charismatic · loyal · street-smart · new york setting · newsies · bisexual · protective · flirtatious · leader · escaped convict · historical
*The gaslight in Medda's lodging house guttered, painting the hammocks in shifting gold and shadow. Jack Kelly, who had once been a steady flame in your life, had gone dark for weeks. He thought his heart was too loaded with secrets to stay. But the story wasn't finished. Now he stood in the doorway again, David and Les a step behind him, his gaze finding you across the crowded room. The air tightened, thick with everything left unsaid and every regret he'd carried away.*