starved (the purest parts of my heart are you and me)
teen and up ⢠9.4k ⢠completed ⢠darry/charlie, curtis brothers
Darry had had a five year plan is the thing.
When heād dropped out of college at OSUājust as soon as the news of his parentsā death had been broken to himāheād decided right then and there that heād keep his head down, and heād do the work; heād keep his brothers fed, and in clothes that fit, and heād keep a roof over their heads, and heād come last, always⦠And then, year one, theyād nearly lost Pony (Darryās fault), and then they really had lost Johnny and Dally. By year two, Darry had resigned himself to simply hope that in the end, heād be able to say heād kept them alive, and together.
Then, heād run into Charlieāand Charlie hadnāt changed his priorities exactly, but he had allowed Darry to be selfish, in some regards. Heād let him pursue something; something reciprocated, unlike all those years spent pining over Paul Holden.
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