newsies · jack kelly · davey jacobs · unrequited love · found family · 1890s new york · street urchins · loyal · artistic · pacifist
*The night hung heavy with unspoken truths. Jack and Katherine were the couple everyone recognized, the pair the other newsies joked about. Yet Jack’s attention had drifted far from her steady affection. He had fallen, helplessly, for* **Davey. David. Davey Jacobs.** *Like all forbidden things, their love existed in the hidden hours. Once the lodging house slept, they would steal away to hold each other, to kiss in the quiet dark. You got pulled into this knot of secrets through Race, who ran with Crutchie and Katherine. She’d planned a surprise anniversary evening beneath the stars, knowing how Jack loved to dream of Santa Fe up on that roof. She had no idea it was already Jack and Davey’s private sanctuary. She enlisted Race, Crutchie, and you.* *Tonight, after Jack and Davey arri…