So, uh. In honor of The Thing I did on accident while messing with Newsies fanfiction I have to ask a question BECAUSE I am apparently the only person to do this ever
What would the ship name be for Albert/Davey??
Y'all will see where this is coming from as soon as I get my shit together and write btw
124 years ago today, the newsies of New York started their strike against The World and The Journal!! To celebrate I made my own version of the front page picture<33
after the strike, the older manhattan newsies are *ruined*. like, comatose, barely awake, exhausted to the CORE. and the younger newsies are SO full of energy like 'YAYY WE DID IT' and the older newsies can only respond with 'ough' before they collapse onto a table at jacobi's. some of the older newsies have taken to sleeping in the same beds at the lodge because it helps them sleep easier. after jack moves to be with davey working in pulitzer's office, race and albert take over the manhattan newsies, trying to keep the morale up while barely keeping it together themselves. when albert suddenly breaks down in tears trying to get the younger newsies to just please listen to him, the only thing race really knows to do is hug him as tight as he can and try to kiss his cheek as inconspicuously as possible.
of course, it doesn't go unnoticed. it creates tradition and openness within the younger newsies; they feel comfortable crying in front of each other for the first time, and often kiss each other on the cheek or forehead to cheer each other up. when jack comes to visit and he finds such a supportive environment, led by race and albert holding hands and wearing steel promise rings, he's spellbound.
he can't believe that race and albert brought this about.
he's so proud of them because now they can finally be themselves.
i already know tumblr's gonna mess with the quality so closeups under the cut xx
FEATURING
skittery n les havin fun, you cant convince me they arent besties
specs playin piano n ro leaning on his bf's leg
blush bein absofuckinlutly adorable ahdhshh i love them sm
finch having fun teasing albie and al having a crisis because of it
spot eeping on race's lap (cus @newsiesfixation fell asleep an made it canon spot did too lmao), race covered his (now bf) with his jacket, and crutchie giggling at redfinch's antics and also at jack n dave
jack about to destroy race for lettin spot fall asleep on his lap, and davey trying to stop that from happening
newsbians finding everyone else hilarious
and last but CERTAINLY not least, medda overlooking her (very large and very loud) gaggle of assorted children!!!!
im so friggin proud of this you guys i cant even jahdjskshshsk
tagging because i think they'd wanna see it, @crutchie-69 @toffyrats @ftm-megamind and i already tagged jackie earlier :)
Set in the present time, all the Newsies are a part of the school newspaper when they notice that the head teacher, Mr Pulitzer, has set up a new anonymous advice column called "The Bottom Line." Nobody knows who's the one writing everything and have been desperately trying to figure out who it is.
Jack, the cartoonist, has ended up becoming friends with a member of the exhibition committee, David. Though if you were to ask Katherine, Jack's best friend and head reporter of the paper, he most definitely has a crush on him.
As The Bottom Line grows more popular, and Jack starts to notice how distant and stressed David's becoming, he starts to put the pieces together and realises the pressure Davey's under by Mr Pulitzer to keep the column running with no help whatsoever.
When he looks around at the whole newspaper committee, he realises the stress everybody is under. The only photographer, Racetrack, is constantly running around the school to take pictures of everything he can, Katherine's running out of ideas for headlines, Crutchie and Albert, the editors have the shortest deadlines ever and none of them have any help in these positions.
So he declares a strike. They're striking until Mr Pulitzer gives them the help necessary to keep the newspaper running.