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orangesand-lemons-234 · 2 months

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Shout out to my friend who gave me the idea for all this part of Newsies Twitter

And to Davey for accidently being the cause of it all.

#and to the deaf albert headcanon #anyways spechie amiright?#this is so rushed im sorry #i dont do slowburn guys i literally cant do it-#newsies #uksies #newsies twitter #spechie #specs x crutchie #specsie #javey #jack x davey

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athousandboxjumps · 1 year

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the newsies after the fight

AKA: me planning out headcanons because I want to make this into a fic. Also this is pure angst, you have been warned.

Race gets back to the lodging house first. Of course he does; the combination of long legs and adrenaline means he can run really fast when he needs to. There’s nothing he wants more than to smoke his cigar, but he lost it in the fray and even if he hadn’t, he isn’t sure he’d be able to light it with his shaking hands.

Albert doesn’t speak for a long while. There are a million thoughts buzzing in his head as always but for the first time he can’t form them into words. He just sits on his bed, holding onto Race’s hand for dear life. (Race is secretly grateful for this; he craves the touch just as much as Al.)

Henry can’t stop moving. Even though his ribs ache and it hurts to breathe, he fears the breakdown that will come once he stands still. Instead he floats between the newsies, checking in to make sure everyone is doing okay — or as okay as they can be. He needs to be useful right now or else he’ll completely shut down.

Finch is inconsolable. He can still hear Crutchie screaming his name. He could have turned back. He should have turned back. But like a cowardly little bird, he flew away. The others try to tell him that it’s not his fault, that there was nothing he could’ve done. He doesn’t believe them.

In spite of everything, Specs is thanking the world for small miracles. His glasses didn’t crack; his bruises are only minor; and as Romeo lies sleeping in his lap, he makes a vow to get up as soon as possible the next day and check in on Crutchie. He charts his course through back alleys and fire escapes to make it to the Refuge window without being seen. Right now though, he rests, carding his fingers through Romeo’s hair. Things are going to be okay, Specs would make sure of it.

Tommy Boy won’t let anyone touch Splasher. He finally got the poor boy to stop wailing in agony, and he wasn’t about to let some pair of untrained hands slip up and cause Splasher to end up in more pain than he already was. Instead, Tommy Boy gently wipes the blood from his friend’s brow and whispers soothing words. He places his rosary around Splasher’s neck; Tommy Boy has no idea if Splasher is Catholic or even believes in God at all, but he says a prayer of the two of them all the same.

No one hears from Elmer for a frighteningly long while. An unspoken trepidation that he had been arrested passes through the boys until Jojo silently appears at the doorway with Elmer in tow. He holds a prayer book, his face puffy and red from crying. What he’d said to the sister was right, it had been bound to rain sooner or later. He just hadn’t expected the torrential downpour of his own tears to finally bring him back to church.

Davey and Les come home to a terrified mother and a proud father. Sarah bandages them up, listening to Les’s every word about how things had been going so great until they hadn’t. Mayer jokes that now he and Davey have matching wounds. Davey doesn’t say anything. He can’t stop thinking about Jack.

Jack is nowhere to be found.

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incorrectuksies · 11 months

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specs: admit it! you like crutchie!

finch: oh, come on. i mean, am i attracted to him? sure. do my days feel better when i'm around him? yeah. does he understand me in ways no one else ever has? indubitably. do i fantasise about him? yes, every night. but do i like him? the answer is no.

#specs newsies #finch cortes #crutchie morris #birdcrutch #finch x crutchie #newsies #incorrect quotes #source: bojack horseman #idk what their ship name is #but dear god does uk newsies make me ship it

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we-were-both-born-today · 4 months

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The sequel to Papers, Post-It Notes, and Protests is here and completed!

This is a sequel to the Newsies College AU and here is the summary for this story:

It's senior year! David's nervous about taking his art credit, Jack is struggling with his internship, Race and Spot have growing pains while Spot starts grad school, and Specs has decided he's going to say something to Romeo about his crush; all while the threat of real life and graduation looms over them.

This has 12 chapters (11 full chapters and an epilogue) and is around 35K words! Every chapter is up on ao3 so you don't have to wait for the next chapter to be uploaded! I hope that if you read Papers, Post-it Notes, and Protests before you'll check this out and if you haven't ready either, please take a gander at my Newsies College AU series on ao3!

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dustyy-angel · 1 year

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The Best Newsies Thing submissions

Race's cigar

Jack Kelly

The money the movie didn't make

King Of New York

Davey Jacobs

David Jacobs (movie)

Seize The Day

Sprace

Crutchie (uksies)

Trans Racetrack headcanons

Crutchie

92sies Mush's front flip during Carrying The Banner

Race

Spot Conlon (movie)

Javey

Javid

King Of New York (movie)

Newsies fanfiction

Kid Blink (movie)

Katherine

The tony awards performance

Spot Conlon (uksies)

The chair Mike Faist fell through

Ben Cook kicking himself in the face

Jeremy Jordan attempting to dance and almost falling on his face during the proshot bows

Bill and Darcy

Albert

Albert (uksies)

Christian Bale falling over every time he tries to dance

Race (movie)

Santa Fe

Les pretending to smoke his candy to imitate Jack

Musical Davey's character development

Mush (movie)

The Delancey brothers

"The woild is yer erster"

Bumlets spinning on the ceiling fan

Jack Kelly (uksies)

Stray x Lucky (uksies)

Elmer

JoJo

Finch

Santa Fe (movie)

"Hi i'm Andrew Keenan-Bolger and I play Crutchie in disney's Newsies"

Dancing with the stars performance

Carrying The Banner

Carrying The Banner (movie)

"GO GET EM COWBOY! YOU GOT EM NOW BOY!"

"Our man Denton!"

Bryan Denton (movie)

Unemployed by Joshua Burrage and Ben Cook

"THE POOR GUYS HEAD IS SPINNING!"

Ben warming up and Andrew putting on multiple pairs of headphones

Sarah Jacobs (movie)

Specs (Ryan Steele)

Specs

Jack Kelly (movie)

Katherine (uksies)

Out There in Santa Fe by Ben Fankhauser

"I am a kooOOOoiiiii"

Andy Richardson crawling around like something from a horror movie

Ben and Sky dancing to What If I Go

“Forget about Trey. Where’s my fucken chair?”

Andrew forgetting the strike sign

Kara accidently throwing the broom into the orchestra pit

Corey Cott singing the Santa Fe key change four bars early

"It's oyster Race" "THATS WHAT I SAID"

Sniper

Les Jacobs (movie)

Letter From The Refuge

Once And For All

Skittery (movie)

Jess LeProtto falling into the orchestra pit

Finches slingshot

Gay/Trans awakenings caused by the movie

Za Zooming Out

"Up stays, uh upstairs"

Bad weather and shopping

Tommy Bracco pep talks

Letter From The Refuge (Ben Cook edition)

Anthony Rosenthal's vlogs

Redfinch

Newsies fanart

Seize The Day (movie)

Blush

Blood Drips Heavily On Newsies Square

The stage directions for Jack shaking Roosevelt's hand

Jeremy Jordan

Ben Fankhauser

Henry

Newsies Got Swag

Brooklyn's Here

WWH (reprise) at broadway bakes and Cory keeps messing up

Anything You Can Do by Mike Faist and Adam Kaplan

Ben and Lavon singing Something To Believe In

"AAAHHHHHHHH" "See this, this is Newsies"

92sies Jack saying "ambastards" instead of ambassadors

"Tell me how quitting does Crutchie any good" "Dszahdh"

Crutchie swearing in uksies

The amount of ass-slapping in livesies

#the best newsies thing

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riding-palominos-every-day · 9 months

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Can I hear what you've come up with so far for your radio show AU?

This is all subject to change as I develop the AU:

- Set in the 1980s bc I cannot Shut Up about that decade's aesthetic-

- Katherine is the production director, and de facto boss of the station. Her dad technically owns the business, but as long as the shows get listeners he basically lets her do as she pleases

- Jack runs an entertainment segment, reading Old West stories or reviewing movies (it's more popular than one would expect)

- Henry runs a cooking and food critic show

- Race run a game show, where callers ring in to answer quizzes

- Kid Blink runs a midnight horror segment, reviewing horror movies and setting horror quizzes (e.g. "how would you survive X/Y slasher scenario?")

- Albert and Crutchie are noon and evening disk jockeys respectively. Kenny's the late-night DJ

- Mush, Specs and Sarah work as assistant producers. JoJo is an intern

- Some of the younger boys (like Elmer, Romeo and Splasher) are too young to run shows, but they're given permission to hang out at the studio as long as they don't cause trouble

#thank you for the ask emmy!#I'm v excited about this au it scratches many parts of my brain #newsies #newsies au #newsies on airwaves #<- au tag #asks #second to none

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emmedoesntdomath · 3 months

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This took up 2 pages in my Notes App (I think it's hilarious)

Some of them do have reasons:

Oscar x Romeo (iykyk)

Morris x Romeo (because their ship name would be either Momeo or Rorris and idk which is funnier)

Jack x Spot (I read one fic with them but it was a really good fic)

Finch x Crutchie (something about uksies I saw like 5 months ago)

Buttons x Elmer (not that weird but apparently rare according to the depressingly low amount of fics with them)

Elmer x Spot (sunshine x grumpy, need I say more)

Pulitzer x Weisel (just to fuck with you)

Davey x Elmer (I'm convinced they're both first generation Polish Americans and bonded over that and became best friends and then they started dating and when people would ask them about it they'd say something like "what? Because we're both Polish? Wow that's pretty small minded of you😮‍💨" and then hold hands)

Katherine x Darcy (they're a beard couple)

Sarah x Albert (they're also a beard couple)

Race x Elmer (in my head Elmer and Graves are the same person but nobody knows except for Race and they both think it's hilarious whenever someone in Manhattan talks about Graves and someone in Brooklyn talks about Elmer. Theyre also the only newsies who walk to and from Brooklyn every day and they got close during their walks together)

And now some simply because I said so:

Davey x Race

Elmer x Albert

Albert x Spot

Buttons x Crutchie

Specs x Crutchie

Buttons x Finch

Jack x Albert

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orangesand-lemons-234 · 2 months

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We need to make an AU for Newsies Twitter so uhm here's the rundown.

The Brooklyn Girls, Medda, Elmer and Sarah + Les who I just couldn't fit in here.

Obviously set in the modern day, everyone is with the age range of 17-21 except for Les, Elmer, Buttons, and Medda, who are 10, 15, and 43.

So, all the Manhattan boys live in the same house together, while the Brooklyn Girls live in a house a little down the road. Katherine lives in the Pulitzer house and visits them all frequently with Medda.

Random cliff notes and headcanons!

~ Javey, Ralbert, Spatherine, Butter, Spechie and Stray x Mack are canon to this story

~ The Manhattan house has a dog, a French bulldog named Molly. She technically belongs to Race and Albert, though she really is everyone's.

~ There are five bedrooms in the house. They are shared by Jack and David, Race and Albert, Buttons and Elmer, and Specs and Crutchie. Jack and David and Race and Albert share beds, Buttons and Elmer + Specs and Crutchie have bunkbeds.

~ Jack is an animator

~ David is a primary school teacher

~ Race is a photographer

~ Albert and Crutchie work at the local museum

~ Specs is a librarian

~ Katherine is a journalist

~ Spot is a Set designer

~ Spot and Elmer are siblings

#cant just add stuff and not add to it #yknow?#ALSO #i only really ship uksies spatherine #livesies is a no #anyways hope ya like the story from here on out #!!!#newsies #uksies #newsies headcanons #newsies twitter

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bigmack2go · 4 months

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I dont think we talk enough about how almost all the newsie shipnames are actual words!! Like I actually fucking just love that so much

It makes me so happy

A list -not all are included and i dont ship them all but they exist and yeah…-:

Jelly (david jacobs x jack kelly) (aka javid/javey)

Space (spot conlon x racetrack higgins) (aka sprace/cock😒/hinlon)

Blush (kid blink x mush mayers)

Jackpot (Jack Kelly x Spot conlon)

Redfinch (albert dasilva x finch whateverhislastnameis)

Rally (Racetrack higgins x jack kelly)

Jam (Katherine pulitzer x sarah jacobs) (aka karah/newsbians/satherine)

Purple (Ractrack higgins x spot conlon x albert dasilva) (aka Spralbert/robot/ralbot)

Robot (also racetrack higgins x Albert dasilva x spot Conlon) (aka spralbert/ralbot/purple)

Crack (crutchy morris x jack kelly)

Joy (tommy boy x jojo de la guerra)

Joke (jojo dela guerra x ike)

Lovebird (romeo lastnamesareoverrated x finch whateverhislastnameis)

Sponge (spot conlon x crutchie morris

Dutch (david jacobs x crutchie morris)

Itch (itey x snitch) (aka snitey)

Crunch (crutchie morris x finch whateverhislastnameis) (aka crockedbird)

Rave (racetrack higgins x david jacobs)

Bell (buttons davenport x elmer kasvrac) (aka blume/belmer/belmeruttons)

Blume (buttons davenprt x elmer kasvrac) (aka bell/belmer/belmeruttons, aka butter)

Dill (darcy reid x bill hearst)

(Idk why but ialmost wrote „darcy hearst and bill pullitzer“ than realized what i did and full on confidently wrote „billy elliot“ instead of bill hearst)

Smile (snipe wah x smalls lastnamewho)

Hike (Ike reed x hotshot hotshot)

Buttery (??) (Bumlets definitelyhasalastname x skittery skeedattle)

Smelly (smalls lastnamewho x jack kelly)

Soundtrack (Racetrack higgins x albert da silva) (aka ralbert)

Dove- (Davey Jacobs x Oscar Delancy)

Butter (buttons davenprt x elmer kasvrac) (aka bell/belmer/belmeruttons, aka blume)

besheet?? (dutchie and specs (apperantly)

Butterfly (skittery skeedattle x bumlets definitelyhasalastname x swifty fan) (aka bumswiftery)

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auspicious-manner · 2 years

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Hey loved your Riff story! Could you write a story with Race from Newsies, where they hate each other and it gets on everyone’s nerves so Jack partners them up to sell papers. And she gets hit on by one of the Delaney brothers and race gets jealous. And then a romance blossoms from there? I know that’s a lot lmao, Thanks! 💛

thank you so much omg! i love this idea, who doesn’t like a good enemies to lovers story? also, i wrote this with ben cook’s race in mind :)

racetrack x female reader

warnings: minor harassment from the delancey brothers

Dynamic Duo

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“everybody up, it’s pape-sellin’ time!” jack yelled throughout the lodging house, banging on the sides of each bed as he passed.

Y/N sat up in her bed, lethargic from just waking up and hair completely tangled. she sat on her top bunk as she slowly allowed her mind to follow in the footsteps of her already awake body.

once she felt ready, she climbed off her bed and went to go look for clothes to wear for the day.

Y/N didn’t mind being the only girl newsie as much as one would think. she didn’t mind the work, and when she did it with her good friends jack kelly and albert, her boring job was then made much more exciting.

about two years ago, when she had just entered her teen years, Y/N’s family told her that they couldn’t afford to take care of her anymore. so, they packed her a bag with a few articles of clothing, a dollar, and some small personal belongings. as much as she despised her parents for doing this, she couldn’t blame them. she wouldn’t want herself either if she was using up a lot of money.

she was left on the streets of new york for three days before jack found her in an alley, using her old clothes as a blanket for warmth. jack took her in, introduced her to the boys, and he never asked if she wanted to stay with them and sell papers; he told her she was going to. Y/N was thankful for it, jack was welcoming to her and gave her a job and a place to sleep.

“racer,” jack started, standing in front of his bed. Y/N peered over and saw race still cuddled up under his thin covers, sleeping away the morning. Y/N rolled her eyes. race’s childish and immature personality was one that she was never able to get used to. she surely wasn’t race’s biggest fan.

“racer!” jack yelled, banging on the side of the bed. “i don’t think you wants to go a day without work, get up!”

race woke up shocked and rolled out of bed, falling onto the ground from his bottom bunk with a thump. a few of the newsies laughed, and race got up and dusted himself off. “i was havin’ a good dream, that’s all. didn’t want it to end.”

Y/N gazed at race for a moment too long, and race wasn’t having it. “what’re you looking at me for? take a look at yourself, your hair looks like a bird’s nest.”

Y/N was about to storm over to him, when she stopped and placed her hands on her hair. race was right. she had a large nest of bedhead looped around her head.

she looked back at race. “thank you for informing me, i seriously had no clue. you know race, you truly are a lifesaver.” Y/N said, sarcasm thick in her voice.

race glared at her. “just thought i’d let you know.”

after that, the morning went smoothly. she got ready in her traditional newsies clothes, tied her hair into two braids, and placed her newsies cap on her head. before the newsies went out for the day, jack called everyone together for a quick meeting.

“alright newsies of manhattan, we’re switchin’ things up for the time being. i’ll be pairing you up with new selling partners.”

Y/N smiled, excited to hear her new selling partner. she knew it most likely wouldn’t be jack, even though the two were super close with each other. jack was one to pair people up based on who he thought would sell the most papers, not necessarily who they were close with.

“elmer and jojo, you’re partners. davey, les, and finch. crutchie, buttons, and romeo. mush and specs. albert and sniper. race and Y/N. henry, you’re stuck with me. if i didn’t call your name, stick with whoever you’ve already been sellin’ with. youse all dismissed, go sell some papes.”

everyone who was paired up happily joined their new selling partner, and Y/N and race stood shocked by their pairing.

“jack, what the hell?” Y/N said, catching jack before he found henry. “you know damn well race and i don’t get along, what’s this all about?”

race had then made his way over to jack as well. “yeah jack, Y/N’s the only newsies i’ve ever disliked, and you know that.”

jack looked between the two of them. “look, i’m sorry guys, but you two could learn a lot from each other while sellin’. racer, you’re great at makin’ up headlines that sell. Y/N, you’ve got the stamina for sellin’ through tough days that any newsie would be jealous of. i paired you two up so your strengths can work together, and you can hopefully settle this conflict the both of you seem to have. now, get to work.”

jack made his way over to henry, and the two walked out of the door, leaving Y/N and race by themselves. “this ain’t gonna be fun.” race said.

“nope.” Y/N said back, leaving the lodging house with race on her tail.

the pairing followed the crowd out to the stand where the delancey brothers and wiesel stood selling the papers.

as they made their way up the line, Y/N could tell the brothers were watching her closely. oscar would turn his head and say something to morris, and morris would look her up and down. it made her infinitely uncomfortable, and she tried her hardest to ignore it.

“are the delancey’s lookin’ at you or me?” race asked, whispering so only Y/N would hear.

“me. i know they are. they’ve been doing it for the past few days.” she whispered back.

race nodded, staring the delancey’s down. once they arrived at the front of the line, the delancey’s gave her a smile. “how’s the only girl newsie doing on this fine mornin’?” oscar asked, gathering up some papers for her.

“i was doing just fine until i saw you two.” she replied, waiting for oscar to give her the stack.

“just tryin’ to make conversation, darling.” morris said.

Y/N rolled her eyes and took the papers from oscar and left, race not far behind her.

the two found a spot to sell, relatively close to the brooklyn bridge. they stood a few feet apart, as silent as can be.

“i can’t believe jack paired us up.” race finally spoke.

it took a moment before Y/N realized race was speaking to her. she turned to look at him, and then turned back. “me neither. he knows we don’t like each other.”

a man walked by, and race took this as a good selling opportunity for him. “religious group attacked by mob, killing four! you heard it here first, biggest story of the week!”

the man hurriedly gave race a nickel and took a paper, and left as quickly as he came.

“that was nowhere near the actual headline.” Y/N said, glancing down at the headline plastered on the papers, which read, “flower shop victim to robbery”.

“exciting headlines sell more papes. you gotta do what you gotta do.” race said back.

they went silent again, selling a few more papers between the two of them as the morning went on. by midday, the two had comfortably sold about half of their papers each.

race sighed after hours of silence between them. “how did our hatred even begin?”

Y/N thought for a moment. “i wasn’t a fan of your immaturity from the beginning, and you weren’t a fan of my competing good looks.”

race scoffed. “that wasn’t it. you joined two years ago and had a superiority complex because you were the only girl and jack’s newest best friend.”

“i didn’t have a superiority complex. maybe you were just out to get me or find a reason to hate me because i was a threat to your number one seller spot.” she fired back.

“i could say the same about you.”

the two paused. “well, i’m willing to be the bigger person and settle this feud once and for all. this duo is going to be exhausting if we don’t work this out. i promise to stop having a ‘superiority complex’ if you work on your maturity. deal?” Y/N spit in her hand and stuck it out for race to shake.

race considered the offer and rolled his eyes. “fine. it’s a deal.” he spit in his hand as well and the two shook hands.

the rest of the day went smoothly for race and Y/N, and they were able to strike up conversations that weren’t insulting or threatening to the other person for a change. and, jack ended up being right. they both sold all of their papers an hour before the end of the day, a feat that rarely happens.

once they made it back to the lodging house, jack approached the two. “seems like you two didn’t tear each other apart like you both expected.”

race looked down at Y/N, and gave a gentle smile. “i hate that you were right, jack.”

jack smiled, patting both of them on the shoulders. “youse should both trust me, i’m the leader for a reason.”

after race and Y/N parted ways, albert found her. “how’s my friend doin’ this evening? how was sellin’ with you-know-who?” he asked, slinging his arm around her shoulder.

“you know, it could have been worse. we’ve both mutually decided to put our hatred aside.” she said.

albert sighed. “finally. it was getting tiring hearin’ about your dislike for him.”

Y/N laughed and gently shoved him. “shut up, ‘bert. i had to release my anger to someone, jack never liked when i did it to him.”

night fell over new york city, and the newsies got into their beds to sleep until the next morning.

after race and Y/N’s initial pairing, two more full days of selling went by. some of their conversations during the day felt forced, but the uncomfortable feeling both of them got as a friendship was slowly building faded away as time went on.

like race the night before they were paired together, Y/N had a dream one night. part of her knew it was just a dream, and none of it was real, but it was too nice for her to interrupt.

she dreamt of feasting on all her favorite foods that night. chicken, bread, sweets, and more. it was delicious. she looked to her side and saw a head of blonde hair. is that…race?

“Y/N, wake yourself up you lazy bum!” someone yelled, causing her eyes to shoot open. she laid there for another second, allowing herself to come to.

“wakey wakey!” the voice said again, this time whoever it was started shaking her violently.

“god dammit, i’m up!” she looked over and saw it was race, a cigar hanging out of his mouth. she covered her eyes with her hand tiredly. “racetrack, i hate you.”

“no you don’t, we settled that a few days ago, remember?” race said, smiling.

“any more of this and i’m taking back that promise.”

race climbed down from the ladder by her bunk bed as she sleepily climbed down the ladder after him.

she got herself ready for the day, and met up with race as they walked out of the lodging house together.

after getting in line for papers, Y/N noticed the same thing she had been noticing for the past few days. the delancey’s were, once again, eyeing her.

“can’t those guys take a hint? you don’t want them.” race said. “i mean-uh…you don’t actually want one of them, right?”

Y/N giggled. “no, of course not. they’re assholes.”

“right, assholes.”

once they both got to the front of the line, the brothers said nothing, which was abnormal. every day up until now, they would always say some kind of smart remark. but not today. they just stared her down as she gave wiesel her money and took her papers from oscar.

“that was odd.” Y/N said to race.

“no kidding. i don’t trust what those two are up to.” race said back, uneasy.

they made their way to the same selling spot, a block away from the brooklyn bridge. the energy between the two had shifted, and both of them liked it. their friendly conversations weren’t forced anymore, and in between yelling fake headlines to the masses the pair grew to genuinely enjoy the other’s company. they talked almost nonstop that whole day.

Y/N realized she had judged race too soon. his childish behavior was a front for him, and beyond his immature exterior, he had a big heart and could hold a good conversation.

as for race, he came to realize Y/N was just misunderstood. being left by her family caused some abandonment issues, and it makes sense as to why she latched on to jack so closely when she first came to the newsies. he had saved her from living on the streets.

later into that day, Y/N felt a little something more. was it a fondness for her newfound friendship with race, or was it feelings? she hated that she couldn’t tell, and she hated the fact that if it was feelings, she caught them very quickly. catching feelings at all was a new experience for Y/N, let alone catching feelings within four full days of selling. she knew that the chance of race feeling the same way this early on was slim, so she decided to keep it a secret for the time being.

by the end of the day, they had became each other’s good friends. jack and albert were still Y/N’s best friends, but she felt comfortable saying race was slowly making his way up on her radar. they walked back to the lodging house together laughing about something race had said, and chasing and shoving each other like friends would do.

night fall was coming once again. after a day of hard work, she decided she wanted to visit her old home. she did this every once in a while, just to get some closure on her family whom she still loved. she couldn’t help it. she knew her parents made her leave for a good reason, they needed the money. yet, she didn’t have the guts to see them face to face again. she always thought about knocking on their window to just say hello, but she could never bring herself to do it.

once they arrived at the lodging house, Y/N turned to race. “i know it sounds crazy considering they left me to live on the street, but i’m going to go visit my parents. i do this occasionally, just to bring myself some peace.”

race’s smile fell, and he took his cigar out of his mouth. “i can come with you if you want. i don’t know if it’s the safest idea to go out at night by yourself.” race said.

she appreciated that race was protective, but she knew she was capable of holding her own. “race, i’ve done this before, i promise i’ll be fine. i won’t be gone for long, their place isn’t too far away.”

race sighed, and before Y/N could react, race wrapped her in a tight hug. Y/N was slightly taken aback, but she placed her arms around race a moment later. it felt nice, and the longer it went on, the darker the blush grew on her cheeks.

race pulled away. “stay safe, okay?”

“always.”

race smiled and pat her shoulder before going into the lodging house.

the walk to the building wasn’t too long, about a 15 minute walk. once she arrived, she climbed up the fire escape to the window and peered inside.

she noticed a small light was on in the kitchen, and she saw her mom and dad. she smiled to herself.

but, as Y/N looked closer, she saw that her mom was holding something in her arms. she focused her vision on the figure in her arms, and it clicked. her mom was holding a baby.

a wave of hurt fell over her, and she stepped back from the window. her parents never wanted to get rid of her for financial reasons, they wanted to get rid of her because they wanted a new child.

tears welled up in her eyes, and she quickly and quietly climbed down the fire escape, running through the streets of new york as she uncontrollably cried.

she had just about made it back to the lodging house when in the distance, she saw two tall figures. her running came to a halt as she realized who it was. the delancey brothers.

“oh my god.” Y/N whispered to herself. she quickly tried to hide in a nearby alley to wait for the two to pass, but her efforts were no good.

“well well well, if it isn’t the only girl newsie.” morris said, rounding the corner of the alley.

Y/N wiped the tears off her cheeks and tried to run the other way, but couldn’t when oscar came around the other side of the alley.

“please don’t hurt me, i just want to get back to the lodging house.” she pleaded.

“we don’t want to hurt you, we just wanna talk.” oscar said sweetly.

Y/N raised her eyebrows. “talk?”

“we both think you could do much better than hang around all these garbage newsies all day. being a girl amongst the guys, one of them is bound to catch your eye. we’re here to save you from that.” morris said, stepping closer.

“i don’t need help, i’m happy with my life with the newsies.”

the brothers laughed, both stepping closer to her. she stepped back, hoping to avoid both as much as possible despite being in between the two.

“give one of us a chance. we’d make it worth your time.” oscar stated, winking.

footsteps sounded from outside the alley, and when they rounded the corner, race’s blue eyes immediately met Y/N’s. she then sighed out of relief.

“get away from her. she doesn’t want either of you.” race angrily said, stepping closer to oscar.

“why don’t you let her decide?” oscar said back.

all eyes turned Y/N. “i don’t want either of you.”

the brother’s smirks both fell, and Y/N took this as an opportunity to run out from both of them and behind race.

the brothers quickly approached the two of them, and race grabbed Y/N’s arm and yelled “run!” to her.

they both took off towards the lodging house, the delancey’s not far behind them. they quickly made their way into the house and locked the door, just as the brothers ran into the door. realizing it was locked, they pulled on the door handle, swore, and walked away.

race and Y/N stood out of breath together. once they regained their energy, race turned to her.

all he said was a simple “are you okay?” and Y/N broke down, running into his arms and crying once again. this time, it was race’s turn to be taken aback, but he held her close.

after a few short moments, race pulled away and held her at arms length. “that’s it. from now on, you’re going nowhere alone. the delancey’s won’t bother you again.”

“it’s not just that. i saw my parents, and they had a new baby.”

race’s eyes widened. “but they sent you away because they couldn’t afford to keep you anymore, right?”

Y/N shook her head. “that’s what they told me. apparently it wasn’t true.”

race hugged her again. “i’m sorry, Y/N. i am so, so sorry.”

the pair stood in the same position for a few minutes, before turning around and seeing almost the entire gang of newsies staring at them. they both were lost in their own worlds with each other, and never noticed everyone was staring at them shocked. Y/N found jack and albert in the crowd, sad looks on their faces.

jack caught on, and said, “alright, let’s disperse this crowd. give the two some room.” the room full of newsies all went back to what they were doing.

“want to go back to my bunk?” race asked quietly. she nodded and followed him to his bed.

they both laid down, Y/N tucked comfortably under race’s arm and next to his chest.

“can i tell you something?” she said quietly. she looked up at him from by his shoulder, and race looked down at her nodding. their heads were mere inches apart.

“after being confronted by the delancey’s about dating one of them, i came to the conclusion that the only person i can see myself with is you. i like you, race. it’s okay if you don’t feel the same way, but i need to know. do you feel the same?”

she held her breath, scared of what race was going to say. race sat looking at Y/N shocked. he sat up, bringing her with him. just as she began to think of the worst outcome, race leaned down and kissed her.

after they pulled away, race said, “does that answer your question?”

Y/N smiled and closed her eyes, resting her head on his shoulder. “yep.”

#ben cook #racetrack newsies #newsies imagine #newsies #racetrack higgins #race newsies #newsies x reader #newsies fanfiction

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Heyy mick

Can u write a Mush x gn!reader, you have free reign over what u write, but I do want some fluff pls 🙏

Shaking sobbing I love that ur writing for newsies

ofc I can Slug :) this is the perfect way to start my writing for Newsies!

Love At First Sight ~ Mush Meyers

Tagging: @/sluggmuffin @sophie-i-guess13 @juneberrie @collieflower215 (idk if anyone really reads for Newsies so if you want to be tagged lmk!)

Warnings:slight language probably but that’s it

Summary: Mush met the potential love of his life running from the Delancey brothers. He just can’t help but tell the boys about it.

This is x gender neutral reader!

The Delancey brothers always loved roughing up the Newsies. It was their favorite pastime.

Mush had been taking a walk when he first spotted them, leaning against a wall as if they were waiting for him. They had shot him a grin and that was all it took to sent Mush running.

He took of sprinting-running around every corner he could fine in hopes of losing them. Even when his legs ached and his chest stung, you were all that stopped him from running.

Mush had ran into you-literally. You were just minding your own business and then you were on the ground, your items scattered around you.

He stopped running, turning back around to see you picking up your things and grumbling to yourself. Mush jogged back over, kneeling on the ground.

“sorry, sorry,” he heaved, “you okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine,” you managed a chuckle. At least he came back to help.

Mush took a second glance at you and you couldn’t help but stare back. Fluffy hair, a strong jaw, a round nose, a tan, flushed face, and eyes of chestnut that held more energy than the sun. He was cute, that’s for sure.

Mush felt small. Small. The way your gaze seemed to wrap around him. There was no denying how embarrassed he was. He had been around attractive people before, but never had he been looked at like this.

“Uhm-My name’s Mush,” was all he could think to say. You smiled, all signs of frustration melting away. Even his voice was cute.

“I’m [name].” You nodded at him. Mush smiled, kicking a rock past your feet.

“Sorry I…tackled you…that was weird.” His lips tightened into a fine line, his eyebrows furrowing. It brought a laugh out of you.

“It’s all good, but what were you running from?”

“The Delancey brothers,” he shrugged.

“Oh,” you grimaced, “are you one of the kids they like to pick on?”

Mush nodded, a shy laugh escaping his lips. You sighed.

“It looks like you got away,” you shrugged your shoulders and Mush grinned proudly.

“I’s too fast for those lugs.” Mush jabbed his thumb against his chest proudly.

“I’m sure,” you laughed.

Mush looked at the sky. It was a deep purple painting with light stars spotted here and there. A deep orange sat against the buildings.

“It’s gettin’ late. You gonna make it home alright?”

The question was surprising, if you were being honest. Before you could say anything, Mush began again.

“Wait-no, that was weird. I just meant-like, do ya need help?”

“No, I think I’ll be okay,” you chuckled. “But if I ever need help I know who to find.” You shot him a playful wink and he almost fell exploded.

“I’ll see ya around, Mush.”

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When Mush made it back to the Lodging House, he was quite. Unfortunately for him, it didn’t go unnoticed.

“Mush, whats’a matter?” Race asked. “You’re awful quiet.”

“Nothin’,” Mush shrugged, “I’se got a lot on my mind.”

“Don’t hurt yourself,” Davey snorted.

“Well, what is it?” Crutchy cut in.

“Ain’t it obvious?” Specs hollered. “The boy’s in love!”

Mush went red, nodding shyly.

Questions sounded out loudly. “Who’s,” and “when’s” and “why’s” filled the room.

“Okay-shut up!” Jack screamed, sitting on the stool in front of Mush’s bunk. “Tell us.”

“I met ‘em earlier. I’se was running from the Delancey slugs and I ran ‘em over.”

“Why’d you do that?” Race teased.

“It ain’t like I meant to-but…they was just…different.”

“Different how?” David asked. Mush huffed.

“The way they was looking at me, it was different. I’s never been looked at like that before.”

A silence followed. Mush had always paid a lot of attention to the small things-body language, eyes…it all mattered to him. How someone felt about Mush, he always knew.

“Is that a good different?” Boots filled the quiet.

“I thinks so.”

“Well good for you, Mush.”

#newsies mush #newsies #92sies #mush meyers

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