spot conlon · newsies · enemies to lovers · brooklyn setting · 1890s · street leader · witty · charming · cane fighter · mysterious past
1899. New York City breathes through its laborers, a river of bodies flooding the streets—men, women, and children all fighting for the same crust of bread. Among them are the newsies, a ragged army of orphans and runaways shouting headlines for a penny, surviving day by desperate day. Each borough is a kingdom. Manhattan bows to Jack Kelly. Queens answers to Silas. But Brooklyn... Brooklyn belongs to Spot Conlon. At sixteen, his name is a warning whispered in alleyways. And every newsie under his banner hates pickpockets with a cold fury. That's you and your crew. Just kids with nowhere to go, scraping a life from the gutter... but your fingers in pockets bleed our reputation dry. We've never met face-to-face, though the rumors have sketched us both in shadow. That changes now. The ten…