•Binding• •A Newsies Fanfic•

•Bets on Boys•

The picture up top was my view last night

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‼️TW! Idiot Flames!

Paint woke up with a start, thin blanket clutched tightly against their chest.

A tiny bit of pain shot up their side causing them to wince, gripping the blanket tighter.

They reached over to their glasses and pushed them on then sat up very slowly.

Flames had done the same as usual, grabbing Paint's hat and perching on a shelf.

Tumbler and Ace ran by Paint's bunk, yelling incoherent things.

"Poifect wake up call..." They grumbled softly, swinging off the bed and stretching.

Paint slowly got dressed, grabbing their beat up metal box of painting supplies and heading towards the stairs.

They stopped mid stride, glancing back their bunk, "Wait a second..." They tapped the side of their head, sighing.

"You'se did not steal it again!"

Flames chuckled as they heard the familiar yelling, leaning back against the wall and fidgeting with Paint's hat.

Paint raced down the stairs, crossing their arms when they saw Flames. "Alright, hand it over."

"Whyyyyyy?"

"Because I'se want to go paint withouts a sunburn."

Someone, probably Spot, hit Paint with a hat and walked away.

"Ow."

Flames snickered, "Fineee!" They threw the hat at Paint.

"Thank you'seeee!"

Paint giggled slightly as Flames walked away to get papes.

They threw on their hat and went off to find an empty wall.

Paint pulled out a large brush and blue paint, randomly beginning to paint on flowers and shapes.

'Huh?' A flash of red caught their eyes and they turned to look at it, 'Is 'dat Spot dragging 'Hattan's Fallen Angel?'

'Shoulds I?' They tapped their foot slightly, 'Yeahhhhhh!'

Paint left their supplies at the wall and quietly followed the two.

Spot turned a corner and Paint follows.

Another corner and, 'Oop!'

'They'se making out, lovely!' They turn around to leave, but stop.

'Eh, why not?'

Paint steps out past the corner into the pair's line of vision, cheering and laughing their arse off.

"What the *bleep*!?" Race looks around, blushing like crazy, "PAINT!?"

Flames had decided to stick around for a bit and talk to Paint, but when they saw the familiar silver hair rounding a corner what was there to do but follow?

"Paint?" They stopped, staring at the image infront of them.

Race was blushing like crazy while Spot was holding his hand and fuming.

"Guess who owes meh' two dimes?" Paint nudged Flames gently.

"OLIVER! ASH!"

If looks could kill, Spot would've cut the two into five million pieces.

"Welp, we'se screwed now!" Paint ran as fast as they could, Flames soon after.

"Ya' think?!"

Spot and Race were hot on their tails, both screaming incoherent threats.

Paint ducked into the lodge, jumping behind the beaten up counter and hiding.

Flames scrambled up the tallest shelf, panting.

Race zoomed past the counter while Spot stopped in the rec. room. (the main front area)

Paint stifles a laugh, their chest heaving under the pressure of fast running and their sucky binding skills.

Race eventually came down from the bunks after realizing both perpetrators were downstairs.

Flames had managed to latch onto the ceiling fan like a true meme, "I am safe."

Spot began uselessly jumping at Flames' legs, trying to grab them, failing miserably while everyone held in snickers for fear of death.

"Spotty too short to get up here?" They taunted from the fan, smirking.

Spot and Race both sent death glares up at them.

"Don't make the hole deeper Flames!" Paint popped up from the counter.

"There you are!"

"Oh shi-"

Race grabbed Paint, pulling them back from the counter and ruffling their already messy hair.

"Idiot Brookie."

Paint scoffed, puffing out their cheeks in defeat.

"Don't you crazies have selling to do?" Mr. Jason came down the stairs, a playful smile on his face.

All the Newsies in the room, besides Paint, collectively agreed, dispersing, after some death threats, to go sell.

Paint proceeded to color the blank wall for most of the day, careful to avoid the familiar pains from their chest.

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