hcs for what the boys would be like in the 70s? (what they’d be up to/interested in?)
edit. YES!!! YES!!!! this is gonna be a long one so buckle up!!!!
warnings. mentions of the draft, protest, financial issues; also, dally and johnny live in this!!
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after johnny gets hurt in the fire, out of respect, the social groups seem to split up
gangs are less of a thing after the church because, when johnny’s health starts seriously declining, nobody seems motivated to keep the hurt moving anymore
ponyboy is all about protesting nam and you cannot convince me otherwise!!!
he stays very updated on the tinker vs des moines case and he and johnny make like the kids in that protest and start wearing armbands in solidarity
sodapop is drafted in the winter of ponyboy’s senior year in ‘69
obviously it puts a lot of strain on the curtis family and the rest of the gang but they send letters weekly and ponyboy and the rest of the guys work together to keep the curtis house payed for
pony is in college by the time he’s 17!! he worked so so so hard in his senior year and darry was there every step of the way with him to make sure he was passing all his classes
he’s an aspiring playwrite and he’s majoring in english!!
since soda’d been drafted and steve went alone with him, darry was left to help pony with most of his math homework, so it was definitely a little stressful for him
they both hate trigonometry so that was a real fun time in their lives
darry’s applying for new jobs every chance he gets and working twice as hard to keep the house together
he’s taking night classes at the local community school and doing little handy jobs around town when he can
twobit in bellbottoms? you betcha
he works with his mom at the little pub down by the ribbon where all the drag races happen !! he’s livin his best life and helping brenda get thru school :))
johnny left behind the greaser motive and gave up on fighting
he went through two years of physical therapy!! the mother of one of the children he saved in the church payed all the medical bills
thanks to her involvement in his medical condition he’s able to walk again, though it’s really a hassle for the firs year or so, and it’s really painful for a while
they write to each other all the time and johnny’s like a son to her!! her name is cordelia and she thinks he’s such a sweet kid
eventually when johnny finally takes his parents to court in ‘67, he severs ties, and by the time he’s 19, he’s living between the curtis house and cordelia’s family
he works really really hard at little minimum wage jobs after he leaves high school, and he wants to study to be an paramedic or an ambulance worker!!
he wears lots of pins and patches on his jean jacket that declare human rights !!!! he’s a progressive baby boy
dallas and johnny are still really close!! dallas hasn’t really given up on his life on the run and still gets in loads of trouble, but johnny doesn’t mind it
dallas is eventually taken under the wing of a social worker named adeline !! he insists he doesn’t need help and that he’s a grown adult and she says that if he doesn’t straighten himself out he’s going to die in a prison cell before he’s thirty
he’s not really scared of death, but he doesn’t try her
adeline doesn’t house him or anything, she just makes sure he’s on his shit and that he’s taking care of himself
she confiscated a bunch of weapons the first week they knew each other because she didn’t trust him
dallas is still living at bucks and still helping him manage the horses and still riding in rodeos
adeline is not pleased but,,, he seems to really like it
shes the first and only positive mother figure in dal’s life so, even though he acts like a bitch when it comes to her, he really does love her
sodapop comes home from war in 73 after a gunshot to the left leg
he’s okay!! just in recovery, and it’s looking like it’s gonna be a long and tedious process to get him back on his feet
steve is home soon after, and seeing the two of them together really just restores darry’s hope for everything
soda scores work as an auto-mechanic and steve takes to college and studies business
before the seventies are up, soda marries a nice girl named beth and steve and evie get hitched !! on the same day :,))
darry loves loves loves queen when they first come out and he follows them until the late nineties !!!!
in summary: theyre all amazing and beautiful babies and i love them so much. i might write a fucking seventies au now who knows
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