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   i ponder of something terrifying by catharticdaydream, the_projectionist

   Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp, The Outsiders (1983)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   03 Feb 2026

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   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. & Ponyboy Curtis
   • Sodapop Curtis
   • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Ponyboy Curtis
   • Guess Who's Back
   • back again
   • bringing you the Curtis Brothers angst we all crave
   • Sodapop Curtis' No Good Very Bad Day
   • that's literally the working title
   • but for real he's straight up having a bad time
   • all three of them are actually
   • but Sodapop is our little bug in a jar
   • and we will shake him
   • Post-Canon
   • Protective Sodapop Curtis
   • Protective Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Protective Ponyboy Curtis
   • Injured Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
   • Injured Ponyboy Curtis
   • Injured Sodapop Curtis
   • these boys love each other so much it hurts
   • they would die for each other
   • and now it's time to prove it
   • car crashes
   • Soda Has To Choose
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Physics Inaccuracies
   • Please note authors are neither doctors nor physicists
   • if you see a medical or physics inaccuracy no you didn't
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • mentions of suicidal ideation
   • we love you

   Summary

   "Soda's chest tightened painfully and he doubled over as the weight of it all settled squarely on his shoulders. If he didn't act soon, very soon, the pole would give way entirely, and Pony and Darry would both be flattened under the full weight of the semi. He would lose them both. He had to choose.

   He had to choose.

   How could he ever choose?"

   xxx

   A car accident leaves Sodapop Curtis faced with an impossible choice. One he's not sure he can bring himself to make.

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   English

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   25 Feb 2026