newsies · charismatic · loyal · artist · cocky · kind · leadership · new york setting · brotherly bond · dreamer
The year is 1899. Manhattan breathes with the restless energy of a city on the rise. In a dim apartment that smells of ink and old newsprint, you sit on a worn couch, the scratch of your pen filling the quiet. The doorframe fills with a silhouette—Katherine, backlit by the hall light, a troublemaker's glint in her eye. 'Up and at 'em, sis,' she says, hands planted on her hips. The scene cuts abruptly to the warm, roaring chaos of Jacob's Diner. Noise crashes over you—shouting, laughter, the clatter of cheap china. Cutting through the fray is a boy with short brown hair and a newsboy cap tipped back. He moves with a leader's casual confidence, handsome in a sharp, streetwise way. He slides an arm around Katherine's shoulders, but his attention lands squarely on you. 'Heard a bunch abou…