#i love stevepop

[canonickero]

Random head canon that affects nothing: Steve's heart is on the wrong side of his body. Or right side, I suppose(pun joke ahahahaha)

Ponyboy puts his hand on Steve's chest where his heart is SUPPOSED to be(to Steve's left) and goes "yep, I knew you were a heartless bastard"

Ponyboy is a smart mouthed kid, but unlike Dally, Steve doesn't ever hit him or threaten to. He just takes the disrespect because he loves that kid to death. They can joke sometimes. Maybe Steve shoves him a little bit or challenges him to a very unfair arm wrestle.

Steve knew all his life that his heart should be on the left, but he never mentioned that his heart was on the wrong side to anyone because he thought he was crazy.(Irregular heartbeat Steve, anyone?)

Maybe all of his organs are switched, he wouldn't know. Very few greasers go to their yearly checkups, let alone one like Steve. And even fewer of them get anything like that checked out. He just kind of lives without even thinking about it. And then he thinks about it randomly and he thinks about it for way too long, and then forgets again. Steve probably looked weird with his hand shifted to the right on his chest when they made him do the pledge of allegiance in grade school. But he knows damn well that his heart isn't on the left, he will put his hand over his heart exactly as he was told(autism) so he doesn't care. It's just a fun fact about him that nobody believes until they check for themselves.

Soda probably comments on it more than Steve ever thinks about it. Soda's a curious guy, he's probably got his hands and ear all over Steve's chest to find exactly where his heart rests. And that's where he lays at night when Steve comes over and Soda has to camp out on the couch(Sodapop is lactose intolerant and sleeps on the couch when he can't resist ice cream or other dairy besides his morning chocolate milk. He does that so that he doesn't bother Ponyboy with his tummy ache. Occasionally one of the guys ends up coming over, but they have an armchair anyways. Steve the type of guy to lay with his "best friend" though. Steve helps soothe the aches.[little bit of Stevepop... S.E. if you didn't want us to ship them why did you make them so god damn queer.])

Soda comments on Steve's heartbeat as per usual, makes them both think about it for a while, and then they just pass out and forget about it until next time. Steve says he's been meaning to get that checked out. He probably never will unless someone drags his ass to a hospital and makes him an appointment with a cardiologist.

[sod4p0ps-dxshirt]

i love gay people u guys

[canonickero]

I love Steve he's just like me frfr(I will die if I have to be cold for even a millisecond)

If Steve Randle has one fan one of us are dead

If Steve Randle has no fans both of us are dead

Steve Randle hc because he's my favourite

-Is incredibly vain and doesn’t bother to hide it (c’mon guys this man canonically combed his hair into ‘complicated swirls’, you can’t tell me he’s not a bit obsessed with himself)

-Enjoys his science classes even though he’s not good at them

-Is incredibly protective of Sodapop, not because he doesn’t think Soda is tough but because Soda’s more sensitive than him and Soda’s one of the only people he really cares about

-When his mom left he didn’t speak a word for two weeks (Soda was losing his mind)

-Him and Johnny aren’t super close but they bond over both having shit dads. Neither of them like talking about it with anyone else, not even their best friends, so sometimes they’ll skip class together and just vent

-Was really close to the Curtis brothers dad, and was devastated when he died (he didn’t show it though because he was trying to be strong for Soda)

-Has major trust issues

-Doesn’t really like girls and it shows (tells himself its because his mom left but really it’s because he’s more interested in Soda than he’s ever been in a girl. Doesn’t know what this means and refuses to think about it.)

-Despite this, he gets a lot of attention from girls due to being Soda’s friend and also decently good looking. He hates it but likes the way Soda laughs when he teases him about it

-Is actually bad at poker, just not anywhere near as bad as Soda 

-Has broken his arm three times, and his wrist once

-Makes bets with Two-Bit all the time

-Loves animals. He found a little grey stray cat once in the lot and adopted it. Soda named it Killer because he thought it was funny 

-Doesn’t actually dislike Ponyboy, just hates how stressed out Soda gets worrying about him

-Went off the deep end and spent the night in the drunk tank when he found out Ponyboy and Johnny were missing, and drank himself sick every day after until Soda broke down and begged him to stop because Pony was missing and he needed SOMEONE

-Was lowkey devastated when Soda dropped out 

-Is NOT a people person. Even though he loves the gang the only person he can stand to be around for an extended amount of time is Sodapop

-Is lowkey kinda scared of Darry ever since the ‘all brawn no brains’ debacle

-Could eat strawberry ice cream every day of his life and never get sick of it

-HATES being cold more than anything else ever

[that-one-english-nerd]

canon stevepop musical contents folks, who cheered⁉️⁉️

[xxkai-the-fryxx]

Since it’s Tom Cruise’s birthday, I drew some lovely Stevepop fan art

[ratfreecog]

Who wants to talk about trans soda again cause she makes me happy and it’s been a long week even though it’s only Tuesday I’ll start

Soda going from getting all the girls to all the guys wanting to date her. She absolutely adores being taken on dates and paraded around and shown off and loves all the attention, even if it gives Darry heart attacks. You know who she loves most though? Her cringe fail loser boyfriend Steve who’s head over heels for her even though they’ve known each other forever because oh my god how is she even hotter as a woman. And him doing everything he can to make her as happy as possible and taking her on as many dates as they can go on. Pony is sick and tired of watching them cuddle on the couch.

[canonickero]

HELLLPPPP TREES FOR STEVE YOU'RE SO RIGHT

Songs that fit the outsiders characters

They would NOT listen to most of them, ever but I think they fit them so just stick w me) also please talk to me about others or call me out if they are wrong please, going to add as I go along, also if you want my reason for any lmk, some of these for the less important characters r just in my head, more will be added over time these r mostly just for fun but if you think any r like horribly off lmk

Sylvia

Teenage Whore-Hole

Miss World-Hole

Call Me-Blondie(in the bride of chucky way)

Steve Randle

Man of War-Radiohead(soda being in the war, “would keep fighting and hating”)

Trees- McCafferty (just reminded me of him)

Dally

You Know You’re Right-Nirvana

Come As You Are-Nirvana(did indeed have a gun)

Please Please Let Me Get What I Want-Deftones

Crack Baby-Mitski

Im Your Man-Mitski(literally him and johnny lyric by lyric)

Bob Sheldon

Thursday Girl-Mitski

A Mistake-Fiona Apple

Johnny

Twin Sized Mattress-the front bottoms

I Bet On Losing Dogs-Mitski

Grace-Jeff Buckley

Cherry

I want you to love me- Fiona Apple

Sullen Girl-Fiona Apple

Ponyboy Curtis

Tradesman-Zach Bryan

I was all over her-Salvia Path(just the song in general)

Beware-Deftones

Hold Till May-Pierce the Veil(Johnny being the other half)

Change(In the house of flies)-Deftones

Randy Adderson

-Texas Reznikoff

Sodapop Curtis

Stick Season-Noah Kahan

I don’t Smoke-Mitski

I will-Mitski

Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear-Mitski(First strand of lyrics is Pony, rest is him)

[johnnycakesswitch]

Steve: curse Soda and his pretty doe eyes and his freckles and his pretty hands and his smile who does he think he is the sun incarnate? I would kill for him.

TwoBit: so you guys are dating now?

Steve: what??! No! We’re just best friends!

TwoBit, Dally, Johnny:

HELP 😭 this is so how it would go down too that’s why literally no one was surprised when they started dating they’re like “great glad y’all finally realized it too”

[im14andivebeen14foramonth]

i was wondering why this sudden parry uprise in the fandom felt so eerily familiar and then i realized. stevepop. parry is literally the new stevepop.

[blueberyboy]

Soda and Steve. Bisexual silly guys. I love them.

[canonickero]

I clutch Stevepop very close to my chest and nothing else in fear that I may get dragged by the ankle to hell with them

Am I the only one in this fandom that does not ship anyone? don't get me wrong some of the ships are good but its like, I can never ever see myself shipping anyone, plus I stopped doing the whole shipping thing, because people would attack me "erm aschually that ship does not make sense" they are fictional people buddy, get over it 😭

[hopae]

I did this insanely quick idkk I just really love tbem sm T~T

[m4sonn]

Stevepop but they’re dr house and dr Wilson

[wusyanam3]

speaking of ugly ship names can we talk about PURLY. 🤢 pony/curly needs justice

me and my friend lev were talking abt it and she said for them it could be ‘cigarettes after sex’ and even though its long i fully agree

[atomizerjunkie]

ponyboy is a hater fr 💔

Ponyboy would be the BIGGEST OPP to Stevepop

I mean bros wouldn’t even be doing anything and Steve woukd put his hand around soda and my bro for no reason would snatch that shit so hard it left a mark.

I mean my bro prolly used all of him rumble skills, steve most definitely brusied over. Darry and soda got mad at him and his explanation would be something like “I don’t feel bad. Soda deserves better then a scum.”

100% true.

Also whenever Steve and Soda are all lovey dovey on each other (holding hands, cuddling and giggling like the stupid mfs they are) Ponyboy always makes an effort to pretend he’s throwing up or smth 😭

[chippedshake]

Yeah, this happens every day, I fall in love with a different face

No matter how many times Steve convinces himself that he knows all the sides there are to Sodapop Curtis, he always manages to be surprised.

Every day, a new side to him, a new face, something different about him is revealed, and every day Steve falls a little bit further.

And tonight, you'll be miles away

He's always let himself put off telling him. Because of the stories in the paper, because of Sandy. Because he's scared. Because there's always tomorrow and Soda will always be there.

Only Soda won't be there tomorrow. Tomorrow he'll be training god-knows-where, and soon enough he'll be halfway across the world, fighting for a country that's never done anything for him.

But I cannot quiet my mind

He still can't help but imagine Sodapop running off the train before it leaves the station, into Steve's arms to tell him that he loves him too.

He can't help but imagine the war being called off tomorrow and Sodapop coming home, even if he doesn't feel the same (he ignores the squeeze in his chest and the pure painful longing his body responds with).

He can't help but imagine thousands and thousands of scenarios where this isn't a now, in front of all your friends and strangers, or never situation where he already knows the answer is never. Even if it's completely delusional.

Somethin' different, somethin' new, spend my whole life in a moment with you

He blinks and they're eighteen and Steve's graduating and starting to work full-time at the DX. Sodapop's reintroducing him to Darry and Ponyboy as his boyfriend and maybe the little shit doesn't like it at first, but he gets over it.

He blinks and they're twenty one and opening their own gas station. Sodapop's grinning at him with that smile that's kept him breathless since the sixth grade, but now Steve knows that it's for him and only for him.

He blinks and they're thirty and they're the cute couple that run a store together and share kisses when they think no one's looking. They think back to the days before they got together and wonder how they were so stupid.

He blinks and they're forty and their backs hurt so they hire a couple of teens to help them out. One of them's magic with cars and for a second Steve could swear he's looking at his sixteen-year-old self (and the way he looks at the other boy makes Soda and him trade smiles and unspoken memories).

He blinks and they're fifty and he still can't process the fact that he gets to wake up and see Soda every day.

He blinks and they're sixty-five and retiring and they never got out of the neighbourhood but they're happy anyway.

He blinks and they're seventy and their grandchildren come over and he can see Sodapop in all of them.

He blinks and they're eighty-something, going quietly in their sleep together.

Just a glimpse of a future that's not meant to happen

He blinks and Sodapop is boarding the train, saying tearful goodbyes to his brothers, making them promise not to fight too much.

He blinks and he's seeing news articles about boys like him being beat to death over who they love.

He blinks and he's looking away as Soda kisses his latest girlfriend goodbye.

He blinks and Sodapop won't give him more than a brief man-hug and a teary smile with an "I'll miss you".

He blinks and a piece of his heart is being ripped out of his chest and boarding a train.

But for 30 seconds I'd like to imagine

So is it so wrong to imagine a world where they can be happy and together?

There are millions of people, and millions of lifetimes, and maybe in one of them, I found my voice and I told you I liked you, and then came for coffee

There is a world where Steve told Soda when he first realised it, towards the end of seventh grade, when girls started paying attention to Soda and Steve finally understood the gnawing bitterness in his chest.

There is a world where Steve told Soda when Soda broke up with his first girlfriend because he thought Steve liked her since he'd been icing him out since they started dating.

There is a world where Steve told Soda that time they were studying in Soda's room and he threw himself in Steve's lap and Steve started playing with his hair and Soda let out a little sigh that just about made him melt.

There is a world where Steve told Soda when Soda started crying because Ponyboy had just explained something he hadn't understood in class for him and he'd never felt more useless.

There is a world where Steve told Soda when the police came to knock on their door and for once it wasn’t to arrest anyone, but for something worse that made Steve realise how quickly it could all be over.

In five years we're married, a house and a family

Not all those worlds have a happy ending for them, but enough of them do. Growing up together, getting married – legally or illegally, Steve isn't picky –, adopting, getting to hold hands in public...

Then I snap out of it, realize I'm crazy

But this world doesn't. This world has a dead-end road town with people killed for loving differently. This world has a war that breaks families apart, making their own tragedy pale in comparison. This world has a coward playing Steve and an oblivious bastard playing Soda and no way out.

This world has a boy boarding a train to his death. A boy Steve won't ever see again. A boy Steve won't ever get to tell how he feels. A boy who Steve won't ever know if he feels the same.

And watch your train pass me by