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• Doll by grumblescrumbles

  Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  24 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Crutchie/David Jacobs
  • Crutchie & David Jacobs
  • Crutchie (Newsies)
  • David Jacobs
  • Horror
  • Body Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • this is messy as hell idk what im doing if not getting emotions out
  • it’s too short as well and doesn’t make sense so im sorry about that
  • <— works as a description of me
  • alrright nap time
  • Let Crutchie Swear (Newsies)

  Summary

  Davey is sick of himself. Crutchie is not sick of Davey. But Davey thinks he should be.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  752

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  3

  Hits:

  53

• Tried till Tired by grumblescrumbles

  Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  25 May 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Crutchie & David Jacobs
  • Crutchie/David Jacobs
  • Crutchie (Newsies)
  • David Jacobs
  • can be read as platonic or romantic
  • this is a mess of messy emotions
  • davey and crutchie really understand each other
  • and even if they dont at first they really try to
  • and if they still dont after that then they’re just theyre for the other
  • Canon Era
  • Post-Strike (Newsies)
  • declan mckenna references
  • the cause for daveys feelings are up for interpretation because no way im just letting you know why he feels like that
  • hes just a teen
  • i mean i did say that the relationship is ambiguous
  • it’s pretty fucking gay
  • Forehead Touching
  • allusions to suicidal thoughts
  • promises to Not Do That
  • Anxiety
  • about people dying when its highly improbable
  • it’s like a really sudden attack of the feeling

  Summary

  Crutchie and Davey talk to one another. They like doing that a lot. It’s nice. It’s a lot nicer than the things they’re talking about.

  Read the tags please, so to see if you’re okay to read this.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,172

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  6

  Hits:

  55

• Askings and Knowings and Carings and Such by grumblescrumbles

  Fandoms: Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  23 May 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Crutchie & David Jacobs
  • Crutchie/David Jacobs
  • Crutchie (Newsies)
  • David Jacobs
  • can be read as platonic or romantic
  • cravey content for starving cravey enjoyers
  • Post-Strike (Newsies)
  • Fluff
  • theres love there for sure
  • good good
  • reads like a kids’ book but the kids’ book is moomins
  • repetition used to convey Something
  • mess of a mind that makes sense to another mess of a mind
  • fucking HELLLLL this fandom nostalgic
  • Canon Era

  Summary

  Davey and Crutchie hang out after the strike. They enjoy each others’ company. It’s a very simple thing.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,021

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  6

  Hits:

  51