TheBarkeep
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among the roses green by TheBarkeep for tuppenny
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken
15 Nov 2022
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Katherine Pulitzer can't seem to get anything right: she can't make up for the loss of her sister, Lucy, and her father doesn't approve of her fledgling reporting career. When her father sends her away to his country estate, Katherine is sure she'll be bored out of her mind. What she isn't prepared for is the strange pull she feels toward the land and the handsome boy who lives on it. With Jack Kelly, Katherine feels seen for the very first time. Little does Katherine know that Jack isn't necessarily hers for the taking. Based on the Ballad of Tam Lin.
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Take Me to the World by TheBarkeep
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken
05 Apr 2022
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All that Jack Kelly wants is time and space to create, and what better place to escape to than the Metropolitan Museum of Art? But Jack doesn't expect to find a hidden society of people who've had the same idea, and he certainly doesn't expect the mysterious blue-eyed boy in their charge. Loosely based on Stephen Sondheim's Evening Primrose.
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for you are my fate, my sweet by TheBarkeep
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992)
09 Jan 2022
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When Frank Sullivan is released from prison, he expects his son to fall in line and join the family "business." But when Frank discovers that Jack's loyalties lie elsewhere, it ignites a chain of events that will challenge both Jack and David in ways they never imagined. A canon-era retelling of Cupid & Psyche with organized crime, excessive pining, and more obstacles than you can shake a stick at.
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of cowboys and princesses by TheBarkeep for Efstitt
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992)
23 Dec 2021
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"What's he like? Your pa?"
Don’t say too much about your father, Francis. We had to pull some strings to get you placed here, and you won’t be treated kindly if everyone knows about his indiscretions.
Jack didn’t know what an indiscretion was, but he knew he didn’t want to make things harder for himself.
“He’s a—a cowboy.”
“No kiddin’?” Charlie sounded excited. Jack was special, just like he was.
-- It's Jack's first day at the orphan asylum, and Crutchie is happy for the company.
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between this world and the next by TheBarkeep for tuppenny
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
20 Dec 2021
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Katherine had forgotten, of course. That it was Christmas Eve. But the first Christmas they were married, Jack had asked Katherine if they could go to the little stone church in his old neighborhood. My ma used to take me when I was little, and I—well, it’s like havin’ a piece of her. It’s hard on Christmas, y’know.
After a devastating loss, Jack and Katherine try to find solace on Christmas Eve.
Recent series
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Jack: In Dreams by TheBarkeep
Fandom: Newsies (1992), Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken
22 May 2021
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Through Hell and Back Again by glitter_ink
Fandoms: Newsies (1992), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
10 Mar 2022
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After reuniting in New York, Jack and the young men of Ward 11 face their fears and try to put the past behind them. Snyder is a thing of the past but not forgotten, and the aftermath of his tyranny drudges up painful memories. Jack returns to a post-war city with old friends struggling to move on. With relationships crumbling and the old Refuge under renovation, can Jack find a way to hold everyone together, or was leaving Santa Fe a grave mistake?
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- Part 2 of Hell Is A Sober Crawl
Bookmarked by TheBarkeep
20 Oct 2021
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light your match and spark a fire by tellthosewithpowersafeintheirtower
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992), Newsies - All Media Types
25 May 2019
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Jack hates the way the words wobble and strangle in his chest, pleading. Davey's eyes flash with some strong emotion Jack barely has time to register before it's gone. Davey lets out a shaky, breathless noise that could perhaps be called a broken laugh before he ever so slowly nods. It seems far too long and not long enough before Jack has him in his arms. Jack moves cautiously, making sure Dave is aware of every movement before he wraps his arms around Davey and pulls him close. Davey shudders, a tremor rolling down his body and Jack hates the way he can he feel the bones beneath the other boy's shirt. How painfully light he is. Jack tries to swallow the bile in his throat and hopes that Davey can even remember the last time he ate.
The moment he pulls the warm presence of Dave close to his chest the suffocating, heavy weight coiled in his chest unfurls. Jack let out a shaky breath. Davey sinks into the embrace and Jack's grip tightens.
"I think I forgot what human contact felt like."
(An AU set loosely in a version of events where Davey was in Refuge, not Crutchie. This is set directly at/after his return and results in a whole lot of cuddling newsboys)
Bookmarked by TheBarkeep
30 Mar 2021
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it's all coming back to me now by newsboyz (snowglobegays)
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992), Newsies - All Media Types
10 Feb 2021
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"Hows about, if when you're 38, you still ain't got anyone, we'll get hitched."
"You know that's not legal, pal."
"Just make the deal, Davey."
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14 Feb 2021
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Betrothed to one man who didn't care for her and betrayed by another who she thought did, Lucy finally got away from the mess of the big city.
Sarah was left to help David pick up the pieces after his failed engagement, cleaning up old messes that nobody else bothered to.
In perpetual pursuit of a good story, Katherine kept taking one risky assignment after another until it landed her in a mess of trouble.
And Marjana's just a mess herself.Turns out, life's tough no matter where you hide from it.
***an attempt to write a story with multiple intertwining lives, where characters are human with flaws and issues and there's no such thing as love at first sight.***
Bookmarked by TheBarkeep
14 Feb 2021
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In Between You And Me, There's An Ocean by cheeriosandgalaxybars
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
28 Jan 2023
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A trip to New York in the summer of 2014 wasn't supposed to be life-changing; David had only been there for a friend. One ghostly encounter later, and he finds himself waking up in 1898. Adjusting to a new life, a new society with new people, is difficult enough, but David just had to go and get himself involved in a strike, all because one of the newsies has very familiar eyes.
Or, an Outlander AU, but make it gay newsboys.
Bookmarked by TheBarkeep
21 Sep 2020