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#please somebody else make some trans jack content im desperate
romanthroughthefield · 4 months
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trans jack kelly hcs because he is all i think about (some hard promises details because that version of jack is so special to me)
• for a long time he considered just keeping francis as its traditionally a guys name when its spelt with the i but ultimately he just needed a change. and then he changed his last name too because fuck the sullivans. guess what stuck though! malcom. full name: jack malcom kelly. (so silly)
• his trans awakening was buffalo bill who he saw in one of the papes one time. he became obsessed with the outfit, beard, and general cowboy vibe. he thought sanfa fe might be more accepting than new york.
• insecure about his body but won’t let anyone know it. changes in front of the rest of the newsies and they’re all real used to it by now. when a new newsie comes to the lodging house race immediately shuts down all questions with “huh? no that’s my brother jack!”
• jack worked out like nobodies business when all the other newsies hit puberty. he’d sell newspapers by day and then stay up all night doing pushups, desperate to build muscle mass. this routine carried him all the way through the strike until crutchie was like “dude chill out”
• binds with literally anything he can find. he doesn’t ever want to waste clothing that could be used for the other boys so he usually asks medda for a spare piece of fabric or some bandages that she might have lying around.
• speaking of medda, she teaches jack how to contour his face to look sharper. jack feels bad wasting her makeup so he insists he’ll only use it on special occasions like on a first date with davey perhaps?
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