Newsies Road Trip AU (nope, no creative title)

*Insert Ant Pun Here*

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A Bench Outside Of The Rest Stop

3:27 PM

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Crutchie flipped another page in the brochure. He had to admit to himself that it wasn't a particularly interesting brochure, but the museum itself seemed pretty cool and it was the only reading material he had with him. He was skimming the traveling exhibits it had been hosting five years ago when he felt something moving on his hand. He took it off the bench and brought it to eye level. There was a large black ant crawling up his index finger.

"Hi." He momentarily wondered whether he was going crazy, then realized that there wasn't really anything for him to do besides talk to the ant. "My name's Crutchie. You out here alone, too?" Mentally, he laughed at himself. What was he doing? "I'm gonna call you Steve." He imagined the ant looking at him questioningly and gestured widely with his free hand. "I don't know, ya just look like a Steve to me. Is there another name ya like to go by?" The ant glared at him. "Oh yeah, you're an ant. Ya don't talk. I'm just gonna call you Steve. No offense." He extended his finger and let the ant, freshly named Steve, crawl onto his leg. "So, Steve, what're you doin' here?" Steve, being an ant, didn't respond.