Newsies Oneshots 2.0

Crutchie's Leg-Jack and Crutchie

I'm working on Crutchie x Another Newise fics right now I promise it's just hard to find someone to ship him with? It would be easier to ask who I don't ship him with because the list is very small and contains, like, the Brooklyn Newsies and three Manhattaneers.

Anyway, this is based on a Pinterest post I saw that came from a Tumblr post. Also, canon era, for once.

Enjoy!!

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"What the hell do you mean your leg tells the weather?"

Crutchie looked around his group of friends, all of which stared with disbelieving and confused looks on their faces. Specs snickered behind his hand as Jack blinked at him. "You gone mental on me?"

"No, man, I'm tellin' you", Crutchie insisted, shaking his bum leg briefly. "It's gonna rain later. You guys should get home a little earlier than usual."

The sun was just beginning to climb onto the horizon, creeping onto to it and the city dragged itself onto its feet. Jack had been waking Crutchie up for once when the blond realized his leg was aching more than usual, and he begrudgingly Jack's help down the stairs. He mentioned the rain in passing, and Jack still wasn't done talking about it.

"How early?" Elmer asked, hanging on Crutchie's every word. The blond smiled at him as Jack shushed him.

"I'm not believin' this", Jack chuckled, a little mockingly. Crutchie rolled his eyes. "It ain't gonna rain, and your leg ain't tellin' you nothin' about the weather. Come on, guys, we got papers to sell."

"Alright", Crutchie shrugged, a knowing smile on his face. "You'll be laughing when I'm right and you come home wet."

"Yeah, I will be laughing", Jack quipped, looking back as he walked away, "because it'll be dry and warm!"

Elmer was the only one to heed Crutchie's warning.

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Jack opened the door to the Lodging House with an attitude, stomping his way into the building. His pants clung to his legs and his shirt to his chest. He'd given up keeping his cap on after the rain soaked his hair anyway, choosing to brace through the water falling from the sky. He held a scowl on his face that caused the younger newsies to run for cover, and the older ones to laugh.

"Crutchie Morris", he called, watching as his brother turned to him with a smile. "Why is it raining outside?"

Crutchie furrowed his brows. "Because that's what the sky does, Jack. I told you it was gonna rain."

"Yeah, but-" Jack looked around to see most of the other newsies in their spare clothes with damp hair, sharing equally annoyed looks on their faces. "So, everyone got caught in the rain, huh?"

"Twenty papes ruined", Race groaned, shaking his head disappointedly. "And of course it was the day I take Albert with me to Sheepshead."

"So it's my fault it rained?" Albert asked accusingly, narrowing his eyes at his best friend. "What am I, the rain witch?"

Elmer's brows furrowed worriedly, and Mush assured him Albert wasn't a witch. "But Crutchie does have some sort of superpower."

"Yeah", Jack mumbled to himself, squinting at Crutchie. "Powers."

"It ain't really anythin' special", Crutchie assured, chuckling at the attention on him. "My leg starts hurtin' on rainy days, and it gets really bad during storms. It's like an, uh, intuition thing."

"And that means?"

"It's his instincts", Specs explained, and Race continued to stare at him questioningly. "He just knows, from his leg."

"Alright", Jack started slowly, still dripping of rain. "Fine. I'm only believin' this because it happened, not because I- I think you've got a magic leg, or something or other. It's just fact."

"Yeah, like science", Race verified, and Jack pointed at him as if confirming his point. Crutchie hummed.

"So, you believe me?"

"'Course I believe you, Crutch. I just ain't gonna go out there tellin' people my brother has a magic leg."

Crutchie laughed. "Yeah, even I wouldn't believe you."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you guys kicked me out and left me on my ass if I told you that."

Blinked hummed in thought. "I don't know 'bout that. If you said you had magic hands, maybe..."

Jack and Crutchie laughed along with the rest of the newsies, even if it stopped being funny after a few minutes. But they never doubted Crutchie's weather predicting leg ever again, and all for the better.

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My heart wasn't in this one, but it's chill. I'm having ideas.

I ended up watching all of Stranger Things season one in a day and a half, so I'm on season two now. And because I'm inching closer to the end, I'm anxiously waiting for Eddie Munson to show up, and have been reading Steddie fanfic to compensate. It made its way to my Pinterest, so now that's happening.

Anyway, I saw a pin in which Eddie was the loud neighbor, and Steve was the one telling him to quiet down and I just...NEWSIES BAND AU.

SPOT AND SPECS ARE IN THE BAND. IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IKESHOT IF NOT JAVEY. I'M LEANING TOWARDS IKESHOT.

I can't leave this idea alone, especially since it would be my first Ikeshot story. I'll even plan it out (which I don't do). So, there's that. I have to see where Hotshot fits into the band because Spot's on drums and Specs's on bass...maybe lead guitar.

What do you guys think? Does Hotshot play guitar? Let me know your ideas for Ike's rockstar boyfriend;)

Thanks for reading!!!