Lucy

wow what nice looking fellas ! Sure hope nothing bad happens to the little one ☺️

Soda hands over the pillow without a fuss, but he clearly wants to say smth more and is fighting not to. Darry lingers in the doorway expectantly until the dam bursts and Soda blurts that whenever Darry has to be gone overnight for roofing projects far from home or when he goes on ski trips with his friends, Pony also sleeps with his pillow for the same reason.

Even worse! Pony swore Soda to secrecy because he was worried about how Darry would react. That he’d think Pony was being a baby. That he wouldn’t like Pony going into his room and taking his stuff without asking first. That he would relentlessly tease Pony if he knew because Darry wouldn’t understand, that he’d never need or want to do the same and just see it as another one of Pony’s annoying little habits.

Rudimentary character summaries to better understand how weird their vibe is:

Pony—weirdly smart kid who is simultaneously super childish and a gritty true crime lead

Johnny—scared of his own shadow but has somehow claimed Dallas as his shadow??

Dallas—actually kind of normal but he’s a yankee so he’s funny lol

Darry—borderline Soc who hates all of them but hates his ex more? Mostly just wants his brothers to not die so that’s cool

Sodapop—outrageous flirt and is super emotional which cannot be a good combo?? Also somehow got an evil twin!

Steve—he’s just an asshole who is with all these mostly chill guys and became the evil twin of the nicest appearing of them

Two-Bit—literally could be a menace because he’s got crazy street smarts/skills and is super charismatic, but he’s cool to hang around a 14 year old and stay in high school? I would personally think he’s lowkey a pedophile at first glance…

Also they all do backflips?? And they have a rhyme? Maybe the Curtis gang is just the greaser cheer team??