As Braylon grew up, everyone told him that his mate would be his perfect match, his other half, the love of his life. But the first time he saw his mate, a human, he was kissing someone else. -+- #2 in runt 7/23/18

Seven boys, one gang and a whole lot of problems. Ponyboy is sick of being pressured about school, Soda is coping after a breakup and refusing Steve's help, Dally is trying to help Johnny with his abusive parents while Darry is threatening him away from his brothers, and Two-Bit is falling in love with someone he'll never be allowed to have. Everything is falling apart as the boys are put through emotional and physical challenges that they never expected to have to deal with. Now they're trying to keep it together, but they can only do that for so long. Prompted by @_Jeanbo #1 in dallypop - 7/24/19

In this world, if you are gay, you have two choices. You can hide or you can fight. You can hide away from all of your problems and your bullies. You can stand up and fight against them. You can hide from your feelings. You can fight for what you believe in: no discrimination. You can hide your secret. You can fight your feelings. Johnny and Pony hid their relationship, whether it was intentional or not. Dally and Soda fought the people who tried to tear them apart, and they fought each other. They all fought the bullies. They all fought against society's thick head. But they'll always stick together because that's the gang's number one rule. Stick together. Prompted by @demodogz