1 - Empty.
Ponyboy feels nothing as he looks around the funeral, there's no great sense of loss he'd been expecting, empty even when seeing Soda with tears streaking down his face.
2 - Raised.
Darry jerks to a stop, hand still raised in the air, his glare frozen on his face as the fridge door slams open so hard the hinges creak and it leaves an indent in the wall; Ponyboy also turns to stare, wide-eyed, as one of Two-Bit's beer cans comes rolling right between the two brothers to bounce against the couch leg.
3 - Down.
"Yeah well, Curly got himself put down years ago, so it ain't matter much what he thinks anymore." Angela's voice is flat, Ponyboy can't get over how different she was now.
4 - Hire.
Ponyboy shifts his weight as the well-dressed man walked straight towards him, he needed to make a good impression; not many folk would hire a dropout- "Mr. Curtis! I heard good things about you, Shane said you were the man for the job!"
5 - Focus.
Ponyboy blinks, vision blurry, Two-Bit's worried face barely coming into focus as something warm drips down the side of Ponyboy's face.
6 - Taste.
A heartbeat thundering so hard in his chest he can taste it as the lights flicker on and off like a strobe light overhead.
7 - Smirk.
Chills race up Ponyboy's arm as the breeze dies at the sight of the platinum blonde boy who sidles up to Benny's with a stolen crooked smirk; Ponyboy had almost forgotten what Dallas looked like.
In a Room Full of Liars, all my Demons Reappear. - 50 sentences in mediumverse















