starved (the purest parts of my heart are you and me)
teen and up β’ 9.4k β’ completed β’ darry/charlie, curtis brothers
Darry had had a five year plan is the thing.
When heβd dropped out of college at OSUβjust as soon as the news of his parentsβ death had been broken to himβheβd decided right then and there that heβd keep his head down, and heβd do the work; heβd keep his brothers fed, and in clothes that fit, and heβd keep a roof over their heads, and heβd come last, alwaysβ¦ And then, year one, theyβd nearly lost Pony (Darryβs fault), and then they really had lost Johnny and Dally. By year two, Darry had resigned himself to simply hope that in the end, heβd be able to say heβd kept them alive, and together.
Then, heβd run into Charlieβand Charlie hadnβt changed his priorities exactly, but he had allowed Darry to be selfish, in some regards. Heβd let him pursue something; something reciprocated, unlike all those years spent pining over Paul Holden.
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