Cactus182018 - Boo

An information for my The Outsiders au

Name of the au- Next Gen Au

Characters- Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Darry Curtis, johnny cade, Dallas Winston, Steve Randle Evie Langenkamp, Katherine “Kathy” Mathews-falters, Keith “two-bit” Mathews, Paul holden, bob Sheldon, cherry valance, marcia Meyrink

Original characters- Texas “Tex” Romero, Steven “jr.” Randle, amelia Randle, Paulie Robert holden, Sherley Curtis, Odessa Winston, hope Mathews, Kendi miller-brown, Sirius cade-Curtis, alexander “Alex” Anderson, Robby holden, Michael holden, peter falters, Keith Shayne falters, Harriet falters, Lilliana falters,

Ships- queer platonic relationship Ponyboy and Johnny, Dallypop, Stevie, Soda/Kendi, Kathy/peter

Time period- late 90s early 2000s

Prompt that created the world- age accuracy pb&j idea ponyboy and Johnny set in modern times, but they’d be as if they aged up and created their own family.

The au begins with a 46-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and a new student in his English class named Tex Romero. Pony is a teacher at a local middle school, he comes across a kid who bares a striking resemblance against one of his closest friends, Dallas Winston. Tex asks why he, and Johnny never got married or dated anybody and starts explaining a queer platonic relationship. The pair have a lightbulb moment when Tex is done explaining to them. Tex started the conversation by asking about Darry and two-bit trying to learn more about this new adoptive family he's found himself in because he talked to a teacher about when he was found by child protective services running around without any kind of parents, so he was sent to foster care and being forced to go to school. Tex mentions that Darry and Two-bit act like Johnny and Pony do with each other. When asked to explain what he meant by the two pairs acting alike he mentions that both pairs act like a married couple despite neither of them ever marrying or having kids. Pony is forced to explain Darry hasn't dated in decades because he stopped being friends with a guy he knew when he was young. Darry is sent to talk to Tex and he tells him about the situationship the old man in his youth, Tex mentions the possibility that Darry was in love with Paul holden and they had a breakup he never got over and that was why he never married or dated even after his schedule cleared up immensely when his youngest brother left home to go to school. Tex talking about relationships had unopened a can of worms nobody was sure were going to close until everything was discussed and talked about. He’d opened hidden lore about his new family, and he was always a curious sort, so he was determined to find the truth to everything and convince his dads to get together officially and his newfound uncles to admit their own feelings towards each other.