I need a modern day au boys in the boat fic about them competing at the Paris Olympics. I know that Shorty would be making the boys do all the TikTok challenges and they would eat them up. the boys would try and break the cardboard beds.
eleven year old darry waiting with his parents to pick five year old ponyboy off the bus after he finished his first day of kindergarten
twelve year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of first grade and helping him print his name in chalk on the driveway while their parents watch
thirteen year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of second grade and comforting him after he started getting picked on for his name
fourteen year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of third grade, showing him how to do multiplication tables because pony wanted to be ‘smart like him’
fifteen year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of fourth grade and throwing around a football with him and his father
sixteen year old darry who skips football practice to wait at the bus stop for pony after his first day of fifth grade and racing him home after Pony started doing track
seventeen year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of sixth grade while he consoles pony about middle school and the problems he’s going through socially
eighteen year old darry waiting for ponyboy at the bus stop after his first day of seventh grade and talking to him about how he can start running track with the older kids with how good he is
nineteen year old darry who has to drive to school to pick ponyboy up early to tell him that his parents died while knowing he’s never going to be able to wait for his brother at the bus stop again
Here is the audio for the scene from the end of Stay Gold to the beginning of the Finale Tulsa 1967, including the beginning of Darrel reading Ponyboy’s story. Unfortunately it looks like the script was taking down and my old link no longer works, but if anyone is having difficulty hearing and would like me to write out what is being said I would be happy to. Enjoy!