The Outsiders: Preferences and Imagines

Pet Names

For some reason, when I imagine Darry being affectionate with his significant other, I can hear him using 'sugar,' 'sweetheart,' or, 'sweetpea.'

Dally is 'hot-stuff,' 'sexy,' or 'doll'. Sometimes the New York in him makes him slip up and call her 'man'. 

Johnny's is 'prince(/ss),' 'puddin,' or 'pumpkin'.

I feel like Sodapop would mostly call his significant other by a nickname he specifically made up for them. If not, it'd be something like, 'gorgeous,' 'cutie,' or, 'beautiful'.

Steve usually goes for 'darlin' or 'doll'.

Two-Bit treats most things like they're a joke, so it's a given that his pet names can be used in them. He uses 'good-lookin' ('what's cookin', good lookin'?) or 'honey' (as in 'honey, i'm home!') and occasionally 'hun bun' or 'gumdrop' because just saying them cracks him up.

Ponyboy calls his significant other 'love,' or 'lovey'.

I can also see all of the guys going for the default 'babe' or 'baby' occasionally.