#malcolm winston

❤️, 💔, ❗️, 🥩, 🥀, 🍓 (strawberries are always a must), 🍒, 🚨, 🍎, 🐞 (sorry for the emoji, but I'm curious), ☎️ (I know texting is out of the question for this one), 🧣, 👠 (I'm pretty sure I know the answer to the last one), 🍄, 🩸, ✂️ and 🎸

I know it's a lot, but I'm invested in your baby.

Thanks for the answers!! :D

❤️ (heart) - Who is the most important person to your character? To what lengths would they go to protect this person? His dad Dallas is. For protection since Dallas is already dead, he can’t do much. But he would get into fights with people trashing his name

💔 (broken heart) - Who has your character hurt most? Physically or emotionally? How did it feel? Do they regret it? Probably Sodapop. He doesn’t mean to but he has mixed feelings about Soda being his dad when he wants his actual dad

❗️(exclamation point) - What was the scariest moment of your character’s life? Does it still affect them? Right now it’s moving into Soda and Sandy’s care. That may change in the future though

🥩 (steak) - Does your oc have any coping mechanisms? Healthy or unhealthy? Writing or listening to music helps him a lot. He does smoke occasionally as well

🥀 (wilted flower) - How does your character deal with stressful situations? Is their fear response fight, flight, freeze or fawn? He freezes. He tries to walk away from stressful situations or act like he doesn’t care

🍓 (strawberry) - Does your oc believe in anything? Are they superstitious? Religious? Atheistic? Has anything in their past made them this way? He is kinda religious. He believes in God (Christian). But he doesn’t go to church or really practice any religious things

🍒 (cherries) - Does your character have a best friend? How long have they known each other? What do they like most about each other? How did they meet? He does not have a best friend currently, I haven’t written him one

🚨 (siren) - What’s your character’s relationship with the law? Have they ever been arrested? What for? What are their opinions on law enforcement? He has been arrested a few times, for loitering or small theft. Sometimes he wasn’t even doing anything but because of his dad the cops assume. He hates the cops and thinks they are unfair

🍎 (apple) - Does your oc go to school or take classes? Did they go to college? What was/is their favorite subject? Did/do they get good grades? Did/do they enjoy school? He does go to school. He will go to collage for English and Music Theory. He loves English. He is a decent student not the best but not the worst. He doesn’t see school as much more then a means to an end

🐞 (ladybug) - What does a perfect day look like for your oc? What do they do? Who do they see? He would go for a drive with Steve then hangout with Pony and watch the sunset. If he could bring himself to he would love to show Pony his music

☎️ (telephone) - Does your character know anyone’s phone number by heart? Do they prefer calling or texting? Who’s their favorite person to call/text? Do they have any typing quirks? He knows Sodapop’s (his adoptive dad) and Ponyboy’s (his uncle) phone numbers. His favorite person to call is Pony

🧣(scarf) - What comforts your oc? Is it an item? An action? A person? Whatever it is, how any why does it comfort them? Pony makes him feel safe, he feels like Pony a lot of the time does in the book so Pony gets him. He also finds comfort in his dad’s jacket. He likes to wear it to feel protected

👠 (heels) - How does your oc dress? Are they stylish or casual? Do they keep up with trends or do their own thing? Do they prefer designer clothes or going to the thrift store? Do they have a signature item of clothing? He wears the same worn down blue hoodie and grey torn jeans. He prefers to wear the same things over and over rather then get new clothes

🍄 (mushroom) - Does your character like being in nature or do they prefer the indoors? Do they have any outdoor hobbies like camping or fishing? If they prefer the indoors, why? He likes being outdoors and watching the sunset or playing his guitar. He likes to listen to the sounds of nature, they are a song to him

🩸 (blood) - Is your oc squeamish? Are they disturbed by the sight of blood? Have they ever been in a situation where they had to overcome being squeamish? He doesn’t like looking at blood but he won’t throw up if he sees it. He has had to patch up injuries before

✂️ (scissors) - Has your character ever cut their own hair? What about someone else’s? How did it turn out? He has not, Soda cuts his hair for him

Dallas is autistic (Malcolm is not)

Silvia and Dallas were genuinely in love

Soda served in the Vietnam War before the fic starts. You can see his war scars in this art

Ponyboy published The Outsiders

Dallas wouldn’t have killed himself if he had known about Silvia’s pregnancy

Silvia didn’t know any other way to make money other then selling her body and has been doing it from a young age (which is why she let Malcolm do it)

The Outsiders being a musical is a thing, but not at this time in the fic

The movie however is not cannon

Darry and Pony are both single

Steve and Evie are married

Man have I been productive tonight! Last fic for today, I think three is enough lol

Title: It’s Hard to Write the Story when the Story’s Writing Me

Description: Sodapop and Sandy Curtis adopt a young traumatized kid. They have to learn to navigate parenting in a shaky relationship.

Chapter description: Soda helps Malcolm through his first bedtime routine with the help of Mr. Ducky

Title: It’s Hard to Write the Story when the Story’s Writing Me

Description: Sodapop and Sandy Curtis adopt a young traumatized kid. They have to learn to navigate parenting in a shaky relationship.

Chapter Description: Soda and Darry talk about the newest addition to the family. Sandy takes care of Malcolm alone for the first time.

Title: It’s Hard to Write the Story when the Story’s Writing Me

Description: Sodapop and Sandy Curtis adopt a young traumatized kid. They have to learn to navigate parenting in a shaky relationship.