rustyboy but following the timeline instead of just crossbook shipping. so rustyboy but with dalpony gap.
rusty james who constantly tries to live up to his brother, to bring the gangs back and that lifestyle back. who knows about dallas winston and johnny, and what ponyboy did back in 67. who looks up at ponyboy and sees a tuff greaser, someone to be inspired by, someone that he should imitate.
ponyboy who looks at rusty james and sees a young dallas, praying to god that he 'lets this one live', not take another from him when he is still healing from the last one. who takes dallys advice from the car to heart, yet can't help but pray that this boy stays naive and never has to go through what he went through, despite knowing that rusty is already far from the innocence he had at that age.
