#( steve randle )

[nexternalknowsthingz]

Alright y’all.. your patience and support has FINALLY paid off. ITS DONE!!!

ITS DONE. AFTER SIXTY EIGHT HOURS, WE DID IT!! 🩵

I know this is incredibly stupid especially for just being drawing BUT I have to thank a few special people because without them this drawing would NOT be completed.

@jasmine145946 Jas, genuinely you are the MAIN BIG reason for why this drawing is completed. Ilysm man, thank you for watching this drawing grow, and thank you for sticking with me!

@redfielddoesthings DUDE, YOU ARE SO AWESOME! Your support, kindness, and your encouragement and enthusiasm towards this drawing was just.. so amazing. Genuinely Tysm and Ilysm

And lastly! For the people who wanted to be tagged for when this drawing was posted:

@alaskan-wallflower and @chained-sweater !

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WAUGHW WAIT WHAT'S THIS?? WAIT I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE??? I'VE ONLY SEEN THIS ONE????:

[redfielddoesthings]

PREACH. 🙏

plssss we need more steve appreciation i love him so much </3

[pookiepiss69]

Two bit would defo send shit like this to darry

[bittersweet-bumblebees]

[your-unfriendlyghost]

stevepop roadtrip fic concept

(Ok so honestly this is the start of an original story w/ my ocs that I wrote months ago as a character writing exercise, hence why it’s in first person. But it fit Steve and Soda so well that I’m tempted to rewrite it with them lol) (more thoughts underneath the excerpt)

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  “What the hell are you doing?” Steve hissed, throwing his window open.

  “Hey Stevie-boy,” I said. Normally he’d be happy to see me. But then, normally I wasn’t throwing rocks at his window, and normally he was wearing clothes, and normally the sun was out…so I understood his irritation.

  “Steve,” he corrected, glaring at me. “You ain’t cute enough right now for that.”

  I ignored him and tossed another rock. It bounced off his bare stomach, and he doubled over in shock.

  “Goddammit, Soda!” he snapped. I winced. I hadn’t meant to hit him.

  “Sorry!” 

  He rolled his eyes, picking up the rock and tossing it back at me. “Whatever, man- what the hell do you want?”

  I took a breath to steady myself. How was I supposed to explain this one… 

  “Well…I’m goin’ on a bit of a road trip…” I started.

  “Okay?” he said impatiently.

  “Right now. Like we leave right now.”

  “We?!”

  I cringed and looked down at the grass beneath me. “Er…yeah, if you come…”

  Steve raised his eyebrows so that they were almost hidden by his un-greased hair. “Woah woah- slow it down Sodapop- what?!”

  I swallowed, and finally met his eyes, deciding to just tear off the band-aid. “We’re lookin’ for Sandy Sparks.”

  Steve blinked, face going through a million emotions a minute. Finally he settled on a stony mask of neutrality. 

  “I’ll pack my bag.” he said, in a soft bitter voice he only used when we talked about Sandy.  -

So uh yeah, there it is. On paper, the plot of the fic would be Soda, Steve, and maybe Evie depending on how we feel about that going on a drive to Florida to check in on Sandy- Soda says it’s because he just wants to make sure she’s doing alright, but really it’s because he craves some sort of closure.

But the real plot would be less about that and more about Soda having a genuinely good time on the road, and realizing he’s in love with Steve and maybe Evie.

Idk it needs a more solid outline but yk lemme know what y’all think! (Should it be stevepop or steviepop? Anything you’d wanna read? Etc…)

No promises that I’ll write this, but I might, so definitely give me your thoughts!

[mimirose113]

He runs warm because he has so much emotion inside he refuses to let out, so much love and care and passion

darry runs warm btw-darry is the gang’s furnace that they all go to in the winter because pony refused to bring a coat and now darry is hugging him while chiding him for not bringing his own coat, soda’s begging darry to cuddle them at night cause their room gets chilly, two bit will straight up put his hands under darry’s shirt and right into his stomach because his hands are cold. johnny let’s darry fully envelope him despite his usual aversion to touch. even dally will lean into darry because he’s that warm

darry runs warm guys, trust and believe

[princess-lil-spidey]

The Outsiders on Thanksgiving

(Inspired by @dallasgallant )

The Matthews Family always does Thanksgiving Lunch and the Curtis Family does Thanksgiving Dinner

The entire gang uses this as an excuse for eating two Thanksgiving meals

Sodapop always wants to decorate for Christmas after Halloween, but Pony and Darry wait until after dinner to put up decorations

Dallas loves mashed potatoes

The gang bets on the Football games

Mrs Curtis taught the Curtis brothers how to make all of her classic dishes, so each year they are able to recreate her classic Thanksgiving meal

Dallas secretly loves the parade, because he used to watch it with his mother

Mr. Curtis was very serious about being thankful

He’s the type to go around the table and force everyone to share what they are thankful for

It’s now Darry’s favorite holiday because it reminds him of his father

At the Matthews house, they host Two-Bit’s entire extended family and everyone is welcome if they bring their own dish

He sits at the kids table and cracks jokes

Johnny was the first one of the gang to come over to the Curtis house for dinner

Steve and Soda have a contest to see which one eats the most food

It’s 50/50 on who wins

The Curtis brothers end the night with looking through their family albums

[dreamy-idk123]

Very skibidi posters

[lizzy019]

Hihi! So, idk if your requests are open (if they're not, feel free to ignore this :))

Could I have the gang (seperately) (idk if you do all of them in one post srry(if not, then just Johnny or Ponyboy)) with an S/O who's uncomfortable with drinking and drugs and gets like, a bit tense/anxious when they see either - including when the gang has any - just cuz of some bad childhood trauma?

Thanks!

Love you sm <3 /p and I hope you have a good day/evening!!

Ahh back again with a request haha! Sure, I'll write short drabbles for each of the gang members :))

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1) Ponyboy 2) Johnny

3) Dally 4) Darry IN THIS ORDER!

5) Soda 6) Steve 7) Two-bit

1) Ponyboy

Ponyboy knew that you tended to be a bit uncomfortable when he pulled a cigarette from his pocket and lit it within a matter of seconds. Now normally, you'd just plug your nose and push past it since this was just Pony's addiction, but lately you seemed to cough from the second hand smoke and stood far away from him.

You couldn't find it in you to tell him how your parental figure did it too often when you were still a young kid. You saw how they got when they were high off of their mind, it bugged you ceaselessly and you really didn't want to see Ponyboy like that either. But then again, you were supposed to be a bit tougher, so naturally you didn't tell him.

But Ponyboy caught on quick enough.

Now, it was very common for him to smoke when he got stressed or anxious about something. Though Ponyboy preferred the easy way out of his stress, smoking his cheap tobacco, he tried to keep it away from you. Whenever he was stressed, he'd find you and lay his issues on you to resolve them together.

It wasn't a big fix, but if it had you coughing less and smiling more, he'd do just about anything for the curl of your lips and the laughs you shared.

2) Johnny

Now, Johnny was well aware of your trauma and discomfort when it came to drugs and substance abuse. He tried his best, honestly, to keep his addiction away from you, or to a minimum if he really couldn't suppress the urge.

He understood fully why you didn't like substances like weed or tobacco, especially when you had these tiny freezes every time he lit up a cigarette and took a puff. They could be dangerous, fatal even, and he knew that it deeply worried you seeing him smoking them. As a trauma survivor himself, he knew it could be tough trying to push past something that scars your life.

But Johnny should've known better. He should've tried harder, especially so when you started physically distancing yourself from him when he smoked. Second hand smoke was bad, but it was worse because he knew why you were getting so overwhelmed.

You were scared, and he couldn't be mad at you for it.

So Johnny decided to quit. Just one evening, he handed you his cigarettes and his lighter and made sure you trashed them for him. At the end of the day, it was saving you both from a lot of issues in the future.

3) Dally

Dally by no means meant his teasing when you first told him how him smoking around you made you uncomfy. But he tried to at least grasp why it made you uncomfortable, to prevent the disliked feeling sway you away from him.

While Dally struggled with breaking his addiction (he was 12 when he started), he had a goal in mind. Less than a pack a day, hopefully less than 15 if he got good enough. It was just something he tried to do to keep you safe, he loved you more than anything and he'd prioritize your comfort over something as silly as a few cigarettes.

You were very happy when his average intake of cigs had dropped a couple, and it made you proud knowing you were the cause of it. And as of lately, he even seemed to be more cheery because he wasn't smoking that much anymore.

You both were very happy with what Dally had done for you.

4) Darry

Darry is a simple man. While he did like his beer, a cigarette every now and then helped soothe the stress of taking care of two buffoon siblings and all his friends. The man was overworked, you couldn't blame him for needing some affordable way to release the overwhelming stress building and building.

But you didn't like when he smoked. You were scared, truthfully. He was smart, he was a dignified and respected gentleman. Seeing him smoke was like seeing a rabbit eating corn instead of the stereotypical carrots or celery. It was odd, it wasn't correct.

So the minute you informed him of your dislike to his smoking, along with your reason for the dislike to be trauma, he was quick to throw out his lighter and just hand the cigarette box off to Soda. It was efficient, and at least with beer, the effects were more manageable compared to being high off of his mind.

5) Sodapop

Soda in all honesty doesn't smoke that much to begin with. He just doesn't see it as something he wants to use to calm himself for the rest of his life considering his other brothers already cough up a storm from them.

But he especially tried to quit doing them at all when you came along. He could see your utter discomfort at the sight of the measly tobacco stick, and he questioned you. But he quickly took back any jokes he made directed at your trauma, as he didn't know... and the last thing he wanted to do was drive a wedge in between you two because of some stupid joke he made.

That was the day he stopped smoking around you. Any time he felt the need for a smoke, he'd just tell you he'd be outside for a few minutes and he'd pop back in.

Sure, he smelled of pungent tobacco afterwards, but it was the thought that counted, right? If seeing him smoke bothered you and he was too far into his addiction to quit, he would happily find ways that'd work for the both of you!

6) Steve

Now let's be honest here, Steve drinks more than he does smoke. Regardless of it, he'll happily accept a cigarette when it's given to him, he can't deny a free cig!

But he noticed the tenseness in your shoulders, the pained and fearful look buried in your gaze as you eyed him with just a cigarette between his lips. Were you upset at him for smoking? Maybe worried for his health? He didn't know, but he threw the cigarette out even if it still had a good amount left over.

It was then that you relaxed, shoulders going loose again and eyes soft like always. Oh, so you didn't like cigarettes at all, period. Maybe you just didn't like him doing drugs, but he didn't want to question you. Then again, even if he wasn't the smartest educationally, he was smart when it came to things like body language.

Instead of taking the cigarettes offered, he started brushing them off, smiling a bit in your direction as if to show you how much he cared about you. Steve wanted you to be proud of his responsibility, and you were. Well... you only smiled back because his smile was just too contagious.

7) Two-bit

Deadass, this man has awful habits. From drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, to drinking beer while smoking cigarettes, it wasn't uncommon for him to be seen tipsy or a bit stoned every now and then.

But once you and Two got together, he maintained his sober streak for a good while. Sure, an occasional beer maybe, but never too much and never too many cigarettes. He never even knew of your trauma to them until you both were with the gang, and he started smoking just because everyone else was.

Heavily influenced, you dubbed as one of his many poor characteristics.

But he knew at least vaguely from the gang that you didn't like it. After all, it was noticeable how your usually cheery, warm expression would shift to discomfort and appal. He didn't know how to handle the guilt knowing he possibly triggered some trauma you had, and his apologies were in the form of handing you his lighter and bottle opener.

It wasn't much, but it'd slow him down.

[nexternalknowsthingz]

Y’ALL!!!! ALL OF THEM ARE COLORED!!! JUST GOTTA DO THE BACKGROUND!!!! 🩵🩵🩵

@chained-sweater , @alaskan-wallflower , @redfielddoesthings I told yall I’d tag you when it’s done but here it is HALF WAY done!

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shoot me.

[nutsackx]

SECRET SANTA ART TRADES!!!

I don’t think I posted this last year…but uh

so I have a discord server!!

or just add me as nutsackx idk

it’s pretty much just a ton of server-wide art trades for the artists of the server. If you want to join, fill out the google form and enter in your username, want your want drawn, etc.

WINNERS GET NITRO AND NUTSACKX ART!!!

DATES

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December 31st Winners announced!!!

more info in the server…heh 🌈

[sodapopper]

2/3 Curtis brothers have long-standing beef with Steve, and I think it’s time to ask ourselves the real question: do they actually hate Steve, or are they secretly jealous he gets to be Sodapop’s best friend and they don’t?

[alaskan-wallflower]

sodapop has freckles on his nose and cheeks and steve likes kissing them cause it makes soda all giggly