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Title: if we were in rome, we'd be someone else [or read on ao3]

Fandom: The Outsiders (musical, book, movie)

Pairing: Johnny/Dallas, mentioned Buck/Dallas, mentioned Dallas/Sylvia

Rating: Teen

Warning: None

Tags: pre-canon, conversations, implied/referenced domestic violence, hugs, hurt/comfort

Author’s Note: The title is adapted from a half-remembered line in Shannon Pufahl’s amazing On Swift Horses.

Summary:

“I got a better idea,” Dallas says. “Let’s get out of here, huh?”

“Where d’ya wanna go?”

“I dunno. Anywhere,” Dallas answers. He hasn’t thought that far, but the idea grips him now. Johnny’s parents don’t give a hang about him, and nothing is holding Dallas to Tulsa—not Sylvia, and not Buck either. “Pick a city. Any city.”

『 Or, after Dallas finds Johnny beat up again, he suggests they leave town together. 』