newsies one-shots

newsbians

don't knwo if this is technically like.. illegal? because it's basically the script but with like 4 different words.
oh well!
the scene where jack and katherine fight and then kiss except screw jack bc newsie!sarah

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Katherine turned away from the sight she was seeing in Medda's theater. Sarah had taken Pultizer's offer and spoke against the strike, the brunette's words echoing in Katherine's head. "If we disband the union..."

Katherine knew that her father could be manipulative. No, he was manipulative. But Sarah had a choice. She didn't have to take the money, but Katherine knew Sarah was willing to do anything for her newsies. Was she really that greedy? Did Sarah lie? Katherine decided that she needed a moment away from the world.

"Specs!" He turned around at the sound of Katherine's voice.

"Hey, Kath! What'dya need?" The boy smiled at the sight of her, excited to see someone, or anyone, really, besides Sarah.

"Do you happen to know where the fire escape is? I need to clear my thoughts and there isn't really anywhere to go.." Katherine asked, scratching the back of her neck.

"Sure do! Follow me," Specs motioned for the ginger to follow, and she obeyed.

They made their way to the fire escape by the Lodging House, making a few turns down a couple of roads here and there.

"Up this ladder and you should be good to go! Just be aware, Sarah is usually up here. She might show up, might not," he frowned at the thought of Sarah.

Katherine nodded, "Thank you so much, and thanks for the warning. See you around!" She waved to the boy as she climbed up the ladder. He nodded in her direction, before running off to somewhere else. As she made her way up to the top of the fire escape, she noticed a tube with some papers sticking out of it, or what looked to be drawings.

She made her way over to the object, picking it up and pulling a paper out of it. As she unrolled it, Katherine couldn't help but gasp at the sight.

A drawing of the Refuge.

There were rats everywhere. Multiple boys were on one bed, looking bruised and beat up. Vermin, trash, mold, you name it. Was it really that bad?

She had met Snyder before, maybe twice or thrice. He wasn't a very pleasant looking man, always had a frown on his face and seemed to reek of something awful constantly. Katherine had also never been in the Refuge personally, but from what she heard, it wasn't exactly the best place to be.

While she was entranced by the art, Katherine heard rattling from below, and turned to see none other than Sarah Jacobs climbing up the ladder.

"That was some speech you made," Katherine deadpanned. Sarah's eyebrows furrowed at the sight of the girl. She wasn't exactly excited to see Katherine.

"How'd you get here?" Sarah spat as she pulled herself up.

"Well, Specs showed me-" Katherine quickly blurted.

"What? He say you could go through my stuff?" Sarah ran up to Katherine, ripping the drawings out of Katherine's hands except for one.

Baffled, Katherine shot back with, "I saw them rolled up, sticking out of there! I didn't know what they were."

A silence laid between the two girls. It was uncomfortable, to say the least.

"These drawings," Katherine started while Sarah was aggressively rolling up the papers, "these are drawings of the Refuge, aren't they? Is this really what it's like in there?" Katherine's voice shook while speaking, her finger delicately tracing over the paper, "three boys to a bed, rats everywhere, and vermin.." she trailed off.