places.


    In the days after the rumble, a familiar settling of grief darkens over the Curtis house. They've faced it all before but it's never been quite like this. Brothers share their burdens and learn that maybe it ain't so bad to confide in one another.

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    26 Jan 2026