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[aforeffective]

au that i came up with with the help of my bestie @cherrycolacowboy

okay so paul and darry are dating when the curtis parents die and darry has to break up with paul because he can’t deal with the grief and the custody battles AND a relationship. paul is devastated but he understands and try’s to support darry from afar without making things worse for either of them.

then the state tells darry that he was denied full custody of pony and soda by the state, due to the financial status of the family. they grant him temporary custody while they attempt to find a foster family for the boys, as they don’t have any boys homes in the area that have room.

paul finds out about this, whether through tulsa gossip trains or from darry himself, and becomes a foster parent (unrealistic but we’ll just say his dad has connections in the state that he used and threw some money towards them to get himself accepted as pony and soda’s new guardian)

it’s definitely a bit awkward at first. they aren’t allowed to continue living with darry so they have to move into paul’s house on the west side (paul has his own house in this au btw). and technically it makes paul their legal guardian and foster dad, but they all refuse to acknowledge that cause it’s awkward and paul is just more of a brother (/brother-in-law) figure to them.

paul gave darry a spare key to his house (and obviously pony and soda also got keys) so that he’s able to come and see them anytime since they can’t still live with him. paul also tells them they’re allowed to have the gang over if they want but it takes a while for the gang to actually want to go over there.

when darry first had to tell the rest of the gang like “yeah, i lost custody but my old buddy paul is helping me out and took them in for me” dally is immediately on edge. a soc? taking in greaser kids? just out of kindness? yeah no, he immediately goes to paul’s house and is banging on the door, yelling at paul for ‘kidnapping his brothers’ (there might also be a punch thrown) (but then he notices the fact that paul was willing to take the punch for soda and pony and how the two boys looked concerned for paul when dally barged in and punched him so he begrudgingly agrees to calm down)

also because its us, chetsoda is canon and also chet and paul brotherism is real so chet is so upset cause he's like uhhhh what do you mean my pseudo brother adopted my crush????

UPDATE: we decided we're calling it a helping hand au

[flogisto]

big fan of stories that, while undoubtedly being about the power of friendship, acknowledge that the power of incredible violence is just as important

the love was there. the love changed everything. the crowbar helped also

[chessb0r3d]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

[evidently-endless]

where would we be without tag wranglers. this links to ‘not canon compliant’. ao3 volunteers i am kissing you on the lips

[stealingpotatoes]

my brother and I have very different opinions on my cat’s weight

[boobilby]

Anyways

[palukoo]

three hearts that beat as one | old hollywood throuples anyone???

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[thebat-musicman]

Odysseus: *lying, traveling, stealing, etc*

Hermes, the god of all those things: YOURE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE

[finalgirlcock]

haunted house uquiz by streetlighthalo

[tastylemonbread]

[galaxylover06]

Their name is Barry and they can't escape the digital cir

[trekkerac]

he's like a faulty lightbulb

[consultingfujoshi]

outie irving thinking his innie had an erotic entanglement with burt when in reality they never even kissed and innie irving being told that his outie is a skilled lover when in reality he's never been loved his whole life

[stealingpotatoes]

the illness post is still getting notes (???!! <3) and that means people are still telling me to get better soon, which is really nice but im gonna be too powerful if i get any better

[hellspawnmotel]

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