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Independence, Missouri
1851Everyone has something to run from.
Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry Curtis from their life of poverty, a rough city, and memories of their late parents.
Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews, from a life spent too long at the bottom of a bottle and a house fire he was too out of sorts to do anything about.
Steve Randle, from his father, who has kicked him out for the final time.
Johnny Cade, from his abusive father and uncle, memories of his negligent late mother, and a half-world of his heritage between the Lakota and the white settlers of the trading post.
Dalton “Dally” Winston, from a murder that no one else will truly believe was in defense of Johnny Cade.
Free land in Oregon starts to sound more and more appealing. A new life. Atonement. Everything else they’re looking for.
It won’t be an easy journey, though. They might not all come out the other side. But this ragtag bunch, both old friends and new, is determined to get their last chance at a new start before it slips away from them for good.
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The Curtis gang takes the Oregon Trail.
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23 Jul 2026
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“Just tell him! Rip it off like a bandaid.”
When Lightning whispered something to Cal that Doc couldn’t make out, he heaved another sigh. “I’ve told you before, rookie, I don’t talk to air. So either spit it out or I’m hanging up.”
“Wait! Uh, okay, so this is the funny part…”
He could almost picture the young Dinoco driver rolling his eyes at his friend. “Yeah, right.”
“Lightning. Where. Are you?”
“Jail.”
The night before a race, Lightning and Cal go off on a joyride that lands them on the wrong side of the law. The only thing stopping Doc from leaving them in jail overnight to learn their lesson is the knowledge of a deep gash festering on Lightning's leg and Cal's concern about an impending infection. And he'd thought this was going to be a quiet night...
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- Part 25 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
- Part 8 of Angst is a Mixed Bag (Whumptober 2022)
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13 Jul 2026
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“You’re brilliant on the racetrack, kid, but you’re stupid everywhere else. I can’t believe you went out there in this condition!”
“What? I couldn’t just throw the race!” He jabbed a finger at Doc. “You told me to give you my best and I did. If I don’t race, my sponsors will drop me. That’s the way it works!”
Lightning races sick, causing his mentor no small amount of worry. As Doc probes the situation further, he realizes there’s more to the kid’s behavior than a simple cold.
(Humanized)
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- Part 14 of Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)
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13 Jul 2026
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in which doc discovers some things about his protégé, and lightning discovers he finally has people who wont leave him.
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- Part 1 of vroom drabbles
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13 Jul 2026
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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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08 Jun 2026