Outsiders x Harry Potter --- For the soul

Year 4

Steve never wanted any trouble. All he wanted this time was a fudge sundae and ride on Ron's broomstick.

Ron Weasley, a tall, ginger, lanky boy, was his best friend after a tragic accident had taken the life of Ron's former best friend, Harry Potter. The kid who saw it all, Johnny Cade, was now an icon of freeform jazz after he was the subject of popular jazz song "Do It For Johnny." Ron never got any attention, whether it was by his family or the freeform jazz community. But he was the subject of Steve's world.

Ron had inherited almost everything from Harry Potter, who was very, very rich. That was part of the reason that Steve liked him, to be sure, but he also just genuinely thought Ron was a good guy. And it helped that he was hot.

Steve wasn't too bad looking either, so he thought that they would be a good couple for the Yule Ball.

Steve had gotten into the TriWizard Tournament as a fourth year by sheer charm and will. "How else would I get in?" Steve joked. "I'm just that cool."

There was a long line of laughter until the next words were spoken: "Am I cool?"

Steve looked at who had spoken those words so softly, so full of worry. It was Ron. Poor Ron, thought Steve. Ron never gets any of the breaks.

"Nah," Steve said, smiling carefully so Ron knew he was joking. The other boys were looking at them weird, but Steve didn't care. Ron was the only thing in the world that mattered at that moment. Not any exams, not the next task, not the issue of the Yule Ball, nothing but Ron. "You're not cool." He might've been in love, but Steve Randle was still a fourteen-year-old boy.

Ron smirked. "Oh, I'll just go then, before my uncoolness rubs off on you." He jokingly turned away and Steve and the other guys laughed and invited him back.

Ron was always good for a laugh, whenever Steve needed, but he wasn't much help in a fistfight on the quidditch pitch.

Steve ended up in a big fight with Two-Bit Mathews over whether or not the TriWizard Tournament would kill a guy. Two-Bit said it would and that it would take Johnny Cade, his fellow Hufflepuff and Steve's opponent in the TriWizard Tournament. How Two-Bit knew these things was beyond everyone, but he paid real good attention in Divination, because he thought the whole idea was funny and he liked to freak people out.

Ron said he would help, but he didn't show on the day of the rumble. The guys thought he was a chicken, but Steve knew that Ron must've had a good reason not to show. And he did, because he was immersed in the water.

"Oh, come on," Steve said when he was taken out to the Great Lake to go diving to get Ron back. "All I wanted from him was a sundae."

"He's your friend," Dumbledore, standing beside Ponyboy Curtis with his arm looped in his like an old married couple, told Steve, a low warning in his voice.

Steve shrugged. He wished they were more than that. But sure. Friend.

****

Ron was happy when Steve got him out of the water. Steve was pretty chill about it and just said, "You're welcome," then demanded his sundae and a ride on his broomstick as payment. You know, like friends do.

The next day, the Yule Ball was announced and Steve, ladies man as he was, immediately saw his chance with Ron and took it. "Ron, come on," he said, with his most winning grin. "It's not like we're getting girls anyway. What do we have to lose?"

"Dignity," Ron said and he listed a few more things. He stopped and smiled, then added, "But we never had that anyway. Let's do it."

They made a vow to be the gayest couple there. Everything, down to a tee, was organized. "And, Ron," Steve said as they were about to go change for the ball. "Be sure to dress really ugly."

"Will do, sir," Ron smiled and the boys left.

At the ball, as the most popular freeform jazz song was playing, Ron and Steve saw each other for the first time in their ugly suits.

Ron looked like a ginger chicken, but Steve looked like a hobo, so there wasn't much of an issue. Ron had only robes so old that they could be taken from a grave made in 1841. Steve wore the equivalent to rags and a garbage bag, but he could pull it off because he was Steve and if you just had that name, you were cool.

Steve tried to make his laughter quiet, but it still rioted through the halls. Ron's wasn't much quieter. "AWOOGA!!!" Steve yelled before he could stop himself. "You're a whole catch there, Ronald."

"I think we dressed up real nice," Ron said, with dignity that was impossible to uphold looking at his partner and himself.

"I think so," Steve asserted, then they crossed arms and went into the hall, where they were greeted by stifled giggles and slaps on the backs from the guys who said that they were sure Ron would chicken out.

Chicken jokes were commonplace that evening.

The ball went fine, and they boys had a lot of fun dancing to "Do It For Johnny," which played over five times because it was so popular. Steve got one look at the inspiration of that song, Johnny Cade, that night and thought that he seemed like a decent enough guy.

As a slower song came on, Ron and Steve prepared to dance, but this time, the dance wasn't completely ingenuine. Both could feel that the other really didn't mind the dance and that the dance was going to be good.

They swayed together in perfect unison, every move together and souls entwined. It was a moment of pure clarity for both, and their thought processes went a little something like this: AYO, I LIKE THIS GUY!!!

"You're a good dancer, Steve," Ron said with a shy smile.

"You, too." Steve smiled.

They became a couple that day.

****

In the third task, after a swift kiss from Ron, Steve headed into the maze, followed shortly after by Johnny Cade.

Steve tripped over almost everything, but his epic gymnastics skills sure helped him flip over giant spiders. He had to fight a few things and he got hit pretty hard on the head and almost reeled and passed out.

At the end, he reached the outside world second, to the horror of everyone. He was second, and the first, the winner, Johnny Cade, was dead on the ground.

He died by via asphyxiation (choking, for all you losers who don't know what that means) because a piece of vine from the maze had dragged him back in after he won and pulled him under the maze. Dumbledore fought the maze to get him back, and when he did, Johnny was dead. Kachow.

Steve watched on with horror as they attempted to bring Johnny back to life. He was too far gone. When the news was delivered to the crowd, Steve and the other contestants and the crowd cried out in anguish. Steve stumbled back and Ron caught him. "I got you," Ron whispered, very gently. "I'll never let you go. I got you, I got you."

      Author Note:
This took us two hours and a couple jschlatt videos to complete. Overall? Pretty happy with the chapter. Probably the ship that makes the most sense, in all honesty. Sad to see Johnny go, but it will propel the next fic. Want to know how Voldy reacts? Boo-hoo, you won't see it. Suck it up.
-The authors